Month: January 2018

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Capcom shares details on Rashid’s Viewtiful Joe Extra Battle challenge and more for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

With the release of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition just around the corner, Capcom has put together a quick summary of some of the things that are coming to the update over at Capcom-Unity. While most of what are in the post are things that we already know about from their previous posts, there is a bit more information here concerning the new Extra Battle mode.

For players looking to earn Rashid’s Viewtiful Joe crossover outfit, more details have been revealed about the process. While we already know that the outfit can be earned by joining and completing four weekly Extra Battle challenges (at the cost of 2,500 Fight Money per challenge), now we know when these can be earned. Specifically they’ve now given out the dates for each challenge, and the icons that have to be won from each to earn the costume.

Viewtiful Joe

Name

Date

Cost

Reward

Challenge 1

1/16-1/25

2,500 FM

Challenge 2

1/26-2/01

2,500 FM

Challenge 3

2/02-2/08

2,500 FM

Challenge 4

2/09-2/15

2,500 FM

Repeat completions of the above challenges will earn players extra Bonus Rewards to be revealed on January 16. Also, Capcom has issued a disclaimer that schedule and rewards for Extra Battle may “change unexpectedly.”

In addition to this, they’ve also detailed the first set of special challenges for special titles and the Golden Shadaloo soldier challenges. Completing the Dark Revenger challenge will earn players a special title with the same name.

Special Challenges

Name

Date

Cost

Reward

Dark Revenger

2/02-2/04

1,000 FM

Dark Revenger Title

Meanwhile, the first batch off Golden Shadaloo Soldier challenges are as follows. Take note that, unlike the previous challenges above, these have can only be played a finite number of times.

Golden Shadaloo Soldiers

Name

Date

Cost

Reward

No. of Plays

Slightly Wealthy Low-Rank Shadaloo Soldier

1/19-1/21

500 FM

2500 FM

3

Rapidly Growing Low-Rank Shadaloo Soldier

1/26-1/28

500 FM

10,000 EXP

3

Newly Wealthy Mid-Rank Shadaloo Soldier

2/09-2/11

1,000 FM

5,000 FM

3

Other things shared in the post include a sampling of the update’s new second V-Triggers, a re-post of the Team Battle mode announcement video featuring WWE Superstars, and reminders about the game’s exclusive retailer pre-order bonuses.

They’ve also announced that they will be doing a stream featuring the entire path of Arcade Mode with Sakura on January 9.

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition hits PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on January 16.

Source: Capcom-Unity

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The SRK Rollback: Best of December 29, 2017 to January 4, 2018

Happy new year, and welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week’s most notable news — and our favorite SRK articles — from December 29, 2017 to January 4, 2018!

Zavian “mushin_Z” Sildra, Editor-in-Chief:

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Capcom Pro Tour LogoCapcom Pro Tour 2018 preview: Which outliers from Capcom Cup 2017 will make it into Capcom Cup 2018?

Missing Person kicks off 2018 with his picks on what players to keep an eye on over this year’s CPT season.

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SFV Arcade EditionStreet Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s patch notes will be posted “soon” according to Capcom

Hopefully Capcom provides the full rundown of balance changes well in advance of Arcade Edition’s launch; we might see them soon indeed, as what appears to have been an incomplete draft was erroneously released early.

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kemonomichi kanji gamesSee the fierce battles of Kemonomichi: Aniken vs. Kotaka Shouten, Ogawa vs. Machabo, Ohnuki vs. Deshiken

Daigo Umehara and BeasTV recently hosted an incredible batch of exhibition matches in Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike. Come see some of the very best face off in these first-to-ten battles!

Sam “Trilby” Foxall, Assistant Editor:

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Mad Catz LogoMad Catz is coming back to the gaming market under new management

Don’t call it a comeback! Following its bankruptcy back in March of 2016, Mad Catz is returning to the peripheral market in 2018. No new arcade sticks or controllers have been announced… yet, so keep your eyes peeled for more info.

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TvC NetplayPush the boundaries of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom with this unblockable exhibition from Truegamer2000

Almost ten years on and people are still discovering new tech for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. With Frosty Faustings X hosting a big TvC tournament this month, expect players to be experimenting with these unblockable setups.

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DBFZ VegetaDragon Ball FighterZ is coming to Awesome Games Done Quick 2018

If you’re hankering to play Dragon Ball FighterZ ahead of the open beta next week, it will be playable at AGDQ 2018 from this Sunday. Sounds like a great way to pass time in between speedruns.

Keegan “Interrobang!?” Spindler, Features Editor:

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genesis 5Genesis 5 will not utilize Melee’s Universal Controller Fix

It seems no one can come to an agreement on exactly what the best way to play Super Smash Bros. Melee is. The Universal Controller Fix remedies all the difficulties that come with finding the right controller — but I guess you’re out of luck if you’re hoping to play with a subpar controller at one of the marquee events of the year.

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Hulk MvCITake control of tricky situations with TheoryFighter’s new “Situationist” series

This video looks like it could be the start of a brilliant series that teaches players the very best ways to deal with anything that comes at them — a vital skill to continued success.

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doopliss 2017 thumbDoopliss bids farewell to 2017 with this multi-game combo compilation

This is a fantastic video that really serves as a celebration of all the great games that 2017 had to offer. It’s well worth a watch!

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srk_logo_super_combo_finishThe SRK Rollback: Best of 2017 — The year in review

The top ten most popular articles and editorials from the 2017 calendar year — have a look, and catch up on what you might have missed!

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– Fractured: Schools of Magic & the Martial Arts Explored in New Dev Blog

The Fractured team is back at it in these early days of 2018. In a new developer blog post on the official site, the many schools of magic are revealed as well as information about the martial arts in the game. To accompany the article, each description is accompanied by a brief video showing how it appears in game, marking the first time any gameplay footage has been shown.

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Rivals of Aether: Definitive Edition and a potential Switch release teased in its 2017 developer recap

2017 was a great year for Rivals of Aether. From the conclusion of the first ever Rivals Championship Series at Genesis 4, to releasing three new characters and having a packed year of stellar events, the indie platform fighter has gone from strength to strength. It’s not all been sunshine and rainbows though — as lead developer Dan Fornace detailed his thoughts on how 2017 was for the Rivals team.

With the addition of new characters Ori, Ranno and Clairen, alongside new features like Money Matches and continued community support with event skins, the development team have started to notice the cracks in Rivals of Aether. Xbox One players have had to struggle with delays on updates and new characters, while the relative age of Game Maker Studio 1 means that fixing bugs can be an absolute nightmare when implementing new features. Negativity has also impacted the team, with certain vocal people constantly running the team down whenever they do add something new. When you consider the Rivals team is only composed of five permanent staff, this toxicity is bound to have an effect on productivity.

It’s not doom and gloom by any means — and the openness of the Rivals of Aether team about development issues is refreshing when compared to bigger studios. 2018 is looking promising, with Dan hinting at some of the things (hopefully) coming this year. First off is Rivals of Aether‘s first alternate skin which will launch later this month, followed by the next original character which is set to be revealed in either February or March. Based on a recent poll on Twitter, this character is set to be a snake piloting some kind of mech — Metal Gear anyone?

Rivals’ final guest character is set to arrive in spring, with the team being “90% sure [as to] which character [they] will be creating.” From there, Rivals of Aether is set to get its own Definitive Edition sometime this summer, which contains every DLC character. The team are also hoping to add additional features like Steam Workshop support for custom stages and even characters in the future, as well as rollback netcode.

Finally, the biggest announcement is that the Rivals of Aether team are hoping to launch the game on more platforms in 2018 — with the Nintendo Switch being their main goal. This won’t really happen until the Definitive Edition is complete, but Dan and the team are looking to launch on Nintendo Switch, Mac, and Linux sometime in 2018, if everything goes to plan.

Source: Medium