Month: October 2017

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The New York Yankees are taking a swing at esports by joining up with Echo Fox via an “investor partnership”

Just as the Miami HEAT has a “strategic partnership” with Misfits, the New York Yankees are now taking a swing at esports thanks to a recently announced investor partnership. This partnership sees the baseball team allying with Vision Esports, a company that holds majority share in franchises like Twin Galaxies, Vision Entertainment and most importantly for the FGC, Echo Fox.

The size of the investment has not been disclosed, but the goal is to “accelerate the growth and increase the global brand awareness” for Vision Esports’ franchises, according to Forbes. Seeing as the Yankees have become their own brand outside of baseball, expect this partnership to result in more Echo Fox merch in the future. I’m hoping for Tokido-branded tape measures to be available this Christmas.

What this will mean for the FGC remains to be seen, but it signals that there is some serious money being funneled into keeping the esports dream alive. With Echo Fox’s FGC roster already dominating Tekken, NRS games, Street Fighter and Marvel, it’s a wonder where they will go next. Fingers crossed for them holding their own fighting game event inside Yankee Stadium.

Source: Forbes

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Sigma, Monster Hunter, and Black Panther show what they’re worth in this Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite roundup

With the recent addition of DLC characters in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, the tech just keeps piling up. We know, it’s hard to sift through everything YouTube has to offer — so here’s the best of what we’ve seen so far in another solid roundup!

First, we have desk showing off some solid 9000 damage Sigma solo combos. He is a little reminiscent of vanilla Marvel 3, with the capability of using all four bars on level 1 Hypers that combo into each other.

rooflemonger has also still been in the lab with Sigma, finding that he could indeed improve on Sigma’s bread-and-butter combos that he displayed earlier.

Moving on to Monster Hunter, here’s four more videos from rooflemonger, who showcases some of Monster Hunter’s best starter combos. He also discusses the finer nuances of her demon mode, and armor.

Next up, we have Maximilian — who showcases some nifty time-freeze combos from Monster Hunter.

Meno Jazz presents some Monster Hunter conversions:

NurseLee also offered up some bread-and-butters for the increasingly-popular “Ungawaifu”:

Is this a post-patch glitch, where using the Reality Stone caused Haggar to momentarily vanish…?

Finally, we have stream footage of Echo Fox’s Justin Wong test driving Black Panther against Marn. He may have found yet another cog in his perfect team, as he rips Marn to shreds.

Sources: YogaFlame24; desk; Maximilian Dood; rooflemonger; NurseLee; Meno Jazz; Omega Hanzo