Month: June 2018

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ARIKA releases English PV for Fighting EX Layer — shows off game modes, pricing structure, and more

The fever dream that has been the development and advertisement for ARIKA’s Fighting EX Layer is about to reach its conclusion — June 28th, the recently-revealed release date, is just around the corner.

ARIKA put out a PV to hype up the indie project that originated as the most elaborate April Fool’s Joke pulled on the FGC. It shows off the cast, various game modes, DLC color sets (Hi, Allen Hibiki!), and more.

It’s not long now, friends. Are you ready for June 28th?

Source: arika

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$10,000 Millennial Esports Dragon Ball FighterZ Tournament results and replays

This past weekend, Millennial Eports hosted a $10,000 Dragon Ball FighterZ tournament with some of the best players in the world. With this being the final event before this weekend’s Summit of Power, as well as the first tournament where Zamasu (Fused) and Vegito (SSGSS) were legal — and ten metric tons of cash at stake in the FGC Arena, the battles would certainly prove interesting.

Results

Dragon Ball FighterZ

1. CO|GO1 (Fused Zamasu/Cell/Bardock, Cell/Bardock/Fused Zamasu, Bardock/Cell/Super Saiyan Vegeta, Cell/Bardock/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
2. CO|Fenrich (Cell/Bardock/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
3. PsrK|NicoMaki (Fused Zamasu/Cell/Kid Buu, Cell/Kid Buu/Fused Zamasu)
4. Claysculpture (Bardock/Frieza/Cell, Bardock/Tien/Super Saiyan Goku)
5. Shrugu (Cell/Gotenks/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
5, Hitbox|CToss (Captain Ginyu/Cell/Piccolo)
7. TSB|Blaze (SSGSS Vegito/Goku Black/Android 16, SSGSS Vegito/Goku Black/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
7. YLT Cole (Majin Buu/Cell/Super Saiyan Vegeta, SSGSS Vegito/Majin Buu/Super Saiyan Vegeta)

DLC 2 FT5 Exhibition:

CO|Fenrich (SSGSS Vegito/Fused Zamasu/Cell) defeats CO|G01 (SSGSS Vegito/Fused Zamasu/Cell) 5-3

You can find the full playlist of the event — which was streamed by Team Spooky — below!

Source: Team Spooky (YouTube)

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The Capcom Pro Tour DLC “Ring of Power” stage will be playable alongside Cody on June 26th

We’ll be able to fight in the shadow of Shadaloo… soonish.

Those who have picked up the Capcom Pro Tour 2018 Premier Pass have gained access to a number of goodies already — including new costumes for Sakura and Akuma — but the 2018 CPT stage, the Ring of Power, has only been teased to be available at some future date. We now have that date: the Ring of Power is promised to arrive alongside the update that brings us Cody on June 26.

Source: Capcom Fighters (Twitter)

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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle roundup: Blake combos and frame data, powerful Orie combos, and more

As BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is properly out in the wild now, players are busy figuring the newly-released characters: Blake, Orie, Kanji, and Platinum. We’re going to focus on the first two in this post. Blake certainly is getting lots of attention and lots of combos posted; after all, she is an entirely new character. Orie, on the other hand, comes from Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], but she’s looking really strong, with extremely good mix-up options and fast screen coverage.

Here’s a video of pretty optimal Blake combos. Her solo attack strings can certainly get pretty long when you’re jumping. There’s also a combo off an overhead and a midscreen cross-up setup with an assist. Toward the end, there’s an example of a Reversal Action punish and a combo into Astral Heat.

Tari posted Blake frame data in two Tweets, so check here to know what is plus and minus:

Thulius posted a setup between Rachel and Blake that traps the opponent in an airblock that’s met with an air unblockable DP.

This Blake and Ruby combo is more about style than damage, but it looks so darn cool. Team RWBY looks spectacular together in this game.

Uri made an unblockable setup with Orie and Jin in the corner; he said it’s possible to use Reversal Action at certain places to get out of this.

If you’re hunting for that Cross Burst, Orie’s EX move in the air, j.214C, will get around in a stylish and effective manner.

Here’s a more substantial clip that shows how well Orie works with Yu. Their pressure masks the mix-up options really well, and can include a safe jump in some situations.

Deadly Reversal Action punish with Es and Orie:

TheArm also posted a setup with Orie, but he paired her up with Hazama for corner shenanigans.

Lastly, LTL teaches us an important lesson about knowing roundstart options:

Sources: Kakuge Fighting Games; Tari; @UriFGC; TheArm; @LTL_YVR; squish; Sp3ctro; @NotThulius; @kou30c