Month: November 2018

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Sega drops a new trailer for Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining

Hot on the heels of announcing Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining, Sega have now released trailer for the upcoming PlayStation 4 and Switch fighter.

Based on their long running Shining RPG series, Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining is the 3rd installment of the Blade Arcus fighting game spin-off series. The new game adds 5 new characters from Shining Resonance Refrain.

In addition to focusing on the new characters, the trailer below also details the bonuses available in the game’s Japanese limited edition “Premium Fan Box”.

As detailed in the trailer above, the “Premium Fan Box” includes a special collectors box, a Blade Arcus Rebellion visual book, a Drama CD titled Epilogue of Blade Arcus, a theme song CD, a download code for new character Kirika’s “Fall-Colored Hagoromo” costume, and an A3 sized poster.

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Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining arrives on PlayStation 4 and Switch on March 14, 2019.

Source: Sega

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Guild Wars 2 PvP ? Automated Atrophy?

It’s been more than 7 months since Steven touched on PVP and metabattle. He proposed that jumping on the metabattle bandwagon could make you the PvP problem but I’ve been swinging swords on various accounts over recent months and I don’t think PvP really needs a moratorium on metabattle. Instead, this month’s PvP lets play with community partner Jebro highlighted more fundamental issues with Guild Wars 2’s competitive game.

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Dragon Ball FighterZ, SoulCalibur VI, and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection discounted in Walmart and GameStop’s Black Friday sales

Black Friday is now upon us, and as such a number of retailers have put discounts on their games. Two of these retailers are Walmart and GameStop who, as part of their Black Friday sales, have discounts on a number of fighting games.

For any players who’ve yet to pick up Dragon Ball FighterZ, Walmart has both the PlayStation 4 and Switch versions of the game on sale. The newer Switch version can be purchased for only $25.99, down from its regular $59.99 price. Meanwhile, the PlayStation 4 version is only $19.99, down from $39.82.

GameStop on the other hand has the PlayStation 4 versions of SoulCalibur VI and the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection on sale. SoulCalibur VI can be purchased for only $39.99, down from its regular $59.99 price. The Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection on the other hand is going for only $19.99, down from $39.99.

For anyone interested in taking advantage of any of the above sales, they should do so soon, as most of these will only last until the end of the holiday weekend.

Sources: Walmart; GameStop

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MapleStory 2’s End Game to Be Overhauled

The MapleStory 2 site has a lengthy post from Producer Jungsoo Lee to discuss big changes coming to the end game. The goal is to provide players with more options to “enjoy the variety of experiences the game has to offer”. Currently, the community has been critical with the lack of content at level cap.

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Underworld Ascendant Review

I went into this game expecting great things. It’s 2018 and we were just given a new Ultima-inspired game with the promise of bringing the amazing classics from Ultima Underworld into the era with upgraded graphics and mechanics. I was super excited. That is until I played it. Ladies and Gentlemen, strap in and prepare yourselves, this is our Underworld Ascendant review.