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SNK is providing full support, including prize pool bonuses, to Frosty Fausting XI’s The King of Fighters XIV tournament

SNK continues to provide support to tournaments running their games. The latest tournament to get such support is January’s upcoming Frosty Faustings.

The King of Fighters XIV tournament at Frosty Faustings will receive a $500 pot bonus from SNK; combined with contributions from others, this brings to total prize pool bonuses for KOFXIV to $900. In addition to the prize pool bonus, SNK will also be providing exclusive SNK and KOF merchanise to the finalists of the tournament.

Frosty Faustings XI takes place this coming January 18 to 19, 2019 at the Clarion Inn & Waterford Conference Center in Elmhurst, IL.

Source: Frosty Faustings

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2B from NieR: Automata cuts her way into SoulCalibur VI on December 18

For those patiently waiting for SouCalibur VI’s second guest character, it looks like you won’t have to wait much longer: NieR: Automata‘s 2B is set to arrive in the game on December 18, 2018.

The announcement was made via the game’s official Twitter account. 2B will arrive in SoulCalibur VI as part of the game’s version 1.10 patch, alongside some balance changes. In addition to this, a second patch to version 1.11 is also set to be released in the near future, and is set to bring more gameplay changes as well.

In the meantime, check out these screenshots of 2B, and her alternate color, nicknamed “2P”.

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Source: SoulCalibur

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Dead or Alive 6’s latest trailer showcases Brad and Eliot, as well as a new stage

The new “Unforgettable” stage mashes together classic stages into one.

Following their reveal for Dead or Aive 6 in this week’s issue of Famitsu, Team NINJA has now released the trailer for Brad Wong and Eliot. In addition to showing them off, it also shows a new stage called that calls back to classic stages from previous games.

The new stage, called “Unforgettable” is seemingly set up as a movie set, with each set piece references one of the series’ past stages. These include  “Gambler’s  Paradise” from Dead or Alive 4, “Hot Zone” from Dead or Alive 5, “Danger Zone” from Dead or Alive and Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, and more. The interesting thing about all these stages that are being referenced is they’re all known for the stage hazards they present, most of which are recreated here. Additionally, the footage of the stage also confirms the return of low fences, which were removed in Dead or Alive 5.

As for Brad and Eliot, the trailer lets us see them in action while rocking their new costumes for Dead or Alive 6. Interestingly enough, Eliot is wearing a costume that used to be worn by his master, Gen Fu, which may hint that the latter isn’t in the game. Indeed, you can see him pull off some of his master’s strings in the trailer below.

Dead or Alive 6 kicks its way to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on February 15, 2019.

Source: Koei TECMO

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Square Enix is celebrating Dissidia Final Fantasy’s 10th anniversary with a special livestream on December 18

The 10th anniversary of the Dissidia Final Fantasy sub-franchise is coming up next week. To celebrate this, Square Enix is hosting a special livestream on December 18.

The livestream will feature both a retrospective on the original Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy for the PlayStation Portable, as well as some new info for Dissidia Final Fantasy for arcades and Dissidia Final Fantasy NT for PlayStation 4. Joining the live stream are producer Ichiro Hazama, director Takeo Kujiraoka, as well as a few special guests.

For those interested in catching it, the stream will take place on Square Enix’s YouTube channel on Dec. 18, from 6:00 PM JST to 10:00 PM JST (1:00 AM PT to 5:00 AM PT).

Source: Gematsu

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Capcom Cup day one starts earlier this year; Chris Ceg explains why

The schedule for Capcom Cup 2018  has been released and people have noticed one important change: day one of the tournament is now starting earlier. That’s right, Capcom Cup’s top 32 will now be starting at 10:00 AM on Saturday.

In a series of tweets, ten/0’s Chris Ceg, who made the decision to make the event start earlier, explained that it was due to a combination of experience from the past years’ events as well as feedback from the community. Specifically, previous Capcom Cups took a lot of time to finish when doing best 3 out of 5 sets, even when the tournament was split into two streams. Additionally, the system of splitting the tournament into two streams proved unpopular with players who stated that playing on the second stage felt like playing on a side stream.

One other consideration was that attendees also wanted an after party, with Capcom Cup being the final event of the Capcom Pro Tour season and players and organizers alike wanting to celebrate. However, with the event being on a Sunday, having the after party later in the evening meant people wouldn’t be able to go because they had work the next day (or catch flights, in the case of some players).

With this, and a few other considerations in mind, they have decided to start Saturday earlier to be able to finish all the way to top 8. This way, they can make sure that those players who make it to top 8 on Sunday all get to play on the main stage.

Of course, you can read more Chris’ reasoning on this over on Twitter.

Source: Chris Ceg

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Version 1.2.0 update coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate next week

Gameplay changes are likely coming in this patch.

Nintendo’s newly-released Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting a patch sometime next week. The announcement came via the game itself, which has started alerting players about it.

The interesting thing about the alert is that it comes with a warning that any replay data from matches prior to the patch would no longer work after it. This seems to indicate that the version 1.2.0 patch will bring with it significant gameplay changes to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

SmashU_1.2.0_alert

Source: Siliconera

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Wizzrobe shows how to wavedash perfectly in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

While this advanced mechanic is back, it’s more situational and character-specific.

One of the most contentious mechanics that has returned in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is wavedashing. While this was something players needed to learn in Super Smash Bros. Melee, later games did their best to eliminate it — before it has finally returned, in a more limited form, in the latest game.

Limited is the key word here, as getting consistent wavedashes seems to be much harder in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This is part of what this new video from Wizzrobe addresses. Here, he shows an alternate way to do wavedashes to get them more consistently.

That said, this is only part of the video. Wizzrobe also discusses how wavedashing is much more character dependent: not all characters have a good wavedash, so not all players may benefit from learning how to do it.

Source: Wizzrobe

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Both Qudans and Book may be taking breaks from competitive Tekken 7 next year

This year’s Tekken World Tour Finals was one of the most hype yet (especially with Rangchu’s underdog win in the finals). However, it seems that next year’s Tour may possibly be missing a few familiar faces.

Two of the top Tekken 7 players in the world, Byung-moon “Qudans” Son from team UYU and Nopparut “Book” Hempamorn may both be taking time off from competitive Tekken, or at least the Tekken World Tour in 2019.

Both players made their announcements via Twitter. Qudans stated that he didn’t know whether or not he would play next year (while also thanking his fans). Meanwhile Book simply stated that he was taking a break for a while.

These aren’t the only players who have stated their plans to take a break from competition. Prior to this, Korean player Mu-jong ‘kkokkoma’ Kim also stated doubts on whether or not he could continue to compete next year.
Neither player has stated the reason for their planned breaks from the game. However, fans on the r/tekken subreddit have speculated that it could be due to the way the payouts for the Tekken World Tour have decreased (this years winner at the TWT Finals only received half of what last years winner got). Whatever the plans of both these players are for next year, we here in Shoryuken wish them the best of luck, and hope they get to keep playing the game they love.
Sources: UYU|Qudans; Book; r/Tekken
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Eliot and Brad Wong confirmed for Dead or Alive 6

With only a couple of months left until release, Team NINJA are still revealing more character for Dead or Alive 6. The latest returning characters confirmed are none other than Eliot and Brad Wong.

The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has confirmed the return of both these characters. Eliot, who is the student of the as of yet-unconfirmed Gen Fu, joins the game to continue his training in xinyi quan. Drunken master Brad Wong is once again on searching for some legendary foodstuffs — this time, salmon.

More interesting however is the choice of voice actors, specifically for the Brad Wong. The latter is being voiced by the late Unshō Ishizuka who passed away last August. This possibly makes Dead or Alive 6 the last game Ishizuka has done voice work for.

Dead or Alive 6 launches on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on February 15, 2019.

Source: Ryokutya

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Here are the finalized brackets for Capcom Cup 2018

After months of grueling competition, we’re finally here. In less than a week, the worlds best Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition players will face off at Capcom Cup 2018.

As part of this, Capcom have released the finalized bracket for Capcom Cup 2018, showing which players will be facing off during the first round of competition at the event.

The road to this wasn’t easy, and some players did face hurdles outside of the game that prevented them from attending. As previously reported, SonicBoxx’s Lenny “Crossover” Matos was not able to obtain a US visa in time to attend Capcom Cup. As such, Raptor E-Sports’s Gonzalo “Pikoro” Buleje, the runner-up in the Latin America Regional Finals, will be taking his place.

Regarding this, Capcom clarified their decision on Twitter.

With this, the only slot left to fill is that for the Last Chance Qualifier happening on December 14, the day before the event.

Capcom Cup 2018 takes place on December 15 to 16 at the HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas in the Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.

Source: Capcom Fighters