Month: August 2018

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Balrog gets a new (but classic) costume in Street Fighter V’s Fighting Chance, based on Street Fighter’s Mike

Another Heavenly King connects to his roots.

Following in same theme as Sagat’s pre-Shoryuken costume, Street Fighter V‘s Fighting Chance mode is now tempting Balrog mains with the Mike-Like costume, a tribute to the original Street Fighter pugilist that served as a prototype/inspiration for one of Street Fighter II‘s Four Kings.

Mike fans that want to add this costume to Balrog’s wardrobe will need to buy Fortune Tickets in SFV’s lootbox-ish Fighting Chance minigame; the first try is free, but additional shots to get the costume (amidst the other items that the mode provides) will take some Fight Money off your hands.

This costume replaces the Cannon Spike outfit for Cammy in Fighting Chance, while Sagat’s Street Fighter costume is still available. Although the announcement lists the costume as “available in Fighting Chance until 9/24”, the Fighting Chance reading 10-pack for this outfit is listed as being available until October 14 in-game.

Sources: Street Fighter (Twitter); CFN

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Guild Wars 2 6th Anniversary Retrospective

Guild Wars 2’s sixth anniversary was this week and it got me thinking about how this game has managed to hold my attention for so long, because this is a rarity for an MMO. So, I thought this was a good time to look back at my personal journey with Guild Wars 2 and how it has managed to hold on to me.

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Cooler gets into the action in this new Dragon Ball FighterZ trailer

Frieza’s brother demonstrates that revenge is best served cold.

At Evo 2018, Bandai Namco Games and Arc System Works revealed that Cooler would be coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ. Now, they’ve dropped another trailer showing even more of Cooler in action.

Beyond just showing some gameplay clips, the video below actually shows an actual match between a couple of appropriately-themed teams. Cooler is joined by Frieza and Ginyu, while facing off a team with Goku, Vegeta, and teen Gohan. While it’s hard to quantify the level of play in the match — the match seems to played in a way as set up a Cooler vs. Goku showdown — it does show us a glimpse of what may be in store for Dragon Ball FighterZ players in the future.

Source: Bandai Namco Games

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Soulworker at Gamescom, What?s Coming in 2018?

Ever since it launched back in February 2018, Soulworker has been a staple of my own MMO roster. The fluid combat systems, the instanced dungeons, and let’s face it, the anime aesthetic made this way more than just another otaku cash grab. Now, Gameforge has unveiled the game’s biggest update. I had a whirlwind tour and hands-on preview of the latest addition to Lion Game’s MMORPG.