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Kotaku has just published an article suggesting that ArenaNet is j”planning big layoffs” according to one person inside the company. The article further states that, while the number is not yet known, it will be a “significant number of people”.
Following the announcement of the returns of Mech Zangief, F.A.N.G, Juri, and Abigail to Extra Battle, as well as the currently-ongoing challenges for Balrog’s Guts Man attire, Capcom has unveiled the next Crossover Costume coming to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, which sees Alex transformed into the King of Greedia from the Red Earth series, Leo.
Originally appearing in 1996’s arcade-only fighter Red Earth — or War-Zard in Japan — Leo is the thirty-five-year-old King of Greedia, cursed by an unknown group of invaders and transformed into a half-man half-lion form. Armed with his trusty sword and shield, he seeks to “repay his debt to his countryman.” Leo was also a playable character in 2004’s Capcom Fighting Evolution (a.k.a Capcom Fighting Jam in Japan), serving as one of the four reps for Red Earth. This will be Alex’s first Crossover Costume — and as usual, you much defeat a CPU version of Leo-Alex to collect one of four gems weekly in order to assemble the attire. Each attempt will cost you 2,500 Fight Money each, meaning you need a minimum of 10,000 FM to claim the outfit as your own. Leo’s Theme from Red Earth will also be available as Crossover BGM in an additional Extra Battle that will set you back 1,000 FM per attempt. Any subsequent victories will net you 100 EXP for the character used.
Alex Leo’s Extra Battles will begin on Friday, March 15th, following the conclusion of Guts Man Balrog — whose fist gem is still available if you jump in this afternoon. The fourth challenge will conclude on April 12th. You can see the Street Fighter account’s tweet below.
The main attraction has arrived! ?
Become royalty with the Leo costume for Alex, available in Extra Battle Mode beginning March 15! pic.twitter.com/a6HdhBtQyv— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) February 19, 2019
Will you be looking to add this Crossover Costume, and/or Crossover BGM to your collection? Tell us down in the comments.
Source: Street Fighter (Twitter)
Though there was no news about the future of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition disclosed at Evo Japan, we do have some returning Extra Battle Crossover Costumes. As Guts Man Balrog’s challenges roll on, another robotic quartet of Mech Zangief, Mech F.A.N.G, Mech Juri, and Mech Abigail will be returning to Extra Battle for a second run on Friday, February 22nd, when the battles for their first of four total Costume Pieces will resume. As before, challenging each of these mechanical World Warriors will cost you 2,500 Fight Money per individual attempt, meaning you’ll need a minimum of 10,000 Fight Money to claim a single Crossover Costume, and a whopping 40,000 FM for the compete set.
However, if you’ve collected any of the previous pieces on their first pass around, the game will remember the gems that you already have, so you’ll only need to wait for the corresponding week of the pieces that you’re missing to gain the complete attire.Guts Man Balrog’s second piece will also be starting on Friday, and the Extra Battles for both the normal and Arranged version of Guts Man’s Theme from Mega Man are still available as Crossover BGM for another 1,000 FM per attempt.
⚙ Return of the Mechs! ⚙
Starting February 22nd, the mechanical Mech Zangief, robotic Mech FANG, metallic Mech Juri & automotive Mech Abigail costumes will return as extra battle challenges.
Collect them all to achieve a state of full metal madness. pic.twitter.com/qn9IjVzDjC— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) February 19, 2019
Will you be looking to complete any of the Mech attires you missed on the first cycle? Let us know in the comments below.
Source: Street Fighter (Twitter)
Longtime Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime is retiring after 15 years with Nintendo, 13 as President and COO. He will be succeeded by Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s current Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Bowser has been with NoA since 2016 but also worked for EA and Procter & Gamble.
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Bandai Namco has sent out a brand new class trailer for Bless Unleashed. This time, the Ranger class shines. “Rangers are built to deal death from afar as they unleash lethal bow-and-arrow attacks to defeat multiple enemies at once or take down the mightiest of beasts,” the PR reads. Judge for yourself in this new video.