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Mikado Arcade’s Vampire Hunter Championship 2018 VOD now available

Just because Halloween is over, doesn’t mean you get to escape the spooky stuff just yet. It’s time for the Vampire Hunter Championship 2018!

The Vampire Hunter Championship is Mikado’s annual tournament for Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers’ Revenge. Among Darkstalkers fans, Vampire Hunter is considered the slower paced, more methodical entry in the Darkstalkers series. Don’t let that fool you — If rushdown is your thing, there’s plenty of air-dashing, frame trapping, cross up insanity for you to cheer through. And while tiers are considered less compact in Vampire Hunter overall, there’s still some great low tier representation in this tournament.

Source: 高田馬場ゲーセンミカド

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EMPEROR COW shares some new footage and impressions of Dead or Alive 6 from the Middle East Games Con

Team NINJA brought Dead or Alive 6 to the Middle East Games Con in Abu Dhabi last month. This allowed players from the region to try out the upcoming game; one of those players was none other than noted DOA player and content creator EMPEROR COW. At the event, they were able to spend a fair amount of time with the build on hand (which was the same one from the Tokyo Game Show event).

The video below contains both EMPEROR COW’s impressions of the game, as well as some matches with them and a few other players from the region, including Kuwait’s Mesharey who helped him in figuring out the game’s mechanics. What follows in the video below is an in-depth look into the game and how it has changed from DOA5.

In addition to this, EMPEROR COW has also done a written break down over on Free Step Dodge.

Dead or Alive 6 is set to launch on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One on February 15, 2019.

Source: EMPEROR COW via Free Step Dodge

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VesperArcade discusses the differences between Nash’s V-Triggers in Street Fighter V

With over ten months of play in Season 3 of Street Fighter V, the argument over which V-Triggers are dominant have started to reach a general consensus on most characters. While there are a few characters that see practical uses of both V-Triggers — some of which are indeed match-up dependent — some characters have clearly superior V-Triggers.

Nash — while having interesting usage of his V-Trigger II — has mostly seen his original V-Trigger used in competitive play. While both V-Triggers have interesting things off of hit confirms, the second V-Trigger suffers from issues past the initial hit confirm, according to VesperArcade. This — when coupled with it requiring one extra bar of V-Meter — causes V-Trigger II to be more of a liability than anything.

Source: VesperArcade

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SNK’s Yasuyuki Oda states that The King of Fighters XIV on the Switch is a possibility

Some technical hurdles just need to be cleared

SNK’s Yasuyuki Oda was recently interviewed by Dual Shockers regarding their Switch efforts. While the majority of the interview was focused on SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, they also touched on the possibility of bringing the King of Fighters XIV to Nintendo’s console portable hybrid.

When asked about bringing KoFXIV to Switch, Oda stated that it was definitely a possibility. That said, he stated that there were some technical hurdles that their team would need to overcome before the port could happen.

The rest of the interview focuses on why they chose to develop SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy (they wanted a spiritual successor SNK Gals Fighters), Oda’s thoughts on the positive reaction to the Samurai Shodown reveal, and more.

You can read the full interview over at Dual Shockers.

Source: Dual Shockers

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Sega has renewed the trademark for the Virtua Fighter logo

The trademark was renewed alongside a new one for “Battle Genesis”

It’s tough to be a Virtua Fighter fan these days. This current generation hasn’t seen a new installment of the seminal 3D fighter, and the only way to play the latest installments, is inside another game.

However, some recent developments may bode well for the franchise. Sega Games Japan recently had the trademark for the Virtua Fighter logo renewed in the US last month. Specifically, the trademark was renewed for coin-operated video games and arcade video game use.

In addition to this, the company also filed a similar trademark for something called “Battle Genesis”. This trademark was also filed for coin-operated video games and arcade video game use.

Now, this could simply be a standard trademark renewal from Sega — it has been over a decade since Virtua Fighter 5 came out in arcades. However, the “Battle Genesis” trademark seems to point to something more interesting.

Stay locked on to Shoryuken for more on this and other fighting game news.

Source: Siliconera

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DreamHack Atlanta mysteriously cancels Dragon Ball FighterZ tournament a week before event

Out of nowhere, DreamHack Atlanta 2018 has made the decision to cancel its Dragon Ball FighterZ event. Seeing how DHATL is set for Nov. 16th-18th, the suddenness of the announcement is understandably bizarre and frustrating for anyone that may have gone just for DBFZ.

Wow we don’t know what the reasoning was for canceling the event, FGC Director of DreamHack Jebailey insists that it had nothing to do with the number of signups:

It’s easy to believe Jebailey here considering there are other games that, at the time of this writing — such as Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and Tekken 7 — with fewer entrants than what DBFZ had when cancelled. Based off the tweet above, it sounds like there might be a legal constraint — which could mean, for speculative example, licensing issues. Unless DHATL releases a statement, though, this will remain a mystery as to why just DBFZ was targeted for cancellation.

Source: CEOJebailey

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BCF8: WNF vs. NLBC regional Street Fighter V showdown & Injustice 2 matches, streaming live!

Body Count Fighting is back with an East vs. West face-off!

Body Count Fighting is back once again with new title and feature matches in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and Injustice 2 — and a coast-versus-coast showdown in Street Fighter V between top players from Wednesday Night Fights (West Coast) and Next Level Battle Circuit (East Coast)! Don’t miss the action streaming live tonight, starting at 6:00 PM PT! You can catch it right here on SRKLive, or on Body Count Fighting’s Twitch channel.

Watch live video from SRKLive on www.twitch.tv

BCF8_Poster_v6

STREET FIGHTER V: ARCADE EDITION

Title Match

  • RISE | Smug (c) vs. Commander Jesse

Feature Matches

  • END | Shine vs. CYG BST | Chris Tatarian
  • UYU | Lil Evil vs. Pnoy
  • TS | Sabin vs. Dankadillas
  • UYU | Kami vs. SonicBoxx | JB
  • Idom vs. XSK Samurai
  • Chris Battle vs. YaNoob

INJUSTICE 2

Title Match

  • Scar (c) vs. Atai

Feature Matches

  • DF | Grr vs. CLN | Whiteboi
  • RLN | Hero Killer Stain vs. Method | SilverRye

Source: Body Count Fighting

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BCF8: WNF vs. NLBC regional Street Fighter V showdown & Injustice 2 matches, streaming live!

Body Count Fighting is back with an East vs. West face-off!

Body Count Fighting is back once again with new title and feature matches in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and Injustice 2 — and a coast-versus-coast showdown in Street Fighter V between top players from Wednesday Night Fights (West Coast) and Next Level Battle Circuit (East Coast)! Don’t miss the action streaming live tonight, starting at 6:00 PM PT! You can catch it right here on SRKLive, or on Body Count Fighting’s Twitch channel.

Watch live video from SRKLive on www.twitch.tv

BCF8_Poster_v6

STREET FIGHTER V: ARCADE EDITION

Title Match

  • RISE | Smug (c) vs. Commander Jesse

Feature Matches

  • END | Shine vs. CYG BST | Chris Tatarian
  • UYU | Lil Evil vs. Pnoy
  • TS | Sabin vs. Dankadillas
  • UYU | Kami vs. SonicBoxx | JB
  • Idom vs. XSK Samurai
  • Chris Battle vs. YaNoob

INJUSTICE 2

Title Match

  • Scar (c) vs. Atai

Feature Matches

  • DF | Grr vs. CLN | Whiteboi
  • RLN | Hero Killer Stain vs. Method | SilverRye

Source: Body Count Fighting

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SoulCalibur VI Tech Roundup — Anti-Mina punishment, Maxi combos, and more!

Are you enjoying SoulCalibur VI? Enough souls are burning for this game that our tipline has remained steadily on fire since our last roundup post. Let’s take alook and see what the community has submitted to us today!

Let’s start with IRMaxi‘s starter combos for Maxi. If you are looking to take control of the stance-heavy character, IRM is absolutely one of the best players to keep an eye on.

While largely centered around Talim’s capabilities, this punishment video from FyreNecromancer is required viewing for anyone wanting to shut down basic Mina techniques.

LegendaryWolf Shirou has high damage and tech traps for any aspiring Kilik players to bite.

BLUELINKBR shares some fundamental ways to punish Reversal Edge — without using a break attack.

jmcrofts shares a fairly comprehensive starters guide for Sophitia, covering her basic gameplan and neutral.

And finally, closing us out is GodPress, who shows off an incredibly re-wall splat with Azwel’s Soul Charge Truth Loops.

Thanks to everyone that submitted content to us! If you have some SCVI tech you’d like to share with the world, reach out to us through our tipline.

Source:  IRMaxi; FyreNecromancer; LegendaryWolf Shirou; BLUELINKBR; jmcrofts; GodPress

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Registration is now open for the CPT 2018 NA Regional Finals at Red Bull Conquest

The mad scramble for points in the Capcom Pro Tour will soon be ending at the CPT North American Regional Finals at Red Bull Conquest. There will be two tournaments: The Regional Final Open Tournament, and the Regional Finals on the 18th.

The Regional Final Open Tournament kicks off on November 17, with the Regional Finals finishing up the weekend on November 18. Players from around the world will compete one last time for a spot in Capcom Cup 2018 in the Regional Final Open Tournament. The next day, the Top 8 for the Regional Finals will be determined.

Players who finish in Top 8 in the Regional Final Open Tournament will earn points on the NA Regional Leaderboard. You can register for the event here.

You can view the current NA Regional Leaderboard here.

You can catch the Nov. 17th action on Capcom’s official twitch stream here.

Source: CapcomFighters