Month: July 2018

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Warlords Awakening – Early Access Delayed to August 2nd

PlayWith has announced that it is delaying the Early Access start for Warlords Awakening until August 2nd. The EA period of development was supposed to begin today, but the extra time will, according to the note on the game’s Steam page, allow the team to “solve some issues encountered during the Ambassadors’ Program tests”.

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Street Fighter IV: Omega Mode — Rose & Sagat analysis videos

In light of Ultra Street Fighter IV‘s inclusion in digital pre-orders of the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, I’ve decided to dedicate some time to examining the most slept-on online-capable Street Fighter title: Street Fighter IV: Omega Mode. Packaged as a free alternate version within the edition select of USFIV, Omega uses leftover game files, recycled taunts, and repurposed animations to completely change each character’s toolset; it’s essentially a completely new and unique Street Fighter title built within SFIV’s engine, with an entirely different balance philosophy than Ultra.

Omega was not popular at release due to some easy infinite combos — not to mention players’ interest in Ultra as a more serious, competitive game. I personally think Omega went woefully unexplored for being an extremely interesting venture, and I’ve started a series where I document each character’s Omega changes, and then show off some basic optimal combos.

This week I’m looking at Rose and Sagat. Rose’s defensive options were overhauled, with a new counter and invincible reversal, but a significantly nerfed backdash. She has a new special move that works something like a single-hit Aegis Reflector also gained the ability to combo Super into Ultra, giving her powerful burst damage. Sagat has a new special move based on his Tiger Raid from the Street Fighter Alpha series, and his combo routes have almost totally changed due to significant buffs to his normals, including a new target combo. It seems more emphasis has been placed on his elbow and knee-based normals, giving him a bit more of a Muay Thai flair. Both characters feel very similar in spirit to their Ultra versions, though they offer new bells and whistles through their gameplay.

Click here for a playlist of all Street Fighter IV: Omega videos I’ve released thus far. I’ll add future videos to this playlist as I finish them.

I plan to go through the entire roster over time, so subscribe to the ShoryukenTube YouTube channel if you don’t want to miss out!

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– Melting World Steam Key Giveaway!

MMORPG.com has been given a limited number of Steam keys for Melting World – a mech based multiplayer strategy game with tactical turn-based battles. Get your key while they last and check out this new title now!

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Arc System Works celebrates 30 years with a rocking new music video

Arc System Works is celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. Originally founded in 1988, the company has made a name for itself producing a number of iconic fighting games over the years.

One common thread among most of ArcSys’s games is the music, particularly the heavy metal-inspired soundtrack of the Guilty Gear series. As such, it should come as no surprise that as part of their 30th anniversary celebration they’ve released a special music video as a thank you to their fans.

The music video, which you can see below, shows various ArcSys employees in a series of scenes in and around their offices. You can check out both Japanese and English versions below, alongside as a special message from them.

Special message from Arc System Works
Arc System Works has somehow managed to stay in the industry and celebrate its 30th anniversary this year. So, we would like to thank all the fans who have supported us throughout the years, as well as various business partners and freelancers who helped us along the way with developing and publishing games.

We thank all of you from the bottom of our hearts.

In order to commemorate the 30th anniversary, we created something that will find a home in the hall of fame and peoples’ hearts. While our main business is in developing games, we hope this video may put a smile on some faces.

It’s time for all that hard work to pay off!

Source: Arc System Works