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Only one week left to register for Evo 2017 — don’t miss out!

Time is running out to sign up for the world’s biggest fighting game event!

There’s less than a month before the next Evolution Championship Series arrives at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 14-16, 2017! Registered yet?

Registration closes on June 30, 2017, so you’ll want to act fast if you want to attend to compete and/or spectate — or add another game or two to your existing registration! Registration is handled by smash.gg this year. Evo 2017 will feature competition in nine of this year’s most popular fighting games:

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The Evo World Finals on Sunday will take place in the Mandalay Bay Events Center arena, featuring Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. You don’t want to miss it!

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Stay locked on to Shoryuken and the Evo website for updates on the event schedule and tournament brackets as they become available.

Source: Evo

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Maximilian shares some thoughts — and footage — of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite from E3

Love or hate him, Maximilian Christiansen has done a great job in pushing fighting game content for more casual players. While he covers a lot of fighting games, the one series in particular that he’s been most associated with is the Marvel vs. Capcom series. As such, it should be no surprise that Max was at E3 to try out the latest public build of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.

More than just showing gameplay footage and talking about the E3 build, however, Max also talks a bit about the downloadable story mode demo that was released just in time for E3. Specifically, he goes over the differences between the two builds, and how the downloadable demo seems to have been a let-down due to its graphically less-polished state, and the fact that it didn’t focus on the game’s strengths (the gameplay).

That said, there is still a lot of footage from the E3 build, especially since Maximilian finally gets to play his dream team of Mega Man X and Strider Hiryu.

Source: Maximilian Dood

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Brolylegs teaches you how to properly utilize anti-airs in Cross Counter TV’s GFinity Training Series

After getting some tips on learning matchups with Echo Fox|Justin Wong and Dr. Fatbody explaining how to deal with five commonly-abused attacks, the next installment in Cross Counter TV’s GFinity Training Series sees AbleGamers|Brolylegs teach players how to properly defend themselves with anti-air attacks in Street Fighter V. Though perhaps a rudimentary concept for some of our readers, being able to properly defend against jump-ins attacks, particularly if they are cross-ups, is an integral part of improving in fighting games in general — especially when they can lead to massive damage, as is the case with SFV.

Utilizing his signature Chun-Li as an example, Broly goes over the differences between using normals as AA options versus using your special attacks, as well as explaining how to find the proper timing, spacing, and reliability to utilize the attacks to ensure maximum effectiveness. He also covers air-to-air situations, and urges players to find the best AA solutions for their character(s) of choice.

For European players looking to show off their skills in online competition, you can find more information about the GFinity Elite Series, featuring Street Fighter V, at www.gifinityelite.com. You can also follow BrolyLegs on Twitter; stay tuned to Cross Counter TV’s channel for more great instructional content.

Source: Cross Counter TV

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The Wii U Pokkén controller and Brook Universal Fighting Board are now compatible with the Nintendo Switch

After the latest 3.0 firmware upgrade, the HORI Pokkén Tournament Controller and Brook Universal Fighting Board are now both compatible with the Nintendo Switch.

For the popular Pokkén controller, this is almost definitely because of the latest announcement for Pokkén Tournament DX. It is worth noting that the Pokkén controller has shown compatibility in odder places in the past:

By making the Pokkén controller work with the Nintendo Switch — whether intentional or not — the Brook Universal Fighting Board now works with the Switch, too. Brook was working on compatibility for the Switch in the past; it sounds like their job got a lot easier.

Source: My Nintendo News

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BornFree talks to Sajam, the king of segues, about commentary and gaming at E3

Sajam has quickly become one of the go-to names in commentary for Street Fighter, and fighting games in general. He’s known for being highly knowledgeable and entertaining, as well as notorious for some of the best [Or at least funniest! – Editor] advertisement segues in the business. He has honed his craft at Wednesday Night Fights and moved up to the big leagues in a relatively short time.

At E3, BornFree caught up with Sajam, and let him bend his ear prior to his flight for CEO about numerous topics. They talked about how he practiced his commentary, and honed his craft in multiple games — something Sajam attributes to actually playing numerous games and characters, to get a feel for mechanics and matchups, as well as learning from his commentary partner, who may be more knowledgeable in a game than himself. They also talked about his impressions of Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, in which Sajam echoed Alex Valle’s sentiments of the graphics needing to be fixed, but the gameplay already being fun. They also talked about Capcom’s design decisions, in which he believes that Capcom has gone way too far in the opposite extreme compared to Street Fighter IV, and that player concerns in both directions are legitimate.

Source: BornFree

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Marvel lives! Top 8 matches from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 at CEO 2017

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has always been a mainstay at Community Effort Orlando, with notable players flying out to Orlando to compete each year. This year’s tournament was no different, with a number of the game’s “gods” and other notable players in attendance.

For those who missed UMvC3 on CEO 2017’s stream, the folks from CEO have uploaded match videos — including some of the top 8 matches from the tournament — onto YouTube. Featured in these matches are Marvel gods such as Splyce’s Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez, Panda Global’s Raynel “RayRay” Hidalgo, and Evil Geniuses’s Christopher “NYChrisG” Gonzales; joining them are a host of other top players such as Ryan “RyanLV” Romero, SOKP’s Steve “Supernoon” Carbajal, Florida native Derrike “Full Schedule” Nunn from team IG, and more.

All these players and more duke it out in the matches below, culminating in a Morrigan showdown between RyanLV and Evo 2016 champion ChrisG in the Grand Finals.

Source: CEO Gaming

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Have a look at all of the anime and manga references found for Goku and Frieza in Dragon Ball FighterZ (so far)

It’s no secret that Dragon Ball FighterZ has been sending shockwaves throughout the fighting game community since it first revealed its power level at E3. With Bandai Namco Entertainment enlisting Arc System Works to help craft this iteration’s foray into traditional 2D fighting — and creating a gorgeous landscape for players to destroy by utilizing the power of Unreal Engine 4 and a cell-shaded art style akin to Guilty Gear Xrd — fighting game players and franchise fans alike worldwide are salivating at the chance to trade blows in this new title. Though we’ve already seen plenty of impressions and gameplay footage, the developers have taken great care not to ignore the passionate fans of the franchise’s legendary history!

Based on all available footage we have of the title so far, IKevinX has compiled all of the various references the game makes to the original anime and manga for Goku and Frieza. This showcase displays that — beyond the normals, specials, supers and transformations — everything from ki charging, intro and victory animations, to idle stances and flight patterns, has been meticulously crafted to be as accurate to the source material as possible. You can see both videos below, with episodes on the other announced cast members: Perfect Cell, Vegeta, Teen Gohan and Majin Buu, hopefully coming soon.

What were some of your favorite references? Were there any that you didn’t know about? Let us know in the comments below!

Dragon Ball FighterZ will be released sometime in 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Source: IKevinX

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Street Fighter V is getting more school costumes — for Ibuki, Nash, & R. Mika — on June 27th

While we’ve still got a few more weeks ’til school’s out, Capcom has decided to add a few more school-themed costumes to Street Fighter V. First shown at E3 and coming next week on June 27th, Ibuki, Nash, and R. Mika are all getting new uniforms. Ibuki’s outfit looks the most familiar, wearing her traditional fuka school uniform. Her red scarf is apparently an homage to fellow Capcom ninja Strider Hiryu, according to the blog post.

SFV Ibuki School Costume

With his hall monitor sash and pristine white gakuran uniform, I bet Nash was a right pain to deal with in high school. You can just imagine him appearing out of the shadows and dragging you to detention. His white uniform may be familiar to Rival Schools fans, with Nash looking a little like Kyosuke Kagami.

SFV Nash School Costume

As for R. Mika, she’s chosen the sensible option for her school uniform. Instead of a leotard and pigtails, Mika’s let her hair down and is wearing your standard sailor fuku. With thick glasses and loads of friendship bracelets on her arms, Mika looks like she’s leading the school pep rally when she uses her V-Skill.

SFV R Mika School Costume

These outfits will go on sale on June 27th, each going for $3.99 USD. R. Mika, Nash, and Ibuki join Ryu, Chun-Li, and Juri in Capcom’s school of hard knocks. It’s probably the closest we’re going to get to a new Rival Schools game.

Source: Capcom-Unity

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Relive the top five moments of both CEO 2017 & DreamHack Summer 2017, courtesy of Capcom Fighters

Last weekend was one of the biggest tournament weekends for Street Fighter V, as the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour made two huge stops with a pair of Premier events: DreamHack Summer in Jonkoping, Sweden and Community Effort Orlando in sunny Orlando, Florida. With Evo fast approaching next month, lots of top players attended these events in order to further cement their climb up the leaderboards, towards a spot in the Capcom Cup this December.

If you missed either of these events — or only had the time to catch one of them live — Capcom Fighters has you covered with their countdowns of the top five SFV moments from each of these tournaments. Some of the moments you’ll see in the videos include: Eric C forcing Echo Fox’s Justin Wong to “take the poison” in pools, PIE|Smug’s nasty Balrog comeback against Grpt|MOV’s Chun-Li, Red Bull/Cygames Beast’s Snake Eyez carrying muscle power to victory, SaltyKid scoring the upset against Mago, YOUDEAL|Yukadon literally blowing up Zowie|OilKing’s Rashid, and so much more. You can catch both videos — and all the hype moments within — below!

You can also enjoy these playlists of the top 32 and top 8 of each event:

What were some of your favorite moments for last weekend’s events? Be sure to tell us in the comments.

Source: Capcom Fighters

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Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition for iOS is coming early July, check out the new trailer

Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition, the improved version of the iOS port of Street Fighter IV, will be available in early July. As reported in our previous post, the update improves the game’s graphics, adds support for newer devices, and adds Dudley, Ibuki, and Poison to the playable roster. The registration list also mentioned in the report is still open for those who wish to be notified of the game’s exact release date.

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The trailer gives a quick look at the gameplay and showcases the updated graphics. You can check it out below!

Source: Pocket Gamer