Dauntless – Evolving Wilds Update

The Dauntless team has released a new video detailing the “Evolving Wildlands” update that brings a lot of changes to the zones closest to the Ramsgate. Players will find notable improvements to behemoths as well as new weapon attacks and combos alongside bug fixes and feature enhancements.

The SRK Rollback: Best of March 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 March 9 to March 15, 2018!


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

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Epic battles between rivals: See the replays and results for Daigo Umehara’s Kemonomichi 2

These first-to-ten sets showcased some spectacular play, especially in the Tekken 7 set between Yuyu and Tanukana. If you haven’t seen these yet, stop what you’re doing and watch them. Now. Seriously.

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tekken 7 noctis kenny crow caw kidsSee more of the prince’s fighting style and his alternate outfits in the official Tekken 7 DLC launch trailer for Noctis

After a pretty hefty period of silence since his reveal, Bandai Namco finally delivers a good look at Noctis’ abilities — and his numerous clothing options — in his launch trailer… a mere week before his release! Watch for him to warp in next Tuesday.

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Sonic Fox and GO1 to face off in a first-to-ten Dragon Ball FighterZ exhibition this Friday at Final Round 2018

This is it: the first big exhibition face-off in Dragon Ball FighterZ, and all eyes are on which multi-title virtuoso — and which side of the globe — will make the first claim to DBFZ dominance.

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sfa3 on playstation underground 750x400Get a closer look at the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection in action, thanks to PlayStation Underground

For those that would rather forget Street Fighter V happened and go back to the good ol’ days — or just want to experience firsthand some of the best fighting games ever made — anticipation is high for this compilation. This preview gives us a solid look, and it looks pretty good — but why are the games running so fast?

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The Witcher protagonist — Geralt of Rivia — officially joins the SoulCalibur VI roster

It just wouldn’t be a SoulCalibur game without a guest character, would it? And the next franchise-crosser has been officially revealed to be The Witcher‘s sword-swinging, portal-hating Geralt of Rivia.


Crow_Spaceboy, Assistant Editor:

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Devil-Jin-620x349Team UYU.gg signs Tekken World Tour champion, Qudans, to their roster

Get ready to see UYU a lot more in the top placements of Tekken tournaments.

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dissidia_steelbookSquare Enix and Level|Up Series have launched the Dissidia Master Series at Wednesday Night Fights

Square Enix is really going the extra mile to find the middle ground between the FGC and team-based esports.

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

“But why are we doing this?” asked no one involved in the production of this film.

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sfv akuma shun goku satsu finish raging demontheScore esports provides an in-depth look at Tokido’s long journey towards last year’s Evo victory in Street Fighter V

Everyone can learn something from Tokido’s journey and spirit.

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ngageNGage Esports to build Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas

I personally know of the strength of the FGC in Texas, and I’m really excited to see this develop.

Final Round 2018 streaming live from Atlanta, Georgia

This Friday through Sunday is the 21st edition of Final Round, one of the largest fighting game events in the US. Final Round also marks the beginning of the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour and Tekken World Tour seasons. On top of that is one of the most anticipated duels in the short life of Dragon Ball FighterZ: SonicFox versus GO1. This is a weekend of action you certainly don’t want to miss.

Tournament Games

In addition to the above games is an exhibition for the upcoming title SoulCalibur VI, Saturday at 2:30 PM EDT.

As the first tournament in the Capcom Pro Tour (a Global Premier event) and the Tekken World Tour (a Master Tournament), FR2018 is attracting some of fighting game players in the world. For a full list of entries and brackets, check out Smash.gg.

At 6:00 PM EDT Friday is the clash between SonicFox and GO1, arguably the strongest DBFZ players currently in the US and Japan, respectively. Catch this first-to-ten exhibition live on Bifuteki’s Twitch channel.

You can watch Final Round 2018 live in its second year at the Georgia International Convention Center on the channels below.

CapcomFighters (SFV AE)

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

TEKKEN (TK7)

Watch live video from TEKKEN on www.twitch.tv

bifuteki (BBCF, DBFZ, GGXrdR2, Exhibitions)

Watch live video from bifuteki on www.twitch.tv

FunkyP (MVCI, DBFZ, GGXrdR2)

Watch live video from FunkyP on www.twitch.tv

KombatNetwork (DOA5LR, INJ2)

Watch live video from KombatNetwork on www.twitch.tv

DATAFGC (Pokkén DX, Arcade)

Watch live video from DATAFGC on www.twitch.tv

All times in EDT (UTC -4).

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Results

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Dragon Ball FighterZ

FOX|SonicFox (Goku Black/Hit/Android 16) vs. CYC|GO1 (Adult Gohan/Cell/Vegeta) – 3-3 ○○●●●○

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BlazBlue Centralfiction

1. PONOS|garireo (Litchi)
2. Fame96 (Susanoo)
3. TheArm (Rachel)
4. Elyon (Jubei)
5. UYU|Beautifuldude (Relius)
5. ScrawtVermillion (Λ-No.11-)
7. HyponicZero (Naoto)
7. Method|Flux (ν-No.13-)

Match Log

Sources: Final Round, Smash.gg

ARMS director Kosuke Yabuki talks about updates, and the possibility of a sequel

Nintendo’s stretchy arena fighter ARMS  is one of the most unique games — let alone fighting games — to come out on any system. Its unique combat, controls, and character designs have endeared quite a number of people to it.

This week’s issue of Famitsu includes an interview with the director behind ARMS, Kosuke Yabuki. As part of the interview, Yabuki was asked about the future of the game, including whether or not he would like to see a sequel. Responding to this, Yabuki stated that since the game was less than a year old, they will continue to work on updates to it. That said, he also said that he would eventually like to continue the game’s story, someday.

Whether or not that means we’ll get a sequel, it’ll probably take a while before that happens. Yabuki is, at the moment, still busy with the game — specifically preparing for its official launch in South Korea on April 12.

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Source: Japanese Nintendo via Siliconera
Photo c/o Famitsu

– Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Review – A Sequel Done Right!

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 succeeds in carrying over everything that was great about the first game while managing to push the genre forward in a fresh way. After spending several late nights hacking and slashing my way through hordes of ratmen and other evils I can honestly say that it’s the most fun I’ve had in a co-op shooter in a long time. So grab that coffee, kick back and enjoy our review of Warhammer: Vermintide 2.

Aigis, Carmine, and Jubei are headed to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle in Cross Character Pack 2

Earlier today, Arc System Works held their monthly March Arc Nama stream where we got to see the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle‘s seventh character introduction trailer, revealing the DLC characters that will comprise Cross Character Pack 2.

Breaking from their pattern of revealing the Investigation Team members in the order they joined, we instead got “The Heartless Armed Angel,” Aigis. Our first character from Persona 3, this Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon wields the Persona Pallas Athena, bringing a deadly assortment of firearms, as well as her Orgia Mode, which gives her access to extreme movement options, terrifying instant overheads, and new specials. She also doesn’t appear to have her ammo counter, which should make her a bit easier to play — and make her zoning game even more dangerous.

For Under Night In-Birth we have Carmine Prime, a literal blood knight who possesses the EXS of Lifeblood: Blood Spike, which allows him to freely manipulate his blood in exchange for a portion of his own health, giving him quite the unique and technical playstyle. Finally, we have perhaps the most surprising addition to the cast: the newest member of BlazBlue‘s roster, Jubei. Joining Platinum as the second playable member of the Six Heroes, the “One-eyed Lotus” retains his blistering speed, as well as his upgraded Drive, Shiranui Hagane.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will be released in Japan for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC on Thursday, May 31st, with a North American release following on the same platforms Tuesday, June 5th. European release details are still being finalized. These characters can be purchased in Cross Character Pack 2 for $4.99 or as part of the All-In-One Character Pack, which includes all 20 DLC characters for $19.99.

Source: arcsystemworks