Terry Bogard’s presence in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy had already been discovered in the game’s trophy list, but the form he actually takes in the game was perhaps not quite as SNK fans would have predicted:
The legendary Terry Bogard joins the roster in SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy! Wait a second, THE Terry Bogard? What happened to him!? Well, that's what he'd like to know too. You can check out her(?) official trailer now. (https://t.co/Nv5z8XkN3r) #SNKHEROINESpic.twitter.com/szDRqi4T8P
NIS America has now officially revealed the gender-bent “Fatal Cutie” Terry Bogard to complete the launch roster of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, complete with repertoire of his — I mean, her — signature attacks. And of course, the new Terry can be customized like any other Heroine in the game.
You can join in the madness that is SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy when the game arrives for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on September 7.
Did you miss some challenges? You’re getting another chance!
Those that failed to grab all the pieces to complete the Monster Hunter Crossover Costumes for Ken, Ibuki, and R. Mika in Street Fighter V‘s Extra Battle mode will be getting another shot at completing their costume collection when the first challenge appears for Rashid’s Air Man outfit tonight; Capcom is bringing the challenges to obtain the Monster Hunter costumes back as well.
Continue your quest for missing pieces!
Challenges for Crossover Costumes inspired by @MonsterHunter will return to Extra Battle Mode on August 2 at 9pm PT along with Air Man. pic.twitter.com/QTZ7FeOwhM
It’s good to see that these in-game items aren’t going to be offered only a single time; since we’ve seen bosses return to Extra Battle as well (both Shin Akuma and “True Martial Artist” Ryu have passed by more than once so far) hopefully all of the Crossover Costumes get at least a second pass for players to catch up on what they may have missed.
Will we finally learn who “G” actually is at Evo this weekend?
As has become the pre-reveal tradition for Street Fighter V DLC fighters, Capcom is hinting in their not-so-subtle way that this weekend will be the reveal for the next brand new character to join Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition in Season 3: the mysterious “G”.
Cody’s brick-smashing social media avatar has now been replaced by a gilded globe on Street Fighter’s Twitter and Facebook accounts — an image clearly associated with G and his golden world-map body markings, for as little as we know about him.
And what we know is very little — how he fights and his place in the story are all blanks at this point, not to mention his seeming connection to that most-mysterious Street Fighter of all, Street Fighter III‘s fan-favorite Q. (BornFree has explored some of this speculation before.) With this tease, we can definitely expect at least some of this to be cleared up at Evo 2018 this weekend, so keep an eye on Street Fighter V at Evo!
Prepare for this year’s throwdown with this video retrospective of last year’s epic event.
Evo 2017 was the biggest to date, and this year is gearing up to blow it out of the water with an even bigger fighting game bash. But before we tackle all of the excitement of this Evo, take a moment to relive the best moments of 2017 — the upsets, the losses, the epic wins — in this video retrospective.
eSports Ecosystem, a new organization that is developing cryptocurrency that can be utilized for FGC events, has joined Cygames and Nissin Cup Noodles as an official sponsor of Evo 2018.
It is with great honor to announce that we will be a sponsor to the world's largest Fighting Game tournament this weekend. It's going to be epic! See you there!#EVO2018#esportshttps://t.co/ketc9ZBf8T
Evo 2018 is sponsored by Cygames, well-known as the publishers of Shadowverse, but also now known to the fighting game community through the Street Fighter V competitors that comprise the Cygames Beast team: headed by Daigo Umehara, the team currently includes Fuudo, Chris Tatarian, GamerBee, and PR Balrog.
CYGAMES BEAST, from left: GamerBee, Chris Tatarian, Daigo Umehara, PR Balrog, Fuudo
After his recent win at VSFighting 2018 in the UK, Daigo Umehara had a message to share with his fans, as well as all attendees and audience for Evo:
My recent win at VSFighting, which was my first Premier win this year, reflects a recent revelation. Throughout all my years of competitive fighting, I never let myself be swayed by my emotions. I never got nervous or upset over a loss. I remained calm no matter what happened, which was good in itself, but somehow my burning desire to win had also subsided.
Then I have realized that my winning matters so much to people I care about — my sponsors, the people who support my work on day-to-day, and of course my fans. I wanted to persevere to the very end and win for those people. That’s what you saw at VSFighting.
You’ll see more of me throughout this CPT Season. I’m looking forward to my upcoming tournaments. The next stop is Evo!
As an event sponsor, Cygames themselves will not be idle during Evo: their booth will have activities throughout the event, and a selection of merchandise will be available too — including Daigo Umehara’s now-famous book, The Will to Keep Winning (note that the book will be sold at the Nsurgo booth, not the Cygames booth).
Cygames has a number of activities and surprises planned throughout the event:
Look for Cygames’ brand new social media accounts launching today on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And watch for your favorite Cygames Beast competitors around the Evo venue sporting these custom-made Skajan jackets designed by Takuya Suemoto with Shishumania’s Street Fighter V artwork! (Designs shown are works-in-progress.)
If you want to learn more about Cygames and the sponsorship of Evo 2018, check out the Q&A below!
Cygames Evo 2018 Q&A
Why did Cygames decide to sponsor Evo?
We decided to sponsor Evo because we like fighting games! Cygames is a company that was founded by gamers, and our company mission statement is to deliver the best in entertainment. We are not a company that is driven by marketing logic; we don’t have any grand plan for targeting particular audience segments, or creating products according to a marketing checklist. We just make the games that we like to play; we make manga, anime, merchandise, and we sponsor sports teams, esports teams, and events that we like. And we think Evo is a great event.
It’s also a great fit to expand upon our existing sponsorship of Cygames Beast – our team of Street Fighter players, who will all be competing at Evo. We also want to use our sponsorship of Evo to bring those guys to a wider audience, because we think they deserve it, and because we think people will enjoy watching them play. And, of course, we hope that sponsoring Evo will help us reach new audiences.
What is it about the fighting games community that interest Cygames in terms of audience?
The thing that interests us about the fighting games fans is their passion: fighting games fans are passionate about games, and passionate about competing, and so are we.
You are also sponsoring an esports fighting team, Cygames Beast. Why did you decide to do that, while as a studio you don’t have any fighting games?
We didn’t decide to sponsor Cygames Beast to promote any particular game. We just think they are worth promoting in their own right; another way for us to deliver the best in entertainment. Cygames Beast includes some of the top players in the world, and some of the most charismatic, and people love to watch them play — whether they are winning or losing, they always seem to be involved in some epic match-ups. We hope that our support will help bring them to a wider audience and the recognition that they deserve.
You also have a booth at Evo 2018. What are you planning to showcase there?
The main goal for our booth at Evo 2018 is just to support Cygames Beast — to give them space to rest and to rehearse, and to give them every chance to perform well in the tournament.
But we will also have Cygames Beast merchandise for sale; we’ll be hosting Twitch Japan; we’ll be working with the amazing guys at Cross Counter TV who will be keeping people entertained at the booth and on stream; and we will be showing off Shadowverse, our strategic card game.
Cygames also sponsor the Juventus soccer team. Can you tell us a bit more about the company sponsoring strategy?
Juventus is one of the greatest soccer clubs in the world, and one of the most entertaining, so it was an obvious fit for Cygames to sponsor. Everything always comes back to our desire to deliver the best in entertainment, which is why we also sponsor Cygames Beast; a team of world-class Magic: The Gathering players; the Japanese soccer team Sagan Tosu; the rising MMA star Tenshin Nasukawa (who doesn’t seem capable of scoring a KO that is less than spectacular); and a host of other content.
Cygames is mainly known outside of Japan for the TCG Shadowverse. Can you tell us your plans for this game?
Shadowverse is one of Japan’s leading esports. Many thousands of people turn up to our offline tournaments in Japan, and the competitive scene is growing around the world, too. The esports teams Tempo Storm and Panda Global have just signed up to participate in our Western tournaments, and this December will see our World Grand Prix take place in Tokyo with a first prize of a million dollars. So we intend to support that competitive scene for the foreseeable future. But beyond the competitive scene, Shadowverse is just a very interesting card game, featuring a ton of interesting design mechanics, thanks to a design team made up of world-class card game players. New expansions come out every three months to keep the game fresh and balanced; we are always adding new chapters to the single player story mode; and our new pre-built decks make the game easier to get into than ever before. It’s never been a better time to start playing!
Evo 2018 is sponsored by Cygames, well-known as the publishers of Shadowverse, but also now known to the fighting game community through the Street Fighter V competitors that comprise the Cygames Beast team: headed by Daigo Umehara, the team currently includes Fuudo, Chris Tatarian, GamerBee, and PR Balrog.
CYGAMES BEAST, from left: GamerBee, Chris Tatarian, Daigo Umehara, PR Balrog, Fuudo
After his recent win at VSFighting 2018 in the UK, Daigo Umehara had a message to share with his fans, as well as all attendees and audience for Evo:
My recent win at VSFighting, which was my first Premier win this year, reflects a recent revelation. Throughout all my years of competitive fighting, I never let myself be swayed by my emotions. I never got nervous or upset over a loss. I remained calm no matter what happened, which was good in itself, but somehow my burning desire to win had also subsided.
Then I have realized that my winning matters so much to people I care about — my sponsors, the people who support my work on day-to-day, and of course my fans. I wanted to persevere to the very end and win for those people. That’s what you saw at VSFighting.
You’ll see more of me throughout this CPT Season. I’m looking forward to my upcoming tournaments. The next stop is Evo!
As an event sponsor, Cygames themselves will not be idle during Evo: their booth will have activities throughout the event, and a selection of merchandise will be available too — including Daigo Umehara’s now-famous book, The Will to Keep Winning (note that the book will be sold at the Nsurgo booth, not the Cygames booth).
Cygames has a number of activities and surprises planned throughout the event:
Look for Cygames’ brand new social media accounts launching today on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. And watch for your favorite Cygames Beast competitors around the Evo venue sporting these custom-made Skajan jackets designed by Takuya Suemoto with Shishumania’s Street Fighter V artwork! (Designs shown are works-in-progress.)
If you want to learn more about Cygames and the sponsorship of Evo 2018, check out the Q&A below!
Cygames Evo 2018 Q&A
Why did Cygames decide to sponsor Evo?
We decided to sponsor Evo because we like fighting games! Cygames is a company that was founded by gamers, and our company mission statement is to deliver the best in entertainment. We are not a company that is driven by marketing logic; we don’t have any grand plan for targeting particular audience segments, or creating products according to a marketing checklist. We just make the games that we like to play; we make manga, anime, merchandise, and we sponsor sports teams, esports teams, and events that we like. And we think Evo is a great event.
It’s also a great fit to expand upon our existing sponsorship of Cygames Beast – our team of Street Fighter players, who will all be competing at Evo. We also want to use our sponsorship of Evo to bring those guys to a wider audience, because we think they deserve it, and because we think people will enjoy watching them play. And, of course, we hope that sponsoring Evo will help us reach new audiences.
What is it about the fighting games community that interest Cygames in terms of audience?
The thing that interests us about the fighting games fans is their passion: fighting games fans are passionate about games, and passionate about competing, and so are we.
You are also sponsoring an esports fighting team, Cygames Beast. Why did you decide to do that, while as a studio you don’t have any fighting games?
We didn’t decide to sponsor Cygames Beast to promote any particular game. We just think they are worth promoting in their own right; another way for us to deliver the best in entertainment. Cygames Beast includes some of the top players in the world, and some of the most charismatic, and people love to watch them play — whether they are winning or losing, they always seem to be involved in some epic match-ups. We hope that our support will help bring them to a wider audience and the recognition that they deserve.
You also have a booth at Evo 2018. What are you planning to showcase there?
The main goal for our booth at Evo 2018 is just to support Cygames Beast — to give them space to rest and to rehearse, and to give them every chance to perform well in the tournament.
But we will also have Cygames Beast merchandise for sale; we’ll be hosting Twitch Japan; we’ll be working with the amazing guys at Cross Counter TV who will be keeping people entertained at the booth and on stream; and we will be showing off Shadowverse, our strategic card game.
Cygames also sponsor the Juventus soccer team. Can you tell us a bit more about the company sponsoring strategy?
Juventus is one of the greatest soccer clubs in the world, and one of the most entertaining, so it was an obvious fit for Cygames to sponsor. Everything always comes back to our desire to deliver the best in entertainment, which is why we also sponsor Cygames Beast; a team of world-class Magic: The Gathering players; the Japanese soccer team Sagan Tosu; the rising MMA star Tenshin Nasukawa (who doesn’t seem capable of scoring a KO that is less than spectacular); and a host of other content.
Cygames is mainly known outside of Japan for the TCG Shadowverse. Can you tell us your plans for this game?
Shadowverse is one of Japan’s leading esports. Many thousands of people turn up to our offline tournaments in Japan, and the competitive scene is growing around the world, too. The esports teams Tempo Storm and Panda Global have just signed up to participate in our Western tournaments, and this December will see our World Grand Prix take place in Tokyo with a first prize of a million dollars. So we intend to support that competitive scene for the foreseeable future. But beyond the competitive scene, Shadowverse is just a very interesting card game, featuring a ton of interesting design mechanics, thanks to a design team made up of world-class card game players. New expansions come out every three months to keep the game fresh and balanced; we are always adding new chapters to the single player story mode; and our new pre-built decks make the game easier to get into than ever before. It’s never been a better time to start playing!
Body Count Fighting is ready to bring you another night of title and feature matches, this time showcasing top talent in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Tekken 7! BCF7 will take place at Machinima Studios in Burbank, CA on August 11th. On this event’s fight card:
Title Matches
Dragon Ball FighterZ Title Match: NRG|HookGangGod vs. Echo Fox|dekillsage (Champion)
Tekken 7 Title Match: WayGamble vs. Circa|Joey Fury (Champion)
Feature Matches
Dragon Ball FighterZ Feature Match: PG|Nakkiel vs. Tatsunical
Dragon Ball FighterZ Feature Match: brkrdave vs. Reynald
Dragon Ball FighterZ Feature Match: Dadpool vs. CLN|Yohosie
Street Fighter V Feature Match: Echo Fox|Punk vs. Echo Fox|Justin Wong
Street Fighter V Feature Match: CYG BST|Chris Tatarian vs. 801 Strider
Street Fighter V Feature Match: UYU|Brian F vs. Tempo|Alex Myers
Street Fighter V Feature Match: EliTheCurry vs. Mike L Na
Tekken 7 Feature Match: Jaguar Jerry vs. FGCTim
The battles begin at 5:00 PM PT on August 11, and you’ll be able to watch the action on the BCF Twitch channel, as well as on SRKLive. If you’d like to attend in person, head over to Eventbrite! There will be free food, free casual gaming stations, and a vintage arcade for attendees to play.
Make sure you act fast if you want to secure these Evo exclusives.
Arcade Shock has brought various forms of Evo-branded exclusive pushbuttons to Evo before, and they’ve sold out fast! This year, they’re bringing in a new twist with these Sanwa Denshi 30mm metallic camo designs! They will be available in gold, silver, and gunmetal variants.
These are a limited-edition, one-time run for Evo. Last year’s Evo button supply (350 units) sold out on day one, so be sure to head right over to Arcade Shock’s booth to grab your own before they’re gone.
Make sure you act fast if you want to secure these Evo exclusives.
Arcade Shock has brought various forms of Evo-branded exclusive pushbuttons to Evo before, and they’ve sold out fast! This year, they’re bringing in a new twist with these Sanwa Denshi 30mm metallic camo designs! They will be available in gold, silver, and gunmetal variants.
These are a limited-edition, one-time run for Evo. Last year’s Evo button supply (350 units) sold out on day one, so be sure to head right over to Arcade Shock’s booth to grab your own before they’re gone.
