Category: Fighting Games

Yesterday, the January update to Injustice 2 went live, in preparation for the arrival of Enchantress — the second character in Fighter Pack 3 — next month. In addition to adding the sorceress’s data to the game, the patch also brought with it a new set of Legendary Multiverse Portals for Black Canary, Harley Quinn, and Aquaman. There were also a variety of character-specific bug fixes — most notably for latest roster addition Atom — as well as fixing an issue where Black Manta’s Multiverse Sidekick attack could crash the game and several adjustments to Hellboy’s Devil’s Revolver and Heavy Hoof (J2), that caused some unintended interactions. The final notable change involves Clashing while certain objects are on screen, such as Darkseid’s active Parademons, Joker’s Chattering Teeth, and Legendary Gear Augment Surprise Chompers, Red Hood’s Ground Mines, or Wonder Woman’s Shield Toss. These projectiles will now disappear with a visual effect upon Clash initiation, making it easier for players to know they’re gone once they’ve been reset to full-screen distance. You can see the full patch notes below.

General Gameplay fixes

• General stability and Online stability improvements
• Move list corrections and improvements to AI logic
• Legendary Multiverse Portals are now available for Aquaman, Black Canary, Harley Quinn
• Fixed an issue with some Multiverse Meta Challenges not correctly completing

Stage Specific Fixes

• None

Character Specific Fixes

• Atom – Fixed a bug that allowed Atom to block by holding back while Character Power was active
• Atom – Can now use Side Kick’s in Multiverse events while Character Power is active
• Atom – The environmental interaction created by the “Making Matter” ability is destroyed when his Character Power meter is fully drained
• Atom – Fixed a lingering sound effect when the blue version of Catalyst Chaos is interrupted
• Atom – Fixed a rare issue when interrupting Atom while his character power is active, which resulted in his tiny visual effect lingering
• Atom – When affected by Dr. Fate’s Final Punishment, the ankhs will no longer visually appear when performing Atom’s throw animation
• Atom – Update to Atom’s throw animation
• Atom – Fixed issue with Atom’s victim regions not immediately resetting after his character power throw is escaped
• Atom – Fixed many issues with lingering visual effects on “Atom Field” Gear Ability
• Atom – Fixed some issues with Fermion Fury MeterBurn causing some animation issues on hit

• Black Manta – Fixed a rare issue with Black Manta’s Multiverse Side Kick attack causing a crash

• Darksied – Clashing while Parademon is active will now cause it to disappear with a visual effect

• Dr Fate – Fixed issue with visual effects persisting during the win screen

• Hellboy – Adjusted the animation, hit region, visual effects location, and repel region on Devil’s Revolver which could cause some inconsistent interactions
• Hellboy – Increased base damage on Hell’s Fury Gear Ability to 6 (up from 5)
• Hellboy – Fixed punish indicator not working properly on some of his special moves
• Hellboy – it is no longer possible to keep the armor active after dash cancelling out of the Gear Ability Azzael’s Guard’s Meter Burn with specific timing
• Hellboy – After missing with Heavy Hoof (Jump + Medium), Hellboy will no longer have slightly modified repel regions for a few frames

• Joker – Legendary Augment “Surprise Chompers” no longer auto-corrects, now does 2 base damage (down from 5), and can be clashed
• Joker – Fixed issue with Legendary Augment “Surprise Chompers” that prevented close and far versions from being performed
• Joker – Clashing with Chattering Teeth or Surprise Chompers on screen will now cause them to disappear with a visual effect

• Poison Ivy – Added Sound Effects to Gear Augment “The Thorned Rose”

• Raiden – AI controlled Raiden can now perform all end of round animations

• Red Hood – Clashing with Ground Mine on screen will now cause it to disappear with a visual effect
• Red Hood – The throwing stars from the “Puncture” Gear Augment will no longer appear during Supermove and Clash cinematics

• Scarecrow – Fear-Ferno no longer builds excessive character power meter when it makes contact with Atom’s Catalyst Chaos
• Scarecrow – Fixed visual issue that could happen when Scythe Grab was clashed from long range

• Starfire – Star Dust will now prioritize the very far version over the far version
• Starfire – Star Dust MeterBurn cooldown will now properly reset when it connects with armor or is destroyed

• Swamp Thing – Abagail’s Garden Character Power visual effects now show up when doing damage to Atom while his Character Power is active
• Swamp Thing – Fixed a bug that could cause some wood attacks impact effects to use the opponent’s shader to tint the color

• Wonder Woman – If Shield Toss is clashed, her shield now will disappear with a visual effect

Source: WB Games Community

FINAL ROUND is ready to shake up Atlanta once again — are you ready?

FINAL ROUND is heading back to the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16-18, 2018. Registration is currently open on smash.gg, and you can save a bit of cash if you register before December 31. Online registration closes on March 2nd — and there will be no registration at the door this year, so make sure you sign up online if you want to compete/attend!

This year’s tournament titles are:

• Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• Street Fighter Alpha 2
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Guilty Gear REV 2
• BlazBlue: Central Fiction
• Tekken 7
• Pokkén Tournament DX
• Injustice 2
• Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
• For Honor [singles/2v2/4v4]
• NBA 2K18

FINAL ROUND is very often the first event of the year in the Capcom Pro Tour, and it will be streamed this year as part of the CPT on the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel. Events will also be streamed on FunkyP (for anime titles), Kombatnetwork, and Bifuteki.

Source: FINAL ROUND 2018 (smash.gg)

With the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Cooperation Cup 16 just over two weeks away, we finally have the full team roster for this year’s event, and this one is set to be a doozy. Along with teams from all over Japan, there are a few international teams in the running this year — mainly from the US and the UK.

You’ve also got several 3rd Strike legends attending this event, with players like Genki, Kokujin, RX, Dirty ♪, Ruu and YSB all in attendance, alongside the likes of Haitani, Daigo, MOV, Onuki and even Kuroda. 9road is looking like the group to beat at the moment, as it’s got Vanao, Daigo, MOV, Haitani and Kuroda all on a single team.

The team list also comes with a complete character breakdown, ordering characters from most to least popular. Ken is the most commonly-picked fighter with 77 people registered to play as the blonde-haired shoto. Next up is Chun-Li with 62, and then Urien’s in third with 48. As for the bottom of the list, Sean is dead last with only two people down to play as the Brazilian martial artist.

As well as Cooperation Cup, this list also has all the teams for Pre-Cooperation Cup as well — perfect for anyone trying to learn a specific character ahead of Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection! Cooperation Cup 16 will be streamed live from Japan on Sunday 7th January, with GameNewton providing both English and Japanese commentary.

Source: hismit3rd