Month: July 2018

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Overwatch – Another Free Weekend Incoming from July 26-30 & the Wrecking Ball Will Be There!

If you’re one of the ten people in the world who have not ever tried Overwatch or haven’t yet purchased it, we have good news: There’s another free weekend coming that will run from July 26th to July 30th. All heroes, including the recently announced “Hammond The Wrecking Ball, will be available as well as 18 maps and “a variety of game modes”. Players can level and earn loot boxes along the way and all progress will be saved should a player end up buying Overwatch.

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NEO GEO World Tour 2018 shares SNK highlights from Kuwait Battle Royale

The NEO GEO World Tour is an SNK-supported tournament series for The King of Fighters ’98 and The King of Fighters XIV. It’s also an overall celebration of SNK’s arcade past, with side events for things like Metal Slug and Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

And just like any arcade, you never know who will show up to run shop. NEO GEO World Tour has put together a great highlight reel of from their most recent stop at the Kuwait Battle Royale, showing off the triumphs and upsets of each event. If you enjoyed the event and want to continue watching excellent SNK action, be sure to keep an eye on the rest of the events at their Twitch page!

Source: NEO GEO World Tour

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Ryu morphs into a Power Ranger in new reveal for Power Rangers: Legacy Wars

It was pretty wild when Ryu, Chun-Li, Bison, Cammy, and Akuma were revealed for the Power Rangers: Legacy Wars mobile fighting game a few months back. But, if you looked at that and thought “Ah, that’s it, that’s as far as this weird crossover will go”, well… Ryu is a Power Ranger now, according to the newly revealed trailer by nGate at San Diego Comic Con:

The Ryu Ranger is his own separate character, and he’s available now in Power Rangers: Legacy Wars.

One wonders if Ryu Ranger will appear as an alternate outfit in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition somewhere down the line. Personally, I’m still holding out hope that the Power Rangers will just get their own actual console fighting game, instead. The last one we had Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition on SNES, a surprisingly competent fighter for its era that would see its battle engine reused for Gundam Wing: Endless Duel.

Source: PowerRangersNOW

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Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Semi-Finalists Emelianenko, Sonnen Booked for Oct. 13

The finalists in Bellator MMA’s heavyweight grand prix will be determined by Oct. 14, as the promotion is set to hold the remaining two semi-final bouts on the weekend of Oct. 12. Semi-finalists Fedor Emelianenko and Chael Sonnen are officially set to collide on Oct. 13 at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, Newsday reported on Thursday.
Sonnen and Emelianenko will compete just one day after fellow grand prix semi-finalists Ryan Bader and Matt Mitrione throw down on Oct. 12 in Connecticut.

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Atlus and SNK add $5,000 to The King of Fighters XIV prize pool at AnimEVO 2018

The stakes just got raised in The King of Fighters XIV tournament at AnimEVO 2018! Atlus and SNK just announced their addition of five grand to the total prize pool for SNK’s latest KOF entry:

This AnimEVO is shaping up to be its largest event yet, with 25 games running under the AnimEvo banner. If you haven’t already registered for Evo 2018 and want to get in on the KOFXIV action, you can do so here — but hurry! Sign-ups for Evo are almost closed.

Source: AtlusUSA