Category: Fighting Games

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Learn your mixups with The King of Fighters XIV’s four newcomers

As you may know, The King of Fighters XIV received four new characters earlier this month. While these four characters are fan favorites and have shown a lot of potential, we still haven’t really seen much of them in high-level play, as players are still figuring out how to properly use them.

For those players who are looking to use them, Gatoray has put together a video showcasing the mixups that they can perform. The mixups in the video below run the range from simple things that the overall game system allows, to more unique setups based on the unique options that these characters possess. It’s a good watch for anyone thinking of adding any of these characters into their team.

Source: Gatoray

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Punish V-Reversal escapes with Alex and Akuma in Street Fighter V

Don’t let victory slip through your fingers!

Street Fighter V’s V-Reversals typically either push the opponent away with a grey-life attack, or move the defender away from (or though) the attacker via some sort of escape maneuver. If you’re looking for some techniques to keep that pressure on (and you play Alex, or Akuma), The Prince has you covered in these two videos–demonstrating a variety of punishes for the Lion and the Demon against escape-type V-Reversals throughout the cast. Don’t let them get away!

Escape V-Reversal punishes for Alex:

Escape V-Reversal punishes for Akuma:

Source: The Prince

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Pokkén Tournament pro BadIntent breaks down the Shadow Mewtwo vs. Blaziken matchup

There are few people that can speak with authority on the subject of high-level Blaziken and Shadow Mewtwo, and even fewer that have successful tournament experience with either of these characters. Omari “BadIntent” Travis is an accomplished player of both characters, so there’s likely no one better-equipped to talk about a matchup between the two.

Though you could simply sum both characters up as “glass cannon,” BadIntent breaks down the intricacies of the footsie and strategy games going on between these two powerhouses. There’s a lot of substance and optimal information here, and anyone looking for insight on how to fight either character can stand to benefit from this pro’s invaluable knowledge.

Source: MalicexBadIntent

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Street Fighter V servers down for unscheduled maintenance to remove Temple Hideout BGM

Capcom explains why the DLC was blocked from sale, and moves to replace the stage’s background music.

Street Fighter V players wanting to purchase the new Temple Hideout stage have been encountering issues, as the stage was removed from the Shop shortly after launch due to concerns over its background music track. Capcom has issued this statement:

It has come to our attention that part of the background music track used in the DLC Thailand Temple Hideout Stage, released on April 25, 2017, contains unintentional religious references. Capcom has therefore immediately ceased distribution of this DLC and, as a temporary measure, will be performing an emergency server maintenance update in the very near future to remove this track by replacing it with existing music from another stage. Details of the timing of this update will be provided via the @SFVServer Twitter account.
 
Users who have already downloaded this DLC will still be able to use it and, once the emergency maintenance update is complete, will have the replacement music as well.
 
An edited version of the Thailand Temple Hideout Stage background music will be released at a later date.
              
The Street Fighter V development and operations team, as well as all of us at Capcom, have nothing but the utmost respect for all faiths and religions around the world, and we would like to sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by this content.

The Street Fighter V servers have been taken down presently for maintenance to address this issue as described above. No information on when the edited music track will be ready has been yet provided.

Source: SFV Server (Twitter); Capcom Support; VesperArcade (YouTube)

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A Street Fighter player’s guide to Guilty Gear: learn about the air-dasher’s defense mechanics

At a glance, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- looks like a game that’s hard to read. Complex usage of meters and cancels meets strong pressure and a lot of unique abilities from throughout the cast. It seems like one character can run a train on the other after one knockdown.

TheoryFighter, who is back with their video series on learning Guilty Gear from a Street Fighter perspective, talks about defensive options in the Arc System Works fighter. Contrary to appearances, those who don’t sleep on defense have quite a few options–“it’s filled with conscious choices.”

While Faultless Defense was brought up in the previous episode, this one explores Instant Blocking in detail. By reducing block stun, this opens up a wealth of possibilities to break up pressure either by jumping out or even attacking back. After mentioning throws, the duo brings up option selecting as another defensive technique, which the duo also explains. Backdashing is also a useful option in many situations.

The previous lesson covers universal mechanics in Guilty Gear Xrd.

Source: TheoryFighter

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Get ready for BAM 9: Battle Arena Melbourne–Australia’s first CPT Premier event–May 12-14, 2017

The Capcom Pro Tour is about to hit Australia with a BIG BAM!

The ninth Battle Arena Melbourne–brought to you by Couch Warriors–will be Australia’s largest fighting game major and their first Capcom Pro Tour Premier event. Running May 12-14th at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, in addition to Street Fighter V it will feature a special Tekken 7: Fated Retribution event, Australia’s largest Super Smash Bros. tournament, and a number of side tournaments. More information can be found on the Couch Warriors site. Check out the trailer below.

Main Games:

  • Street Fighter V
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee
  • Tekken 7: Fated Retribution
  • Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-
  • Mortal Kombat XL
  • Dead or Alive 5: Last Round
  • The King of Fighters XIV

Side Games:

  • Ultra Street Fighter IV
  • Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  • Super Smash Bros. 64
  • Rivals of Aether
  • BlazBlue: Central Fiction
  • Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
  • Super Street Fighter II Turbo
  • Street Fighter Alpha 2
  • Street Fighter V 3v3 teams

You can check out the BIG BAM SHOP and find registration information on smash.gg!

Sources: CouchWarriors; smash.gg

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Miky “Samurai” Chea discusses his training regime, Street Fighter V’s future, and more with BornFree

Ever since since he switched from Ryu to Akuma earlier this year, Winterfox’s Miky “Samurai” Chea has been on a roll in Street Fighter V competition. His high placings at CenCal Standoff 2017(4th), West Coast Warzone 6 (3rd), and NorCal Regionals 2017 (tied for 13th) are nothing to scoff at, and he looks to be continuing that trend by establishing himself as not only one of the best Akuma specialists, but as one of the best Street Fighter V players in the world. Nobody should sleep on him throughout this season, and beyond.

YouTube user and FGC personality BornFree continues his series of NCR 2017 interviews and picks Miky’s brain on a variety of topics, such as his online training, how to make Ryu better in SFV, his thoughts on the upcoming patch, and much more in this video that runs at a little over half an hour long. You can watch it in its entirety, or use the time stamps in the video description to skip to particular questions.

Source: BornFree

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Learn how to defend against M. Bison’s V-Trigger cancel pressure in Street Fighter V

When facing M. Bison in Street Fighter V, one thing players have to pay attention to is his V-gauge; canceling into his V-Trigger allows the dictator to extend his pressure–while allowing for all the shenanigans that Psycho Power entails.

That said, this technique isn’t totally foolproof. For most of M. Bison’s setups with the V-Trigger Cancel, there’s a way–usually an option select–that can get players out, or at least force Bison to back off. It’s these defensive techniques that Ominous_ showcases in this tutorial video below.

Source: Ominous_

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Brawlhalla holding closed beta for PlayStation 4; New map and character coming to PC

Want to try and brawl in Brawlhalla on PS4? Here’s your chance.

Blue Mammoth Games has announced that a closed beta will be held for the upcoming PlayStation 4 version of Brawlhalla. Sign-ups are now open if you want to try the Smash-inspired platform fighter out before its full PS4 release. The game has been quite successful on PC through Steam early access, with more than five million players throughout 2016 and 2017.

Steam early-access Brawlhalla players will also be getting some new content soon: a new map called The Colosseum will debut in the closed beta, along with an update to the “Brawlball” mode. PC players will be receiving a free update with the new map and updated game mode alongside the launch of the closed beta; additionally, a new character, the Kitsune, will be arriving on early access next week.

brawlhalla kitsune

For more info about Brawlhalla, check out the official website.

Source: Brawlhalla

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BlazBlue: Central Fiction is now available on Steam

The day is finally here for those PC warriors. Closing the console/computer gap relatively quickly for Arc System Works standards, the latest edition of ASW’s 2D fighting game saga, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, is now purchasable on Steam.

The BlazBlue: Central Fiction Steam page lists the game at $39.99 USD with a 10% discount until May 3rd. Furthermore, those who own a previous title on Steam get an additional 10% off. Central Fiction also includes a soundtrack and a digital Memorial Book. All the DLC content is included, such as the colors and add-on characters Mai and Es.

One of the developers working on the Steam version has tweeted a few hints:

One cause for concern, however, are reports in Steam reviews citing that the port isn’t very good on the technical side. Several reviewers talk about trouble with windowed mode or dual screens, lower framerates, hard to see or misaligned text, and an inability to set Confirm/Cancel buttons, among others. Since Chronophantasma Extend was considered a good port generally, hopefully some patches will smooth out the early issues with CF.

Sources: Steam; Shini (Twitter)