Category: Fighting Games

If you have any gaps in your fighting game collection and/or just hate having money, then you’ll be pleased to know that Sony has launched a “Best of E3” sale to celebrate the currently-ongoing gaming expo. Among the 169 markdown titles are several fighting games, such as:

Injustice 2 – 20% off
Dragon Ball FighterZ – 25% off
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition – 30% off
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – 40% off
Tekken 7 – 50% off
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 – 50% off
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – 55% off
For Honor – 57% off

Nearly all of these titles have both the normal and deluxe editions marked off, including several season and character passes as well. To see the full sale list, click here.

Source: PlayStation Store

Snake? Answer me! Snake? Snaaaaaaake!

Metal Gear Solid fans — or at least fans of the Western releases of the series — were likely wondering something when it was revealed this morning that the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would include all prior Smash characters, including Solid Snake from Super Smash Bros. Brawl… who’s voicing this upcoming version of Snake?

David Hayter voiced the character until Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, where he was unceremoniously replaced by Kiefer Sutherland (even though that was Big Boss and not Solid Snake, Hayter had still voiced an earlier version of Big Boss — Naked Snake — in Metal Gear Solid 3). Hayter’s distinctive voice work had become iconic to the character in the West (in Japan, all versions of the character are voiced by Akio Ōtsuka) and his departure was jarring for many fans.

Snake’s Smash incarnation appeared before The Phantom Pain, and included voice work from Hayter. Now with Snake’s return to Smash, does that mean Hayter is returning as well? Indeed it does. In an interview with Game Informer, Nintendo of America’s Bill Trinen and localization manager Nate Bihldorff gave a few clues as to Snake’s voice in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. While it is left unclear if Hayter has done any new recording for Ultimate — or if it is simply voice material reused from Brawl — they did confirm that it will be his voice in the game. Hayter himself has also offered a short but definitive confirmation:

Ok…

Yes, it’s me. #SuperSmashBros https://t.co/m7l9ANmPDc

— David Hayter (@DavidBHayter) June 12, 2018

Snake had a significant amount of character-specific dialogue in Brawl, so it remains to be seen if that will make the transition to Ultimate. But fans of Hayter’s gravel-voiced take on Solid Snake can rest easy!

Sources: David Hayter (Twitter); Game Informer

Here’s a peek at what HORI is preparing for the future!

We don’t know anything about it yet, except it looks intriguing… HORI has a new in-development fight stick on display at E3 2018, and it looks like they’re finally jumping on board with the easy-access open-at-will panel design used by the Mad Catz TE2, the Qanba Dragon, and the Razer Atrox/Panthera. Have a look at these pictures, snapped by Mark “MarkMan” Julio:

What we can see so far is that the layout is the NOIR style that HORI has been using on many of its recent fight sticks; the balltop, pushbuttons, and panel art are all new designs/colors, presuming any of that is close to retail final. The unlabeled top-panel upper controls look like they’ll offer similar functions to prior sticks — and we can see a touch pad in that area, so clearly this is a PlayStation 4 design. This stick case opens in a more unusual panel-forward motion, as opposed to all of its competitors. Also notable in the images is what looks like a SoulCalibur VI-branded RAP.N (on the shelf below), and some kind of GameCube-type controller (behind), obviously intended for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Arcade Shock also grabbed some images on the scene that show a closer look at the panel joint and the inside bed of the case:

We’ll provide more details on these controllers as we hear them!

Sources: Mark Julio (Twitter); Arcade Shock

Arguably the biggest upcoming fighting games at E3 2018 (that we know of) are SoulCalibur VI and Dead or Alive 6. Now, for players excited for either game who aren’t at E3, they’ll get to see more of them soon — thanks to PlayStation’s E3 stream. Sony put up their E3 stream schedule after their showcase, and it seems that both SoulCalibur VI and Dead or Alive 6 will be on the PlayStation E3 live stream this Wednesday.

Dead Or Alive 6 will be shown first at 1:30 PM Pacific. SoulCalibur VI, on the other hand, will have its time on stream at 3:15 PM PT. Both presentations will last for about 15 minutes each. Of course, for anyone at E3, both games will also be at the booths of their respective developers on the show floor.

Source: PlayStation via Shoryuken forums