2GG is an esports organization centered around competitive games for the Nintendo Switch. It’s not a surprise, then, that they’ve started their own online tournament series for Nintendo’s ARMS, titled Iron Fist Fridays.
This bi-weekly online event sees players competing in a ladder format until the top 16 are determined, whom go on to compete in a double elimination bracket. This tournament is free-to-enter — so if you love ARMS’s experimental third person gameplay, go check out the tournament rules and sign up on 2GG’s smash.gg page here.
Can’t get enough of ARIKA’s Fighting EX Layer? If you’re a player in or around the U.K., then you won’t want to miss the newly announced major “Meteor Attack”!
Announcement time!
On December 9th, Meteor Attack takes place live at @FirebugBar in Leicester. A one day @FightingExLayer Tournament with special prizing provided by ARIKA!
I really wanted to give the UK FEXL community something to end the year on, this is just that.#FEXLpic.twitter.com/9H6Yv05CUD
PNDKetchup will be working with ARIKA themselves to provide prizing for the tournament, held at the FireBug Bar in Leicester, U.K. You don’t have to be in the EU to see the action, though: the tournament will be streamed over on Ketchup’s twitch channel here on Dec 8th 11 AM – 8 PM GMT. (That’s 4 AM – 1 AM PST.)
Over the weekend Fighting EX Layer developers arika showed off a demonstration video for some recent balance changes in the works for two of the game’s Gougi decks: Thunderbolt and Stealth Raptor.
With how integral running has become, arika has decided to retool Stealth Raptor around a new running dash, then slightly nerf the short hop by adding a half-meter cost. Thunderbolt users, however, have much more to be pleased with: it’s all buffs for them, in the form of a new, very fast ground-to-air teleport.
Get started in SoulCalibur VI with the iconic samurai.
New to SoulCalibur, or 3D games in general? On-The-Box protagonists are usually good places to start when learning a new engine, and SoulCalibur VI‘s Mitsurugi is no exception. Armed with a versatile toolkit that contains mid-range and applies hellish pressure up close, Mitsurugi is rarely without options of some kind on the battlefield.
Since learning Mitsurugi will inevitably help you learn Calibur as a whole, we thought it’d be best to make our first beginner’s guide centered around the series-original samurai. We’ll go through the whole cast in a similar manner, and build up basic knowledge of the whole cast’s primary goals from the ground up.
In addition to fantastic Tekken 7 matches, those that tuned in to Mastercup were met with a surprise announcement: NorCal’s Strong Style tournament series was set to return next year, with a focus on a 3v3 teams format.
Unlike many other majors, Strong Style is not a yearly running event. That’s because this tournament holds its allegiance to one series only, and that’s Tekken. Its presence appears only when needed, and with Tekken 7 squared center in the spotlight of the FGC, it’s needed now more than ever: the reception (and 200+ players that showed up) for Strong Style 6 proved that much.
With a growing scene for Tekken 7 that has drawn top players from surrounding cities like San Antonio and Houston, Arcade UFO has now moved into regular streaming for its growing weeklies. Every Saturday at 8:30 PM CT/ 6:30 PM PT is Tekken, and you can watch right now:
If you want to see more game streams from UFO, this Austin arcade also hosts monthlies for Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike over at its ArcadeUFO Twitch channel here. These tournaments are part of the 3S Jazzy Circuit.
SEA Major 2018 featured two different events for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition: a traditional open bracket and an eight player event consisting of the top 8 players on the CPT Asia Regional Leaderboard. Amazingly, as indicated in the several spots he’s apart of in today’s highlight reel, Evo Champion Tokido found himself in the grand finals of both events.
Legend he may be, he also fell to 2nd place in both events — and despite that, still walked away looking like the most impressive player at the event. His consistency and iron will shaped the events of both tournaments, and of the absurd comebacks he pulled off in this Top 5 moments video from Capcom Fighters.
SoulCalibur VI is here! It’s been years since the Calibur community has had an explosion of recognition like this. With new attention comes new content, so let’s take a look at what the community has cooked up on day one!
It was already known that Yoshimitsu was going to be a wildly versatile and efficient character, but I’m not sure how many people saw he bringing Tekken-length combos like this along with him.
When we first learned that Zasalamel’s Time Orbs were combo-modifiers, it seemed almost inevitable that something like this would be the result. This might be the only mid-juggle RE I’ve seen used thus far: do you have any other examples?
There is, inevitably a large amount of beginner tutorials and system primers out for a brand new game. But, at an hour long, Namco wants to make sure that their’s is the definitive one:
Cervantes, armed with a Gun full of Just-Frames, was clearly designed for high damage combos.
Watch out — that 3B+K drop may not be a drop at all. Xianghua has a nasty crouch throw tech trap here:
And lastly, we close out with the new character Azwel showing off his damage potential from the odd FC3A, a high string with great range and loops.
Thanks to everyone that submitted content to us! If you have some SCVI tech you’d like to share with the world, reach out to us through our tipline.
The Collective, a.k.a. TCOL, is a Tekken-centric esports team with a wide variety of tournament dominating pros under their umbrella. When they aren’t securing wins in bracket, they’re giving personal, entertaining interviews over on their YouTube channel. In today’s podcast, they interview Tekken 7 pro MrWhooppee.
You may remember MrWhooppee from VGBootCamp, where he pulled off a major coup in Grand Finals versus Syco from the Loser’s Bracket. MrWhooppee shares his pride in player reads, long term goals for ESports, and more: watch the video above to learn more about TCOL’s resident Leo!
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection will have an update next week across all platforms, per a recent announcement over at the Capcom Unity blog. While light on specifics, the patch notes seem to indicate the focus is largely on UI and polish, as well as a few bug fixes:
Nintendo Switch
Online Improvements:
Improving online capabilities and ability to host lobbies
Friends between the Japanese and international versions can locate one another’s lobbies
General fixes
Localization Fixes:
Updated Japanese strings
Corrections to Korean Photo-sensitivity Warning
Training Mode Improvements: Multiple fixes have been made to improve dummy behavior.
Audio Improvements: Stereo playback improvements for Street Fighter III titles.
Museum Updates: Text and asset corrections have been applied.
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
Online Improvements:
General Fixes
Localization Fixes:
Updated Japanese strings
Corrections to Korean Photo-sensitivity Warning
Training Mode Improvements: Multiple fixes have been made to improve dummy behavior.
Audio Improvements: Stereo playback improvements for Street Fighter III titles.
Museum Updates: Text and asset corrections have been applied.
