Even as they work on the game’s home version, Square Enix is still continually adding new characters to Dissidia Final Fantasy‘s arcade version. Recently, we saw the reveal of Final Fantasy XV’sNoctis, and now it seems that we’re getting yet another character announcement.
Next week, as part of the 12th official Dissidia Final Fantasy broadcast, a new character for the game will be revealed. In addition to the announcement, producer Ichiro Hazama and director Takeo Kujiraoka will also be talking more about the game’s next update, as well as its upcoming 2nd anniversary in arcades.
For those interested, the broadcast will be viewable on both YouTube and niconico, on October 3 at 8:00 PM JST (4:00 AM PT, October 3). In addition to talking about Dissidia, composer Nobuo Uematsu and director Masanobu Suzui will also be on the show about their arcade rhythm game, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: All-Star Carnival, which is nearing its one-year anniversary.
The rebooted Killer Instinct is finally out on Steam. While this should be cause for celebration enough (especially for non-Windows 10 users), for those still on the fence about picking up Rare and Iron Galaxy’s excellent fighter, here’s more reason to do so. The game is currently on sale, too.
Killer Instinct on Steam is currently discounted as part of a launch week sale for the game. Interested players can purchase the game for only $29.99, 25% off its regular $39.99 price. The sale itself was supposed to start alongside the game’s launch, but didn’t appear until a few hours later. For those who’ve already purchased the game, it’s been announced that you have the option to refund and re-purchase the game at the discounted price.
For those who still haven’t bought the game but are interested in taking advantage of this sale, take note that it only lasts until October 5.
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite’s first weekend saw not one, but two major tournament appearances for the game. While a number of top players were at SoCal Regionals, a many players — including top players from other games — flew down to Florida to compete at CEOtaku.
While a number of familiar names were at the event, the eventual winner (spoiler warning for those who haven’t caught up on the results) was a player better known for dominating other fighting games. At the end of the day, Echo Fox’s SonicFox stood atop the heap as the first CEOtaku Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite champion, beating out the likes of Marvelo, LawKOF, Shah, and even Killer Instinct balance chief Adam “Keits” Heart.
While SonicFox is more known for his dominance in NetherRealm Studios games, his win at MvC:I shouldn’t be surprising when you consider that he’s also a top Skullgirls player. With the latter being a reset-heavy game built on classic Marvel Vs. rules, his success in the similar, reset-focused Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite may have been an eventuality (though maybe not this early).
For those who missed Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite at CEOtaku, the top 8 matches have now been shared to the CEO YouTube channel. You can check these out below.
It seems that the gear deletion issue isn’t the only thing that’s affected Injustice 2 after the recent patch. This next bit of news, however, is a bit of a positive — if you’re on Xbox One, at least. Mortal Kombat guest character Raiden, who is officially supposed to come out in October, has for some reason come out early on Microsoft’s console.
Raiden being downloadable was first reported on Injustice 2‘s official forum yesterday. Meanwhile, players over a competitive NRS fan forum Test Your Might have put up a thread dedicated to exploring the character.
As for whether or not this was a mistake, or intentional on either NetherRealm or Microsoft’s part, is as of yet unknown. NetherRealm and WB Games have yet to reply to players pointing this out in either their forums or social media, as of this writing.
Today may be the most important day of your life — or it may be just Tuesday — because the community hasn’t slowed down one bit when it comes to putting out more videos for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. In this roundup, we have a number of combo videos, as well as tutorials, and some actual matches from top players.
First up, we have a couple of tutorials by Andrew G. The first tutorial focuses on his Dolphin kick loop. Unlike most other flight mode dash cancel loops, Nova’s Dolphin kick loop is a bit harder since players can’t abuse the input priority system and simply hit light punch and heavy punch repeatedly to get the loop. Additionally, the combo can change depending on the height that of the opposing character, so players will have to adjust their air dashes from up forward to plain old forward.
Next up is this tutorial for Iron Man’s “Stairway to Heaven,” flight cancel air dash loop.
For something more focused on actual matches, PND’s Ketchup & Mustard have started recording some videos of their online sets in the game.
Meanwhile, YogaFlame24 has put together match compilations for two of the most exciting players at SoCal Regionals 2017 — Splyce’s Filipino Champ, as well as Richard Nguyen.
In addition to this, they’ve also shared a video with some matches between the American hero LI Joe, and Echo Fox’s SonicFox.
Moving on to combo videos, Novril has shared a combo for Captain Marvel that’s specifically designed to be easy to do — not requiring fly cancelling into her air dash loop — but still damaging enough to be a practical bread-and-butter combo for her.
Zade Ramzi on the other hand has shared a bread-and-butter combo for everybody’s new favorite Darkstalker: Jedah. The combo uses multiple instant air version of his Dolore Oscuro (quarter circle forward kick) by using tiger knee inputs, which can be a bit tricky for some players.
Speaking of Infinity Storms, Olaf Redland has shared with us this Zero combo that uses 3 level 3 Hyper combos, alongside some help from Dormammu and the Mind Stone.
Last, but not least, desk demonstrates how good the Soul Stone can be in the right hands, with this combo showcase built around combos using two characters at the same time with its Infinity Storm.
ARIKA’s as-of-yet unnamed new Street Fighter EX-based fighter was one of many games featured at the 2017 Tokyo Game Show. At the show, alongside a new trailer showcasing Allen Snyder and a tease for Doctrine Dark, they also hosted a “Pro vs. Pro” exhibition featuring GRAPHT’s Fuudo and Alienware’s Nemo.
The exhibition showed both players trying out a number of characters — Fuudo played some Allen, Darun, and Skullomania, while Nemo played Kairi, Garuda, Hokuto, and also Skullomania. Overall, the exhibition gave a good indication of how the new title might end up playing in the hands of veteran competitors.
For those who missed the exhibition, KarinUSF4 has uploaded recordings of their matches onto their YouTube channel. You can check these out below:
Even with the number of tournaments for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite taking place this past weekend, that hasn’t stopped players from pumping out content for the game. For this Monday’s round up of MvC:I videos, the focus is purely on combos, with a number of interesting videos dedicated to them.
That said, we do have a couple of tutorial videos here as well. However, they’re both also dedicated to combos! First up, TrueUnderDawg has put out a video guide for any prospective Captain Marvel players, looking to figure out how to combo with her.
Following up on that, for characters that use flight cancels, Meoang has put up a guide.
Meanwhile, for those who caught some of the Arthur action in tournaments this past weekend (including SoCal Regionals’s grand finals), Mikeydactyl has shared a video demonstrating a combo for the Ghouls and Ghosts lead that uses his gold armor super.
Mr. Wright, on the other hand, shows off some combos for the team of X and Jedah.
MFreshness on the other hand focuses solely on Gamora, and some of the crazy combos that she can do.
Finally, legendary combo video creator FINAL SHOWDOWN has put up three videos. The first two are dedicated to the game’s “average man” Ryu. Showcasing some cool combos, including a corner loop with his hurricane kick.
He follows that up with another combo video, this time showing off some interesting combos for Strider Hiryu.
Both the Ryu and Strider Hiryu combo videos are labeled as “part 1,” so expect more content from FINAL SHOWDOWN in the future.
Even with the number of tournaments for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite taking place this past weekend, that hasn’t stopped players from pumping out content for the game. For this Monday’s round up of MvC:I videos, the focus is purely on combos, with a number of interesting videos dedicated to them.
That said, we do have a couple of tutorial videos here as well. However, they’re both also dedicated to combos! First up, TrueUnderDawg has put out a video guide for any prospective Captain Marvel players, looking to figure out how to combo with her.
Following up on that, for characters that use flight cancels, Meoang has put up a guide.
Meanwhile, for those who caught some of the Arthur action in tournaments this past weekend (including SoCal Regionals’s grand finals), Mikeydactyl has shared a video demonstrating a combo for the Ghouls and Ghosts lead that uses his gold armor super.
Mr. Wright, on the other hand, shows off some combos for the team of X and Jedah.
MFreshness on the other hand focuses solely on Gamora, and some of the crazy combos that she can do.
Finally, legendary combo video creator FINAL SHOWDOWN has put up three videos. The first two are dedicated to the game’s “average man” Ryu. Showcasing some cool combos, including a corner loop with his hurricane kick.
He follows that up with another combo video, this time showing off some interesting combos for Strider Hiryu.
Both the Ryu and Strider Hiryu combo videos are labeled as “part 1,” so expect more content from FINAL SHOWDOWN in the future.
Team NINJA’s Dead Or Alive 5 has been one of the longest running installments of the storied franchise. While part of that has been through their consistent support of the competitive scene, a large part of it has also been through all the downloadable content that the latest iteration Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round, has received. Now, it seems that Team NINJA may finally be ready to move on from DOA5.
During their Tokyo Game Show livestream, producer Yosuke Hayashi announced that they will finally end DLC support for the game this year. For those who haven’t been following the game, Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round has multiple seasons worth of downloadable content, including 2 guest characters, and over $600 worth of downloadable costumes.
While this model may have been good for the series — the free-to-play Core Fighters version has just surpassed 10 million downloads — it seems that they’re finally ready to move on. Hayashi has stated that the team is looking towards the future. Whether or not this means that they’re moving on to Dead Or Alive 6 is as yet unknown. In the meantime, Team NINJA is currently also working with Square Enix on Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.
For those looking for a fighting game they can sink their teeth into on PC, then here’s some great news for you. Both the regular and deluxe editions of Tekken 7 on Steam are currently discounted at GamersGate.
For those just looking to get the base game, Tekken 7‘s regular edition is on sale for only $26.49, 47% off its regular price of $49.99. Meanwhile, for those who want the deluxe edition, which comes with the game’s season pass, it’s on sale for $43.04, 43% off its regular price $79.99.
Take note however that the sale ends this afternoon, so interested players should head on over to GamersGate ASAP.
