Month: June 2018

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AVerMedia has revealed a new line of 4K ultra HD capture cards

When it comes to streaming, both at home and at events, one of the companies that many content producers rely on is AVerMedia. Their line of Live Gamer and Live Gamer Portable capture cards are some of the most-used out there.

The company has now announced a new series of capture cards designed to work with 4K, ultra HD resolutions. The first of these is the Live Gamer 4K. This internal, PCIe capture card can capture 4K (2160p) high dynamic range video at 60fps. In addition to this, it can also capture lower resolutions at even higher framerates, up to 240fps at 1080p.

For those who need an external capture card, the company has also revealed the Live Gamer Ultra. This capture card connects to a laptop or computer via USB 3.1 and can capture 4K  high dynamic range video at up to 30fps. Like the Live Gamer 4K, it can also capture higher framerate video at lower resolutions (again, topping at 240fps at 1080p). In addition to this, the card also offers full 4K HDR passthrough at 60fps, and HD 1080p passthrough at 240fps.

Both will come with AVerMedia’s RECentral software that allows for simultaneous streaming to Twitch, YouTube, and Mixer, as well as CyberLink’s PowerDirector 15 4K video editing software. For those interested, both of these cards are set to ship on June 25. The Live Gamer 4K will retail for $299.99, while the Live Gamer Ultra will retail for $249.99.

In the meantime, check out this teaser from AVerMedia:

Source: AVerMedia

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Evolution Championship Series 2018 to be sponsored by Cygames

Evo and Cygames join forces for this year’s event!

Evo 2018, the world’s largest fighting game tournament, now has new sponsor; Cygames, producers of the Shadowverse digital card game, have already entered the FGC through Cygames Beast, Daigo Umehara’s team of Street Fighter V competitors. The Japanese developer is now increasing its support for fighting games even more by announcing its official sponsorship of Evo 2018!

As part of this new sponsorship, Cygames plans to provide a booth at Evo 2018 to showcase Cygames Beast, as well as highlight their Shadowverse game — including a “be a card” photobooth for attendees.

“For Japanese gamers no event is held in higher esteem than Evo, so naturally we are ecstatic to be a part of the 2018 event,” said Cygames Executive Director Yuito Kimura. “It is a true honor to support not just Cygames Beast, but the entire fighting game community, and we look forward to a long and rich relationship.”

“We are thrilled to partner up with Cygames for Evo 2018,” said Director of Global Business Development, Mark “MarkMan” Julio. “The Cygames brand across their products and their Cygames Beast gaming team are synonymous with quality and care. We’re excited to have new layers of support for players, the community, and the overall event from such a prestigious company.”

Evo 2018 is coming to the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino on August 3-5. Registration is still open!

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Sources: Evo; Cygames [press release]

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Send Noctis back to Square Enix with this Tekken 7 Steve Fox punish guide

Steve Fox isn’t known as one of Tekken 7‘s strongest punishment characters. That’s only because this boxer is built differently from the rest of the cast, and giving him a a standard punishment game would probably break him as a character. Instead, Steve can weave around his opponent’s options, making him a proper threat in the hands of those with very good defense.

Because of his unique nature, it’s especially important to know how to properly punish odd characters like Noctis, whose push-out and gimmicks fit the mold of Tekken even less than Steve’s abilities do. Fighters Generation‘s latest punishment tutorial shows off proper punishment and step versus the entire move-list of the Final Fantasy XV protagonist, so if you’re a Steve main, you owe it to yourself to check this out.

Source: Fighters Generation