Category: Fighting Games

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Watch Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles and Doubles Matches from Spring 2017’s Smash Summit

Over the past weekend, California became home to the latest iteration of the Smash Summit series, which saw the 16 best Melee players in the world competing for large cash prizes. If you missed the even–or just want to catch the action all over again–we’ve gathered up some replays for you here.

Smash Singles are of course the traditional staple, being the most standard way to play. Below we have a playlist of the whole bracket, going through all 4 brackets on up to the Grand Finals. Feel free to lose the next several hours just indulging yourself with some of the best Melee play in the world.

There’s also Doubles of course, which featured a smaller bracket with more compacted high-quality matches.

We also have two other events, which were Draft Crews, featuring teams of players competing, and a Low Tier Iron Man which showcases a lot of under-represented characters.

Source: Beyond the Summit – Smash

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Guardian of the Azure, Es, Displays Her Prowess in This BlazBlue: Central Fiction Combo Video

Es, the Guardian of the Azure, asserts her place in the cast of BlazBlue: Central Fiction with an interesting Drive mechanic and a balanced repertoire of attacks. She uses Type: Enchanter to power up her next move, which leads to longer combos. For instance, her Dragon Punch move will end combos, unless she has her next move charged.

Monarch returns with a new combo movie, “Cerulean Guardian,” which examines the combo possibilities of the DLC character. The video gives an extended look at how to perform highly damaging confirms when given the resources, as well as how to pressure or counter some reversals. There’s also a few interesting loops with her normal attacks.

Check out Monarch’s Es combo movie below. Their channel also includes an Es 6D mix-up tutorial and some Es match footage vs. Ragna.

Source: Monarch

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Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe is Coming to PlayStation 4 and Steam on March 15th

It has been bubbling away in the background for a while now, but FK Digital and Arc System Works have finally announced a US release date for Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe. Acting as an enhanced port of the original Chaos Code from the last generation of consoles, this fast-paced anime fighter adds two brand new fighters, Lupinus and Ray, a color change mode, and probably the most important feature: online play.

The lack of online play for the original Chaos Code really stifled the growth of its community, so this enhanced rerelease should garner a larger following. Plus, it’s only $19.99, so it’s one of the cheaper fighting games set to come out in 2017. FK Digital are currently working on the arcade sequel to Chaos Code, so potentially expect a port of that if Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe does well.

Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe launches on both Steam and PS4 March 15th.

Source: Arc System Works

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Fight for the Fate of Two Worlds with This Galactus Stage Mod for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Since the games’ release, there has been one stage that’s never been playable in versus mode in both Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3: final boss Galactus’ stage. However, the release of the PC version has since brought hope–thanks to the ability to apply mods to that version.

In the video below, Spook Toque demonstrates a mod that allows Galactus’ stage to be playable in versus and training modes. Take note, however, that the mod isn’t perfect–there are more than a few issues with it, such as the ground lighting not being correct. That said, the stage mod itself does work despite these issues, replacing the Training Room stage in the select screen.

Interested players can download the mod here.

Source: Spook Toque

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Panda Global Are Getting Back into Street Fighter V with the Signing of Victor “Punk” Woodley

Following the departure of Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez as their main Street Fighter player, Panda Global have jumped right back into the fight by signing Victor “Punk” Woodley to the organization. Making a splash at last year’s Red Bull Battlegrounds–where he gained third after defeating heavy hitters like Echo Fox|Justin Wong and the aforementioned FChamp–Punk has gone from strength to strength with first place finishes at both NEC ’17 and Winter Brawl 11.

At only 18-years-old and a master of multiple characters, Punk represents the growing number of younger players who are really starting to shake up the old order of Street Fighter. In a statement to ESPN Esports, Panda Global CEO Alan Bunney M.D. said that “Punk is going to be one of the dark horses of 2017” and that Panda Global is “excited to support the new blood in the scene.”

The signing is ahead of the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V invitational, where Punk has to fight powerhouses like Echo Fox|Momochi, RZR|Infiltration, Echo Fox|Julio Fuentes, and Smug, to name but a few. Punk certainly has no shortage of chutzpah, so let’s see if the young buck from Philadelphia can make it through to the next round of the competition.

Sources: Panda Global; ESPN Esports; BasedMonster

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Learning the Core Universal Mechanics of Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-: A Guide for Street Fighter Players

You are nothing in the game you’re playing without knowing itsuniversal mechanics; if you are coming from a game like Street Fighter, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-‘s mechanics can be quite different–but if you’re coming from a series like Marvel Vs., at least one of them will look somewhat familiar.

In this latest episode of Street Fighter Guide to Guilty Gear, they cover some of the universal mechanics of Guilty Gear. They discuss bursts, including the different between Blue Burst–which happens during block and hit stun–and Gold Burst–which occurs during wake up and neutral, and how different they are to punish. They also discuss Flawless Defense, which is similar to Advancing Guard in Marvel, but requires you to expend meter to use.

Source: TheoryFighter

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Rick “TheHadou” Thiher Joins Twitch to Help Build Competitive Gaming for the FGC

TheHadou pledges to help build the fighting game community even further through a new partnership.

FGC tournament organizer and community leader Rick “TheHadou” Thiher announced via Twitter today that he has accepted a new position with Twitch to support competitive gaming and help build towards the future of the FGC, beginning in April 2017:

TheHadou elaborated on Twitter by thanking various sources of support within the FGC, and explaining that while the job involves a relocation to San Francisco, he will continue to act as Event Director for Combo Breaker, Creative Director for CEO, and still help with Evo.

Source: Rick Thiher (Twitter) via iPlayWinner; feature image photo by Robert Paul

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Crack the Whip with The King of Fighter XIV’s First DLC Character Trailer

After teasing several new DLC characters during The King of Fighters XIV World Championship, we finally get our first look at on of the incoming characters. Check out the trailer for Whip, in all her glory, below!

We see some amazing shots of her Climax moves, and get an earful of her soundtrack, “W.W.III.” Below, you can see the stills of some of her action shots, along with a glamour shot of her posing in front of the KOF crest.

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While we don’t yet have any arrival date given for this character–or future announcements–we can likely look forward to further clarification in the next few weeks.

Source: PlayStation

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French Esports Team Millenium Signs Jean-Baptiste “Will2Pac” Wilfred for Street Fighter V

Marking one of the first major European esports teams to get into fighting games, French esports organization Millenium has just signed Jean-Baptiste “Will2Pac” Wilfred as their first Street Fighter player. Known for their presence in other major esports like League of Legends, Starcraft 2, CS:GO, Hearthstone and Halo, Millenium is finally jumping on the FGC train.

Known for his electrifying Laura, Will2Pac is one of France’s top players and a force to be reckoned within Europe. With second place at both Furia Tica and Moscow Fighting Arena, fifth at EGX 2016, and seventh at DreamHack Austin, Will2Pac is primed to finally get a place within the Capcom Cup finals for 2017 and fly the flag for France.

Source: Millenium

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Team NINJA Shows Off Some More Arc System Works Crossover Costumes for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

Last week, Team NINJA showed off the first batch of Guilty Gear and BlazBlue crossover costumes for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. Now, they’re back with another batch of crossover costumes.

This time, the costumes features the ninja Ayane as Guilty Gear’s I-No, alongside Kokoro and Tina as BlazBlue’s Celica A. Mercury and Bullet respectively. With this, we have now seen 7 of the 16 promotional crossover costumes from Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- (and REV2), and BlazBlue: Central Fiction. This leaves 9 more that may or may not be revealed before the costumes’ March 14 release date.

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Source: Team NINJA