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Cygames Beast welcomes three new players — GamerBee, Fuudo, and Chris Tatarian — while Snake Eyez departs from the team

More Beasts gather for battle!

Japanese Shadowverse mobile game publisher Cygames has renewed it sponsorship support for Daigo Umehara’s Cygames Beast team, formed last march with PR Balrog and Snake Eyez joining Umehara on the roster. This year, the team will expand with the addition of three new Street Fighter V competitors, all very well-known on the Street Fighter circuit: Cygames Beast now welcomes GamerBee, Fuudo, and Chris Tatarian aboard!

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If you’ve been paying any attention to the Capcom Pro Tour over SFV’s lifespan, you’ll have seen GamerBee’s Necalli, Fuudo’s R. Mika, and Chris T’s Ken mixing it up with the competition. Fuudo has also become a regular fixture on Daigo the BeasTV, making his inclusion on the Cygames Beast roster a natural development. They join Daigo Umehara and PR Balrog to bring the team to a new total of five members — Snake Eyez, however, is departing from Cygames Beast.

Yuito Kimura, Game Producer and Executive Director at Cygames, offers these comments:

Every one of us here is looking forward to another year of nail-biting entertainment as part of our continued collaboration with Cygames Beast. At Cygames we strive to deliver on the dreams of our players, not just through social games – which we are well-known for in Japan – but across a diverse spectrum of content. By expanding our relationship with Cygames Beast we’re looking forward to reaching ever more gamers that share our passion as embraced by our motto: creating the best in entertainment.

GamerBee, Fuudo, and Chris T will jump right into competition under the Cygames Beast banner this weekend at Final Round 2018.

Source: Cygames Beast [press release]

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Maximilian shares his hands-on impressions of the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Another look at this highly-anticipated classics compilation.

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

Maximilian had a chance to spend some time with the current build of the upcoming Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, and now offers his thoughts on what the compilation is like so far. He discusses the accuracy to the arcade originals — as it seems this title is using the original ROMs, with very little to no modifications — but decries the lack of modern options for these titles, such as dedicated training and versus modes.

Like other observers, Maximilian also notes the play speed issue that seems to be present in Super Street Fighter II Turbo here; but he reminds us that this is an unfinished build, and some of his criticisms may be addressed in the final product. For even more footage, check out the preview video from PlayStation Underground — and watch out for more impressions to come from the playable build at Final Round 2018 this weekend.

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Source: Maximilian Dood

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Similarities compared between Broly footage and Android 16 in Dragon Ball FighterZ

Broly has been confirmed as the first of the two DLC characters for Dragon Ball FighterZ, and we’ve finally caught some glimpse of the giant in action in his trailer. While we don’t know his entire moveset yet, the trailer revealed some animations, and a few of Broly’s attacks.

YouTube channel Overload has posted an interesting comparison video that points out some similarities with another character from the cast: Android 16. Not everything aligns closely, but a few of the attacks look quite similar to Android 16’s. Their intro animations look almost identical, and their auto-combo shares a grab attack. Both also use an air grab to bring the opponent crashing down onto the stage. Their projectiles are definitely different, though.

Maybe Broly isn’t that much of a “copy&#8221$$ but rather, by looking at similarities with Android 16, players can begin to figure out how Broly can fit into a team.

Lore-wise, Broly is not technically a canon character, based instead on appearances in Dragon Ball Z side movies. Check out Broly’s announcement trailer and some Dragon Ball FighterZ avatar gear that will be included.

Source: Overload

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Rumored JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Chrono Crusaders game to be developed by French Bread confirmed fake

After a recent whirlwind of rumors regarding a potentially upcoming JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fighting game developed by Soft Circle French Bread, new details have emerged that have — unfortunately — confirmed that the “leak” is fake.

A fan on Twitter recently questioned voice actress Kira Buckland, who was rumored to be voicing Jolyne Cujoh in the game — supposedly titled JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Chrono Crusaders — who replied that though she was flattered, she’d never heard of this project before. Sean Chiplock, the supposed English voice of Giorno Giovanna commented that, “It’s a very funny JoJoke.”

Additionally, DasVergeben’s “source” reached out to him, noting that he made it all up in an effort to “teach him a lesson,” though he apologized and claimed that “[He] wants to help [him] become legitimate.”

Finally, DasVergeben solemnly commented, “One day we will get a great JoJo fighting game again. Well, hopefully,” and will be severing ties with this source going forward, since he was already openly doubting his claims due to their extravagance and detail. As always, this is just a reminder to question any sort of rumor report before any type of official confirmation. It’s certainly a disappointing development — hearing Dan Southworth voicing Yoshikage Kira was something I was personally looking forward to! You can see the voice actors’ tweets and the “leaker’s” comments via Imgur and Twitter below.

Source: DasVergeben (reddit); rinachan (Twitter); sonicmega (Twitter); FGCMemeLord (Twitter); imgur

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Shut down the fake pressure of Street Fighter V’s Abigail with Emezie Okorafor’s latest guide

In every game and at every point in the FGC’s history, there has always been a belligerent character that grinds the nerves of its player base. In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, for the moment at least, it seems like that character is Abigail.

This goofy, high-damage grappler has been doing fairly well in tournaments around the world lately. Emezie Okorafor‘s latest (excellent) tutorial hopes to mitigate some of Abigail’s more common gimmicks before the Capcom Pro Tour 2018 season begins. If you’re having trouble with the car-obsessed Canadian, then check out the video above for some insight on Abigail’s fake pressure and various reaction-checks you can learn to deal with.

Source: Emezie Okorafor

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Catch amazing old school Vampire Savior action from Makai World Cup 2018 in this highlight reel

If you are a Vampire Savior player, Makai World Cup was the place to be this weekend. The East Coast tournament attracted some of the nation’s best Vampire Savior players, as well as some strong competition for Super Street Fighter II Turbo and Windjammers.

As a result, the tournament had no shortage of hype moments, including an amazing match between MightyMar — the low tier Anakaris specialist — against Sev’s Bishamon. Luckily, we have this amazing highlight reel to show off a taste of what was on offer at Makai.

Source: Doctor Butler

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Akuma can use his dragon punch to option select punish strings in Tekken 7

Do you love option selects? Are you looking to make your Akuma better in Tekken 7? If you answered “yes” to both of those, then HQRubbish‘s new technology for the guest-starring Street Fighter might interest you:

In the example above, Akuma is able to punish every single option off of Paul’s ff+2, including the ff+2 by itself. Theoretically, this would work versus any unsafe starter that leads to a string with fast high/slower mid enders.

Akuma also is able to use EX DP to blow up some strings other characters cannot, thanks to its invincibility on frame 1. In general, stance and string-heavy characters need to approach the Akuma match-up differently if they intend to survive versus a savvy Goshoryuken user.

Source: HQRubbish

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Mocchi’s Sol returns to Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 in a great compilation video from Mikado

Some Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 players have been wondering about Mocchi lately, and whether he’s still active in the community. His Sol Badguy is definitely renowned as one of the best. Worry not, as the Japanese arcade Mikado just pumped out some fresh match footage between Mocchi and none other than Nage Faust.

The clip below is a compilation of matches between the two. There are many rounds when Nage is so dominant, Mocchi can only begin to mount a comeback at critical life. Mocchi’s talent really shines when he doesn’t give up in the face of nearly insurmountable odds. He knows how to make every single hit count, and make the most of it. There’s a great example of that around the 2:20 minute mark, where he turns the tide with a 2HS counter-hit. He’s also great at reading Bursts from Nage, not an easy feat.

You can see three matches between the two in the clip below:

Source: Joniosan

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Street Fighter gets ported to the real world with the help of augmented reality

Ever imagine what how it would feel like to see Ryu and Ken duking it out on your own street? Or maybe see E. Honda and Dhalsim trading blows by your local corner store. Well, imagine no more, thanks to this tech demo that ports Street Fighter to the “real world” via augmented reality.

Called Street Fighter II: Real World Warrior, the homemade tech demo was made by noted AR developer Abhishek Singh, who famously made that first-person Mario demo for Microsoft’s HoloLens.

Now, the gameplay itself is nothing that any fighting game veteran would call “competitive”. The animations are quite slow, and are tied to a weird 3-button control scheme. However, it’s the possibilities that this opens up that are exciting: imagine what an actual officially licensed and developed AR implementation of any fighting game franchise could look like!

Source: Abhishek Singh

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Square Enix and Level|Up Series have launched the Dissidia Master Series at Wednesday Night Fights

For any fans of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, here’s a reason for you to check out Wednesday Night Fights. Square Enix is partnering with the Level|Up Series crew to host a the Dissidia Master Series: a monthly competition that will take place at WNF.

The Dissidia Master Series is a monthly tournament series that will take place at Wednesday Night Fights, and will run all the way through June 13. Each tournament is a double elimination event between 8 teams of competitors, and will feature unique prizes from Square Enix. Meanwhile, the champions of the series will have their team names engraved in a one-of-a-kind trophy, that will be the centerpiece at WNF.

The first tournament of this series has already taken place on Wednesday, March 14. The prize from yesterday’s event was a Squall Leonhart figure from Square Enix’s Play Arts Kai line.

Interested competitors can find information on the Dissidia Master Series — and other tournaments at WNF — over at their official site.

Source: Level|Up