Category: Fighting Games

Team NINJA is wont to share exciting information at their annual Dead or Alive Festival in Japan. Last year’s event saw the announcement of Dead or Alive Xtreme 3. This year, however, they’re collaborating with a couple of known franchises to bring some extra flavor to Dead or Alive 5 Last Round.

The biggest collaboration is with legendary fighting game company SNK. None other than Mai Shiranui from SNK’s King of Fighters and Fatal Fury series will be joining the cast of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round this coming September. In a way, this addition makes sense since Mai served as the prototype for the kunoichi archetype that Dead or Alive as a series is fond of.

You can see the teaser for Mai at around 3 hours and 42 minutes into the official YouTube archive of the Dead or Alive Festival live stream. For those who don’t want to have to go through the entire stream, Rojikku was able to capture the teaser portion from it.

In addition to Mai, the game will also be getting costumes based on the King of Fighters characters Yuri Sakazaki, Hinako Shijou, and Kasumi Todoh.

Now this is just one big collaboration that’s going on with DOA5 Last Round. The second big collaboration is with another “SNK,” this time the hit anime and manga franchise Shingeki no Kyojin, known in the west as Attack on Titan. A new stage as well as downloadable costumes based on the franchise will be coming to Dead or Alive 5 Last Round on July 19.

Guiseppe’s Gaming was able to capture the video of these stages and costumes from Team NINJA’s stream.

In addition to these, Team NINJA also announced the game’s 5th Season Pass for costumes, which includes an exclusive Nyotengu costume, as well as a collaboration based on the visual novel and anime franchise To Heart.

Source: Team NINJA, stream clips from Rojikku, Guiseppe’s Gaming

With this year’s Evolution Championship Series less than one week away, we’re happy to share the event’s tournament and stream schedules with everyone!

Of particular note is the fact that Evo will be running four official streams, in addition to the Capcom Fighters stream, for five total feeds of fighting game action. Due to popular demand, the number of streams dedicated to Street Fighter V’s top 32 has been increased to 3 to guarantee viewers the most high-level action possible.

Once again, this year’s Evo streams will be produced by Team Spooky and IPLAYWINNER. You can check out the full stream schedule, as well as find out when competition in your game of choice takes place, below. And, don’t forget, streaming at source quality will not require a subscription this year.

Evo 2016 is set to take place July 15-17 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Capcom’s Neidel “haunts” Crisan recently announced that there is a Street Fighter V Panel planned to take place on the first day of Evo 2016. According to haunts, the panel is supposed to include some “exciting news,” and Capcom will be “sharing all kinds of information” and revealing new details about the game. The specific event details announced so far are as follows:

Panel Location: Las Vegas Convention Center – Central Hall N101

Panel Time: Friday, July 15^th 10:00 AM

Agenda:

• SFV Content Updates
• SFV Dev Updates
• Capcom Pro Tour Discussion
• Q&A Session

There was no mention of whether the panel will be livestreamed or not, but it is possible that we will hear something regarding that in the near future. You can view the original post on the official Capcom-Unity blog.

Source: Capcom-Unity

With Ibuki’s addition to Street Fighter V so close to Evo 2016, the viability of the character for competition at the tournament (along with Balrog, added at the same time) has been a controversial topic. Fears seemed to have been confirmed with the discovery of a glitch granting the nimble ninja six frames of invincibility upon landing after a whiffed air throw.

However, Capcom has announced through the SFV Server Twitter feed that we’ll be seeing a brief shutdown of the Street Fighter V servers on July 12 to deal with the potential exploit, along with some other V-Skill bugs.

#SFV servers will be shut down on 7/12 (Tues) from 6~9pm PT to fix the Ibuki airthrow and V-Skill bugs. We apologize for the inconvenience.

— SFV Server (@SFVServer) July 9, 2016

Looks like anyone that might have been hoping to take advantage of this particular glitch will need to reconsider their strategy before diving into Evo’s SFV pools, starting on Friday, July 15.

Source: SFV Server

Going to be in Vegas early? Press Start Gaming Center is hosting their 3rd Annual PSG Classic on the 2 days prior to Evo. Now at their new location, PSG is just four short miles from the Westgate at 1550 E Tropicana Ave Ste 7.

The events will be held over 2 days with Wednesday being Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. 4, and Thursday being Street Fighter V, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Killer Instinct, and Mortal Kombat XL. Registration for both days starts at 5 PM, and the tournaments will start at 7 PM. If you’re in town early trying to get in last-minute games and looking to size up the competition for Evo, this will be worth checking out.

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The shopping center is also home to A Gamer’s Paradise, a retro game, arcade and repair center that is bringing arcade cabinets to Evo this year; T-Zero, an anime shop that is having their grand opening that Wednesday; and the world famous Pinball Hall of Fame, so there’s plenty to do and see while you’re there.

For more information surrounding these tournaments, you can head over to the following Facebook pages: SSBM; SSB4; SFV, UMVC3, KI, and MKXL

Sony recently added eight more fighting games to their subscription-based streaming service as a part of the recent “FIGHT!” PlayStation Now update.

Highlights from the update include BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, and the recent Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. These titles add even more value to the already vast library of available titles, including Ultra Street Fighter IV, Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition, and Injustice: Gods Among Us.

PlayStation Now can be accessed on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and select televisions and Blu-ray players. The service currently only offers PS3 titles, but Sony plans to extend their library to include games from the original PlayStation and the PlayStation 2.

You can view the entire list of available games here.

Sources: PlayStation, DualShockers

The previously teased heroine of Xblaze: Code Embryo, Es, stars in Arc System Works’ latest trailer for BlazBlue: Central Fiction.

This time, we get a much better look at her combos at work, in particular. We get to see how her attacks chain together and even mix up into an overhead. As for her Drive, it makes Crests appear on the screen after her attacks, which she can utilize to buff follow-up moves. There’s also footage of her Distortion Drives and her Exceed Accel, which is a new technique added in Central Fiction.

Es is the first downloadable content character for Central Fiction.

The console-exclusive Es joins the playable cast of 32 characters. She will be available with the Japanese release on October 6th of this year, and later this Winter in North America and Europe.

Source: Arc System Works, with a tip from Tony

Those planning to tune in to Evo streams, rejoice! Source, the highest streaming quality provided solely to Twitch Partners, will be available during this year’s competition for your viewing pleasure, subscription or no.

We are making a change to the Twitch Subscriptions this year. We will no longer lock source behind the paywall, but you get emotes forever!

— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) July 7, 2016

We would still like you to subscribe to support the scholarship fund every year, and you get the keep the emotes forever!

— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) July 7, 2016

While the highest quality viewing will be possible without a subscription, those looking to access the Evo Twitch emotes–or those who want to support the scholarship fund–can still subscribe. The emotes will remain accessible year-round.

Evo is set to take place July 15-17 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Source: Mr. Wizard