Month: July 2018

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DC Universe Online – Next Episode Announced at San Diego Comic Con: ATLANTIS

Yep, you read that right: DC Universe Online’s next episode is called Atlantis and it will be launching this November. “In Atlantis, rebellion is festering deep beneath the sea. Aquaman reigns as king, but for how long?” Players will, of course, be putting on swim trunks and heading to Atlantis to take down the rebellion “where the fate of the kingdom and perhaps of two worlds – land and sea – hang in the balance”.

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Evo 2018 registration totals are in! Overall attendance up, Dragon Ball FighterZ tops Street Fighter V by over a hundred players

It was a pretty close race between SFVAE and DBFZ after all.

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Evo 2018 registration is now closed, and the total number of competitors in each main stage title have now been revealed! After leading in registration numbers for pretty much the whole sign-up period, Dragon Ball FighterZ came out with the highest registration over Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition by just over a hundred players. Also notable is how strong a draw Tekken 7 still proves to be!

  1. Dragon Ball FighterZ: 2530
  2. Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition: 2421
  3. Tekken 7: 1504
  4. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: 1303
  5. Super Smash Bros. Melee: 1302
  6. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle: 1148
  7. Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2: 621
  8. Injustice 2: 356

Mr. Wizard also notes that overall registration numbers for the event have increased over 2017’s totals.

Evo 2018 takes place at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on August 3-5.

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Source: Joey Cuellar (Twitter)

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Studio Saizensen shares their creative process for the visuals of Blade Strangers

If you’re a fan of the visuals of Blade Strangers — Nicalis’s new footsie-focused 2D crossover fighter — then you will want to check out the latest blog post interview with the animators of Studio Saizensen. In it, they discuss their 3D-to-2D process, and various challenges faced with providing a uniform look for the game.

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“With 2D artwork, it takes an immense number of hours to generate the different frames, but if it’s already 3D, it doesn’t use up as much time,” Kondo explains. “This process makes it very easy to generate and edit the movements so that we have a wide variety of different punches or special attacks, whatever we need to make the game look and feel great.”

You can read the full interview here at Nicalis’s Blog.

Source: Nicalis

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– ADATA XPG Spectrix D41 DDR4-3200 32GB: Good Lighting, Better Performance

Choosing the right DRAM kit can be a tough task. How much RAM do you need, should you pay more for speed, why are they priced different? If you’re looking for customization, which RGB kit has the best looks and options? We’re here to help you answer those questions, looking at the new XPG Spectrix D41 kit from ADATA. Read on for our full review.