Month: May 2018

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World of Warcraft – Blizzard Publishes ‘Reunion’, a Story About Jaina Proudmoore

Blizzard has published the first in a series of three comics that will set the stage for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Battle for Azeroth. All are said to include major characters in BfA and that seems true. The first comic, “Reunion”, stars Jaina Proudmoore who has been absent since the earliest stages of the Legion expansion. It begins with Jaina “doing some soul searching in the ruins of Theramore” in the days before she decides to make a return to her homeland of Kul Tiras.

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– Fractured Team Reveals Upcoming KickStarter Pledge Packs & Main Theme

As the time for the Fractured Kickstarter nears, the team has revealed the Pledge Pack levels. Backers will be able to gain access to Beta 2 at the $24 pack level that will also come with a bevy of other in-game perks when the game launches. Fractured devs are looking for feedback from the community about the packs and have posted a series of questions to guide the discussion.

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– With Egg On Its Face, Hi-Rez Fires Paladins Strike Outsourcer for Using Overwatch Art

In what has to be one of the most embarrassing weeks ever for Hi-Rez Studios, the company has fired the outsource group that created “splash art” for the Paladins Strike mobile game using the Lijiang Towers background from Overwatch. Speaking to Kotaku, Brand Manager Alex Cantatore said, “We are very disappointed that a contractor for our mobile hero shooter, Paladins Strike, make use of artwork from another game in splash art for our Covert Ops Lex skin.”

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See why the Street Fighter Alpha series is still popular to this day in this highlights compilation from LiangHuBBB

“Ain’t there somebody who can stop this fighting machine?!”

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is almost here — and hype is building for players to get easy access to all of these Street Fighter classics in one package. And one series that continues to attract attention — and retains an dedicated fanbase — is Street Fighter Alpha.

The Alpha titles (Street Fighter ZERO in Japan) not only added new characters and lore to the Street Fighter franchise, but developed and built upon gameplay mechanics that have shaped the series right up to Street Fighter V. For this highlights compilation, LiangHuBBB shows off a gathering of clutch moments and hilarious interactions from Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Street Fighter Alpha 3 — the titles that garnered the strongest competitive followings from the trilogy — that help remind us why these games are still fan favorites in Street Fighter history. Face it straight!

Does that whet the appetite to play these arcade classics again? Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on May 29th!

Source: LiangHuBBB

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ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational: Commander Jesse and JB complete the full lineup

The full roster of 24 competitors is now clear to all.

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With the conclusion of ELEAGUE’s The Challenger: Street Fighter V reality show competition, we now know who is filling those last two spots on the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational roster. First, Commander Jesse emerged victorious through the show’s challenges and earned the promised spot; but the reason for the fact that we’ve only heard from 22 other players so far was soon revealed, as 2nd-place finisher SB|JB claimed the surprise additional Challenger spot.

The full list of competitors is now as follows:

  • Echo Fox|Punk [2017 ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational Champion]
  • Echo Fox|Justin Wong
  • Echo Fox|Tokido
  • Echo Fox|Momochi
  • Hx.Twitch.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara
  • CYG BST|PR_Balrog
  • CYG BST|Fuudo
  • RISE|MenaRD
  • RISE|Smug
  • NVD|Phenom
  • Mouz|Problem X
  • 801 Strider
  • F3|Brolynho
  • Fudoh|Haitani
  • iDom
  • Fudoh|Fujimura (formerly Yukadon)
  • Filipino Champ
  • CO|Dogura
  • ARES.RB|Luffy
  • RB|Snake Eyez
  • NuckleDu
  • PG|Infiltration
  • Commander Jesse
  • SB|JB

We’re still waiting to see how the Groups will be divided this year; that should become clear very soon. The ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational kicks off on June 1st with Group A. Want to see the action live? Tickets are available.

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Sources: ELEAGUE; Jesse Espinoza (Twitter); Alex Valle (Twitter)