Fighting Games – Page 288

March 13, 2018

Vayne Carudas Solidor is Dissidia Final Fantasy NT’s first DLC character

During their recent livestream, Square Enix revealed the identity of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT‘s first DLC character — Vayne Carudas Solidor.

For those not familiar with him, Vayne is one of the antagonists from Final Fantasy XII. Heir to the Arcadian throne, Vayne involved himself with a rogue deity in a conspiracy involving the fate of the world — and the freedom of its inhabitants from the machinations of other deities.

His involvement in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is most likely much less convoluted. Indeed, his trailer focuses less on any conspiracies he may be planning, and more on the combat techniques that he brings into the game.

Vayne will be coming to the arcade version in the March update, and will be available for purchase for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT on PlayStation 4 in late April.

After him, Square has five more DLC characters in store — the next of which is yet another male character, but from the earlier half of the Final Fantasy series.

Source: Square Enix

March 13, 2018

Digital pre-orders of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle for PlayStation 4 will grant early access to the open beta

Looking for a chance to get to play BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle early? Well here’s some great news — if you’re on PlayStation 4, that is. In a recent post on the Japanese PlayStation Blog, Arc System Works has announced that those who pre-order their upcoming crossover fighter digitally on PlayStation 4 will get early access to the game’s open beta.

As previously announced, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is coming out on May 31 in Japan and June 5 in North America. Prior to this however, Arc System Works will be holding an open beta for the game sometime in May. Those who pre-order their game on PlayStation 4 will get to access this open beta a bit earlier; as for exactly when this open beta will take place, Arc System Works has stated that they’ll be announcing the dates and other details sometime in the near future on the game’s official site.

Source: PlayStation Blog via Siliconera

March 13, 2018

Bandai Namco releases full character intro trailer for Broly in Dragon Ball FighterZ

Words cannot reach this unstoppable beast!

Bandai Namco has finally released the full reveal trailer for Broly, one of two confirmed upcoming DLC characters for Dragon Ball FighterZ. After his first announcement and an insane amount of teasing, players finally have close to fifteen unadulterated seconds of Broly goodness.

It’s only a matter of time before players break down this brief albeit action-packed trailer and connect all of its references to other Dragon Ball media. Bardock’s trailer cannot be too far behind, and a release date for both fighters should be right around the corner.

I hope that Broly gets a character color that gives him his blue hair from his initial Super Saiyan transformation; he went Super Saiyan Blue before it was cool. Check out the trailer for yourself, below!

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment

March 13, 2018

Earth Romancer developers share tutorial for lead character, the (tiny) space knight Palante

One of the most important things a developer can do is demonstrate that they know how their own game is played. This shouldn’t seem like a big deal, but if the spokesperson for a project can’t clearly explain gameplay, it’s hard to be interested in playing, you know?

That’s why Lunar Hare Studio’s character tutorial for their first fighting game project, Earth Romancer, was a pleasant surprise to me:

Earth Romancer manages to stand out in the heavily saturated indie smash-clone market by expanding its gameplay vocabulary beyond what’s typical of the genre. As Palante’s moveset shows, he’s able to make use of P-links, Kara Cancels, Float Cancels, and a wide variety of zoning and okizeme pressure. Whatever you may think the blatant Greed Sever rip-off, it’s clear that an obsession for slick system mechanics is what really inspires this studio the most.

If the above game-play interested you at all, you can try an alpha demo of their game right now.

Source: Lunar Hare Studios

March 13, 2018

Earth Romancer developers share tutorial for lead character, the (tiny) space knight Palante

That’s why Lunar Hare Studio’s character tutorial for their first fighting game project, Earth Romancer, was a pleasant surprise to me:

If the above game-play interested you at all, you can try an alpha demo of their game right now.

Source: Lunar Hare Studios

March 13, 2018

Justin Wong to star in a fighting game comedy film “Last Hit” with UFC fighter Elias Theodorou and Kayane

In a bit of news nobody expected, Echo Fox|Justin Wong is set to star in a feature comedy film that places Street Fighter V at the centerpiece. Titled Last Hit, the movie involves a UFC competitor — Elias Theodorou — as well as known FGC personalities Kayane, Luffy, and Zhi Lang Chew (Zhieeep)!

The plot centers around Theodorou’s character, Denis Bergeron: an MMA fighter who competes in his discipline until a tragic accident befalls him. He turns to esports and begins playing Street Fighter V. He finds “a new love and new friends” in the FGC, but also encounters a rival, Chris Ballard (possibly played by Justin Wong…?). Ballard is described as a “personification of GamerGate” and humiliates the ex-FGC fighter, who then must train for a chance to redeem himself at a showdown later in the movie.

For now, details are slim. Justin Wong recorded a message for the fans on the movie’s website:

The film is currently in production, and is expected to land in 2019.

Source: Nero Films; MMASucka.com; thanks to zenzen for the tip.

March 12, 2018

theScore esports provides an in-depth look at Tokido’s long journey towards last year’s Evo victory in Street Fighter V

The losers bracket. In the realm of competitive fighting games, most players will advise each other that being in the winners side of a major tournament is better than the former. This becomes painfully apparent if someone gets sent to the losers side early on in pools, or getting sent there right after you make it out in winners — where as some will say: the real tournament begins.

Imagine if you will, losing your first match out of pools in top 256 in Street Fighter V at Evolution to the likes of NuckleDu, only to find out that your first losers match right after is GamerBee, who was sent to your side of the bracket by Nemo. You eliminated him? Good for you. Now you have to play Daigo Umehara. Only a dozen or so matches left to go before you can crack top eight!

Yes, running your way through the losers bracket at a major for any fighting game can be a daunting task for many, whether your’re a sponsored pro or an aspiring diamond in the rough. However, for the few who have the mental stamina to endure set after grueling set against some of the best fighting game competitors in the world, an amazing losers run can cement a player’s legacy and be talked about for many years to come.

With Echo Fox’s Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi’s memorable top eight losers run towards his Evolution 2017 first place victory still fresh in our minds, theScore esports takes a closer look at the legend on his path to Evo glory. The video goes over his major fighting game accomplishments throughout the years across multiple titles, his growth as a player both in and out of the game, and touches on each set before and during his top eight losers run against Punk, Haitani, Itabashi Zangief, Filipino Champ, NuckleDu, and Kazunoko. While definitely not as lengthy a losers run as Luffy’s was at Evo 2014, the caliber of players both Luffy and Tokido had to go through to win Evo is nonetheless intimidating, but also inspiring — as it shows with hard work and laser-focused determination, it is possible to overcome what many consider to be an almost insurmountable task.

Source: theScore esports

March 12, 2018

Street Fighter champion Olivier “Luffy” Hay picked up by ARES Esport

In stark contrast to the recent sound of several esports organization’s doors closing, we bring you a bit of positive news for one of Europe’s most notable players.

️A new member joins the Republic of Esport !
Welcome @Louffy086 ? pic.twitter.com/XkB7dkdwOJ

— ARES Esport (@TeamAresEsport) March 12, 2018

Olivier “Luffy” Hay — whom is also sponsored by Red Bull — has officially joined the ranks of ARES Esport. Considering Luffy’s long list of accomplishments (including, of course, his 2014 Evo Championship in Ultra Street Fighter IV) combined with ARES having a base of operations in Paris, it’s clearly a smart decision for the two to join forces!

Source: TeamAresEsport (Twitter)

March 12, 2018

cutcc’s “QuickNotes” lays out the basics of Tekken 7’s Lee Chaolan

cutcc returns with more of his “QuickNotes” series for Tekken 7! This series is designed to lay out the fundamentals of a Tekken character in as compact a video as possible. Today’s study is the game’s most excellent character, Lee Chaolan.

While he is easily one of the game’s toughest characters to play, Lee makes the effort worthwhile by sporting excellent pokes and powerful wall carry. Lee’s dominance of the mid-range can quickly frustrate the opponent to death, if his surprisingly strong punish game doesn’t do it first.

Source: cutcc

March 12, 2018

Dragon Ball FighterZ video roundup: “Turn” discussion, Dora Bang’s Piccolo, and more!

Welcome, West City citizens! It’s a new week and we have a ton of Dragon Ball FighterZ videos lined up for you to scrutinize in the lab. You know the drill — let’s jump in and see what the FGC has made today:

rooflemonger starts us off with an important discussion about “turns” in DBFZ.