Month: June 2018

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These basic combo videos for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle DLC characters will get you started

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is well on its way to rounding out its growing cast of characters, adding more and more fan-favorites from its crossing franchises. The new BBTAG DLC characters include Yang Xiao Long, Hakumen, Jubei, Carmine, Vatista, Aegis, and Naoto. Japanese YouTuber Meno compiled basic combo videos for every character, with notation.

Each of the videos has an explanation in the beginning that explains how to follow the combo inputs (in English and Japanese). They typically follow a pattern, going from simpler sequences to ones that involve meter usage and a partner. Here they are:

Yang Xiao Long:

Hakumen:

Naoto Shirogane:

Vatista:

Carmine:

Jubei:

Aegis:

For some more advanced tech, check out our recent BBTAG combo roundup, that also features several of the DLC characters.

Source: Meno

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HORI SoulCalibur VI RAP.N for PlayStation 4 & Xbox One officially revealed, now available for pre-order from GameStop

Step on to the Stage of History with a new weapon in hand.

We first caught a glimpse of this in images that surfaced showing an in-development RAP prototype at E3 2018; HORI has two new SoulCalibur VI RAP.N fight sticks, so you can cut down your foes while enjoying some fantastic SoulCalibur panel art at the same time!

soulcalibur vi hori rap announcement

From the press release:

The Real Arcade Pro SOULCALIBUR VI Edition is a tournament-grade fighting stick for and that brings the arcade experience home. Featuring HORI original HAYABUSA joystick and matte HAYABUSA buttons specifically designed from the ground up to reduce input time, increase accuracy, and extend durability.

This is the new Real Arcade Pro, featuring a sleek, low-profile chassis and the popular NOIR button for maximum comfort. Additional features include assignable buttons, Turbo settings, Touch Pad, stick control input options, headset jack, PlayStation 3 and PC compatibility (via XInput) and more. Settle for nothing less than the Real Arcade Pro! Officially Licensed by Sony and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment.

These sticks look sure-to-please SoulCalibur fans, and the semi-transparent cases are an interesting switch. They are already available to pre-order in the USA through GameStop (click here for the PlayStation 4 version, and here for Xbox One), with an expected release date of October 19th.

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If you’re a fan of Qanba, they also have revealed their own SoulCalibur VI-branded Obsidian fight stick.

Source: HORI USA [press release]

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Crowfall – Seasons Coming to the v5.7 Update

The Crowfall site has been updated with a new post from Thomas Blixtev Blair that details one of the exciting new features coming to the game with the v5.7 milestone update. Season will be one way to mark the passage of time, a crucial feature of the game as it “causes dramatic, fundamental changes to the gameplay in [the] universe”.

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The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga is now available on PlayStation 4

For any fans of classic fighting games from the ’90s, here’s a great surprise from SNK. The company has announced The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga is now available on the PlayStation 4.

Originally released on the PlayStation 2, as well as PlayStation Portable and Wii over a decade ago, The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga compiles together the first 5 games in the series, from the seminal The King of Fighters ’94, to the tournament favorite dream match The King of Fighters ’98.

The ports themselves also feature extra modes not in the original such as a color edit mode, and an option to switch to an arranged version of the soundtrack.

This new release of The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga is still based on that PlayStation 2 version.

Source: SNK

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– The Post E3 Era ? Fallout 76 and Online Games

The MMO has come a long way. There have been many iterations over the years and there is no denying the huge influence our genre has had on the industry as a whole. In the early days of trying to build out games like Star Wars Galaxies and City of Heroes we laid the groundwork for the idea that every game will eventually be an MMO. These talks were given as far back as 2006 or 2007. Now here we are in 2018 and E3 showed us that all games will be MMOs… in some way or another.