Everyone has a fighting chance
Level|Up Series returns to the world of tournaments tonight with another installment of Wednesday Night Fights Online Edition. Moving from the world of offline competition to netplay is sure to provide a look at players who don’t often get enough attention, so tune in below for some great Ultra Street Fighter IV action.
A full look at the bracket can be found here.
Watch live video from Level|Up Live on www.twitch.tv
Source: Level|Up Live
This week’s installment of Next Level Battle Circuit is now streaming live courtesy of Team Spooky. As always, the event is being broadcast from its namesake, Next Level Arcade, in New York City. Tonight, they’ll be running Ultra Street Fighter IV, featuring some of the best players on the east coast.
If you would like to check out these weekly tournaments, be sure to head on over to Next Level Arcade and take part every Wednesday. The address has been included below.
4013 8th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232
The stream is currently live below, but you can also visit Twitch to join the chat. Full brackets will be made available through Challonge.
Watch live video from TeamSp00ky on www.twitch.tv
Sources: Team Spooky
The folks over at VGBootCamp recently went live with another installment of Smash @ Xanadu from Xanadu Games in Baltimore, Maryland. These weekly broadcasts provide a great look at the region’s Smash community, and tonight’s installment will feature competition in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. 64.
If you’re interested in some Smash Bros. action, be sure to tune in. The stream is live below, but you can also head on over to Twitch to join the chat.
Watch live video from VGBootCamp on www.twitch.tv
Source: VGBootCamp
Over the past few days, more and more Mortal Kombat X footage has been making its way online courtesy of folks who were able to get their hands on the fighter early. While this has had the obvious boon of giving competitive players the chance to craft some theories about the gameplay mechanics and cast members, this studying may be all for naught.
According to new details, the developers plan to release a day one patch that addresses a number of key factors, including online play, lingering bugs, and even the title’s overall balance. While we have not been able to confirm these details ourselves, God is a Geek has shared a screenshot of the ver.1.01 update details from PlayStation Network.
The patch reportedly weights in at just under 2 GB, leading us to believe there’s quite a bit still to be changed before the game officially releases.
Mortal Kombat X will arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on April 14, with a summer launch planned for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Sources: Reddit, God is a Geek via Test Your Might
This past weekend, fighting game fans had the benefit of being treated to not one, but two Capcom Pro Tour events: NorCal Regionals 2015 in Sacramento, California, and Scotland’s Hypespotting 4. While the former was a premier event, both provided a ridiculous amount of hype.
In order to chronicle some of the best moments at each event, Capcom has already put together a couple of great videos of their favorite plays from the weekend. If you missed out on one or both of these fantastic tournaments, these highlight reels are a great way to catch up on some of the crazier aspects before you jump into more complete footage.
What were your favorite moments from NorCal Regionals and Hypespotting? Feel free to sound off in the comments.
Source: Capcom Fighters
When most people think of utilizing a Focus Attack dash cancel in tandem with Ryu’s Shoryuken in the Street Fighter IV series, it’s usually associated with juggling into his Ultra 1. Smart Ryu players, however, know that FADCing the EX version can be used as a way to get him out of the corner.
In his latest tutorial, Jay Rego demonstrates a few ways that players can get the most out of this special move when pinned down. Even better, this also gives folks a way to turn the tables on their opponents and set themselves up for some offense of their own. Give the video below a spin and see if you can learn a thing or two.
Source: Jay Rego
We’ve still got just under a week left until Mortal Kombat X finally hits shelves, but today, the folks at NetherRealm Studios did their part in making that wait a little more manageable by releasing Mortal Kombat X Mobile.
In last week’s Kombat Kast, the team revealed details surrounding this mobile pairing to the upcoming title. It’s a free-to-play card battler which plays out fights much like the game itself, with controls designed specifically for touch screens. In it, players can select their faction and, through playing the game, can unlock things for the non-mobile version such as alternate costumes. The examples that we got to see were Ninja Mime Johnny Cage and Farmer Jax, so there’s definitely a lighthearted feel to at least some aspect of this brutal slug fest.
The mobile version of the title is available on iOS devices right now, but has not yet made its way to the Google Play store. Since the trailer, which you’ll find below, advertises availability on Android devices, we can only assume that the delay before it comes to the second platform will be brief.
Source: Mortal Kombat Community and iTunes
The Super Best Friends’ most recent episode of Friday Night Fisticuffs shows the team taking to the hard streets of Lethal League for a few rounds of “the most competitive baseball game you’ve ever seen.” If you’re not familiar with the Reptile Games title, it made showings during Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 9’s mystery game tournament as well as at Evolution as part of last year’s indie showcase.
The game is a lot like a two-to-four person match of air hockey, but instead of scoring goals, the objective is to knock out the other players by slamming its anti-gravity projectile into them. The controls consist of only two types of swings, movement inputs, and a jump, so there’s a very low level of entry to get going, but things can get out of hand rather quickly, as showcased in the session below.
Source: The Sw1tcher via Super Best Friends Play
Sega AM2’s Shenmue has long been regarded as one of the best video games of all time, spawning a sequel and a dedicated following who continue to pine for another installment in the open-world series. With their emphasis on precise combat, both titles found their fair share of crossover appeal with fans of the studio’s Virtua Fighter franchise, and now two of Shenmue’s most prominent characters have found their way to another 3D fighter.
Thanks to the efforts of modder Esppiral, main protagonist Ryo Hazuki and his father’s murderer Lan Di can be added to the PC version of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round as playable characters. At this point in time they merely reskin Jacky Bryant and Akira Yuki’s original models, meaning they don’t posses unique fighting styles, though that may expand as the modding community learns more about the game.
We’ve included a handful of screenshots of the Shenmue duo in Last Round below; the necessary files to spice up your own copy can be found in the original Reddit post.
Sega AM2’s Shenmue has long been regarded as one of the best video games of all time, spawning a sequel and a dedicated following who continue to pine for another installment in the open-world series. With their emphasis on precise combat, both titles found their fair share of crossover appeal with fans of the studio’s Virtua Fighter franchise, and now two of Shenmue’s most prominent characters have found their way to another 3D fighter.
Thanks to the efforts of modder Esppiral, main protagonist Ryo Hazuki and his father’s murderer Lan Di can be added to the PC version of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round as playable characters. At this point in time they merely reskin Jacky Bryant and Akira Yuki’s original models, meaning they don’t posses unique fighting styles, though that may expand as the modding community learns more about the game.
We’ve included a handful of screenshots of the Shenmue duo in Last Round below; the necessary files to spice up your own copy can be found in the original Reddit post.