This past weekend, a few journalists and myself were flown out to Las Vegas to cover the H1Z1 Pro League (I’m working on a full editorial with my thoughts on the whole event for GameSpace, so stay tuned). We were also shown off some PS4 footage for the reveal announcement yesterday. I had the opportunity to sit down with Tony Morton, Lead Systems and Combat Designer, and pick his brain on some of the technical details, mechanics, and yes, Fortnite.
If your wallet is a bit thin in Grand Theft Auto Online, this is a great week to head into the game to take part in a number of in-game events that will yield double GTA$ and RP. Smuggler’s Run Sell Missions and Stockpile will hand out double GTA$ through April 30th as well as double payouts for The Vespucci Job and the Hotring Circuit.
Funcom has released a brand new trailer to prime the excitement for the May 8th release of Conan Exiles. The video provides and overview of “the journey players will take as they strive to survive Funcom’s open world survival game when it launches”.
SNK’s The King of Fighters is one series that’s steeped in lore and backstory. Even before its creation, the games that spawned it were already laying the seeds of a shared universe filled with different characters, with interesting and interconnected backstories.
One such character is Takuma Sakazaki, founder of the Kyokugen-ryu school of Karate. Originally hailing from Art of Fighting, Takuma’s backstory has been fleshed out throughout the years to the point where it involves more than just those involved in the Kyokugen school.
As this new History and Lore of the Fighter video from AcidGlow explains, Takuma’s story ties him to many of the other influential old masters in The King of Fighters universe, such as Jeff Bogard and Saisyu Kusanagi. Of course, this is on top of his ties with none other than Geese Howard, whose threats against him eventually led to the creation the Mr. Karate identity. From this, we learn of his exploits, leading to his appearances in a number of games in this storied series.
