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CherryBerryMango shows how height can impact your Tekken 7: Fated Retribution wall combos

As you will find out on June 2nd, it’s not just enough to get your opponent to the wall with your juggles. You also need to pay attention to how you get them to the wall.

Since you cannot Screw Attack off the wall, you need to find other ways to pump out big damage off the wall. Once you learn positioning in your juggles, a big way to do that is by purposely launch your opponent high onto the wall, allowing you to get more hits and bigger damage.

Above are just a few examples provided by Korean player CherryBerryMango. Check out his channel to see those combos in action in actual battles, and pay attention–because you’ll be doing them soon, too!

Source: CherryBerryMango

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Game Informer talks about gaming and disability with Mike “BrolyLegs” Begum

One of the most inspiring stories to come out of the fighting game community is that of Mike “BrolyLegs” Begum. In a genre as dexterity-demanding as fighting games, one would not expect that BrolyLegs–who has suffered from arthrogryposis since birth, can perform as well as he does. Yet through sheer determination, BrolyLegs had become one of the best Chun-Li players, and one of the most recognized names within the community.

Recently, Gamer Informer’s Javy Gwaltney got a chance to talk to BrolyLegs; in the interview, they talk about various topics, including how he learned to play video games as a child and adapt to his disability. As part of this they also discuss his book My Life Beyond the Floor, which goes over his early life and how he overcame his disability both in games and in real life. Along the way, they also talk about how far the industry has come to accommodating people with disabilities.

Of course, there are a few other topics that they discuss as well! Read the whole interview over at Game Informer.

Source: Game Informer

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Get ready for a Street Fighter V rumble in Paris with Red Bull Kumite this weekend

Street Fighter’s greatest are heading to Paris for Red Bull’s big invitational throwdown!

red bull kumite 2017 logo

Red Bull Kumite is almost upon us! Coming to Salle Wagram in Paris, France on May 27 & 28, the invitational Street Fighter V tournament will feature many of the best and brightest competitors. A last-chance 256-player qualifier is being held on the 27th; otherwise, the following players are confirmed for the lineup:

  • Meltdown|Mister Crimson
  • Rize|Infexious
  • Red Bull|Luffy
  • BX3|Phenom
  • Echo Fox|Tokido
  • CYG BST|PR Balrog
  • XYZZY
  • Razer|Infiltration
  • Qanba.Douyu|Xiao Hai
  • RB
  • Twitch.Hx.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara
  • Red Bull|Bonchan
  • Gachikun
  • Alien|Nemo

Here’s the official event trailer!

The fights will be streamed in multiple languages. The stream schedule can be viewed here; the qualifier stream starts at 2:00 AM PDT on May 27, while the opening ceremony for the main event is scheduled to start at 5:15 AM PDT on May 28. Watch it live on Red Bull TV, or Twitch!

You can find more info on the Red Bull Kumite website.

Source: Red Bull Kumite

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Verloren, runner-up at Battle Arena Melbourne 9, opens up to the CPT Interview Series

The CPT Interview Series’ camera focuses on another fighter at Battle Arena Melbourne 9: post the event, the Capcom Fighters team spoke to Verloren, who’s the runner-up in Street Fighter V. Verloren opens up about his matches, explaining that a few small mistakes held him back in his matches against RB|Bonchan. Also, Verloren talks about how he got into fighting games. When he was 18 years old, he started with The King of Fighters, before discovering the Street Fighter scene. Verloren makes a confident promise to everybody: that if he loses to someone, he’ll do whatever it takes to win. Also, there’s that one character he hates…

Check out the full conversation with Verloren below to learn more about what it was like to play at Battle Arena Melbourne 9.

Source: Capcom Fighters

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Injustice 2 roundup: Joker corner resets, Black Adam cross-ups, Firestorm invisibility glitch, and more!

We’re still up to our eyeballs in Injustice 2 tech! Much of the content showing up from NRS-heads now seems to be more along the reset side, then just pure combo videos. Let’s dive in and see what’s happening!

scarsunseen24 has a high damage anti-wakeup corner setup off a high damage corner combo with Joker.

VesperArcade is back with their beginner combo guides, this time focusing on the spookiest character in the game, Scarecrow.

… speaking of guides, once you have VesperArcade’s combos down, you can jump into TrueUnderDawgGaming‘s strategy guide to learn about Scarecrow’s neutral and theory!

DomBlazee found a pretty amusing invisibility bug within the Firestorm mirror. Happens at 5:51 and 6:44.

Dawid Wesołowski has mid juggle crossups into stage interactions for his flashy combos with Supergirl.

Clark Luthor wants to remind you that Black Adam still has a great corner cross-up game after his hard knockdowns.

And lastly, The Kompetitor shows off some restand mix-ups for Flash, both with and without his trait.

With all this tech for nearly every character flying out of the woodwork, it’s going to be really interesting to watch the meta develop in tournaments the next month or so!

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Breakers to get surprise release on Dreamcast thanks to French publisher JoshProd

It’s not every day you get to report on a new Dreamcast port here at SRK.

Breakers, the Visco/SNK prequel to the FGC cult hit Breakers Revenge will be getting a port to a port to the Sega Dreamcast–thanks to French Publisher JoshProd. This unusual port even has a pre-order option through Play-Asia for about $40 USD.

This indie affair is pretty fitting for a game who’s lifespan is largely extended by the likes of the online PC community. The game will officially–well, as officially as this release can be considered–release on Play-Asia on June 9th.

Source: Play-Asia

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The new Tekken World Tour will determine 2017’s true King of the Iron Fist

Joining the likes of Street Fighter, Injustice, Killer Instinct and The King of Fighters, Tekken is getting its own world circuit with the release of Tekken 7. In a partnership between Bandai Namco and Twitch, the Tekken World Tour will see players from all over the world competing for a share of a $200,000 prize pool and the title of King of the Iron Fist.

There are three regions for the Tekken World Tour–the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific–all with their own region-locked leaderboards. Each region will have its own selection of Master and Challenger events, which will see players competing for prizes and points on their region’s leaderboard. There will also be open-bracket online events, where players will battle against fighters from their own region for Ranking points.

Evo 2017 will act as the biggest Master event of the World Tour, with the winner automatically winning a place in the World Finals in November. There will also be special Regional tournaments, which will grant players the highest amount of Ranking Points, along with bonus prize money. As with Master and Challenger events, these Regional events will only give points to players from that region.

The World Tour will culminate in the World Finals, where five players from each region and the Evo champ will battle it out for the King of the Iron Fist crown. For the full tournament schedule–including both online and offline events–check out the Tekken World Tour website. The first Americas Master event will be CEO in June, so get practicing to get your name up on that leaderboard.

Sources: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe; Tekken World Tour

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Four new gods join the pantheon in the latest Fight of Gods trailer

Following its announcement earlier this year, PQube and Digital Crafter have released another trailer for the mythological fighting game, Fight of Gods. This trailer introduces four new gods, and shows off more in-game footage of these deities slugging it out.

From Greek and Norse myth, Athena and Sif are joining the fray, with Anubis representing the Egyptians and Guan Gong fighting for Chinese Taoism. We still don’t see a whole lot of each fighter, but we do get a glimpse of Anubis’ ability to summon sarcophagi from the ground and Guan Gong’s paintbrush slashes. Athena and Sif’s designs are fairly basic, with Athena looking less like the Greek goddess of wisdom and more like your standard hoplite soldier.

Fight of Gods will be playable at MCM Comic Con in London this weekend, so head over to PQube’s booth if you want to try out this “godlike” fighter. It is set to launch on Steam later this year.

Source: PQubeGames

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Vega’s classic Street Fighter II stage is coming to Street Fighter V on May 30th, alongside Ed & the new CFN

Along with the new Capcom Fighters Network, the long-awaited balance changes, and Ed, Capcom is also releasing a remastered version of Vega’s Street Fighter II Spain stage in its big May 30th update. Along with a new lick of paint, you can now climb the walls of the cage, clamber around and then spring off to deliver a surprise attack–just like in the original. (I doubt we’ll be seeing much of this stage in competitive play, then!).

Spain SFV stage

The Flamenco Tavern will be available for 70,000 Fight Money, or $3.99 USD. The Thailand stage will also be making its return, complete with its altered BGM. Plus, if you log into Street Fighter V between May 30th and June 13th, you’ll get a 50,000 Fight Money bonus courtesy of Capcom. It may be just the cash injection you need to buy a new stage, or Ed.

There have also been a few more balance tweaks ahead of the new CFN rollout, mainly changing elements of Balrog’s TAP. You can find the changes below:

  • Balrog
    • Turn Punch
      •  Level 1 – 6 Motion: Added throw invincibility for frames 1-18F.
      •  Level 1 – 3 Motion: Changed to upper body and projectile invincibility from frames 3-18F.
      • Level 4 – 6 Motion: Changed to attack and projectile invincibility from frames 3-18F.
      • Level 7 – 10 (Final) Motion: Changed to complete invincibility from frames 1-18F
  • R.Mika
    • Passion Press
      • Hitbox was reduced
  • Dhalsim
    • Stand Heavy Punch
      • Changed the total frames from 44F ⇒ 42F
    • Back Throw
      • Reduced the distance from the opponent after hit.

Besides that, Capcom has also released details on the initial wave of Targets that will be available to owners of the 2017 CPT Premier Pass. If you complete all of June’s Targets, you can make a cool 36,000 Fight Money, with new Targets being introduced every month. Be warned that Targets only last for one month, so you’ve got to complete them before the calendar rolls on.

For all the information, make sure to check out the full blog post over on Capcom-Unity.

Source: Capcom-Unity via Street Fighter (Twitter)

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The hype continues as YogaFlame24 releases Episode 6 of his Street Fighter V “Top 10 Plays of the Week” series

Yogaflame24 is back with more Street Fighter V highlights, courtesy of Episode 6 of his “Top 10 Plays of the Week” series. This week’s showcase includes some fancy Urien sequences, courtesy of Flash and TarksDR, and ZOWIE|Oil King showing impressive corner control against RB|Bonchan at Saigon Cup. OBS_RickWa93 just keeps landing a series of EX Running Bear Grabs on a Laura player, msingha’s Karin shows Jammerz’ Mika the divide in their class, and Chr1st3and0 makes a runaway Vega player pay for an attempt to timer scam, and more.

You can see the full video below–and check out last week’s episode here.

That’s another week of “Top 10 SFV Plays of the Week” on the books! If you’d like to be featured in next week’s episode, contact YogaFlame on Twitter on respond in the YouTube comments. And let us know what your favorite clips were in our comments section!

Source: YogaFlame24