Everyone has a fighting chance
The final Warbringers video from World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth has arrived, this time starring Queen Azshara. Many had hoped that her video would provide context for her part in Battle for Azeroth, but have found her origin story instead. This is, however, fascinating as it is the visual confirmation of her servitude to the Old God N’Zoth. What part the two will play in BfA remains to be seen.
This week, the last piece of Rashid’s Air Man Crossover Costume is up for grabs (along with the Monster Hunter outfits for Ken, R. Mika, and Ibuki if you missed them on the first run), and Capcom has now revealed the next costume you’ll be able to earn in Extra Battle mode. Next week (starting August 30th) in Street Fighter V you’ll be able to start earning the pieces for a Crossover Costume for Cammy: Fiona Belli from Haunting Ground.
Don't panic!
Fiona from Haunting Ground is the next Crossover Costume for Cammy, starting in Extra Battle Mode on August 30. pic.twitter.com/iAguAQVDF4
— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) August 24, 2018
For those unfamiliar with the (slightly obscure) title, Haunting Ground is a survival-horror game released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2 (called Demento in Japan). The player must guide car-crash survivor Fiona and her canine companion Hewie through a mysterious castle, exploring and ultimately seeking escape.
As usual, players will need to earn four costume components through weekly Extra Battle challenges. Watch for the first one next weekend.
Source: Street Fighter (Twitter)
During their recent live stream, ARIKA revealed when the next balance patch for Fighting EX Layer would arrive: version 1.1.0 of the game will drop on PlayStation 4 on September 5, 2018.
The patch itself seems to be geared towards addressing the game’s balance, based on what we’ve seen so far in competitive play. Most notably, two of the game’s Gougi decks are being nerfed: Babel and Double Face. The former loses the Meter Power Gougi, to be replaced by an Attack Up Gougi. The latter, on the other hand, has the armor from the Heads/Tails Gougi activate only at 50% or lower health.
In addition to this, anti-airs are being buffed across the board. Prior to this, most players would agree that jump ins in FEXL are a bit too strong… this change should serve to address this!
Source: Fighting EX Layer (Twitter)
Rizin FF 13 is just a little over a month away, and North American mixed martial arts fans will recognize many, if not most of the fighters set to compete on the Sept. 30 card.
The final qualifying event for Pokkén Tournament DX at the 2018 Pokémon World Championships is going on right now! 184 players are battling it out in the Last Chance Qualifier to make it to tomorrow’s World Championship tournament. And for good reason — A prize pool worth over $20,000 awaits the winning competitors in the Pokkén Tournament Championship Series!
Watch live video from PokkenTournament on www.twitch.tv
You can watch the stream above right now, and if you want to follow along with the bracket, you can see the bracket for the LCQ here on Challonge.
Source: pokkentournament
Backstage News On Johnny Gargano’s “Injury” At WWE NXT Takeover
Ronda Rousey’s Husband No Longer Interested In WWE Career?, Evolution Tickets, Dasha Fuentes Update
Welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week’s most notable news — and our favorite SRK articles — from August 17 to August 23, 2018!
Zavian “mushin_Z” Sildra, Editor-in-Chief:
There are so many great titles here, this is the perfect opportunity to see older games you are nostalgic for (or maybe aren’t familiar with!) and less-mainstream titles that don’t get as bright a spotlight being played at high-level — as well as get a look at some upcoming games. Check it out!
And it’s not like the big-stage titles are about to disappoint, either. If you missed them live, catch up on these matches here.
Following shortly after Sagat and G dropped a DLC bomb on Street Fighter V, Tekken 7 is about to follow suit with the arrival of Anna and Lei Wulong — and a slew of new changes to shake things up.
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Ed Boon confirms a new game from NetherRealm Studios is in the works
It’s not much to go on yet, but at least NRS fans now have official word that a fighting game of some kind is indeed on the way.
It seems like Capcom’s been looking at SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy trailers, and got jealous.
Crow_Spaceboy, Assistant Editor:
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Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] is now available on PC
You, reading this right now. I can feel you not playing UNIST. That’s gonna be a problem. You better go play this game.
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Here’s over 10 hours of high level Blade Strangers gameplay from Tokyo’s arcade location tests
I went from having zero interest in this game to it being one of my most-anticipated releases of 2018. These matches are part of the reason why I made such a turnaround.
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SoulCalibur VI characters won’t have alternate costumes, but can still be customized
Gosh, it’s almost like they didn’t have enough development time for this game or something, who could have predicted this…
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Tokyo Tekken Masters 2018 results
Knee’s victory with Lili in grand finals is absolutely legendary. Please seek out his matches if you haven’t already.
Brawlout is extremely not my thing, but I’m glad they are successful enough to still snag properties like this.
Catch up on what you may have missed in our prior SRK Rollback compilations.
Jack Swagger Recalls Having To “Send A Message” To A Former WWE Star During Match On RAW
Cody And The Young Bucks Making Next Move Together, MLW Fusion Preview, War Games, Bret Hart Honored
Catch up on all the action of the Evo 2018 side stage titles in these stream VODs of each game’s finals
Tekken 7 Season 2 begins on September 6 with new characters, system adjustments, and gameplay features
New premium costumes for Falke, Menat, Kolin, and R. Mika are coming to Street Fighter V on August 28