Month: July 2018

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Watch high-level SoulCalibur VI gameplay from CEO: Team Kenny Omega vs. Team Jebailey

Among the many spectacular matches at CEO 2018, a special SoulCalibur VI exhibition took place.

Professional wrestler Kenny Omega takes to the stage to introduce his team, following a 5 vs. 5, winner-stays-on competition. The two team captains start off, with Kenny Omega using Kilik and Jebailey going for Geralt. The two show off what experience they have, with Jebailey emerging victorious, but losing rather quickly to UYU|BeautifulDude‘s Grøh, who won a recent ESL tournament at E3. The matches heat up considerably as more knowledgeable and practiced players enter the fray.

We can honestly say, this is probably the most skilled SouCalibur VI gameplay to date, so it’s really worth watching. Particularly noteworthy are: OmegaXCN, who pulls off more complicated pressure with Taki’s Possession stance; IceColdEdge’s Siegfried, who rings out Ivy with a huge Soul Charge combo at 34:00; and LinkKRC, who figured out really nice Ivy combos and a pretty effective horizontal move to keep opponents in check.

There were actually some more warm-up matches before the exhibition that didn’t make it into the YouTube clip above. It’s really worth watching, even just to see great matches between OmegaXCN’s Taki and his opponent, Siegfried; OmegaXCN seemed even more on fire here.

Watch CEOGaming 2018 Finals day! All brackets: https://smash.gg/tournament/ceo-2018-fighting-game-championships/events from TeamSp00ky on www.twitch.tv

Source: Team Spooky; Twitch

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UK Qualifier for Red Bull Kumite 2018 taking place in London on July 15, registration now open

The Kumite comes to London for a high-stakes qualifier!

The next qualifier event for the upcoming Red Bull Kumite 2018 will be hitting the UK — it will be held in London, England at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere on July 15th! Details from the press release:

The most accomplished Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition players in the nation are invited to battle it out at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere, the largest public esports studio in the UK on July 15th in a Red Bull Kumite pre-qualifier. The invitational Street Fighter V tournament, which last year saw 1.4M viewers on Twitch and 700k on Facebook Live, is giving the winners of the London qualifier an opportunity to represent the nation at the Red Bull Kumite Last Chance Qualifier in Paris on November 10th, the night before the main event.

As well as securing themselves a seeded position at the Last Chance Qualifier, the victors from the event at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere will also win the trip to Paris and a luxury Noblechairs EPIC gaming chair. The Last Chance Qualifier will see entrants pitted against 256 of the best Street Fighter players from around the World to battle it out for a top spot in the grand final against the pros, taking place in Paris on November 11th. Professional players Packz, Shakz, and Hurricane are already confirmed to compete, with further names to be announced over the coming weeks.

Red Bull Kumite returns for its fourth edition following three exhilarating tournaments which have secured the Street Fighter V competition’s position among the most prestigious events in the fighting game calendar. Kumite is unique within the competitive fighting game scene, with the grand final taking part in a cage in Paris, and with a focus on player rivalries and backstories, Kumite offers spectators a riveting and emotionally charged experience.

Eight countries, including the UK, are hosting their own Kumite pre-qualifiers for the first time to determine the strongest fighting game players in the country to take part in the Last Chance Qualifier. The two finest players will then go on to compete in the iconic cage at the main event in Paris.

Want to watch? The qualifier will be streamed live on the Red Bull Esports Twitch channel. Want to join the fight? Register here.

Source: Red Bull Esports [press release]

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Pocket Rumble now available for the Nintendo Switch

Good news! We previously reported that Pocket Rumble, the 2D SNK-inspired fighter by Cardboard Robot Games and Chucklefish, was slated for release “by the end of July 2018” for Nintendo Switch. Whatever stars needed to align to change that plan happen must have done so, because “end of July” has morphed into “now”, as you can see on the Nintendo eShop.

Now that the game is out on the eShop, the original plan of focusing on new content for Pocket Rumble‘s Steam version is well underway.

Source:  Nintendo eShop