Category: Fighting Games

As one of the largest fighting game tournaments outside of the Evolution Championship Series, the day registration goes live for Community Effort Orlando is pretty special. That day was yesterday. What are you waiting for?

This year’s installment of Community Effort Orlando features a lineup of returning favorites and promising newcomers. Players can expect to compete in Street Fighter V, Ultra Street Fighter IV, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mortal Kombat X, Killer Instinct, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, Pokken Tournament, and Tekken 7 over the course of the weekend. The event will also play host to an artist alley, vendors, and, of course, a bring your own console area where any number of side tournaments can be held.

Right now, early bird registration is available for $40, but that will go up to $50 on April 1 and $60 on June 1. After this online period ends on June 12, that’s it; there won’t be on-site emergency registration, so do your best to sign up as early as possible!

Community Effort Orlando 2016 is scheduled for June 24-26 in, you guessed it, Orlando, Florida. Further details can be found through their official website.

Source: CEO Gaming

Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX has seen a number of additions through its console release and update to IGNITION, and Sega is set to continue growing the cast with downloadable content.

While their release dates have yet to be revealed, Netoge no Yome wa Onna no Ko Janai to Omotta? protagonists Ako and Lucian are planned to join FIGHTING CLIMAX as playable and assist characters respectively sometime in the near future. Unlike previous roster updates, they will require a separate purchase.

Players can look forward to seeing Ako and Lucian in action at the upcoming Dengeki Game Festival, scheduled for March 13.

Source: Dengeki Online via Gematsu, IPLAYWINNER

According to a release from the developers themselves, Radiant Entertainment, the indie studio helmed by Evo founders (and Shoryuken owners) Tom and Tony Cannon, has been acquired by competitive gaming giant Riot Games.

Over the past few years, Radiant has delivered two promising titles in Stonehearth, a simulation title focused on town-building, and Rising Thunder, a free-to-play fighting game with MOBA-esque controls. Both of which have been iterated upon in various alpha builds, and the latter in particular gained a good deal of traction within the fighting game community due to its unique mechanics.

But while Stonehearth will continue on, Rising Thunder servers are scheduled to close on March 18.

“The team will start work on a new game that we’re incredibly excited about,” the announcement states with regards to Rising Thunder. “We wish we could say more now, but rest assured you’ll hear more when the time is right.”

Riot themselves have tangential ties to the world of fighting games through parent company Tencent, who published Jade Studio’s Xuan Dou Zhi Wang in China. Although the title was deemed a King of Fighters rip-off early on, the developers eventually partnered with SNK Playmore to feature guest appearances by Terry Bogard and Benimaru Nikaido.

Whether or not this new project stays true to Rising Thunder’s fighting game roots remains to be seen. In any case, we wish the Radiant team all the success in the world as they move onto this exciting new venture. Stay tuned for more details!

Source: Radiant Entertainment

As was previously reported, Pokémon is ready to back Pokkén Tournament as a competitive title with the Pokkén Tournament Championship Series. This string of tournaments will see the Pokémon-based fighter intersect with both the National and World Championships the organization holds for their video and card games on a yearly basis, with $100,000 in prizes up for grabs.

Similar to other competitive circuits, Pokkén Tournament players will be able to earn their way to Worlds by automatically qualifying at events like Evo and Community Effort Orlando or earning championship points with consistent play at participating tournaments.

The championships will be split between North America and Europe, both of which will have minor and major events. The main difference (apart from the monetary rewards, of course) is that first- and second-place finishers at major events will be invited to Worlds while only the champions of minor events will be extended the same privilege. Sixteen players are set to be pulled from both regions in this way, with the remainder of the bracket positions going to special Japanese invites and a last-chance qualifier at Worlds itself.

A full schedule of events and prizing information have been detailed below. Please note that the prizes apply only to North America, as European details are still being hammered out.

Further information regarding registration, championship point tracking, and more is forthcoming. Stay tuned for more details. Pokkén Tournament launches for Wii U worldwide on March 18.

Sources: Pokkén Tournament, Gamasutra