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A posting for “Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition” has been spotted on UK games retailer ShopTo

With Tokyo Games Show currently taking place, many are hoping for additional details on Street Fighter V‘s next DLC character, along with news on the long-rumored/speculated “Super” Street Fighter V update. Well, a recent posting by UK games retailer ShopTo suggests that we may indeed be seeing this enhanced edition coming in early 2018.

Titled Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, the posting carried a January 16th release date, with a RRP of £39.99. Based on this, one can imagine that this version of Street Fighter V would come with all of the characters from Season 1 and 2, along with the rumored “Super” updates. Based on the name, you’d also assume that it would finally have Arcade Mode as well!

The posting has since been removed by ShopTo, which suggests that they either put it up ahead of an announcement from Tokyo Games Show, or that it is just an outright mistake. Several games have been leaked before via early postings on online retailers, so I’d keep your fingers crossed for solid news later this week.

Source: Eurogamer

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Data miner discovers DLC entries for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on SteamDB

If you thought that the road to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite’s launch was full of leaks, it looks like that will be nothing compared to how things will be now that the game is actually out. Data miners are seemingly busy looking at everything related to the game for more information. One of these places data miners can look into is the SteamDB site, which displays data from the actual Steam database.

Known data miner X-Kira has recently shared some findings based on SteamDB. It seems that the database Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on Steam has entries for 45 pieces of DLC.

What these DLC items are is unknown. The entries seem to be placeholder entries for future DLC (the currently available DLC costumes from the Deluxe Edition are clearly labeled) The DLC itself doesn’t seem to be on Steam’s servers yet, let alone on disc. However, it’s likely that most of these will be for more alternate costumes (some of which have already been hinted at), on top of the characters from the 2017 Character Pass.

Source: X-Kira

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Mew2King shows his methods for testing falling speed in Super Smash Bros. Melee

With the proliferation of emulators, well-made training modes and capture cards, finding accurate data for fighting game mechanics is easier then it ever has been before. This fact is prossibly lost on a newer player in the fighting game community, but definitely not on someone like Mew2King.

As one of the most legendary Super Smash Bros. Melee players in the history of the game’s competitive lifespan, he’s had to do some crazy-looking things to get the information he needed to advance his game. Check out the video below to take a trip to the past:

Mew2King’s demonstration gives small glimpse of the combination of math, ingenuity, and tenacity he employed nearly a decade and a half ago. No motivation from ssports or sponsorship drove him to this: just curiosity and an intense love of his game.

Source: Most Valuable Gaming

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Novriltataki analyzes the meters and assist types of Blazblue Cross Tag Battle’s character reveal trailer

With the reveal of Jin Kisaragi of Blazblue, Linne of Under Night In-Birth, and Yosuke Hanamura of Persona 4 Arena, Arc System Works gave us a glimpse of the meters involved in the game’s core mechanics in the latest trailer. Novriltataki delved into what he could see from the trailer, and gave the FGC some useful information to go off of.

In this video, he notes that assists have their own meter, with assists costing one half of the meter. Otherwise, the assists seem to be freeform and operate in a similar style to Tekken Tag Tournament 2‘s assist mechanics. He also discusses the super meter, noting that supers will cost two bars of it, while the bar can hold three stocks of meter. What will this discrepancy mean for gameplay itself? That is yet to be determined.

Source: novriltataki

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SonicFox talks to BET about Mortal Kombat, Injustice, and his stellar career

If you ask anyone about dominant players in Injustice or Mortal Kombat, the first name that will usually come out of their mouths is Echo Fox’s SonicFox. Having amassed over $300,000 in tournament winnings on NetherRealm Studios games in a few short years time, he is definitely one of the premier North American fighting game pros.

Prior to his big win at the Injustice 2 Pro Series Finals, BET sat down with SonicFox to discuss his mentality on fighting games. They discussed his usage of many characters in each game he plays, saying, “If you could at least cover every single one of your matchups in any game ever with multiple characters, then you’re set.” He also discusses the mentality of losing, stating, “So long as I learned why I lost, it’s always considered a win for me because next time I come back five times stronger.”

Source: BET

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ApocyphicV breaks down Claudio’s best, and worst, moves in Tekken 7

In Tekken 7, the casual observer might be lead to believe that a list of Claudio’s best 15 moves would just include his hopkick copy-pasted 15 times over. This is because there’s been something of an over-estimation of how good this meme-ified launcher actually is: it crushes highs at the beginning, lows at the end, and has fantastic range. But like all hopkicks, it lacks safety, and even lacks step coverage to one side.

Now that the game has settled and players are punishing hopkicks more consistently, Claudio players have had to learn to calm their hopkick trigger finger a bit. This is where ApocryphicV‘s “Claudio Clinic” comes in. Here, he breaks down and explains critical tools for Claudio, and weak moves to avoid using. Any Claudio player looking to move beyond day-one hopkick strategies should find something useful here in this list.

Source: ApocryphicV

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Demon King Dabura and Gohan-absorbed Buu are heading to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

Long awaited characters finally make their appearance.

Months after the fourth and seemingly final DLC pack for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was released, it looks like players can expect new additions to the time traveling anime fighter. In a recent issue of V-Jump, Bandai Namco announced that Demon King Dabura and Gohan-absorbed Buu will be coming to Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 as DLC. Those who purchase the upcoming DLC pack will also have access to the evil Kai, Zamasu, as a mentor. This will give Zamasu’s apprentices access to his special moves as well as the usual dialogue of praise and scold depending on how well you do in matches. Not much else is known about the upcoming DLC, but it will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch so everyone will be able to have a chance to grab the new additions.

Players have been expecting these characters to be added to the game after they data mined the last DLC pack’s update information. Data listings for characters coded “BUU” and “DBR” were found within the update causing players to speculate when the addition of Dabura and Gohan-absorbed Super Buu would finally be implemented. It is interesting that it has taken so long to add Dabura — who is the elder brother to Mira, one of the primary antagonists of the Xenoverse series — to the games. Perhaps there will be an additional story scenario with the siblings together at last in the Xenoverse series. There’s bound to be more information soon, so be on the lookout!

Sources: Siliconera; Rhymestyle

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Float above your opponents with these Black Manta combos and tricks for Injustice 2

With Black Manta’s recent release into Injustice 2, players are clamoring to figure out all the tech they can before he is made tournament legal next month. His interesting float mechanics are making for some interesting things, and we could see a decent number of players adopt him as one of their characters pretty soon.

This combo video shows some of the capabilities of Black Manta, with some heavy use of his float mechanics to deal out decent amounts of damage. One particular thing of note is that Black Manta can link normals in the air, if you make use of float cancels.

Source: Apolo Loussalier

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Make even the ground turbulent with these Rashid Nail Assault meaty setups for Street Fighter V

Street Fighter V‘s Rashid has controlled the air for a long time, but how well does he control the ground? With these meaty setups off of his low V-Skill, Nail Assault, he can control the ground perfectly fine.

NurseLee has concocted several devastating meaty followups to his Nail Assault, which makes his pressure far more difficult to deal with. He particularly finishes with a perfect safe jump that will make Rashid’s air game even more dangerous. This works only on quick rise, but if executed perfectly will make every DP whiff, leading to massive damage.

Source: NurseLee

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Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite roundup: trailers, cutscenes, tech for Gamora, Jedah, Chun-Li, Spider-Man, and more!

Jump into the battle against Ultron Sigma!

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is now officially available! For those ready to join the fight for the Infinity Stones, we’ve naturally gathered a bit of the media and tech that’s starting to appear for the new game on day one.

Watch out for that Sigma virus: here’s the official launch trailer!

The Capcom Channel has also released a trailer giving us a closer look at the Time Stone:

Maximilian seeks to answer a big question: how’s the online play? He addresses the performance of the PlayStation 4 version of the game.

Do Ultron and Jedah make good partners in villainy? datHazy offers a day one combo as an example:

marlonlonmilk shows off what Chun-Li can do — with a little help from some Infinity Stones!

xero18 offers up a sample of what combos your friendly neighborhood web-slinger can pull off in his new iteration:

@KreativeMente sent us some early concept combos for Gamora and Thanos:

Xuses has pulled out even more music for your listening enjoyment:

Want some spoilers? You can see all of the game’s story cutscenes here, if you prefer to watch rather than play through. At just over and hour-and-a-half, it’s pretty much literally a movie-length production.

If you just want to enjoy some high-resolution screenshots instead, the PC Master Race has you covered with their 4K screenshot gallery.

Thanks to everyone that sent in tips!

Sources: Marvel Entertainment; CapcomChannel; Maximilian Dood; datHazy; marlonlonmilk; xero18; @KreativeMente; XusesGB; ADAPT Chance; PC Master Race