Month: February 2018

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TGN re-imagines Overwatch as a fighting game in this “what-if” video

Upon its release, players from every genre, even the fighting game community, became hooked on Overwatch. Its fast paced first person shooter meets MOBA mechanics made it an exciting and fun title for everyone. But what if it were something closer to home for us?

TGN decided to see for themselves and made this interesting –and humorous– imagining of Overwatch designed as a 2D fighting game. While it obviously looks a little janky as it is filmed in-game, this re-imagining certainly gets your mind going on how an Overwatch fighter would work. The addition of Reinhardt doing a taunt before performing his Ultimate is a nice touch, as well as the fight actually moving between areas in Volskaya Industries.

While Riot looks to be prepping a fighting game for the future, it remains to be seen if Blizzard will have any of its franchises duking it out in 2D.

Source: TGN

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Anime Ascension, the Aksys Games tournament, is taking place at the end of March

The time for Anime Ascension is nearly upon us yet again. The annual anime-centric tournament, organized by US publisher Aksys Games, opens its doors March 31st through April 1st to those wishing to compete in several fighting games for high stakes. The tournament is taking place in Irvine, CA, at the UCI Student Center, just like last year.

The company announced that a pot bonus total of $6,000 will be distributed among the official tournament games (there isn’t a specific, per-game breakdown listed yet). Check the payout structure page for details on how placings for each game will determine the rewards.

As for the games, here are the main tournament titles:

  • BlazBlue Central Fiction
  • Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
  • Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]

Dragon Ball FighterZ was added to the lineup at a later time, and the website doesn’t specify whether it’s a main game or not.

However, that’s not everything. There are also many more side games ran separately from the main ones; register via smash.gg to enter (note that this doesn’t register you for the event itself):

  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3)
  • Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code (PC)
  • Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R (PS3)
  • Arcana Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars!!!!!! (PC)
  • Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition (PS4)

The general registration for the event is also via smash.gg. Check out the Anime Ascension 2018 website for more details on hotel, travel, and rulings info.

Sources: Anime Ascension; Aksys Games Twitter