Category: Fighting Games

The October update for Injustice 2 is now live, bringing with it a myriad of bug fixes for both characters and stages — as well as opening new Legendary Multiverses — while also making the newest level of Gear slightly easier to obtain.

Arkham Asylum, Atlantis, Metropolis, and the Red Sun Prison have seen adjustments to remove bugs that would allow players to go outside the stage’s natural environment boundaries, as well as a hitbox adjustment on bomb placements utilized by Gadget characters. Superman will also now remain inside the Red Son Prison should players decided to use the Bizarro Premier Skin!

The requirements for obtaining Legendary Gear have been slightly reduced, as now players will only need 1,000 and 3,000 minutes played with each character to complete Legendary Multiverse Events, and the “sacrifice Gear” requirements now accept both Rare or Epic items. Base stats for Legendary Gear have also been increased, and new Legendary Multiverses are now open for Black Adam, Brainiac, Catwoman, Deadshot, Flash, Scarecrow and Supergirl.

A new “Punish” icon has been added to gameplay where applicable, while Aquman, Black Manta, Blue Beetle, Captain Cold, Darkseid, Deadshot, Dr. Fate, Red Hood, Supergirl, Starfire and Swamp Thing received various bug fixes.

As for the minor balance adjustments, Bane’s Legendary Straight Damage Augment now causes damage scaling based on his total health, with 5% for Venom Level 1, 12% for Venom Level 2 and 25% for Venom Level 3. Superman has lost throw immunity on both his  MeterBurned Super Breath, and can now be thrown during the  recovery of his B1 and F2D1 string. Firestorm’s Heat Wave/B3 has had its hit region adjusted against certain crouching characters, who could previously low profile it. You can read the full patch notes for yourself below.

OCTOBER UPDATE

General Gameplay fixes

• General stability and Online stability improvements
• Move list corrections and improvements to AI logic
• Increased the Base Stats on Legendary items
• Legendary Multiverse Portals are now available for Black Adam, Brainiac, Catwoman, Deadshot, Flash, Scarecrow, and Supergirl
• Reduced the “minutes played with” requirements in Legendary Multiverse Events from 3000 & 7000 to 1000 & 3000 respectively
• The “sacrifice gear” requirements in Legendary Multiverse Events now uses Rare or Epic items
• Fixes and Tweaks to some Character Tutorials
• When you are hit during the recovery frames of a move or an attack the gameplay message will display “Punish” instead of “Counter” where applicable
• Added dynamic shadows to some character items which were missing them
• Adjusted the hit region of bomb type Environment Interactions
• Fixed rare bug that could some attacks to have abnormal recovery when hitting Flash while he has Speed Zone character power active with specific timing

Stage Specific Fixes

• Arkham Asylum – Fixed a bug which allowed the bus door interaction to sometimes be swung towards in the wrong direction
• Atlantis – Fix a rare bug when using the console slam interaction which could result in the opponent being out of the environment boundaries
• Metropolis – Fixed a bug that could allow movement outside of the environment boundaries after using electronic sign interaction under certain circumstances
• Red Sun Prison – Fixed an issue with gadget and power characters being able to use a console interaction at the same time causing a misaligned hit region
• Red Sun Prison – The cooldown on laser interaction will no longer sometimes immediately reset when interrupted
• Red Sun Prison – Fixed a visual bug causing the laser interaction’s effects to become misaligned when repeatedly interrupted
• Red Sun Prison – Superman will now still be in the background prison if Bizarro Premier skin is used

Character Specific Fixes

• Aquaman – Fixed a bug that could cause his trident to briefly appear in the wrong hand after missing with a some Environment Interactions

• Bane – Legendary Straight Damage Augment now causes damage that scales based on total health. The amount is now 5% for Venom level 1, 12% for Venom level 2, and 25% for Venom level 3

• Black Manta – Fixes to Character Tutorial
• Black Manta – Fixed a bug which was causing the stat scaling on a few Rare quality items to roll higher than intended

• Blue Beetle – Fixed a bug allowing Legendary Character Power meter to sometimes keep recharging when not intended

• Captain Cold – Fixed a rare bug that allowed characters dying from Frozen Tips damage under certain circumstances to leave arena boundaries

• Darkseid – Fixed a bug that could cause Explosive Parademon to spawn in the foreground in rare circumstances

• Dr. Fate – Fixed visual effects following Dr. Fate if he is punished by a cross-up after missing with his Super move

• Deadshot – Fix a bug which could result in a lingering empty clip from his end of round win animation

• Firestorm – Fixed an issue with the hit region on Heat Wave (Away + Hard) against some crouching characters

• Red Hood – Fixed a bug which was causing the stat scaling on a few Rare quality items to roll higher than intended

• Supergirl – Fixed a bug causing cancelling into Air Lasers and buffering down or back to cost double Character Power meter when input with a specific timing

• Superman – (Away + Light) and (Towards + Medium, Down + Light) are no longer throw immune for part of their recovery frames
• Superman – Super Breath no longer becomes throw immune when MeterBurned
• Superman – Intro Cinematics will now play correctly when the full “House El” Epic Gear Set was worn along with the Bizarro Premier Skin

• Starfire – Fixed a bug which was causing the stat scaling on a few Rare quality items to roll higher than intended

• Sub-Zero – Fixed a bug which was causing the stat scaling on a few Rare quality items to roll higher than intended

• Swamp Thing – Fix to some lingering visual effects when (Away + Hard) and Bio-Fission MeterBurn are interrupted
• Swamp Thing – Abigail’s Garden visual effects will now work correctly against Starfire
• Swamp Thing – Fixed bug causing Harley Quinn to face the wrong way when losing a round to Abigail’s Garden damage while performing Tantrum Stance

Additionally, Raiden and his Black Lightning Premier Skin have been added to the game ahead of their upcoming release next month. New Shaders are also available for all base roster characters.

Source: WB Games

If you were watching the Dissidia Final Fantasy: NT tournament at the 2017 SoCal Regionals this past weekend, you probably caught a glimpse of some Nissin Cup Noodle product-placement on stage. Though cup noodles and Final Fantasy may seem like an awkward juxtaposition of Japanese exports, it has been announced that Dissidia Final Fantasy: NT developers and Nissin Cup Noodles have officially forged a partnership.

What was witnessed at SoCal Regionals was a segment now known as 3-MINUTE WARM-UP, where commentators prepare a cup of noodles and answer Dissidia-related questions via a livestream — while they wait for their instant meal to finish cooking. Part of the announcement of this partnership is the news that these Dissidia streams are sponsored by Nissin Cup Noodles, and will be a monthly thing, with the next one taking place at this year’s New York Comic Con happening in October.

This partnership comes as less of a surprise to Final Fantasy fans already familiar with the appearances Nissin’s brand has made in Final Fantasy XV — there is even a special line of Final Fantasy noodles.

Source: Develop

Despite many in the FGC changing their opinion once they got their hands on it, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite looks to have been a big flop on its first week of sales — at least in the UK. According to data from the UK sales charts, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite didn’t manage to break the top ten, while Pokkén Tournament DX came in at fifth during its launch week.

This placing for Pokkén is nothing short of amazing, when you consider that the original launched on a dying console and was largely ignored by the mainstream gaming audience. Keep in mind that Pokken Tournament DX was only released on the Switch, yet it managed to get fifth on the all-format chart. MvC:I launched on PC, PS4 and Xbox One, and it only came in at 12th. If you want some more grim reading, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite came in at 16th on the PS4 format chart, while the Xbox One version didn’t even break the top 40.

To add insult to injury, Ultra Street Fighter II had a better debut than Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, with it coming in at 10th during its first week of sale. The combination of no Switch port, bad publicity around its art style, and arguably lackluster launch roster — alongside resentment from the troubled Street Fighter V launch — has seemingly come together to bite Capcom. While the majority of the FGC may have had their minds changed by MvC:I’s stellar combat system, it’s essentially bombed with the general public in the UK.

Sources: Metro via GamesIndustry.biz; Christopher Dring

The Battle for the Stones is now underway, following Splyce|Filipino Champ’s victory at SoCal Regionals over the weekend. As FChamp has technically already qualified for the final Battle for the Stones bracket, his spot and Space Stone will instead go to the fantastically named Professor Coxwette, the runner-up from SCR 2017. I can’t wait for some poor Disney executives to read his tag.

For those who aren’t aware, each Infinity Stone has a usage outside of the game, allowing players to bend the rules for their benefit. In the first Stone reveal, the Space Stone will grant the user the power to swap positions with another player in the bracket of equal placing. So if your round one match is looking a little dicey, simply pop the Space Stone and change your opponent!

In the #MVCI Battle for the Stones Tournament Series, the Space Stone lets the Stone Bearer face a different opponent! pic.twitter.com/m6BPnpejGH

— Capcom Fighters (@CapcomFighters) September 25, 2017

The next Infinity Stone tournament will be this weekend at Milan Games Week, with the Soul Stone being up for grabs. With Milan Games Week also being the Regional Finals for the European leg of the Capcom Pro Tour, expect stiff competition from Europe’s Marvel collective. Sign-ups are currently available over on Challonge, so get going if you want a chance at winning a trip to California to compete in the Battle for the Stones.

Sources: CapcomFighters; FACEIT

Online services will be down to add a new stage, music packs, and herald the arrival of Gill (sort of).

Another Tuesday, another server maintenance window for Street Fighter V. CFN functions will be down from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM PT today:

We will perform server maintenance from 10am to 4pm on 9/26 PDT. Thank you for your patience and support.

— SFV Server (@SFVServer) September 25, 2017

This time, we’re getting some new content after the outage, namely new Halloween (including a Gill outfit for Urien), school, and other premium costumes, as well as the English Manor stage and new music packs. Check them out after the servers come back online this afternoon.

Source: SFV Server (Twitter)