Category: Fighting Games

The next Crossover Costume lets you put Nash in the boots of this classic Capcom character.

Right on the heels of the June crossover costume for Chun-Li, the next offering from Street Fighter V‘s Extra Battle mode has been announced. This time, you can earn a Captain Commando outfit for Nash!

For those unfamiliar with this old-school icon, Capcom-Unity offers this brief history:

Captain Commando first appeared in the side-scrolling beat ‘em up game, Captain Commando (1991), as the leader of the Commando Team. Along with the other three playable characters – Mack the Knife, Ginzu the Ninja, and Baby Head – Captain Commando must protect Planet Earth from a group of criminals with superhuman powers. With blond hair, glasses, and a dutiful drive, Nash is the perfect character to embody what Captain Commando stands for.

As before, you need to complete four time-sensitive challenges in Extra Battle to earn the costume; see the schedule below. The first challenge opens on March 15th. Don’t forget these challenges also overlap with the ongoing Monster Hunter Extra Battle challenges!

As it costs 2500 FM to play each challenge, the costume is yours for 10,000 FM — if you complete every challenge at least once!

Source: Capcom-Unity

Over the last few months, Dasvergeben has become a well-known leaker in the fighting game community. They have revealed things such as Enchantress and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rounding out Injustice 2‘s Fighter Pack 3 — days before their reveal at ELEAGUE — as well as Broly, Bardock, Base Goku and Base Vegeta being part the Dragon Ball FighterZ FighterZ Pass, not to mention the very existence of SoulCalibur VI, including that it would be revealed at The Game Awards last December.

Most recently, he claims to have been contacted by a former employee of Bandai Namco Entertainment, who apparently believed they were wrongfully terminated from the company and chose him to be a surrogate for certain information. As with all such leaks and rumors, have a massive pinch of salt handy!

For SoulCalibur VI, the source claims that the game’s final roster will be — as far as they’re aware — 22 characters at launch, with 6 more being DLC; though this info is about 6 weeks old, so it could’ve changed. Specific characters mentioned include Hwang, Talim, Grøh’s adoptive father Friderich, Maxi’s lover Jacker, as well as One Piece‘s Roronoa Zoro serving as a guest character. Three of the six DLC characters this source seemingly knows about are Zasalamel (whom was apparently changed to be a launch character last month, recently revealed alongside Ivy Valentine), Cervantes, and a second female guest character. After speaking with his main SCVI source — who has seemingly been correct about everything so far — Dasvergeben was told the following:

They know about Grøh’s father, which shows they have some info right and 22 characters sounds about right, but I was under the impression it was going to be 24 on launch. I did say Hwang had WAAAAYYY more chance of making it in over Yunseong to you. His SC6 info while I can’t confirm it does sound believable. I would just call it a rumor for now though and not confirmed. I can’t say anything about the guest character either, but I feel like I have seen something about Zoro in relation to this game. I wasn’t told the name of Grøh’s dad yet, even if he was just an adoptive father or not.

Moving on to Dragon Ball FighterZ, a second season of DLC characters has apparently just come out of the planning stages, and this person was translating the paperwork before they got fired, noting that the characters will be released in packs of two — which seems feasible, given that Broly and Bardock were revealed together. The characters will reportedly be:

• Tapion and Gogeta
• Master Roshi and Videl (w/ The Great Saiyaman)
• Raditz and Zarbon (which Dasvergeben discussed being in the works in a previous post)
• Cabba and Kale (w/Caulifla)

He also notes that the original 8 characters from the FighterZ Pass (Broly, Bardock, Base Goku, Base Vegeta, SSGSS Vegito, Merged Zamasu, Cooler, and Android 17), should all be released by July, which would in turn make them all legal for Evo in August. He also notes that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 is not currently in development, but that an action-RPG about the original Dragon Ball is in pre-production.

Lastly, Dasvergeben mentions he’s been contacted about a new JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure fighting game, developed by Soft Circle French Bread, the creators of Melty Blood, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax and Under Night In-Birth, that “will have 2D visuals much like Dragon Ball FighterZ, and will feature Jotaro Kujo, Young Joseph Joestar, Johnny Joestar, Jolyne Cujoh, Yoshikage Kira and DIO as members of the roster, with a Story Mode and an English dub provided by VIZ Media… though even he finds this info difficult to believe!

For further details — such as a pair of rejected character designs for SCVI, as well as other non-fighting game leaks related to Bandai Namco Entertainment, you can check out the full threads on reddit in the source links.

Sources: reddit (1); (2); (3)

Fans of the SoulCalibur series have been eagerly awaiting the new installment — and with the outpouring of game footage, character announcements, and play tests, the swell is beginning to build. This morning the Final Round’s Twitter account announced that Bandai Namco will be sending a playable build of SoulCalibur VI to Final Round 2018; no word yet on which characters or stages will be available, but expect there to be a long line and plenty of new footage after next weekend’s event!

Thanks to our friends at Bandainamco we are happy to announce we will have the newest build of Soul Calibur VI playable demo throughout the entire weekend at Final Round 2018! You will be able to play test the game if your a competitor or a spectator! See you guys next week! pic.twitter.com/XDVI5XpY4c

— Final Round (@ATLfinalround) March 8, 2018

Source: Final Round (Twitter)

These signings are just the beginning of Team Liquid’s focus on Japanese esports.

Team Liquid has announced a return to Street Fighter V competition in a big way by announcing the opening of their new Alienware-partnered training facility in Los Angeles, and carrying that partnership even further by bringing AW|Nemo onto the team! This is part of a new effort to make inroads into the Japanese fighting game community — and ultimately a bigger impact on global competition overall — and if Nemo wasn’t enough SFV muscle to sign on, they’ve also announced that John Takeuchi is joining the team. Check out the announcement video below:

Nemo is a well-known threat in competitive Street Fighter; he made a big splash at Capcom Cup 2017 by breaking in through the Last Chance Qualifier and crushing opposition with his Urien, all the way to the finals. John Takeuchi really caught everyone’s eye with his deadly Rashid play at Evo Japan, going toe-to-toe with legendary players and holding his own. Expect to see both of these fighters making waves on the SFV circuit this year. Read more on Team Liquid’s website.

Sources: Team Liquid (Twitter); Team Liquid

A new edition of the Cloud Revolver arrives from HyperX.

Another headset option is now available from HyperX, the company that brought us the ubiquitous Cloud Stinger and the Cloud Alpha. The Cloud Revolver Gunmetal has hit the market; this new edition of their Cloud Revolver wired headset is compatible with any platform that uses the standardized 3.5mm jack — console, PC, smartphone, etc. While marketed more heavily towards the FPS crowd — “gunmetal,” after all — this is a headset you still might want to consider for your other gaming and streaming needs, if you enjoy the aesthetics. It has a lot of features to back up its looks, too. From HyperX:

Featuring the same award-winning sound, comfort and durability inherent in Cloud Revolver, the new gunmetal edition offers the immersive audio profiles engineered in the Cloud Revolver family, creating a larger sound stage for FPS and open-environment gameplay, as well as concert hall-like audio experience when listening to music.

HyperX Cloud Revolver Gunmetal uses 50mm drivers that directs sound into the ear for precise audio positioning and a clean, crisp sound with enhanced bass. The headset is versatile with its detachable noise-canceling microphone that is certified by TeamSpeak and Discord. The headset is designed to deliver ultimate comfort during long hours of gameplay with HyperX signature memory foam and premium leatherette on the ear cups and head band.

Cloud Revolver is now available through HyperX’s network of retail and e-tail outlets for $119.99 MSRP. For more information on Cloud Revolver Gunmetal and global availability, please visit the Cloud Revolver webpage.

Features

• Studio-grade sound stage
• Signature HyperX memory foam with premium leatherette
• Durable steel frame
• Detachable noise-cancellation microphone
• Directional 50mm drivers
• Multi-platform compatibility

Headphone

• Driver: Dynamic, 50mm with neodymium magnets
• Type: Circumaural, Closed back
• Frequency response: 12Hz–28,000 Hz
• Impedance: 30 Ω
• Sound pressure level: 104.5dBSPL/mW at 1kHz
• T.H.D.: < 2%
• Input power: Rated 30mW, Maximum 500mW
• Weight: 360g
• Weight w/ mic and cable: 376g
• Cable length and type: Headset (1m) + Audio Control Box (2m)
• Connection: Headset – 3.5mm plug (4 pole) + Audio Control Box – 3.5mm stereo and mic plugs

Microphone:

• Element: Electret condenser microphone
• Polar pattern: Uni-directional, Noise-canceling
• Frequency response: 50Hz–18,000 Hz
• Sensitivity: -40dBV (0dB=1V/Pa,1kHz)

Source: HyperX (press release)