Month: June 2018

Who will prove to be the strongest fighter in any universe?

We already knew Bandai Namco was kicking off a new Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour circuit at CEO 2018 that would see competition in DBFZ at various locations over 2018 and 2019; along with a new trailer, new details have arrived about this new tournament series!

Watch Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Launch Trailer from dragonballfighterz on www.twitch.tv

From the press release:

The tournament was created in partnership with Twitch which is the exclusive livestreaming service for DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour and the managing partner for league operations, circuit events, and content on a global scale.

The inaugural stop for the DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour will begin at the CEO Fighting Game Championships taking place from June 29th to July 1st in Daytona Beach, Florida. Living up to its billing as a worldwide tournament, the DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour will feature “Saga Event” stops, including: Ultimate Fighting Arena (France), Thunderstruck (Mexico), Southeast Asia Major (Singapore), VS Fighting (United Kingdom), and CEO Fighting Game Championships (USA). Fans can catch all the action live on the World Tour’s official Twitch channel: twitch.tv/dragonballfighterz. For more information on the entire DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour, please visit the tour’s official website at: http://dbfzworldtour.com

“DRAGON BALL FighterZ is a massive international success and fans around the world have been clamoring for an official tournament series built around the game,” said Eric Hartness, Vice President of Marketing, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. “With the DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment and Twitch are doubling down to create an epic worldwide tournament series of Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan proportions. We can’t wait to see the epic battles that will surely emerge from our highly skilled DRAGON BALL FighterZ global player pool.”

DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour tournaments will be held throughout 2018 in the countries listed above. The tournaments will culminate at a DRAGON BALL FighterZ World Tour Finals event to be held in January 2019. More details about the finals event will emerge later.

Source: Bandai Namco [press release]

It’s no secret that ARIKA would love to expand the cast of Fighting EX Layer with more classic Street Fighter EX characters via DLC. Now, it seems like they’re teasing one of those characters (much like Vulcano Rosso was dropped into the very end of this video).

In a recent tweet regarding the company’s presence at Community Effort Orlando 2018, ARIKA Vice President Ichiro Mihara included an image that seems to be teasing Pullum Purna as an upcoming character for the game. The image, which you can see below, has Pullum seemingly rendered in-engine, while covered up with the text from said tweet.

First appearing in the original Street Fighter EX, Pullum Purna is a Middle Eastern heiress who’s traveling the world with her bodyguard, Darun Mister (who is already in the game) in search of her father. She was notable for a moveset inspired by Arabian dance — as well as being the only character who could double jump.

Aside from Pullum, ARIKA has also mentioned wanting to add Area, Sharon, and Vulcano Rosso as DLC as well. Now considering that Pullum is seemingly shown in-engine in the image above, should we expect an announcement soon to confirm this, possibly at CEO 2018?

Fighting EX Layer launches on PlayStation 4 on June 28.

Source: Arika