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Take on old-school killers in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Exhibition event at Combo Breaker 2018

Got what it takes to challenge some legends of classic Street Fighter?

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

After announcing three stops on the tournament circuit to celebrate the impending release of Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Tournament Series, Capcom has followed up with even more old-school action coming our way. Combo Breaker 2018 will host a Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Exhibition, featuring four competitors well-versed in Street Fighter history: Echo Fox|Justin Wong, Evil Geniuses’ Ricki Ortiz, Alex Valle, and Hx.Twitch.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara!

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The fight goes down at approximately 9:00 PM CT (7:00 PM PT) on May 25. Four bold Combo Breaker 2018 attendees can join the fight via an auction to compete; from Capcom-Unity:

To become one of the other four players in this tournament, you will need to take part in an on-site auction for entry. Combo Breaker holds auction tournaments each year, where players bid on entry into a bracket, 1 by 1, until the bracket is full. For this special Street Fighter 30th Anniversary exhibition tournament all bids will be to square off against one of the 4 competing Street Fighter legends! 100% of the auction entry money goes to the tournament champion. If you can make it to St. Charles, Illinois on May 25 and want your moment to shine, this exhibition is for you!

The exhibition will be a single elimination tournament with best three out of five matches. Each player will need to remain flexible as all 12 titles from the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection may make an appearance. Before each match in the tournament, the game that will be played will be chosen randomly to keep everyone on their feet!

For those not in attendance, you can watch the action on the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel.

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Source: Capcom-Unity

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Datamining of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle announcer voice reveals possible Senran Kagura guest characters

Datamining has revealed even more cast information from BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Digging through the voice clips of the game opened up another unexpected surprise: it appears that Arc System Works may be planning on guest-starring characters from yet another franchise in their crossover game: Senran Kagura‘s Asuka and Yumi.

Around the 4-minute mark, the announcer gets into characters. We can hear her say “Nine the Phantom,” Izaoyi,” “Mai Natsume,” in the BlazBlue character section. Next, she says “Labrys,” “Mitsuru Kirijio,” and “Akihiko Sanada” when she hits upon the Persona characters. Then, the Under Night section brings up Merkava, Yuzuriha, and Mika. After the RWBY characters, she says “Asuka” and “Yumi.” There’s also an “Unknown,” possibly for a boss character?

Given the previous evidence from the Nintendo Switch BBTAG datamining, there’s more and more confirmation for the final nine DLC characters. It seems like only a flat denial from Arc System Works could unravel this, but the company has not commented on the leaks… yet. BlazBlue: Central Fiction‘s Jubei was leaked in a similar way, through the announcer files.

There was no evidence, however, of Asuka and Yumi in the game’s text files, according to OtherEhm — the one who found the names of the remaining cast members in the beta’s game files.

Sources: TheModernCamEraGuy; OtherEhm

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Learn how to properly defend against the long-range slides of Tekken 7’s Law, Lee, and Shaheen

Law, Lee, and Shaheen — if you’re not prepared, this trio of Tekken 7 characters can quickly frustrate you with a simple coin-flip mix-up off their crouch dash slides. Block low, and any of their giant mid launchers melt your life-bar. But if you risk blocking the mid, the sliding low puts you right back down to the ground — and in the exact same mix-up.

But don’t fret: not only are there ways out of the blender, there’s also specific ranges you can play at it to nullify the effectiveness of this mix-up all together. Check out BoxeR-King‘s latest tutorial to learn how to play around the slide mix-up!

Source: BoxeR-King

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A Capcom vs. SNK 2 legend emerges at GameSpot Versus’ most recent monthly tournament

“This battle is about to explode! FIGHT!”

GameSpot Versus is known for bringing out some of the best players in all of Japan for Capcom vs. SNK 2. This time around, they brought out an especially elite contender, as D44BAS made his way to the arcade for their monthly tournament.

The two time Evo champion faced off against 23 other gladiators in the month of April, as his legendary A-Groove Vega-Blanka-Bison team hasn’t lost a single step. Who will live and let die? Find out for yourself in the captured stream below!

Source: silentscope88

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Core-A Gaming looks into how Qudans and Jeonnding became household Tekken 7 names

Few people play Tekken as well as the Korean community. Although StarCraft is certainly a popular esport there, Bandai Namco’s fighter has found a lot of appreciation. Core-A Gaming raises awareness about this country by highlighting two world-class competitors: UYU|Qudans and UYU|Jeonnding.

The video ventures deep into their storied past, which starts with Jeonnding talking about competing in the first StarCraft game in his early years. However, he quit, and started to play the 3D fighter just for fun, as a hobby. As for Qudans — who found his name by converting Korean characters on the keyboard — he made his name in 2005 by winning the Evolution Championship. Both players talk quite a bit about the generally unfavorable stereotypes surrounding gamers, and they consciously make effort to “erase that image.”

Check out the informative video below for an insightful look into some of the best Tekken 7 players in the world.

Source: Core-A Gaming

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Hilarious BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle beta bug lets you fight with two characters together

The online beta for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle just ended, but there is still online access. Given the unfinished state of the game, players are bound to run into bugs here and there. Maybe it’s no surprise that it was PG|SKD who found one of the most game-breaking ones.

As presented in the clip below, SKD was able to bring both Ruby and Es onto the screen and truly tag team the opponent with a barrage of attacks. The second character stays on the screen, and receives the same inputs as the main character.

He explains the bug in this thread, and posts some more examples:

Here’s also a Japanese player triggering the same bug, but with the biggest characters available in the game:

There will be four-player controls in the game, so maybe Arc System Works might as well make this bug a playable mode in the vein of Guilty Gear Isuka. I would play it!

Recently, datamining has revealed the remaining possible BBTAG DLC characters.

Source: PG|SKD; @ukaga_ka

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Kyoka, Fumikage, and Eijiro revealed for My Hero One’s Justice

Bandai Namco Games has dropped a new batch of screenshots for My Hero One’s Justice showing off three new additions to the cast — Kyoka Jiro, Fumikage Tokoyami, and Eijiro Kirishima.

Known as the Hearing Hero “Earphone Jack”, Kyoka can plug in the earphones jacks that she carries onto anything and then channel her heartbeat into them. Meanwhile, Fumikage — also known as the crow-headed Jet-Black Hero “Tsukuyomi” — is able to manifest a dark shadow that can be used for both attack and defense. Finally, Eijiro, the Vigor Hero: “Red Riot”, can harden and sharpen any part of his body.

You can check out the screenshots of these heroes in the gallery below.

Click to view slideshow.

My Hero One’s Justice is set to launch on PlayStation 4 and Switch in Japan on August 23.  A Western release on those — as well as PC and Xbox One — is set for sometime later this year.

Source: DualShockers

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Catch Blade Strangers in action in this footage from BitSummit Vol. 6

Nicalis recently brought their indie crossover fighting game Blade Strangers to BitSummit, one of Japan’s biggest independent video game shows. During the event, they got a chance to show off some gameplay, including some of the recently-added characters.

For those who weren’t at the event, Nintendo Everything was able to capture some off-screen footage of the Switch version from their panel. The footage below features newcomer Shovel Knight (from the game of the same name), Curly from Cave Story, as well as Emiko from Umihara Kawase.

Blade Strangers launches on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC this Summer.

Source: Nintendo Everything

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My Hero One’s Justice launches in Japan this August with pre-order bonuses

One day closer to becoming a true hero.

Bandai Namco’s arena fighter based on the popular manga series, My Hero Academia, finally has a release date in Japan. The company announced that My Hero One’s Justice will launch on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan on August 23.

As part of this announcement, Bandai Namco has also revealed the pre-order and early bird bonuses for the game. Those who pre-order My Hero One’s Justice will also receive 2 exclusive promotional cards for the arcade game My Hero Academia Gekitotsu! Heroes Battle Plus Ultra!!!. Meanwhile, players who purchase the game early will receive the “Customization Pack” DLC for free.

Included in the “Customization Pack” DLC are following:

  • Alternate Costume: “Katsuki Bakugo Army Costume”
  • “Izuku Midoriya Victory Voice C”
  • Title: “Main Heroine”
  • Accessory: “Yaoyoroshka” (Yaoyorozu’s matryoshka dolls)
  • Accessory: “Mineta Leg Doll”

With the reveal of My Hero One’s Justice‘s Japanese release date, it should only be a matter of time before the Western release date — which includes the Xbox One and PC release — is revealed as well.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment

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The original Guilty Gear will be rocking out on PlayStation 4, PC, and Nintendo Switch

A new opportunity to experience a Guilty pleasure.

The latest stream from Arc System Works’ Japanese Twitch account revealed that the original Guilty Gear is coming to modern consoles. Guilty Gear was released in 1998 — celebrating its 20th anniversary today — on the original PlayStation, and set itself apart with its strong rock ‘n’ roll vibe. The game includes ten unique characters along with Baiken, a secret boss.

Arc System Works has not yet mentioned a release date for this gem, but you can catch about 20 minutes of gameplay below. You can definitely see how the spirit of the original has been well-preserved in its latest edition, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2.

This announcement is definitely exciting, but don’t forget that Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R is also coming to the Nintendo Switch. Hopefully, that title will find its way to PlayStation 4 somewhere down the road, too.

Watch ARC SYSTEM WORKS official live from ArcSystemWorks on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Gematsu; Arc System Works Twitch (JP)