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Torchlight Frontiers is heading into its second round of alpha testing throughout the coming weekend. Developers are also keen to have as many alpha testers log into the game as possible to, as they put it, “WRECK OUR SERVERS!” The event will take place on Friday, December 7th at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. “Melt them down to their very cores until nothing remains but blistered silicon.”
A previously rumored bantamweight bout pitting Dominick Cruz against John Lineker is now official for UFC 233.
If there’s something that Dragon Ball FighterZ has an abundance of, it’s various incarnations of the franchise’ lead character Goku. As such, there will inevitably be those who will try to play teams made up of nothing… but… Goku.
The combo video below from Playergodaines focuses mostly on the base form Goku that arrived as DLC a few months back. Indeed, there are a number of solo combos for him that don’t need any help from his other selves. However, the more intriguing combos here are based around him being backed up by his Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan forms.
Source: Playergodaines
As we learned early this morning, Fortnite players will soon be able to unleash their artistic sides with the new Creative mode that allows Battle Pass owners to have “access to a private island for the first week of Season 7, technically an “early access” phase. Starting December 13th, all players will have access as part of this free update.
Haitani has thrice found his way into Capcom Cup since the dawn of Street Fighter V. While his Necalli has always been the horse he rode into the fray, many found the character as much a liability as a strength for the player, and as such, Haitani’s runs were never too deep.
This year will see him fully focused on a brand new main in Akuma. But will that new main translate into improved performance?
Let’s face it, Necalli quickly dropped in the tier lists as time went on. In a game where rampant pressure reigned supreme, a character who had stubby normals combined with iffy spacing tools definitely was definitely found to be lacking.
This caused Necalli to see problems within the meta, and caused players such as GamerBee and Haitani both to struggle within the deeper phases of brackets. Both players would soon find their way to greener pastures… with Haitani, this translated into a shift to Akuma.
While his pick of Necalli made sense based off his old Street Fighter III main of Makoto, his willingness to shift to a character with huge amounts of burst damage and mixup potential made perfect sense if he was interested in making a serious go on the circuit this year. And this change to Akuma has caused his results to be far more consistent.
While his results have been more consistent, his remaining problem is one I also found with Luffy, but in a different angle. While he has done well in making top 8s, and even winning a CPT Premier event, it may not be enough evidence to claim he has gotten to the point where he can take down the toughest bracket in the world.
While I would definitely call the EU Regional Finals bracket the weakest Premier bracket on the circuit this year, the Latin American Regional Finals bracket may be the second weakest. This is not to knock the Latin American region — which I view as increasingly strong — the players there are overall not accustomed to playing against the best players in the world; even Europe has more experience on this front. So when you take down a Premier with your most fierce opponent being Mago, it calls into question how your chances fare in a far more stacked bracket.
Mago has been consistent as a player for a long time, but has been at the lowest echelon of top players, and hasn’t won a single event since August 2016, even a ranking event. So when this is your top competition, it becomes easier for you to capitalize and take a title.
But when it comes down to playing against everyone else in the hunt for the title, he has fared worse. Given this was his only tournament win, and only two other times was he able to breach the top 4, this is a major concern for him.
It sounds very easy to dismiss Haitani. He’s still a formidable opponent that no one should sleep on. However, his Akuma play isn’t particularly remarkable — what he’s doing, Tokido is doing better — and his results haven’t been stellar enough to call him a major threat.
While Bonchan hasn’t posted a win on the year, he has done historically better in stronger fields this season, and definitely has strong characters to overtake Haitani’s Akuma with. While it’ll be a hard guess either way, don’t be surprised if Haitani is fighting from Losers Bracket right out of the gate.
Fighting EX Layer recently completed its long-awaited trek to the Steam platform — but was it worth the wait? PC MasterRace Latinoamérica has shared a number of screenshots from the PC version with us, showing off what the game looks like with all settings cranked to max:
For comparison’s sake, You can see the same tests preformed on PCMR’s site for Tekken 7, The King of Fighters XIV, and Street Fighter V. Note that the above is just a small sample of PCMRLA’s gallery: to see the full gallery of screenshots, click here to go to their site!
Source: PC MasterRace Latinoamérica
Troubled former NFL Pro Bowler Greg Hardy will make his Octagon debut against Allen Crowder at UFC Fight Night 143 in Brooklyn. ESPN.com was first to report the heavyweight matchup.
When v8.1 “Tides of Vengeance” launches in World of Warcraft next week, players will be able to level and gear up characters through the newly added “Faction Assault” points. Those who played the Legion expansion will be familiar with the mechanic. Specific assault points will appear on the map in a single zone. “A Horde or Alliance crest on the map will indicate the type of invasion that is occurring and the available quests associated with it.”
Tekken Bot Prime has just been updated to support Tekken 7‘s version 2.10 patch. This means players can now use it to see the frame data of new characters Craig Marduk and Armor King.
For those not familiar with it, Tekken Bot Prime is a tool created by WAZAAAAA0 that provides a real-time frame data overlay for Tekken 7. This makes it a great tool for learning new characters and match-ups, as well as analyzing a characters overall strength.
For those players on PC that are interested in it, you can get the update for free over on Github.
Source: Avoiding the Puddle
Tekken 7 tech roundup — Armor King’s unblockable Rage Drive, Marduk death resets, and more!
Armor King, Craig Marduk, Julia Chang revealed for Tekken 7 Season 2
As PC gamers, we enjoy more than just MMOs. Some of us are into shooters, and space sims, and racing games on top of our online escapades. Recently, Thrustmaster reached out and asked us if we’d be interested in checking out their TS-XW force feedback racing wheel for XBOX One and PC. With The Crew 2 firmly loaded up on our PC, we accepted. Let’s see how it changes the game in our full review.