Author: Sam "Trilby" Foxall

Thanks to someone at Warner Bros. being a little too quick on the trigger, we’ve finally seen Red Hood in action for Injustice 2. Most likely being former Robin Jason Todd returned from the grave, Red Hood wields a deadly arsenal of explosive mines, shurikens and knives alongside his dual pistols.

Rather than being strictly a zoner much like Deadshot, Red Hood works best at the mid-range, mixing opponents up with his explosives and gun-kata style attacks. He has a forward dive which has him firing off both guns at once, along with an air throw where he sticks an opponent with a mine before detonating it. He even has a meter-burn special where he bounces an unloaded gun off his opponent, loads it and then shoots them in the face.

His trait seems to have him activating special shock pads on the bottom of his guns, turning them into tasers. Red Hood looks like he can activate these shock pads mid-string, allowing him to continue a combo. From first glance, I’m getting flashbacks to Batgirl’s shock gauntlets in the original Injustice and those are memories I would like to forget.

His super has Red Hood chucking his whole arsenal of weapons at his opponent. He blows them into the air with a grenade, juggles them with gunfire, attaches a mine to their back and then makes them explode with a well-placed bullet to the spine. There is truly no kill like overkill.

Based on the marketing material at the end of the trailer, Red Hood will be available in June for those who either already own the Injustice 2 Ultimate Editon, or have bought character pack 1.

Source: WBGamesLatino

Teased during Killer Instinct Top 8 at Combo Breaker, the 29th character for Killer Instinct will be Chief Thunder’s brother, Eagle. Kidnapped by Ultratech and used at the human base for the prototype Fulgore MK3 unit, Eagle joins Killer Instinct as a cybernetic warrior who fights with a bow and a robot bird companion.

Based on the incredibly brief teaser, Eagle is an archer character who will seemingly have a finite number of arrows to use in battle. I can imagine his arrow count may be similar to Arbiter’s ammo count on his carbine, but with his bird companion either summoning or retrieving arrows that miss their target. Eagle is set to be released in June, so we’ll update you with more news about Eagle once we get a full trailer and a character breakdown.

Source: Killer Instinct

To answer some burning fan questions, Wavedash Games have dipped into the mailbag for their latest video. Picking out some of the most commonly asked queries from the platform fighter community, this Q&A hopes to clarify some things about this (still unnamed!) platform fighter.

We should finally see some footage of the game this summer, with Wavedash hoping to launch a closed beta in the fall of this year. With it currently scheduled to launch in early 2018, fans should get a decent amount of time to play with the game ahead of its release. As it is a free-to-play game, the project is planned to have various cosmetic items that characters can equip, including new taunts and respects that players can use in a battle.

As the game is going to launch on PC, it will launch with digital controls as opposed to the analog controls seen in something like Super Smash Bros. Melee. This means players will be able to play with Xbox, PS4 and Gamecube controllers, alongside keyboard and mouse support. Yes, that does mean both the Smash Box and the B0XX will be legal straight out of the gate with this platform fighter.

Wavedash answer more questions like their approach to balance changes in the video, so make sure to watch the whole thing. The studio are planning to reveal new character Raymer next week, so stay tuned for more info very soon.

Source: Wavedash Games

Joining the likes of Street Fighter, Injustice, Killer Instinct and The King of Fighters, Tekken is getting its own world circuit with the release of Tekken 7. In a partnership between Bandai Namco and Twitch, the Tekken World Tour will see players from all over the world competing for a share of a $200,000 prize pool and the title of King of the Iron Fist.

There are three regions for the Tekken World Tour–the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific–all with their own region-locked leaderboards. Each region will have its own selection of Master and Challenger events, which will see players competing for prizes and points on their region’s leaderboard. There will also be open-bracket online events, where players will battle against fighters from their own region for Ranking points.

Evo 2017 will act as the biggest Master event of the World Tour, with the winner automatically winning a place in the World Finals in November. There will also be special Regional tournaments, which will grant players the highest amount of Ranking Points, along with bonus prize money. As with Master and Challenger events, these Regional events will only give points to players from that region.

The World Tour will culminate in the World Finals, where five players from each region and the Evo champ will battle it out for the King of the Iron Fist crown. For the full tournament schedule–including both online and offline events–check out the Tekken World Tour website. The first Americas Master event will be CEO in June, so get practicing to get your name up on that leaderboard.

Sources: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe; Tekken World Tour

Following its announcement earlier this year, PQube and Digital Crafter have released another trailer for the mythological fighting game, Fight of Gods. This trailer introduces four new gods, and shows off more in-game footage of these deities slugging it out.

From Greek and Norse myth, Athena and Sif are joining the fray, with Anubis representing the Egyptians and Guan Gong fighting for Chinese Taoism. We still don’t see a whole lot of each fighter, but we do get a glimpse of Anubis’ ability to summon sarcophagi from the ground and Guan Gong’s paintbrush slashes. Athena and Sif’s designs are fairly basic, with Athena looking less like the Greek goddess of wisdom and more like your standard hoplite soldier.

Fight of Gods will be playable at MCM Comic Con in London this weekend, so head over to PQube’s booth if you want to try out this “godlike” fighter. It is set to launch on Steam later this year.

Source: PQubeGames