Month: June 2018

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Toshimichi Mori would like to add Nier: Automata’s 2B to BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

The potential for more fates to cross in Arc System Work’s latest fighting game seems infinite. Toshimichi Mori, the game’s producer and director, has expressed interest in adding even more franchises into BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. One of those franchises seems to be Nier: Automata, a game he likes very much.

Forbes caught up with Mori in an interview post-release of the game (Forbes interviewed Mori two years ago, where he mentioned that he likes RWBY, which facilitated the collaboration with Rooster Teeth). The new interview talks about switching from Unreal Engine 3 to 4, which seems to be more visually-focused.

But RWBY fans will be happy to hear that Mori “would love to” see additional characters from that franchise in BBTAG, particularly Penny and Adam. Mori is conflicted however over developing something that fans want versus realizing his own vision. When asked about what he has been playing lately, he named Nier: Automata, and also said the following:

“Hey, we should release 2B and 9S on BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Yeah, that would be good. I would want to play that. Should I ask them? Haha.”

Yoko Taro, are you listening?

For more on BBTAG, check out our BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle review.

Source: Forbes

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Take an in-depth look at the history, the community, & the new generation of Street Fighter in this 3-part documentary from Capcom

What more needs to be said that hasn’t already been said about the Street Fighter series? Regardless of what anyone thinks about the current status of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Capcom’s legendary fighting game series has left a huge impact — not just in the fighting game genre but gaming in general, both casually and competitively, on a worldwide scale — for over 30 years. The Street Fighter brand has become even more of a household name in the mainstream, where some random passersby might catch a major tournament being aired on ESPN or TBS at their local bar. Street Fighter and its community are gaining more positive exposure, growth, and acceptance in the general public by the day, and that’s a good thing.

The Street Fighter YouTube channel has uploaded a three-part documentary series covering the history, community growth, and the next generation of new players of this perennial franchise. Footage from past tournaments as well as numerous interviews with pro players, commentators, personalities, and fans are shown here, and inform the viewers about the mark the Street Fighter series has left on them — as well as what the future holds for it. You can watch all three parts below (which total to a run time of about an hour-and-a-half).

Source: Street Fighter (YouTube)

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Pocket Rumble hits Nintendo Switch this coming July, backers to get free copy

Last year, we received word that Pocket Rumble would be getting a Nintendo Switch port. Now, we have an idea of when the NEO GEO Pocket-styled fighter will be arriving on Nintendo’s console-slash-portable hybrid.

Cardboard Robot Games and Chucklefish have made an announcement stating that work on the Switch port of Pocket Rumble is complete. As such, fans should expect the game to launch on the Switch before the end of July 2018. In addition to this, to apologize for the port’s delay, they will be giving a free copy to all of the players who backed Pocket Rumble over on Kickstarter. To receive their free copy, backers will have to send an email to contact@chucklefish.org with their forwarded pledge confirmation, and their region.

With the release of the Switch port, development on Pocket Rumble can now focus on additional content for the game. As such, when all the content is complete, the PC version will finally leave Early Access, and the Switch version will also receive a substantial update with all the content. All of these updates will be available for free.

Source: Cardboard Robot Games via Siliconera

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Conan Exiles – While Stability & Tech Issues Have Been the Focus, There’s More to the Roadmap

The Conan Exiles site has been updated with a new developer blog to inform players about forthcoming features and improvements. While the focus since launch has been fixing stability and other technical issues, the team wants the community to know that “there is more to our roadmap” than these issues. To that end, readers are treated to a brief look at what they can expect to see in-game over the coming weeks and months.