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Irving, TX’s Let’s Play Gaming Expo to host Kumite in Texas, Retro World Series

If you’re attending the Let’s Play Gaming Expo this weekend in Irving, TX, congrats! You will be blessed between the choice of two different fighting game tournaments at the same event.

Kumite in Texas

First up is the inaugural Kumite in Texas tournament, hosted by PandaXGaming and NGAGE Esports. For most of the readers of SRK, and the FGC at large, the games below will likely be their main event:

Games

  • Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
  • Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
  • Injustice 2
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ
  • Tekken 7
  • Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
  • Mortal Kombat XL
  • Ultra Street Fighter IV
  • Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
  • BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle
  • BlazBlue: Central Fiction

Be sure to follow @kumitegaming for the latest information on KiTX! PandaXGaming’s stream can be found here, and additional side streams are TBD.

Retro World Series

But that’s not all: the Retro World Series, generally geared more towards Hi-Score runs in classic single player games, will also be running two fighting game tournaments:

Games

  • Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Dreamcast)
  • Primal Rage (32X)

You can register and find out more information on RWS’s prizes and rules on their official website, and you can find their stream here.

Source: @kumitegaming; Retro World Series

 

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JusticeSoulTuna demonstrates the wall carry possibilities of Lars’ Rage Drive in Tekken 7

Tekken 7‘s Lars, mostly thanks to his frame data and nerfed whiff-punishment game from previous entries, is a character that has to make every hit count. One of the ways he can do this is through the versatility of his Rage Drive, which allows him to either apply pressure in neutral or score excellent damage in juggles.

The primary way his Rage Drive helps him in juggles is through wall carry — that’s the subject of today’s tutorial from JusticeSoulTuna. Lars’s RD turns nearly any combo starter into a half-life or more damage conversion, and can do so from even the back corner of Geometric Plane.

Source:  JusticeSoulTuna

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Dragon Ball FighterZ Switch open beta starts in August, full retail release on September 28th

When Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s Nintendo Switch port was revealed at E3 a little while ago, it was slipped in so quietly that one wondered if you were supposed to notice at all. If this almost-covert announcement created any fears this port would be lacking, Namco’s slew of announcements today may put those worries at ease:

Three brand new modes that are (currently, at least) exclusive for the Switch, a full retail release date of September 28th, and an Open Beta on the horizon. Suddenly, the Switch version is looking to be the most feature-packed version of the game. We’ll have to see how the tentatively-scheduled open beta pans out this August.

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Source: BandaiNamcoUS

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Dragon Ball FighterZ Switch open beta starts in August, full retail release on September 28th

When Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s Nintendo Switch port was revealed at E3 a little while ago, it was slipped in so quietly that one wondered if you were supposed to notice at all. If this almost-covert announcement created any fears this port would be lacking, Namco’s slew of announcements today may put those worries at ease:

Three brand new modes that are (currently, at least) exclusive for the Switch, a full retail release date of September 28th, and an Open Beta on the horizon. Suddenly, the Switch version is looking to be the most feature-packed version of the game. We’ll have to see how the tentatively-scheduled open beta pans out this August.

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Source: BandaiNamcoUS

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Sector K Games announces Evo side tournament for Punch Planet, new character Maxx will be playable

At last year’s Evo, indie developers Sector K Games revealed the alien amazonian Tyara for their excellent in-development sci-fi fighter Punch Planet. It’s a new year, and a new (also very large) alien is about to make his debut in the Sector K’s official side tournament at the Indie booth.

This year, though, we’re being spoiled: we’ve received a killer teaser ahead of the official trailer’s release:

The Blowfish-like Bruiser, Maxx, will be playable on the Evo 2018 floor — and we expect, much like Tyara’s reveal last year, that a full trailer will be coming out soon. Considering how brutal this brief teaser looks, we can only imagine what his full move-set will be like!

Source: PunchPlanet

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Sector K Games announces Evo side tournament for Punch Planet, new character Maxx will be playable

At last year’s Evo, indie developers Sector K Games revealed the alien amazonian Tyara for their excellent in-development sci-fi fighter Punch Planet. It’s a new year, and a new (also very large) alien is about to make his debut in the Sector K’s official side tournament at the Indie booth.

This year, though, we’re being spoiled: we’ve received a killer teaser ahead of the official trailer’s release:

The Blowfish-like Bruiser, Maxx, will be playable on the Evo 2018 floor — and we expect, much like Tyara’s reveal last year, that a full trailer will be coming out soon. Considering how brutal this brief teaser looks, we can only imagine what his full move-set will be like!

Source: PunchPlanet

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TCOL | 56K_modem shares his fighting game origins, mentality in tournaments, and more

“The game will always be there. You want to make sure you’re training efficiently, and not just playing online mindlessly for four hours.”

Esports team The Collective continues its interview series with their various sponsored players with Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Karin pro 56k_Modem.

While many sponsored players are arcade veterans, Twitch Streamer and Xanadu regular 56k_Modem is relatively new to the FGC. This might be why his mentality on tournaments and traveling is refreshingly optimistic: in today’s interview, he stresses the importance of relaxing and getting the most out of every tournament opportunity, win or lose.

Source: The Collective

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MKK TV shows off what high-level Primal Rage sets look like

Though I try to keep myself as informed about as wide a range of fighting games as possible, I must lead with an admission: I have spent my whole life ignorant of the mechanics of Atari’s Primal Rage. This arcade relic has bizarre anti-piracy measures that make it difficult to emulate, and with Atari themselves long abandoning the series, this (at the time) commercial success seemed to be lost in history.

But as with everything FGC, there’s always someone that knows this game’s mechanics and inner workings inside and out. And at MKK TV, there’s at least a few:

MKK TV’s long sets above shows off the combos, footsies, and high octane pace of PR matches thanks to its movement speed and DarkStalkers-like chains. In many ways, the game was well ahead of its time mechanically: check out this SRK forum post from Hanzo Hasashi for more info on its innovative aspects, such as the addition of the damage percents in combo displays, and its infinite protection system.

Sources: MKK TV; SRK Forum

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theScore esports documents Rick Fox’s transition from basketball star to esports star

Rick Fox, owner of ESports team Echo Fox, had a slow but important transformation from Basketball Star to ESports entrepreneur. More important than that, though, was the role that he played as “Defender” — and we’re not talking about Basketball. Rick Fox, at a time when no one else of his visibility would or could, defended video games as sport to a media that refused to believe him, and through that, helped raise the interest and prestige of ESports as a whole.

That’s the subject of theScore esports‘s latest documentary, which covers how he found the bridge between the athletic and digital competitive worlds. Though the large focus of the documentary above is on Echo Fox’s venture as a whole, the FGC plays a large part in saving Echo Fox itself — particularly their game-changing 2017 signings of fighting game players like Justin Wong.

Source: theScore esports

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theScore esports documents Rick Fox’s transition from basketball star to esports star

Rick Fox, owner of ESports team Echo Fox, had a slow but important transformation from Basketball Star to ESports entrepreneur. More important than that, though, was the role that he played as “Defender” — and we’re not talking about Basketball. Rick Fox, at a time when no one else of his visibility would or could, defended video games as sport to a media that refused to believe him, and through that, helped raise the interest and prestige of ESports as a whole.

That’s the subject of theScore esports‘s latest documentary, which covers how he found the bridge between the athletic and digital competitive worlds. Though the large focus of the documentary above is on Echo Fox’s venture as a whole, the FGC plays a large part in saving Echo Fox itself — particularly their game-changing 2017 signings of fighting game players like Justin Wong.

Source: theScore esports