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The rights to the X-Men and the Fantastic Four return to Disney, following its acquisition of 20th Century Fox

Good news for Marvel fans and true believers, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four are coming home — for all intents and purposes. In a deal that’s been quite a few months in the making, Disney have acquired 20th Century Fox for a whopping $52.4 billion. As part of this deal, the House of Mouse gains full ownership of 20th Century Fox’s TV and film studios, along with cable networks and its back catalog of franchises.

This means that not only do Disney and Marvel regain the film rights to Deadpool, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, they also now own the rights to the Avatar series, the Simpsons and brands like National Geographic. As a result of this deal, we could see Wolverine, Storm, Magneto and Cyclops making their grand return in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.

For all the celebration though, this deal only outlines Disney’s growing monopoly on pop culture. With it already having Star Wars, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and now the Simpsons as part of its portfolio, it’s looking like it’ll only be a matter of time before Mickey Mouse owns the entirety of the American entertainment industry. On the plus side, it does mean we could possibly see Homer Simpson, Yoda, and Donald Duck as future guest characters in MvC:I…

Source: Disney

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VesperArcade breaks down the gameplay elements shown in the Sakura trailer for Street Fighter V

January 16th cannot come fast enough for Sakura fans. With her being the first DLC character for Season 3 of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, people are eager to see exactly what she will be able to do in the game’s system.

While her trailer gave us glimpses into what she is capable of, VesperArcade took the time to break down what we are seeing piece by piece. With speculations into what her moves are — combined with the information given from Capcom Unity — we are able to see how combo-heavy and juggle-heavy she is. We also see how expansive her V-Skill is with triple follow-up, including her dive kick — which was a strong move in Capcom vs. SNK 2.

Source: VesperArcade

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Injustice 2 Free Trial gives players a taste of all the game has to offer

It’s time to get up and Atom.

NetherRealm Studios has announced a free trial for Injustice 2 that will run December 14-18 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Throughout the duration of the trial, players will have access to the first three chapters of the phenomenal story mode, all multiplayer modes — including online matches, and the entire base roster (minus Braniac). Players will also be able to check out select DLC fighters within the Multiverse mode that is active during the trial period. On top of the free trial, those who enjoy the title are welcomed to pick it up at a 50% discount “at participating retailers.”

Injustice 2 is an incredible title, and there ‘s no better chance to check it out and see if its the fighter for you. Do yourself a favor and experience the story mode, it’s one of the best in a fighter to date.

Injustice 2 also received a new DLC character for it’s Ultimate Edition owners as well. Atom is a unique addition to the roster that fights by adapting his size to the situation. Check out some day-one impressions here, and the free trial trailer below!

[At the time of writing, it has not been confirmed if the free trial is a worldwide event, or limited to the UK — as this trailer is posted on a UK-based YouTube channel for WB Games, and doesn’t specify what regions will enjoy this promotion. We will update with what regions can indeed access the trial once we obtain that confirmation. – Editor]

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Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017 continues with Buriki One, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown tournaments

“Super Street Fighter Carnival 2017” marches on! SSFC2017 is the currently-ongoing Japanese tournament series at Mikado Arcade for a wide variety of classic (and sometimes, obscure) arcade titles. If you missed the first few tournaments from SSFC2017, there’s a lot to catch up on!

Today’s tournaments may both be 3D fighters, but they couldn’t be further apart in terms of mechanics: Sega’s Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, and SNK’s Buriki One.

If the Virtua Fighter series helped define the 3D fighting genre standards, then Buriki One is a complete rejection of them. Buttons are used for movement, the joystick is used to execute attacks, and ring outs simply return you back to the center of the ring. Also, yes, that’s Art of Fighting‘s Ryo Sakazaki you see guest starring in the roster!

Enjoying SSFC2017? You can follow the action by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel, or you can even try to catch Mikado Arcade when they livestream.

Source: Mikado

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Tekken 7 version 1.10 patch — a.k.a. the “input lag fix” is now live on PlayStation 4

It has been teased (and begged for) for an eternity: a fix for Tekken 7‘s input lag on PlayStation 4 (an apparent side-effect of the Unreal Engine) has finally arrived on consoles.

Those hoping for any other changes in version 1.10 will have to do some sleuthing: the Update History only reveals the planned “game performance optimization,” and Tekken’s official channels have not — at the time of this writing — revealed any patch notes.

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This has easily been one of most-requested changes for the PS4 console version, and it has arrived a day earlier then it was previously announced. Merry early Christmas!

Source: Tekkengamer.com

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The history behind Mitsurugi, SoulCalibur’s flagship samurai

The Soul still burns. It’s a known fact now — with the recent announcement of Soul Calibur VI, heralded by series’ mainstays, Sophitia and Mitsurugi. Since the SoulCalibur games traditionally featured quite a bit of lore and single-player content, why not stay a while and listen?

Mitsurugi desires to honor his family name by becoming the most famous swordsman, and shortly after his own personal tragedy he begins practicing the art, showing a great aptitude for it. Soon enough, he makes it his goal to search for the strongest, most worthy opponents on the planet in order to measure his worth against them. Rifles came around, and Mitsurugi also wanted to prove his sword would defeat them — but he failed. Leaving Japan, he began pursuing Nightmare, hearing about a legendary sword of immense power.

Check out the footage below, and share your impressions in the comments; is Mitsurugi one of your favorite (or most hated!) characters in the series? The channel also recently posted about SoulCalibur’s Nightmare.

Source: History Behind The Warrior

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21 Hits explains how Pokkén Tournament DX’s speed buff sets up new combo opportunities

Pokkén Tournament DX has a number of status effects that players can apply to themselves or their opponent, true to the RPG roots of the Pokémon series. While many of these simply alter damage totals or meter gain, the speed buff’s changes are a lot more consequential to Pokkén’s neutral.

Most commonly applied by using the Togekiss support, Pokkén’s speed buff not only increases movement speed, but forward dash length. Because of this, characters with dash cancels can get new conversions in places they couldn’t without the speed buff. Coincidentally, this also means that speed debuffs will potentially hurt their dash-cancel combos.

Source: 21 Hits

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Wake Up Wednesdays talks to MenaRD about battling his way through Capcom Cup 2017

Capcom Fighters’ weekly recap catches up with the 2017 Capcom Cup Champion, before his victory.

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Echo Fox’s Tokido was a favorite to win last weekend’s Capcom Cup, and claim the two biggest Street Fighter V competitions in 2017 for himself — but RISE|MenaRD fought the good fight back out of losers bracket for a Grand Finals rematch — and despite being a single round from elimination, won it all after a bracket reset.

On this week’s Wake Up Wednesdays with Michael Martin, Martin passes along his chat with MenaRD — interviewed after making the cut for top 8, but before he claimed the Cup for himself. They discuss MenaRD’s path to Capcom Cup, and his thoughts on some of his opponents; watch it below!

Source: Capcom Fighters

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ZOWIE FIGHTER will hold its 2017 Street Fighter V finals in Taiwan on December 16

ZOWIE’s series of Street Fighter V clashes will come to its conclusion in Taipei, Taiwan.

ZOWIE’s circuit of local Street Fighter V events have led up to this: the ZOWIE FIGHTER STREET FIGHTER V FINALS in Taipei, Taiwan, to be held on December 16, 2017. So, who’s on the fight card for ZOWIE’s own SFV throwdown? Have a look:

?? Brook|WildTaiwanese
?? CarzyDog
?? FightClub|UD
?? Liquid|NuckleDu
?? Pnoy
?? OG Shine
?? epsilon|Linkexelo
?? nV|Nassim-Claw
?? nV|Mr. Crimson
?? Method|Packz
?? xL|Infexious
?? xL|Brian
?? Tachikawa
?? PONOS|Moke
?? NL
?? Leslie

The finals start at noon, Dec. 16, local time — 4:00 PM PT, Dec. 15th. Interested in checking out the action? The fights will be streamed on Twitch: for Chinese (with commentary by Firemanruby and GamerBee) go to TWFighter, while for English (with commentary by Damascus, Shoryusengan, and Tyrant) head over to ZOWIEFighter.

Language barrier aside, for more information you can have a look at ZOWIE’s event page, or at their Facebook page.

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Source: ZOWIE FIGHTER

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Avoiding the Puddle’s Aris breaks down the SoulCalibur VI footage from PSX

While Avoiding the Puddle’s Aris Bakhtanians is now known for playing Tekken, he’s also a big fan of the Soulcalibur series, being a major tournament threat during the days of SoulCalibur II. As such, with the announcement of SoulCalibur 6, he’s taken the time to go over the footage of the game that we’ve seen from the PlayStation Experience.

In the video below, Aris goes over said footage from PSX, doing his best to break down what we’re seeing. The breakdown is pretty comprehensive, and Aris also throws in some historical context, bringing ups concepts and issues from games past. Along the way, he points out both areas where we can be hopeful, as well as some things that may cause some concern.

Source: Avoiding the Puddle