Author: Casey "Waveflame" Rinaldi

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Listen to datamined English voice clips for unannounced BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle DLC characters

The unannounced characters are nearly unearthed completely.

Though we’ve already seen datamined Lobby Avatars, announcer calls and even some brief footage, we now have even more evidence pointing towards the identities of the remaining nine currently-unannounced DLC characters for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle.

Content creators Rachel’s Husband and Bonus-Kun have released English audio for upcoming fighters Nine The Phantom, Mai Natsume, and Izayoi from BlazBlue, Persona 4 Arena’s Labrys and Akihiko, and Under Night In-Birth’s Merkava and Yuzuriha Sougetsu.

In the clips, we can hear that Amanda Celine Miller, Stephanie Sheh, Cindy Robinson, Julie Ann Taylor, and Liam O’Brien will be reprising their roles as Nine, Mai, Labrys, Izayoi, and Akihiko respectively.

Merkava seems to be voiced in English by Benjamin Diskin — the voice of Eddie Brock/Venom in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Sai and Arashi Fuma in Naruto, Joseph Joestar in the Battle Tendency arc of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Ash Roller in Accel World, Knuckle Bine in the 2011 Hunter x Hunter, Numbahs One and Two in Codename: Kids Next Door, among countless other roles.

Yuzu’s English voice sounds like Erica Lindbeck, perhaps best known as Futaba Sakura in Persona 5, Celica in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Jericho in The Seven Deadly Sins, Sayaka Igarashi in Kakegurui, Pakunoda in the 2011 Hunter x Hunter, Azee Gurumin in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, and Hijiri Yashima in the upcoming FLCL: Alternative.

Until direct confirmation, the suspected voice actors are merely speculation, and will be updated with the accurate actor credit when they are announced. You can hear all available voice clips below.

According to the Nintendo eShop, the next set of characters contained in Cross Character Pack 4 is possibly releasing the day after Evo, so we could be seeing the next trio who Can’t Escape from Crossing Fate revealed at the event.

In the meantime, you can check out the new trailer for Cross Character Packs 2 & 3 as well as Yang Xiao Long, who are all now available to download.

Sources: Rachel’s Husband (YouTube); Bonus-Kun (YouTube)

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Core-A-Gaming looks at how UYU’s NL and Oil King are dealing with buffs and nerfs in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Learn how two of Team UYU’s finest are coping with the good and bad of Season 3.5’s balance changes.

In his latest video, Core-A-Gaming interviews two of the top players in the Capcom Pro Tour today, Team UYU’s NL and OilKing, about how they’re dealing with the buffs and nerfs their characters received in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s Season 3.5 balance patch. In the case of Oil King, Rashid — considered by many to be the absolute best character in Season 3 —  was hit massively with the nerf bat; meanwhile, NL’s main Cammy was given another round of buffs (much to the chagrin of many community members).

At Saigon Cup last April (which took place around three weeks after the mid-season balance patches were implemented) Core-A-Gaming interviewed both of these teammates for their thoughts on Capcom’s adjustments to their favorite fighters. Oil King was annoyed that his character was changed so drastically halfway through the Pro Tour, but swore to press on, as fans identified him with Rashid — though he was not above adding other World Warriors such as Falke to his roster to assist in now-unfavorable match-ups. But NL, who picked up his first win of the Season at Saigon Cup, spoke on the importance he places on tier lists and the hate that can come with winning using a top-class fighter.

What are your thoughts about buffs and nerfs in fighting games, especially SFV? Share your feelings in the comments.

Source: Core-A-Gaming

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New Japan Pro Wrestling X CEO Change The World full match card and livestream information

Last March, we reported that the organizer of Community Effort Orlando, Alex Jebailey, had reached out to Kenny Omega and New Japan Pro Wrestling to put on a live professional wrestling event in Daytona Beach, Florida during the event’s first night. Well, as we’re now less than two weeks away from the festivities, we now have the full match card from top to bottom, as well as livestream details. Mark your calendars, because those who are unable to attend live can still enjoy the action of what looks to be an absolutely stacked card, featuring many of the Japanese promotion’s finest. The matches we’ll be seeing are as follows:

  • Special Tag Match: The Golden Lovers (IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi) Vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito & IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion/ Best of the Super Juniors 25 Winner Hiromu Takahashi)
  • Special Tag Match: Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) Vs. CMLL’s Dragon Lee & Ryusuke Taguchi
  • Special Tag Match: Bullet Club’s Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) Vs. Juice Robinson & David Finlay
  • Special Singles Match: Jushin Thunder Liger Vs. Roppongi 3K’s Rocky Romero
  • Special Singles Match: Jeff Cobb Vs. The Bullet Club’s Chase Owens

Tickets for the event are on sale now, ranging from $20-$100 (before fees, via TicketMaster. Over 8,000 seats at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center will be available on Friday, June 29th.

For those unable to attend in person, CEO and NJPW are going to ensure that no one has to miss out on this top-notch wrestling action, as the entire event will be streamed live on twitch.tv/ceogaming at 8:00 P.M. CST.

There will also be a special commemorative event shirt that can be bought on-site, featuring the entire match card listed on the back, while the front has JeBailey and Omega re-enacting the infamous handshake from X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, which will also be made available on Pro Wrestling Tees for online ordering for a full week after the event. You can see a picture of the shirt, as well as match graphics, below.

CEOXNJPW-Change-The-World-Event-T-Shirt
CEOXNJPW-Change-The-World-Venue
CEOXNJPW-Golden-Lovers-Vs.-LIJ
CEOXNJPW-Change-The-World-RP3K-Vs.-Lee/Taguchi
CEOXNJPW-Change-The-World-GOD-Vs.-Juice/Finlay
CEOXNJPW-Change-The-World-Liger-Vs.-Romero
CEOXNJPW-Change-The-World-Cobb-Vs.-Owens

 

No meet and greets are planned for fans to interact with the NJPW stars. Unfortunately, as many of the Strong Style practitioners are traveling directly from Land of the Rising Sun for this show — but if something can be arranged, Jebailey will make a formal announcement to let everyone know. There will also be Dark Matches for the live crowd in attendance, in addition to the 5-match Main Card scheduled to run around 2 1/2 hours.

No commentary team has been announced for the streamed broadcast, but provided they don’t get some FGC notables on the mic, we’ll potentially receive the English New Japan World duo of Kevin Kelly and Don Callis. Stay tuned to Shoryuken for any additional developments concerning the event. For additional concerns, visit the FAQ section of ceogaming.com/njpw.

Source: ceogaming.org/ceoxnjpw

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More DLC characters and updates are still coming to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, according to the producer

Late last month, Bandai Namco Entertainment America hosted a special livestream, to show off the second pair of DLC characters coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ, Fused Zamasu and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegito. However, there was also a special announcement made by Producer Masayuki Hirano, about the future of Bamco’s other Dragon Ball title: Xenoverse 2.

Acknowledging the team’s original promise to support the game for a year with post-launch content and updates has since passed, Hirano noted that they have continued developing the game, complete with releasing additional DLC characters like Dabura, Super Buu (Gohan Absorbed), Jiren The Gray, Ultra Instinct Goku and Fu.

Thanking fans for allowing them to support the game for a year and a half, Hirano promises even more content, DLC characters, and updates will be arriving to the game — in addition to a free update that will address the network connection issues many players have been experiencing while playing online. Skills, moves, and rules will also be adjusted to ensure a much more streamlined online experience across the board for all players.

Even with the release of a more traditional 2D game like FighterZ, (which just had a Nintendo Switch port announced at E3,) Bandai Namco aims to continue supporting both games so that everyone can continue to enjoy the Dragon Ball series of games for a long time to come. You can view Hirano’s full message below.

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is currently available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe (YouTube)

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The New Day and The Elite’s Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Showdown gets profiled on WWE Now

On the latest episode of WWE Now, host Cathy Kelley breaks down the road to today’s Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition E3 Team Battle showdown between The New Day’s Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods, and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Elite faction — consisting of the new IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega and the new IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, Matt and Nick Jackson, The Young Bucks (who all scored gold at last Saturday’s Dominion event in Osaka-Jo Hall).

Following their previous encounters at Community Effort Orlando, as well as some trash-talking on Twitter, Capcom got the two wrestlers to agree to a face-off in the game’s new 3V3 Team Battle Mode, with The Bucks and New Day quickly stepping up to battle alongside their respective Captains.

After weeks of back-and-forth on social media, the dream match (even if it’s outside of the squared circle), goes down later today, Thursday, June 14th, at 1:00 PM PT (3:00 PM CT, 4:00 PM ET) at twitch.tv/capcomfighters at the Capcom Booth in Los Angeles, California. Attendees can also get their hands on Season 3’s newest character, Cody Travers, who is playable at the event.

Personally, I think it’s fantastic to see WWE promoting this internally, especially when three of the men involved are top stars in a rival promotion — and this just goes to show, once again, how mainstream the fighting game community is starting to become in popular culture. You can see the full episode below, as well as check out our previous coverage of this upcoming exhibition. WWE.com has also weighed in on the upcoming battle. You can also catch the official announcements of Kofi, E, and The Bucks being drafted below.

Let us know which team you’ll be rooting for in the comments section below.

Sources: WWE (YouTube); WWE.com; Being The Elite (YouTube); XavierWoodsPhD (Twitter)

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Capcom Pro Tour Online Ranking Event Europe West 1 results and replays

The online portion of the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour continued its forward march this past weekend with the first Online Ranking Event for the Europe West region. This time, Latvia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Romania, Lithuania, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Estonia, Ukraine, and Greece got to battle it out in cyberspace for those all-important Ranking Points and a spot on their Regional Leaderboards. There were 47 competitors in total, including SunMate, DrGulag, IND|Shady, and SwagSkheletor.

Results

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

1. SwagSkheletor (F.A.N.G) – 150 Points
2. Duwactik (Urien, Sakura) – 70 Points
3. DrGulag (Laura) – 40 Points
4. K0Lder (Balrog) – 20 Points
5. IND|Shady (Abigail, Urien) – 10 Points
5. Maumas (Alex) – 10 Points
7. SunMate (Birdie) – 1 Point
7. DedPetren (Juri) – 1 Point
9. Cancer (Balrog)
9. jyjyjy (Akuma)
9. nesuper (Vega)
9. bL31 (Kolin)
13. Zolwiol (Alex)
13. Paxie (Guile)
13. Tempo (Chun-Li)
13. FallingCelo (Urien)

You can see a replay of the entire top 8 below, featuring commentary by Unequalled Media’s Tyrant and HDJammerz, below.

The next stop for Online Ranking Events will be the first event for Asia East, on Saturday, June 23rd, at 10:00 AM JST. Eligible Countries are: Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Top 8 will begin at 4:00 PM JST, and will be streamed as always on twitch.tv/capcomfighters, as well as their YouTube Channel and Facebook Page. Registration is currently live at smash.gg, with participants including GGP|Kazunoko, CYG BST|Fuudo, Atlas Bear|stormKUBO, UYU|NL, Gachikun, DNG|Itabashi Zangief, UYU|Oil King, Red Bull|Bonchan, Forger Esports|HumanBomb, Liquid|Nemo, and CYG BST|GamerBee.

Source: Capcom Fighters (YouTube)

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$10,000 Millennial Esports Dragon Ball FighterZ Tournament results and replays

This past weekend, Millennial Eports hosted a $10,000 Dragon Ball FighterZ tournament with some of the best players in the world. With this being the final event before this weekend’s Summit of Power, as well as the first tournament where Zamasu (Fused) and Vegito (SSGSS) were legal — and ten metric tons of cash at stake in the FGC Arena, the battles would certainly prove interesting.

Results

Dragon Ball FighterZ

1. CO|GO1 (Fused Zamasu/Cell/Bardock, Cell/Bardock/Fused Zamasu, Bardock/Cell/Super Saiyan Vegeta, Cell/Bardock/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
2. CO|Fenrich (Cell/Bardock/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
3. PsrK|NicoMaki (Fused Zamasu/Cell/Kid Buu, Cell/Kid Buu/Fused Zamasu)
4. Claysculpture (Bardock/Frieza/Cell, Bardock/Tien/Super Saiyan Goku)
5. Shrugu (Cell/Gotenks/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
5, Hitbox|CToss (Captain Ginyu/Cell/Piccolo)
7. TSB|Blaze (SSGSS Vegito/Goku Black/Android 16, SSGSS Vegito/Goku Black/Super Saiyan Vegeta)
7. YLT Cole (Majin Buu/Cell/Super Saiyan Vegeta, SSGSS Vegito/Majin Buu/Super Saiyan Vegeta)

DLC 2 FT5 Exhibition:

CO|Fenrich (SSGSS Vegito/Fused Zamasu/Cell) defeats CO|G01 (SSGSS Vegito/Fused Zamasu/Cell) 5-3

You can find the full playlist of the event — which was streamed by Team Spooky — below!

Source: Team Spooky (YouTube)

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Lobby avatars and sprites datamined for all unreleased BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle DLC characters; release dates also possibly leaked

With BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle now available in Asia and North America, dataminers have been hard at work looking into the files of the PC version of the game — and have found more (nearly irrefutable) evidence of the identities of the nine remaining DLC characters that have yet to be officially announced. Investigation of the Nintendo Switch’s version of the beta revealed announcer and match victory calls for BlazBlue’s Izayoi, Nine The Phantom, and Mai Natsume, Persona 4 Arena’s Mitsuru Kirijo, Akihiko Sanada, and Labrys, as well as Under Night In-Birth’s Merkava, Yuzuriha Sougetsu, and Mika Returna — whom were already highly-speculated to fill out the remaining three Cross Character Packs, due to the deciphering of silhouettes shown during Blake’s announcement back in January.

We now have Lobby avatars for all 16 remaining DLC characters, courtesy of ItsaMeWaleed, which you can see below in all their chibi glory. I’m still not sure if I should consider chibi Merk cute or terrifying…

Colors 1-15 have also been datamined for Team RWBY’s Yang Xiao long, revealing her reference palettes; Guilty Gear: Baiken (color 8), BlazBlue: Makoto Nanaya (color 9), Persona 4 Arena: Chie Satonaka (color 10), Under Night In-Birth: Yuzuriha Sougetsu (color 11), and RWBY: Nora Valkyrie (color 12). Her color 13, much like her sister Ruby Rose, is a reference to her mother, Raven Branwen, allowing the sisters to complete half of Team STRQ when paired together in these colors, which you can see in full below.

Colors for Cross Character Pack 2’s Aeigis, Jubei and Carmine have also been found.

Additionally, the sprites of the nine currently-unannounced DLC characters have also appeared to surface, along with some gameplay of an unfinished Mika, with the Tenth Executor seeming to be voiced in English by Cassandra Lee Morris.

An additional set of character icons for NPCs that can be added to your customizable Player Card has also been found, featuring the likes of kajun Faycott, Lex Bartholomeus, Kuon, Nanako and Roytaro Dojima, Gneral Teddie, Igor and the RWBY Chibi versions of Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang. There’s even more evidence pointing to the potential arrivals of Senran Kagura’s Asuka and Yumi.

Finally, the release dates for the remaining nine DLC characters may have been revealed by the Nintendo eShop. In addition to noting that Cross Character Packs 2 and 3, along with Yang, would be available on Tuesday, June 19th (so they can be legal at Evo 2018), it mentions that the yet-to-be-revealed Cross Character Pack 4 will supposedly drop on Monday, August 6th, just a day after Evo concludes. Cross Character Pack 5 is slated to arrive Tuesday, August 21st, with Cross Character Pack 6 bringing the full roster up to 40 fighters on Tuesday, September 4th.

With the next Arc Nama stream scheduled for Friday, June 15th, we’ll hopefully get an official reveal of some of these leaked warriors, but nothing is officially promised for the broadcast.

What are your thoughts on all of these datamining revelations? Share your reactions in the comments below.

Sources: ItsaMeWaleed (Twitter); TFGBBTAGNEWS (Twitter); OtherEhm (Twitter); FatboySmough (Twitter); _SammyBu (Twitter)

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Capcom Pro Tour Southeast Asia 1 Online Ranking Event results and replays

This past weekend, the online portion of the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour continued to roll on with the inaugural event for the Southeast Asia region, which included Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. In total, there were 74 participants, including RZR|Xian, ALPHA Red|Book, IamChuan, Dixon, Leslie, Fubarduck, PBE|Don, and others.

Results

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

1. IamChuan (Guile) – 150 Points
2. VS.AMG|FV NekoXX (Cammy) – 70 Points
3. PBE|Don (Akuma) – 40 Points
4. AronManurung (Nash) – 20 Points
5. ALEXNATION|Cogumerlim (Alex) – 10 Points
5. Leslie (Rashid) – 10 Points
7. RZR|Xian (Ibuki) – 1 Point
7. BK9999 (Balrog) – 1 Point
9. OswaldAce (Laura)
9. Burung (Birdie, Cammy)
9. CamboFighter (Urien)
9. B3llz (Menat, Laura, Abigail, Alex)
13. AR|Book (Akuma)
13. PJ|Maydic (Zangief)
13. TJ|MindBNK (M. Bison)
13. Brandon (Akuma)

You can see a replay of the top 8 below, with Rchan, Fubarduck, and Cameraman on commentary.

The next Online Ranking Event is for Europe East 1, this Saturday, June 9th, at 10:00 AM BST. Eligible regions include: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and the Ukraine. Registration is currently open on smash.gg. The top 8 will be streamed at 4:00 PM BST on twitch.tv/capcomfighters, as well as their YouTube channel and Facebook page.

Source: Capcom Fighters (YouTube)

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Fenrich claims the Last Chance Qualifier spot in the Dragon Ball FighterZ Summit of Power; Full lineup revealed

This past weekend at Combo Breaker 2018 in St. Charles, Illinois, the Dragon Ball FighterZ tournament served as a Last Chance Qualifier for the final spot in Beyond the Summit’s Summit of Power event, which takes place in just over a week. With Crescent Esports’ Doza and Cyclops Osaka’s Fenrich both tying for 7th place, and the remainder of the top 8 consisting of six players who had already qualified or were invited to the SoP, a 2-out-of-3 tiebreaker match was held between Doza and Fenrich. The Japanese BlazBlue god came out victorious and ensured the entire Cyclops Trinity will be competing at the Summit. With the final spot now filled, the full lineup of competitors is as follows:

  • CAG|G01 (Invited Player)
  • FOX|SonicFox (Invited Player)
  • CAG|Dogura (Invited Player)
  • GGP|Kazunoko (Invited Player)
  • TSM|Leffen (Invited Player)
  • PG|Nakkiel (Invited Player)
  • ApologyMan (Invited Player)
  • EG|NYChris G (Invited Player)
  • NRG|HookGangGod (NLBC/East Coast Qualifier)
  • Reynald (WNF/West Coast Qualfier)
  • CAG|Fenrich (Combo Breaker Last Chance Qualifier)
  • FOX|dekillsage (Voted-In Player)
  • CLN|Yohosie (Voted-In Player)
  • Lord Knight (Voted-In Player)
  • UYU|Cloud805 (Voted-In Player)
  • PONOS|Moke (Voted-In Player)

The Summit of Power will take place June 8-10 in Los Angeles, California, where these 16 FighterZ will be battling it out for the lion’s share of a prize pot that currently sits at $24,326 as of this writing, with 59% of that total coming form crowdfunding from purchases at the smash.gg SoP shop. If you’d still like to purchase some limited-edition merchandise, and help increase the prize pool even further beyond its current total, which includes a chance to attend the Summit House in-person for $750, you can do so for the next 10 days at Summit of Power Compendium.

Additionally, Fantasy brackets are now live at smash.gg, with the top 5 entrants who build the most successful teams during the competition receiving some SoP swag. You can see some congratulatory tweets to CAG|Fenrich below. Details about the talent lineup have also been revealed.

Who do you think will reign victorious in the Summit of Power, and assume control of the Dragon Ball FighterZ Universe? Tell us who you’re going to be rooting for in the comments below — and don’t forget to catch all of the action at twitch.tv/beyondthesummit.

Sources: BeyondTheSummit (Twitter); TwitchEsports (Twitter); smash.gg (Twitter)