Month: September 2018

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Mech Zangief returning to Street Fighter V as the next costume available in Extra Battle mode

The Protector of the Russian Skies has been upgraded.

Following Cammy’s foray into survival horror, Capcom is “switching gears” for the next unlockable costume in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition‘s Extra Battle mode.

It’s clear from the teaser image that Mech Zangief has seen some upgrades in his armor — and flight capabilities — since the costume’s last appearance (below) in Super Street Fighter IV as an alternate for regular ‘Gief. It also confirms Mech Zangief’s role as a Shadaloo-developed anti-Zangief weapon, made clear by the Shadaloo crest on robo-gief’s chest. Different versions of Mech Zangief appear as far back as Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter.

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Mech Zangief in the Street Fighter IV series

You can get started on collecting the four pieces of this costume in Extra Battle starting on September 27th. You’ll need to earn all four pieces over the next four weeks, and each attempt at each challenge will cost you 2500 Fight Money.

Sources Street Fighter (Twitter)

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“NKI Volume XII” shows off disjointed hurtboxes, soft-locks, and more oddities of Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Few people have the understanding of Super Street Fighter II Turbo‘s science as the creator of NKIvideos. He’s been breaking Street Fighter for an extraordinary amount of time, and his combo videos are the results of an incredible amount of experimentation and understanding of the game’s stranger mechanics and behaviors. His latest (excellent) video is no exception:

If you love reading about the weird ways these interactions came to be, you owe it yourself to check out the transcripts here. More than just a combo video, the full transcript lays out the exact details of every combo, odd interaction, and glitch.

Source: NKI Videos

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ARK: Survival Evolved to Launch Conquest PvP Servers

Studio Wildcard has announced that it is preparing to launch special PvP “Conquest” servers. Up to 100 players will be able to take part and tribes will be “maxed out” at 25 Survivors. Players will also find some good reasons to play on Conquest servers with their 2X rates of taming, gathering, and experience. The Conquest Servers will be ready to go on Steam starting Friday, September 28th and at a later date for XBox One and PlayStation 4.

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Ultima Online Celebrates Its 21st Birthday & Can Now Legally Buy a Beer!

If you were around in the early days of MMOs, you probably played Ultima Online. How well we remember the “scary music” when a PK would range near as we were innocently chopping wood to try to craft some type of weapon. Ah, the good old days! The Broadsword team took time out to thank players for their participation and “to those who have left their mark on [the] humble virtual world!”

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Tom Cannon offers insight on the classic Umehara vs. Valle Street Fighter Alpha 3 match and origin of “The Beast” with BornFree

A look back at earliest days of the East/West fighting game rivalry.

In 1998, Daigo Umehara came to Nickel City arcade in San Francisco (well, technically a ways south of San Francisco) to fight in the Street Fighter Alpha 3 World Championship — and ultimately faced off against Alex Valle in an East-West battle that has become legendary.

At SoCal Regionals 2018, BornFree took some time to watch the footage of this epic event with fighting game OG and Shoryuken co-founder Tom Cannon, who provides lots of insight into how the whole thing went down — because he was there!

Tom Cannon talks about the California competitive scene at the time, how little was know about Japanese players ahead of Umehara’s arrival in the USA — and how much of an achievement it already was for Valle to come out on top against all the other USA competitors before going up against Umehara. He also explains how, very shortly after this tournament, Daigo Umehara gained his title as “The Beast”!

Source: BornFree

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