Month: February 2018

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The SRK Rollback: Best of February 9-15, 2018

Welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week’s most notable news — and our favorite SRK articles — from February 9 to February 15, 2018!

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

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Under Night In-Birth Exe Late(st) promo UNISTShoryuken review: Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] is a deep (and satisfying) mine of fighting game techniques

Readily available now to English-speaking gamers, Woocash goes into detail as to why everyone should give this anime title a try.

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frabisaur fighter's dojo 17 thumbFrabisaur talks about how to win your fighting game sets in Episode 17 of The Fighter’s Dojo

Thinking ahead about how you’ll approach a set can be the difference between moving on and going home. Get some tips here.

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Blanka SFVBlanka, the Warrior of the Amazon, joins the Street Fighter V cast on February 20th

Fans rejoice and haters beware, because next week this crazy fighter is rollin’ on into SFVAE!

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DBFZ Opening CinematicSRK READER POLL RESULTS: A “fantasy” Evo game lineup, as chosen by your votes!

While some of you want to see some older titles back on the main stage, it seems most of the Evo 2018 selections are satisfactory to the general public — and Dragon Ball FighterZ rules over all.

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sfv_ken_critical_art_startupChris Tatarian is calling all Ken mains to #StopPlayingKen in Street Fighter V

Is Ken so mechanically messed up in SFVAE that drastic action is necessary? Some players — particularly Chris Tatarian — certainly think so.

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blazblue cross tag banner bbtagBlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle pricing revealed for US version, English dubbing questions answered

Arc System Works wants to ensure there isn’t a language barrier keeping gamers from trying out BBTAG. The pricing strategy for the DLC-laden title is also revealed here (and it’s actually pretty reasonable).

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sfv chun-li june crossover costume cropStreet Fighter V Extra Battle update: Chun-Li crossover costume, Golden Shadaloo soldiers, and more!

Chun-Li is next in line for a crossover costume with this nod to the Star Gladiator games. Some other goodies will be available from Extra Battle soon, too.

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HORI T7 RAP stick PS4 750x400Woolie breaks down control options, from beginner to advanced, in this video

Thinking of moving to a fightstick from a pad? Woolie is ready to help you out with some advice.

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fight of gods freyja crop 750x400Fight of Gods adds Norse goddess Freyja to the roster, along with balance changes

Early Access title Fight of Gods is still adding new fighters, this time the Norse goddess Freyja is joining the fight.

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

Street Fighter’s executive producer is probably the happiest guy out there that his personal mascot is finally joining the SFV roster. It’s only surprising it didn’t happen sooner!

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Warframe – Kinda, Sorta a Space Ninja – Shrine of the Eidolon & Heart of the Ordis are Live

Welcome back Space Ninjaz to another thrilling installment of Kinda, Sorta a Space Ninja. We’re going to focus on the recent update that just hit Warframe. Shrine of the Eidolon beings not only new content to the game but also some changes and rebalancing to several Frames, weapons and powers. Oh, and there may be a time limited event going on for some spiffy Valentine’s Day stuff in Heart of the Ordis. Let’s dive in shall we?

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Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, & Switch this Spring, pre-orders now open

Shaq Fu has long been considered one of the worst fighting games ever made; so naturally, there had to be a sequel. First announced by the man himself — former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal — at the 2015 Game Awards, it seems that the sequel Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn finally has a release window.

A new trailer for the game has recently been released that provides information on both the game’s release window and the systems that it’ll be coming out for. Those looking forward to the sequel to one of the most legendarily-bad fighters ever made (as well as those who actually backed it on Indiegogo) can expect Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn this Spring. The game itself is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

Check out the new trailer for the game below:

Source: Wired Productions

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Trove – Next Content Expansion Lets You Save Luminopolis & Become the Vanguardian

Trion Worlds is preparing to unleash the next big content expansion for Trove. Called Heroes, players can expect the new scontent later this spring. As the name implies, players become literal heroes as they work to save the city of Luminopolis in partnership with the Resistors. Luminopolis is the “neon festooned” section of Neon City and is imperiled by an ongoing conflict between the Resistors & the Amperium.

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Check out the first BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle footage of RWBY’s Blake Belladona in action

We’re slowly discovering more and more information regarding the upcoming BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. While we still don’t know the rest of the DLC cast, the RWBY team is almost complete, which must be exciting for fans of the series — as it is the ladies’ debut in an Arc System Works fighting game.

During their latest stream, the company showed off a brief demo with Blake Belladona. Blake has a mix of interesting abilities; she has a handgun, a sword, and sort of a hook-chain to cover the screen. She can be effective at close range with quick slashes, bring the opponent closer, or dash across the screen in her combos, landing close to the opponent or further away. She also has a sort of shadow clone ability that absorbs a strike and either detonates a smoke cloud or an explosion. The demo below is over two minutes long, and shows some combos with Ruby in tandem.

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The stream also revealed some new characters: Platinum, Orie, and Kanji, who will come in a DLC pack that will be available for free at launch.

Source: Arc System Works

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– Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age PC Review – Ivalice Never Looked So Good

In many ways, Final Fantasy XII really established the nature of the series we can still see with newer releases such as Final Fantasy XV today. Flashforward eleven years and the game has finally found its way onto PC with the remaster which originally released on PlayStation 4 last year. And with the PC release comes a myriad of changes and additions that make Final Fantasy XII on PC the best way to experience its story yet.