Month: February 2018

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Raptor and HoneyBee look at the most significant changes in Injustice 2’s patch 1.16

With the final characters of Fighter Pack 3 — the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — set to raise some shell in Injustice 2 starting tomorrow, the game was recently updated to patch 1.16. This brought forth a host of balance changes for the likes of Catwoman, Supergirl, Hellboy, Black Adam, Enchantress, Green Lantern, Cyborg, Poison Ivy, Starfire, Sub-Zero, Raiden, Gorilla Grodd, and several others.

BeastCoast|HoneyBee starts off by providing us with two separate videos looking at some of the more significant buffs and nerfs this patch provided, with timestamps included so you can cut right to the chase with your character of choice.

Lastly, Noble|Raptor provides us with another great “before and after” comparison of each individual change applied to every character, no matter how small, so we can see the full effective impact of the specific alterations to each fighter.

What do you think of these patch changes? Is their anyone you feel may have been overbuffed or overnerfed, or perhaps even left out? Or do you feel this latest update puts the game in a perfect state as we head into the release of the Turtles? Give us your thoughts on things in the Comments section below!

Sources: HoneyBee CMNDR; Noble Raptor

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Yoshinori Ono wishes a happy birthday to Blanka and welcomes him to Street Fighter V in this video message

Blanka will be arriving next week — and Ono-san’s pretty pleased about it!

According to classic Street Fighter lore, today is Blanka’s birthday — naturally a good day to give us his official reveal trailer for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition! (His new cuddly Story Mode costume is pictured above.)

Street Fighter executive producer Yoshinori Ono is well-known for his love of Blanka, as evident by his ever-present toy companion. He now offers a video message to SFV players via the Street Fighter Twitter feed, wishing his favorite fighter a happy birthday and welcoming him into the SFV roster. Check it out below:

Blanka will be added to SFVAE next Tuesday, February 20th.

Source: Street Fighter (Twitter)

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Brawlout on Switch adds Brawlout TV mode, new items and fixes; Currently discounted on eShop

New reasons to check out this platform fighter on Nintendo’s Switch.

The latest patch for Brawlout on the Nintendo Switch (version 1.1.0) is presently live, updating the game with a number of new features and improvements, including:

Brawlout TV

  • Watch live and recent matches from players worldwide!
  • Check out your own online match history and watch replays of your previous online battles.

Smarter AI

  • AI opponents are now able to use DI (Directional Influence), both to escape combos and to dampen the impact of otherwise fatal blows. In general, AI should be a little harder to combo and KO.

New Achievements

  • Tons of new achievements, which give players extra rewards to help speed up the process of acquiring piñatas.

Mastery Skins

  • Two new special cosmetics can be unlocked for each character when players reach Mastery Levels 10 and 15 with each.

Exclusive character gear items

  • Special cosmetics have been added that are obtainable by redeeming codes given out during special events.

This is on top of bug fixes, which include general fixes as well as specific character balancing; the patch notes can be viewed here.

To celebrate the new patch and the success Brawlout has seen on Switch so far — with over 80,000 players reported to have joined the fight — new players can pick up the game at a 25% discount on the Nintendo Switch eShop. Offer applies to the US and Europe, and expires on February 14th, so act fast if you want to get in on the brawl at a discounted price.

Source: Brawlout [press release]