Author: Franz "d3v" Co

While the genre is slowly growing as an esport, fighting game prize pools are still comparatively small compared to other genres, especially for games that don’t have large publisher backing. This is why when someone claims to have won nearly $30,000 dollars in a tournament, it tends to raise a few eyebrows.

When an unnamed temp staffer for Ota City, Japan held a press conference to claim that he had won ¥ 3,000,000 ($29,776 USD) for winning a Guilty Gear Xrd tournament held on September 20 and 21 in France, more than a few people were skeptical. With such a large prize pool, you’d think that this news would have been covered by major fighting game news sites, including us at Shoryuken. Indeed, not even Arc System Works’ own website lists such a tournament–a fact that, according to IT Media, had led many skeptics to dispute the player’s claim.

However, others also treated the story as legitimate. Both Jomo News and Asahi News reported on the story and the latter even interviewed the staffer in a now deleted article where he made statements on how his “driving force” to win was due to being mortified if he lost.

IT Media has shared a shot (with the player’s name removed) of one of the now deleted articles.

Faced with with mounting evidence and pressure from people on the net, the staffer finally admitted that the whole thing was too good to be true. “It was a lie,” he states to Mainichi News, which broke the story on the hoax. With this, the question now remains on what faces the player after his confession. According to FNN News (who covered the story on Japanese TV), Ota City officials are now looking at how to deal with him.

Sources: IT Media; Mainichi News; FNN; Kotaku

With their history of bringing special limited edition parts out to events, it should be no surprise that Arcade Shock have something special cooked up for SoCal Regionals 2016.

Arcade Shock will be bringing a limited edition line of Street Fighter Chibi arcade parts to SCR 2016. This line is a continuation of their previous Chibi line that originally debuted at Evo 2014. New to this batch, however, is a solid balltop design.

The Street Fighter Chibi arcade parts will be available both at So Cal Regionals 2016 as well as via Arcade Shock’s online store during that weekend.

.@SCR2016 HYPE #9: The hottest FGC Parts of all time with a limited release: SFIV Chibi Parts. #streetfighter @CapcomFighters #SCR2016 #FGC pic.twitter.com/tVj9ShfGi1

— ARCADESHOCK @SOUTHBAY MEGA MIXER APRIL 25TH (@ArcadeShock) September 29, 2016

Source: Arcade Shock (Twitter)

The storied Dead or Alive series is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. To mark this milestone event, Team NINJA has put up a massive in-game sale for the DLC items for the series’ latest iteration, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round.

As part of the sale, Team NINJA has put up two special costume packages. The first is the Anniversary Costume Set that includes the Fighter Force, Ninja Clan, Last Getaway, Showstoppers Encore and Premier Sexy costume sets for a total of 76 costumes. In addition to this, the pack also features 4 private paradise movies. Interested folks can pick up the 20th anniversary set for only $21.99 on the PlayStation Store, and $22.20 on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The second set is called the Fun Theme costume set, and contains the School Uniforms, Pop Idols, Nurse, Training Gear, Maid Uniforms, Police and Christmas costume sets. This set can be purchased for only $21.59 on the PlayStation Store, and $21.60 on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Both costume sets represent massive 60% saving over having to buy each individual set separately.

In addition to the costume sets, the company is also putting characters for the free-to-play version of the game, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters on sale. Anyone with Core Fighters can unlock the 30 base characters for only $21.69 on the PlayStation Store, and $20.40 on the Xbox Live Marketplace. With each individual character going for a little over $1 each, this means players get a $30% discount compared to buying them individually.

Interested parties should avail of these packages soon however, as they will only be available until October 11.

Source: Team NINJA

Last month, Jasen’s Customs announced a new version of their much lauded Panzer line of arcade sticks: the Panzer Fight Stick 3. Slated for release sometime in December, pre-orders for the Panzer Fight Stick 3 were originally supposed to open in November. However, Jasen’s Customs have moved up their timetable as pre-orders for the Panzer Fight Stick 3 are now open.

As with the previous Panzers, the Panzer Fight Stick 3 features a sturdy, all metal case that’s available in a range of colors. Inside each is none other than Brook’s Universal Fighting Board, allowing for full compatibility with PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

Interested parties can choose from a wide range of parts and colors. For the lever, players can choose from the regular Sanwa Denshi JLF and its silent version, or go for HORI’s Hayabusa. Meanwhile the push buttons come in both regular and clear crystal colors. This level of bespoke customization however comes at a price,  the full Panzer Fight Stick 3 starts at $379.95 and can go higher depending on the parts used.

For players who can’t quite afford that, a DIY kit version of the Panzer Fight Stick 3 is also available. This kit starts at $179.95 and features the base metal Panzer 3 case with the same color options as the full stick. Players can also choose to add in a Brook’s Universal Fighting Board at extra cost. This kit is perfect for those who want to build their own custom stick based on the Panzer.

Both the the DIY kit and the full Panzer Fight Stick 3 will ship in December.

Source: Jasen’s Customs

When last Friday’s patch for Street Fighter V came out, one of the big changes that was announced was the normalization of the input delay on the PlayStation 4 version. Previously, native PlayStation 4 arcade sticks had an extra frame of delay over legacy controllers. However, it seems that the lag reduction has been more than just that.

DisplayLag recently conducted a preliminary test of the PlayStation 4 version of the game and, based on the results they got, it seems that game got a significant reduction on its input delay: prior to the patch, the PS4 version had a recorded 7.9 frames of input delay; after the patch however, their preliminary testing shows that the game’s input delay has been reduced to an average of 6.5 frames.

For reference, the Street Fighter IV series had about 5 frames of input delay. Meanwhile, most older arcade fighting games have about 4 frames of delay depending on whether they’re on CRT monitors or LCD.

Take note however that the results DisplayLag’s testing, which you can see in the video below, are not final yet. DisplayLag are still drafting out their new testing method. There are still certain things–such as an LED connected to the button to signal activation–that have not yet been included, the lack of which could affect accuracy. That said, it’s nice to see that positive changes are being made towards this matter.

Source: DisplayLag

With its latest patch, Street Fighter V gains one new character and a host of other additions. However, for some users on PC, it’s also brought about some woes as a new issue is keeping them from playing.

Based on reports from the game’s Steam Community forum, Capcom’s new anti-cheat system has been causing issues for some players trying to launch the game. The issues range from the system asking for Administrator rights whenever the game launches, to Windows not letting the game run at all due supposedly running “unverified” code.

Some users have found some success finding workarounds for the issue; for some, simply adding Street Fighter V as an exception to their antivirus works. Others have reported that launching the game through Steam instead of a desktop shortcut has allowed them to play the game. However, other users have not been as lucky, and are now unable to play Street Fighter V on PC.

Here’s hoping that Capcom addresses this issue soon!

[Editor’s note: we’re receiving tips related to this matter from concerned PC users, regarding a file that arrived in the new update, “Capcom.sys”: it appears in the system32 folder, and is being likened to a “rootkit” due to its full system permissions–presumably to allow the new Street Fighter V anti-crack system to function. We’ll let readers know if we hear more on this aspect of the PC update.]

Source: Steam Community