Author: Franz "d3v" Co

When the King of Fighters XIV received its version 2.0 patch at the beginning of last month, one thing that it did was give invulnerability to a number of Desperation Moves. This change is interesting, in that it gives multiple characters a new invulnerable tool for punishing opponents–provided that they have the meter for it.

In a new video, Gatoray explores the Desperation Moves that have been given such invulnerabilty. It’s interesting to note the diverse types of Desperation Moves that gained this property–they run the gamut from both regular DMs as well as Climax DMs, and include both melee ones as well as projectile-based moves.

Source: Gatoray

Nintendo has shared a short bit of gameplay footage of their experimental Switch exclusive, motion-controlled punch ’em up, ARMS. The new footage shows Spring Man making good use of the Toaster weapon.

While the Toaster is usually shown worn by Spring Man, players can equip it on any character of their choice. The footage itself shows off Spring Man using the Toaster to pull off a “Toaster rush”: a high speed flurry of punches that sends an opponent flying after the last hit.

You can check out the footage below.

「トースター」のラッシュは、高速パンチの百烈拳！
無数の灼熱パンチで、相手をタコ殴りにします！！ pic.twitter.com/fkl7k6UosF

— ARMS協会広報アカウント コブッター (@ARMS_Cobutter) May 4, 2017

ARMS launches on June 16, 2017, exclusively for Nintendo Switch.

Source: Nintendo (Twitter)

Last week, The King of Fighters XIV received a patch that–while small–still included a number of changes for the characters. One character who received these changes was Vanessa, who lost some combo follow-up options out of some of her moves.

In a new combo video, playergodaines explores what Vanessa can do now, after the patch. Based on the video below, it seems that Vanessa hasn’t really lost that much in terms of combos and damage output. Given enough meter, Vanessa can still stun her opponent mid-combo, allowing for follow ups that lead to big damage.

Source: playergodaines

The King of Fighters XIV players may already be familiar with Whip’s Crescent Swatter projectile reflector, and the unique properties of the wind ball that it spawns. The ball isn’t treated like a regular projectile, leading to some interesting interactions with other projectiles and moves.

It is these interactions that Gatoray explores in this new video, showing what happens when certain moves collide with it. The most interesting parts here involve moves with projectile properties–that will interact with the wind ball–as well as certain projectiles that will still go through the ball, due to their own unique properties.

Source: Gatoray

Last December, AOne Games officially announced Omen of Sorrow, a new horror-themed fighting game. Now, almost half a year after that announcement, they’ve released some more footage of the game.

The footage below shows three minutes worth of gameplay from the upcoming fighter. The build is specifically the same build shown at PSX 2016, and is therefore pre-alpha. Featured here are the armored warrior Gabriel and wolfman Caleb.

Omen of Sorrow is coming to PlayStation 4–sometime in the future.

Source: AOne Games

One of the big stories to come out of TBS’s Street Fighter V ELEAGUE this past week was the performance of Daigo Umehara. While “The Beast” seemed to have trouble finding his groove during Street Fighter V’s early life, up until the start of season two, he seemed to have found it at ELEAGUE, having switched to Guile and putting on some amazing performances against the likes of HM|Eita and ZW|Gamerbee.

Daigo’s resurgence is the subject of this latest installment of Yahoo Esports’ Conversations and Fireballs. Here, Host Michael Martin and guest Reepal “Rip” Parbhoo discuss Daigo’s improved at the event, including his return to Guile (who he also played in Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Super Street Fighter IV).

Of course, this is just one of the topics related to ELEAGUE that they discuss. With Rip being one of the commentators at ELEAGUE, they naturally talk about the state of fighting game commentary as well. Additionally, they talk a bit about competitive Tekken since that the series that Rip is known for playing.

Source: Yahoo Esports

One of DC Comics’ most popular characters is the Green Arrow. The character’s appearances in various media–including the Injustice games–have made him a hit with fans. Despite this however, we have yet to see an official “Watchtower” stream from NetherRealm breaking down the character as he appears in Injustice 2.

To make up for the lack of an official breakdown, the Mad Ice King has put together this video that takes a closer look at Green Arrow in Injustice 2. The video below uses clips from previously released footage, including other Watchtower streams, and Mad Ice King does his best to point out notable changes to his gameplay for Injustice 2.

Source: Mad Ice King