Month: April 2018

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English beta test for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is coming soon

Arc System Works USA is speaking up about the English beta version of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle for the first time. We’ve heard about the Japanese version of the game having a beta (a longer period for those who pre-order, but available for anyone for a limited time). The company has announced via Twitter that news regarding this is coming on Monday, April 30th.

A recent BBTAG stream informed us about the beta test period for Japanese users. It will be available for both PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch players. Additionally, the next Character Pack will be revealed later in May, and will include the next trio of fighters.

Make sure to stay tuned to Shoryuken for more news about BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle!

Source: Arc System Works (Twitter)

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– Ballistix Tactical Tracer RGB DDR4 Review – Where Speed and Style Collide

Ballistix is one of the most well-known DRAM brands on the market. Over the years, they’ve developed a sterling reputation for delivering high-performance DRAM modules with unmatched support and reliability. Today, we’re looking at their most stylish DDR4 kit to date with the Ballistix Tactical Tracer DDR4 RGB kit. We threw 32GB into our benchmark system to see exactly how it held up. Here’s how it did.

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– Eden Rising: An Open World Tower Defense Survival RPG

Eden Rising from Nvizzio is definitely a novel idea. Nvizzio is comprised of many ex-Funcom Montreal folks, and though they’ve done a fair bit of contract work in the past, Eden Rising: Supremacy is their first wholly original offering and it’s based on their own brand new Sci-Fantasy IP. It’s part online RPG, but survival game, part tower defense, and all kinds of awesome looking.

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Don’t miss the launch of RED BULL CONQUEST in Chicago on April 28 — watch it live on Twitch

Who will RISE to represent Chicago in the finals?

Tomorrow — Saturday, April 28 — eager competitors in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 will face off in Chicago for RED BULL CONQUEST. Red Bull Esports’ new national fighting game tournament circuit kicks off this weekend at Chicago’s Ignite Gaming Lounge to determine the Windy City’s best fighters in these titles. Saturday’s event is the first of 15 regional qualifiers to find the top competitors to represent their region in the Red Bull Conquest National Finals in Washington, D.C. in November.

You can catch all the action of Red Bull Conquest’s inaugural qualifier live on the Red Bull Esports Twitch channel! Pools begin at 3:00 PM CT (1:00 PM PT), and the top 4 begins at approximately 6:00 PM CT (4:00 PM PT). Persia and Vicious will be hosting and providing commentary!

Check out our interview with tournament director Jimmy Nguyen for a closer look at Red Bull Conquest.

RED BULL CONQUEST poster

Source: Red Bull Esports [press release]

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The SRK Rollback: Best of April 20-26, 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 April 20 to April 26, 2018!

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

Frame 1:
sfv cammy gloveTOPANGA League players share their Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Season 3.5 tier lists

As subjective as tier lists can be, seeing the thoughts of high-level pros on where characters stack up against each other provides some very interesting insight into SFV’s metagame.

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kurodaBeasTV drops 14-minute trailer for “9road” indie film, starring Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike legend Kuroda

This is one of the most bizarre — and most intriguing — Street Fighter fan projects we’ve seen yet. An indie sci-fi thriller featuring Eita and Kuroda, built upon the mystery of SFIII’s enigmatic “Q”…?! We need to see it.

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Zamasu (Fused) Character Trailer Featured ImageZamasu (Fused) gameplay trailer for Dragon Ball FighterZ displays divine dissonance

With this celestial megalomaniac on the way to DBFZ, we can soon expect the reveal of his fused counterpart and opponent Vegito (SSGSS), most likely.

Frame 4:
risingup_introRising Up: Falke bread-and-butter combo guide — Punishes, confirm combos, juggles, & more

Get started with Ed’s Neo Shadaloo compatriot with Bafael’s beginner guide.

Frame 5:
ryuCapcom updates Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition patch notes for Season 3.5 and the version 3.030 update

Done wrong: sneaking in balance changes unannounced, or leaving them off the patch notes; done right: not making us wait too long to reveal those additions and errors.

Crow_Spaceboy, Assistant Editor:

Frame 1:
dissidia_nt_vayneVayne Carudas Solidor graces Dissidia Final Fantasy NT on April 26

I’m happy to live in a time where Vayne is a fighting game character, that’s all.


Frame 2:
ryu is dead -- the flash driveStreet Fighter “You Lose” 32-gigabyte flash drive to be released by BigBoyToysHK in June

Please send help. I think there’s something clinically wrong with me, because it’s been four days and I still laugh every time I see this thing.

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forhonortrainingFor Honor receives Training Mode and some rebalancing in a free content patch

Yeah, but… why now? Why release a training mode one year later, after your game completely tanked in the FGC? Who is this for? Where am I?

Frame 4:
shadowgeistARIKA drops short Fighting EX Layer trailer showing off updated UI, plans to bring game to Combo Breaker 2018

Time to see who’s paying attention. I promise a big kiss to the individual that can get me to Combo Breaker. Five if you’re dressed as Shadow Geist.

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bladestrangers feature imageNew fighting game Blade Strangers is launching this summer on PC, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch

I dunno, man. I don’t think this game’s going to set the world on fire or anything but I think the fact it’s getting a PC release is pretty cool, and it looks like it’d be fun to mess with. Master T’s design is sick and I thank this game for introducing it to me.

Catch up on what you may have missed in our prior SRK Rollback compilations.