Author: Zavian "mushin_Z" Sildra

The (currently) newest version of this title will be the one played on at CEO 2017.

As soon as it was revealed that we’d be seeing a PlayStation 4 port of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the question arose as to whether this new version would become the new tournament standard–as players have reported that the game does have slight timing differences to prior editions. This weekend’s Undefeated already adopted the PS4 port of UMvC3 (with the caveat that they would revert to Xbox 360 is problems arise); now CEO 2017 will be following that example, as revealed on their tournament main page:

Considering how many other titles on current-gen consoles are running at events this year, it is perhaps unsurprising, logistically, that the Xbox 360 would fall by the wayside. Time will tell if the upcoming Xbox One release of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3–due in March–will become preferred instead.

CEO Fighting Game Championships 2017 will be in Orlando, Florida July 16-18.

Thanks to Joel for the tip.

Source: CEO Gaming

A closer look at four upcoming fighters for the new Injustice.

Three denizens of Gotham City and one of Superman’s classic deadliest foes now have official character profiles on the Injustice 2 website, giving fans a closer look at their reimagined looks and personalities for the upcoming game. Bane’s new look is drawing particular attention, increasing desire for a better look at what his Venom-fueled beefed-up form might look like in this game.

Poison Ivy’s mention of “the green” makes me hope for a future connection to Swamp Thing, but… probably not. You can check out these profiles–and all the others revealed to date–on the official Injustice 2 website.

Check out the story trailer that first teased these fighters here. Injustice 2 will be released May 16, 2017.

Source: Injustice 2

These new threads are now available to US and Canadian players.

After first becoming available in Asia, two new costumes for The King of Fighters XIV have made it stateside for US PlayStation 4 users. You can now get Nakoruru’s Kamuikotan Girls’ School Uniform and Shun’ei’s Kung-Fu Suit each for $2.99 USD (or $3.99 CAD) from the PlayStation Store.

These join Athena and Kyo’s classic costumes, as well as “Nightmare Geese.” For a closer look, here’s the image gallery for these new outfits from our previous post:

Click to view slideshow.

Source: PlayStation Store

The WinnerStaysOn stream gave us a cross-section of what the European leg of the tour will look like.

During today’s WinnerStaysOn stream on Capcom Fighters, Capcom’s Matt Edwards and host Logan Sama gave us a peek ahead at what events will host the European section of the Capcom Pro Tour in 2017. Here are the upcoming dates and locations as stated:

• Sonic Boom Summer Edition: April 1-2; Madrid, Spain
• Ultimate Fighting Arena: April 8-9; Paris, France
• Hypespotting VI: April 15; Glasgow, Scotland
• The Colosseum: May 6-7; Rome, Italy
• FFM Rumble 10: May 19-21; Frankfurt, Germany

Capcom’s CPT main page has not yet been updated at the time of writing, so changes may yet occur–as for which events are Premier and which are Ranking, only Ultimate Fighting Arena in Paris was confirmed to be a Premier event so far, but there will be others–possible out of these five, possibly not–as Edwards indicated that there would likely be about thirteen CPT events in Europe (aside from the Regional Finals), with up to three Premier events.

The Capcom Pro Tour has been to three of these five stops before, with Rome’s The Colosseum and Paris’ Ultimate Fighting Arena as new locations for 2017’s tour.

Sources: theScore esports; Capcom Fighters (Twitch)

The April Fool’s joke that kicked off Gouken’s story is a now a quarter-century old.

Capcom is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Street Fighter this year; but that also means it’s the 25th anniversary of the classic April Fool’s joke that ran in the April 1992 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly.

The hoax was presented as a means to unlock the mysterious “Sheng Long” in the original arcade version of Street Fighter II: using Ryu, and reaching M. Bison with nothing but Perfect victories, you must then survive ten rounds against the dictator without exchanging any blows. If successful, instead of a draw game, Sheng Long–Ryu and Ken’s long-lost master–will appear, dispose of Bison, and proceed to wreck you with his broken moveset.

The near-impossible trick to fight Sheng Long was soon exposed as a hoax, but is still remembered for the glorious gag it was. “Sheng Long” is born of the mistranslation in Ryu’s win quote, where “Sheng Long” was later corrected to “Dragon Punch” as intended.

This hoax holds such a strong place in Street Fighter collective consciousness because it inspired design choices that made many of its aspects reality in future games. Sheng Long’s substitution for M. Bison mirrors the entry of Akuma as a hidden boss in Super Street Fighter II Turbo. And as for “Sheng Long”–he became Gouken in Street Fighter IV, making Sheng Long effectively canonical after many years. Gouken even has a win quote in Super Street Fighter IV that pays tribute to the original mistranslation–“You must defeat me to stand a chance!”–as if his very design and existence wasn’t tribute enough!

AcidGlow marks the upcoming April anniversary of Sheng Long with this retrospective video:

Source: AcidGlow

SRK writing team members will each play advocate for one of the potential games!

As Mr. Wizard first announced and later elaborated a bit upon: the ninth main game for Evo 2017 is to be determined by a player vote-in, through donations to Make-a-Wish International via Generosity.com. Nine games: some from prior Evo events, some never before having a chance to appear there–and all are excellent games in their own right. The winning title not only fills out the roster, but gets a $10,000 prize pot bonus and will open the Sunday finals at Mandalay Bay’s arena.

As a charity drive, every vote counts toward a good cause (and you can vote for more than one!), but if you’re wondering which game(s) to support: starting today, Shoryuken will run one new feature per day, in which one of our writers will argue the merits of one of these titles on this list. So keep your eye out for these editorials–and remember that the voting closes at 12:00 PM PST on February 8!

Players reporting only a “black screen” at startup.

Steam users trying to boot up the second-last installment of the Street Fighter series–Ultra Street Fighter IV–are reporting today that their game will not load, instead sticking on a blank, black screen. The specific cause is not yet clear, but this is likely not an indication that Capcom is sneakily pulling support from the game: it is not the first time a “black screen bug” has been reported for the Steam version of USFIV. Windows 10-related issues have come up in discussion as well.

A test conducted on a the PlayStation 4 version confirms its online functions appear to be operating normally.

Thanks to Tim for the tip.

Source: Steam Discussions (Ultra Street Fighter IV)

Protect your weapon of choice and carry it with style.

Splitframe, makers of the FS Transporter fight stick bag, have partnered up with Evo to produce a new quality fight stick bag with official Evo branding: The Evolution Championship Series Transporter!

From Splitframe: “We are proud to be able to partner up with the Evo Group in 2017 to produce the best fight stick bag on the market. The Evo brand is what we see as the pinnacle of FGC esports. With this in mind we set out to once again to improve on our previous design. The result? Mission accomplished.”

As a new, limited-edition version of the FS Transporter, it features improved water-repellent and breathable fabric, waterproof zippers, adjustable internal padding, and an easy side-loading design. It sports an internal width of 19″, allowing it to be used for the following common fight sticks:

• HORI Fighting Edge, RAP4, RAPV, RAP2, RAP3, RAPEX
• Mad Catz TE2, TE2+, TES
• Qanba Obsidian, Q2, Q4, Crystal
• Razer Atrox, Panthera

This new fight stick bag is now available for pre-order, at a reduced pre-order price of $104.98 USD (regular price: $119.98 USD), and pre-orders are open now for an expected ship date of June 1st–ideally, just in time to ship to most destinations before the Evo 2017 event. According to Splitframe: “Make no mistake, this is our best effort by far and for the Evo Championship™ brand, expect nothing less. The best FGC Event receives only the best.”

Pre-order your own Evo Transporter here!

Source: Splitframe