Month: March 2018

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Earth Romancer developers share tutorial for lead character, the (tiny) space knight Palante

One of the most important things a developer can do is demonstrate that they know how their own game is played. This shouldn’t seem like a big deal, but if the spokesperson for a project can’t clearly explain gameplay, it’s hard to be interested in playing, you know?

That’s why Lunar Hare Studio’s character tutorial for their first fighting game project, Earth Romancer, was a pleasant surprise to me:

Earth Romancer manages to stand out in the heavily saturated indie smash-clone market by expanding its gameplay vocabulary beyond what’s typical of the genre. As Palante’s moveset shows, he’s able to make use of P-links, Kara Cancels, Float Cancels, and a wide variety of zoning and okizeme pressure. Whatever you may think the blatant Greed Sever rip-off, it’s clear that an obsession for slick system mechanics is what really inspires this studio the most.

If the above game-play interested you at all, you can try an alpha demo of their game right now.

Source: Lunar Hare Studios

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Earth Romancer developers share tutorial for lead character, the (tiny) space knight Palante

One of the most important things a developer can do is demonstrate that they know how their own game is played. This shouldn’t seem like a big deal, but if the spokesperson for a project can’t clearly explain gameplay, it’s hard to be interested in playing, you know?

That’s why Lunar Hare Studio’s character tutorial for their first fighting game project, Earth Romancer, was a pleasant surprise to me:

Earth Romancer manages to stand out in the heavily saturated indie smash-clone market by expanding its gameplay vocabulary beyond what’s typical of the genre. As Palante’s moveset shows, he’s able to make use of P-links, Kara Cancels, Float Cancels, and a wide variety of zoning and okizeme pressure. Whatever you may think the blatant Greed Sever rip-off, it’s clear that an obsession for slick system mechanics is what really inspires this studio the most.

If the above game-play interested you at all, you can try an alpha demo of their game right now.

Source: Lunar Hare Studios

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Justin Wong to star in a fighting game comedy film “Last Hit” with UFC fighter Elias Theodorou and Kayane

In a bit of news nobody expected, Echo Fox|Justin Wong is set to star in a feature comedy film that places Street Fighter V at the centerpiece. Titled Last Hit, the movie involves a UFC competitor — Elias Theodorou — as well as known FGC personalities Kayane, Luffy, and Zhi Lang Chew (Zhieeep)!

The plot centers around Theodorou’s character, Denis Bergeron: an MMA fighter who competes in his discipline until a tragic accident befalls him. He turns to esports and begins playing Street Fighter V. He finds “a new love and new friends” in the FGC, but also encounters a rival, Chris Ballard (possibly played by Justin Wong…?). Ballard is described as a “personification of GamerGate” and humiliates the ex-FGC fighter, who then must train for a chance to redeem himself at a showdown later in the movie.

For now, details are slim. Justin Wong recorded a message for the fans on the movie’s website:

The film is currently in production, and is expected to land in 2019.

Source: Nero Films; MMASucka.com; thanks to zenzen for the tip.

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Neverwinter – Neverwinter Teal-Dusted Axebeak Mount Sweepstakes!

MMORPG.com has been given 50 codes for the Teal-Dusted Axebeak mount for Neverwinter PC to give away to our community! This is part of a celebration of the launch of the all new Lost City of Omu expansion for Neverwinter! This mount will give 110% movement speed as well as three insignia slots. Enter for a chance to win one of these special mounts valued at $20!

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theScore esports provides an in-depth look at Tokido’s long journey towards last year’s Evo victory in Street Fighter V

The losers bracket. In the realm of competitive fighting games, most players will advise each other that being in the winners side of a major tournament is better than the former. This becomes painfully apparent if someone gets sent to the losers side early on in pools, or getting sent there right after you make it out in winners — where as some will say: the real tournament begins.

Imagine if you will, losing your first match out of pools in top 256 in Street Fighter V at Evolution to the likes of NuckleDu, only to find out that your first losers match right after is GamerBee, who was sent to your side of the bracket by Nemo. You eliminated him? Good for you. Now you have to play Daigo Umehara. Only a dozen or so matches left to go before you can crack top eight!

Yes, running your way through the losers bracket at a major for any fighting game can be a daunting task for many, whether your’re a sponsored pro or an aspiring diamond in the rough. However, for the few who have the mental stamina to endure set after grueling set against some of the best fighting game competitors in the world, an amazing losers run can cement a player’s legacy and be talked about for many years to come.

With Echo Fox’s Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi’s memorable top eight losers run towards his Evolution 2017 first place victory still fresh in our minds, theScore esports takes a closer look at the legend on his path to Evo glory. The video goes over his major fighting game accomplishments throughout the years across multiple titles, his growth as a player both in and out of the game, and touches on each set before and during his top eight losers run against Punk, Haitani, Itabashi Zangief, Filipino Champ, NuckleDu, and Kazunoko. While definitely not as lengthy a losers run as Luffy’s was at Evo 2014, the caliber of players both Luffy and Tokido had to go through to win Evo is nonetheless intimidating, but also inspiring — as it shows with hard work and laser-focused determination, it is possible to overcome what many consider to be an almost insurmountable task.

Source: theScore esports