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Both Regular and Collector’s Editions of Street Fighter V for PlayStation 4 are On Sale at GameStop, Best Buy and Amazon

If you are looking to pick up Street Fighter V to catch up on all the action, now might be a great time to purchase the game as Street Fighter V is currently on sale at a number of retailers.

Both GameStop and Best Buy both have Street Fighter V for PlayStation 4 on sale for only $29.99. Take note that this is for the physical disc version and that buying them will still incur shipping and handling charges.  Still, they’re decent deals for anyone looking for a physical copy of the game.

In addition to this, both Amazon and GameStop have the collector’s edition of Street Fighter V, again for PlayStation 4, on sale for $38.97. The collector’s edition includes with it a limited edition 10 inch Ryu statue, 48 page hard cover artbook, DLC cards for extra goodies, a one month subscription to the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel, digital Street Fighter comics from Udon, a Street Fighter V soundtrack sampler and more.

While Street Fighter V has had a rocky launch, the numerous updates have helped pad out the game’s content and address more than a few of the game’s issues.  Features such as story mode, daily challenges, costume shop, etc. have now all been added, while issues such as the input delay have been addressed as much as they can be without affecting the game’s balance.  In addition to this, the game’s cast has been expanded with six additional characters, that can be purchased either via in game Fight Money or real money.

Interested buyers for the regular disc edition can head on over to GameStop or Best Buy. Meanwhile those looking for the collector’s edition can hear to either Amazon or GameStop. With the recent update to Capcom’s financial report showing that the game is still vastly under its sales targets, discounts like these may become more common as Capcom try to shift more units of Street Fighter V.

Sources: GameStop; Best Buy; Amazon via r/StreetFighter

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Alex Jebailey Has Left Avyd To Focus Full Time On CEO

In a recent tweet, Alex Jebailey has announced that he has left Avyd.  For the past five months, Jebailey has been the company’s FGC Director, helping with the company’s efforts to support fighting game events around the country.

Prior to working at Avyd, Alex Jebailey served as community manager for Iron Galaxy Studios, helping with the company work with the community for Killer Instinct after development shifted to them for Season 2.

Avyd CEO, Scotty Tidwell had the following to say on Jebailey’s departure.

With this announcement, Alex Jebailey will now be the full time CEO of Community Effort Orlando, and will be focusing on extending the brand beyond the United States. Already, Jebailey has stated that he has a “an amazing thing lined up that I’ll be announcing in the coming weeks throughout 2017 so you can expect to see me more at events across the globe.”

We here at Shoryuken wish Alex Jebailey and CEO the best in their future endeavours.

Source: Alex Jebailey (Twitter) via PVP Live

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Someone’s Transforming Street Fighter V’s Zangief Into Red Bull’s Snake Eyez

Certain players oftentimes get heavily associated with one character. On such player is Red Bull’s Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis, while he’s currently been playing Ryu, prior to this he was known for his stellar Zangief play in Street Fighter V and Super Street Fighter II Turbo.

With this in mind, it’s no surprise then that a fan is currently working to bring Snake Eyes into Street Fighter V. Modder fatihG_ is currently hard at work transforming Street Fighter V’s Zangief into Snake Eyez.

The new model, which you can see in the gallery below, is still a work in progress (you can still see some bits from Zangief, such as his arm bands). That said, aside from the oversized muscles meant to match the Zangief model, it does seem to capture Snake Eyez pretty well. In fact both Red Bull and Snake Eyez have retweeted about the mod (specifically, this in game test shot from Longshot).

Click to view slideshow.

Sources: r/StreetFighter; Longshot (Twitter)

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Burn to Fight with These 8-bit Covers of The King of Fighters XIV’s Themes

The King of Fighters series has always been known for some great music, and the King of Fighters XIV is no exception. With such excellent music, it’s not surprising that many people are going out of their way to make their own remixes and covers of the game’s songs.

This latest set of covers from guest-san however is unique. Unlike most covers and remixes which either just rearrange the tracks or go for a slightly different genre, these covers instead re-imagine KOFXIV’s themes as if they were made for an 8-bit console. The results are quite interesting and, in the cases of teams whose members originally came from old school 8-bit games (e.g. Ikari, Psycho Soldier), actually quite fitting.

Give these re-imagined tunes a listen in the video below.

For those looking for specific tunes, we’ve included the time stamps for them.

Timestamps

Source: guest-san

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Phenom Discusses Daigo’s Progression and Input Delay Reduction In Street Fighter V for Episode 17 of the Jump-In

The Jump-In returns with yet another interview with a top Street Fighter V player. This time, they talk to Norweigian pro Arman Hanjani, aka BX3|Phenom.

In the interview, they touch on a few interesting topics. On of these is in regards to the game’s input delay and its recent reduction. As part of this, Hanjani discusses what strategic measures benefit the most from this reduced delay.

Another topic they talk about is the progression of none other than BST|Daigo Umehara. Despite having a slow start to this season, Daigo has started putting in some impressive performances. They discuss his performance starting from DreamHack Summer all the way to his clinching of a Capcom Cup slot at the EU Finals at Milan Game’s Week.

Of course, that’s just part of what they talk about. Check out the full video below for other topics such as Phenom’s transition from SFIV to SFV, their thoughts on the current Capcom Pro Tour points format and more.

Source: The Jump-In

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Street Fighter V’s Ring of Destiny Gets a Makeover for Red Bull Battle Grounds

As previously reported, the 1.11 update for Street Fighter V added special “Red Bull BC One” themed costumes; however, it seems that these aren’t the only Red Bull-themed additions to the game. In preparation for next week’s Red Bull Battle Grounds, the game’s Ring of Destiny stage has gotten an appropriate makeover.

As some of you may recall, the Ring of Destiny originally featured Evo 2016 branding when it first came out in July, before reverting to a more generic Capcom Pro Tour branding. For next week’s Red Bull Battle Grounds, the changes themselves are similar to what we saw for Evo 2016. The scrolling text around the arena now read “Red Bull Battle Grounds,” additionally, the twin monitors near the center of the stage now display the event’s logo.

You can see these in the gallery below.

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Red Bull Battle Grounds takes place next week from November 4 to 6 in Seattle, WA.

Source: Street Fighter V [in-game]

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Flash Vision Announces the VS.FV Cup, Which Will Send One Player to Evo 2017

Hot on the heels of last weekend’s FV Cup, Flash Vision is announcing yet another major tournament in Malaysia. Called the VS.FV Cup, this new tournament is designed to lead on to Evo 2017, by sending one player from the region to Evo next year.

The VS.FV Cup is a 128-player tournament open to all players from Asia. The winner of the tournament will receive a free flight to and from for Evo 2017, alongside free entry, as well as a $500 cash prize that they can spend in Las Vegas.

With FV Cup running just Street Fighter V, it’s fair to assume that VS.FV Cup will be running Street Fighter V as well–but stay tuned for more information about other possible games on the title card.

The VS.FV.Cup will take place on December 10, 2016 at the Berjaya Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Source: Flash Vision

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Dataminer Discovers “Red Bull BC One” Costumes in Street Fighter V’s Latest Update

For those wondering what Street Fighter V’s recent downtime and update will bring, it seems that we may now have an answer. X-Kira, who previously discovered the game’s expanded stage transitions, has found a new set of Red Bull themed costumes for Ryu and Chun-Li.

If the costumes (which you can see in the gallery below) look familiar, it’s because these were already previously announced at TGS 2016 as part of a collaboration between Capcom and Red Bull. According to the screenshots, the package will be labeled as “Red Bull BC One.” Capcom is collaborating with Red Bull on their annual Red Bull BC One B-Boy competition that will be held this December in Nagoya, Japan; with this in mind, it should be no surprise that Ryu and Chun-Li looked dressed to go to some sort of hip-hop event, rather than doing any sort of actual fighting.

Click to view slideshow.

Now, whether or not these costumes are the only thing new added in the version 1.11 update, well we’ll have to wait for an official announcement from Capcom on this. [These outfits–nor any other modes/Shop items–seem to have not appeared immediately post-update; so the official release date is still unknown. – Editor]

Source: X-Kira Mikami Teru via PVP Live

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Use Urien’s EX Knee Drop to Set Up Left/Right Mix-Ups in Street Fighter V

While there’s been a lot that’s been written about Urien’s mix-ups, especially with his Aegis Reflector, not as much focus has been given to his EX Knee Drop. While most are aware of its use as a decent pressure tool, most players are just content to leave it at that.

In the video below however, Rotbah demonstrates how the EX Knee Drop can be used to set up a tricky left/right mix up. After a crouching heavy punch into heavy punch Metallic Sphere fireball combo, players can do EX Knee Drop and control where Urien lands by holding forward to land behind their opponent, or nothing to land in front.

The interesting thing about this set up is that, wherever Urien lands, he’s perfectly primed to beat 3 frame jabs with a meaty crouching heavy punch. Now, while the latter move is unsafe on block, Urien can still cancel into EX Metallic Sphere to keep himself safe, while also putting him at the perfect distance to punish most crouching jabs.

Check out the mix-up below.

Source: Rotbah

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Catch a Short Glimpse into the “Mind of a Beast” with This Teaser for Red Bull’s Upcoming Feature on Daigo Umehara

Red Bull is currently hard at work at a brand new video feature on none other than the Beast himself, Daigo Umehara. To drum up some hype for the video, Red Bull has released a short teaser where Daigo shares some insights into his approach to Evo.

In the teaser–which you can watch in the tweet below–Daigo comments that he never goes into a match thinking that his opponent is weak enough that he can play halfheartedly. Despite being one of the best players in the world, or perhaps because of that fact, he never enters a match underestimating his opponent.

Mind of a Beast is coming soon to Red Bull eSports.

Source: Red Bull eSports (Twitter)