Bad news for players of Tekken Revolution was recently announced. The free-to-play fighting game on the PlayStation 3 will cease operations effective March 21, 2017. Given that the game had been pulled from the European PlayStation Store, the writing was on the wall for this title.
Support for Tekken Revolution on PS3 will cease on March 21, 2017. We thank all fans for your support, and get ready for the next battle! pic.twitter.com/WVACIAvSwn
The removal of this game from Bandai Namco support around this time could give some lingering hope for the release date of Tekken 7: Fated Retribution. The newest in the Tekken lineup is still slated for a Q1 or Q2 2017 release, and the cessation of Tekken Revolution falls right between the two windows. While this is merely speculation, it’s quite possible that we could see the release of Tekken 7 fall within two weeks either way of the demise of Tekken Revolution.
Adjusted. Adaptive. Clutch. Meticulous. Disgusting. If those five words describe one man to you, you’re probably thinking about HyperX’s Daigo Umehara.
The legend of Street Fighter made his way to Capcom Cup 2016 this year, and made his way into a top 16 performance after finishing runner-up last year. While he has had a difficult time in adjusting to Street Fighter V, he is definitely rising up to his potential to the game.
At Capcom Cup, Tasty Steve asked the elites such as UltraDavid, IFC|Yipes, and Logan-sama their impressions of Daigo Umehara, and got some interesting answers.
Out of the characters that seemed strong early on in Street Fighter V, nobody seemed to plummet to earth faster than M. Bison. The perennial boss of the Street Fighter series faced a boss battle of his own over Season One trying to gain viability, and ultimately lost that battle.
However, things are looking up for the head of Shadoloo, as we’ll see in this roundup of various new Bison tech. First off we can see what the frame data changes to Bison’s target combo of standing strong into down/forward fierce has done for him, as he now has some pretty interesting new potential off of it.
Down/forward fierce also has more added benefits due to its hitbox in this season, as Bison now has interesting shimmy setups with the command normal in this iteration of the game.
Lastly, here’s a few new gritty combos for Bison primed for Season two consumption.
Kazunoko is far and away the best Cammy at the moment. Having put together a solid 4th place finish at Capcom Cup after having won the year before, he is always a force to be reckoned with.
Yuhi-Hikali is currently ranked #8 on the Capcom Fighter Networks leaderboard, and his Necalli continues to turn heads match by match. He is obviously in the top ten for a reason, and when he plays one of the best players in the world in a first to five, everyone is in for a treat, from the start to the gripping finale.
When Akuma was announced for Street Fighter V, all the eyes of the community most certain were fixated on Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi. Easily one of the best Akuma players in the Street Fighter IV series, it was definitely a distinct possibility that we would see him switch back to his old main in Season Two.
The question as to whether he would may be answered, as Tokido has made his way to playing him early on in Season Two. He is already starting to look solid with his Akuma play. Will we see him go full-time with the character? Here’s hoping!
In the briefest of announcements yesterday, Big Blue Esports has announced that Shine will be coming back for 2017, running between August 27th-28th. By the looks of it, it will be returning to Boston, Massachusetts but we have no news on if it will be back at the Seaport World Trade Center or at a different location in the city.
Titled #TheLastDopeTournament, an obvious reference to New England Peach main Mafia, Shine 2017 has quite the reputation to live up to. The previous Shine was not only the largest fighting game event in the whole of New England, but it was lauded by attendees for being one of the most well run and relaxed tournaments that they had ever gone to. With over 2000 entrants across Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. 64, Shine 2017 may be even bigger and act as a suitable closer for next year’s Summer of Smash.
Watch the blink and you’ll miss it teaser below and expect more news on Shine 2017 in the new year.
With Day 1 of Season Two reaching it in, everyone is in the lab, fully exploring all the changes and how they can exploit them to their benefit. So with that said, here’s a smattering of some of the tech that has been discovered in the last 24 hours that will help you out on your merry way.
First, we have none other than the demon himself, Akuma. Already known for his pressure and mixup game on wakeup, he has a seriously good meaty setup by way of his air fireball. This also makes his okizeme options a little more ambiguous.
Next, while we’ve already discovered that Guile still has Sonic Boom loops in Season 2 despite the changes to his pushback, desk as another, equally viable, variation on them ready for people to utilize.
Then, we’ve discussed some of Juri’s new potential already. Now, we have a compendium of the plethora of new combo options Ms. Han has in this season.
Already having one of the largest damage potentials in the game, Urien is back to his old ways, and then some. Here’s just a taste of what Urien can do in Season 2.
Finally, this roundup couldn’t be complete without a look at the biggest heel of Season 1: R. Mika. Yes, she got hit hard with the nerf bat in season 2, but that doesn’t mean she can’t continue her zany ways. Here’s a look of what she is still capable of.
While this is only a handful of what has been brought to the table today, you can certainly expect more tomorrow. Thus, you owe it to yourself to tune back in for more exciting new tech!
There’s a lot of new tech from everyone’s favorite Taekwondo sadist Juri coming out that makes her look leaps and bounds more viable than she was in Season 1. Earlier, we talked about how dangerous her anti air game could be, with her being able to do Tekken-like juggles after an anti-air.
Today, we see more tech coming out of the woodwork. First we see some pretty amazing combos from her Feng Shui Engine V-Trigger, dealing somewhere around 40% damage and only requiring one bar of meter.
Next, we have some meaty setups to make sure people wish they have their first frame invincible reversals back.
Hwoarang was not available for immediate comment to answer whether he taught his fellow countrywoman about juggle potential.
Have you ever wanted to be a real villain? If so, you just may be the kind of player who enjoys using boss characters in their fighting games. There is a special feeling we get when taking on story mode and being forced up against an overpowered villain, a feeling that we emulate for ourselves every time we play with these boss characters. It’s hard to deny their charm; who doesn’t enjoy feeling like a boss when they play, after all?
Today, to satisfy that innate need to play the villain, we have some comprehensive tutorials to for Verse and Antanov, the featured antagonists of King of Fighters XIV. InfernoKong put together these guides, spending a healthy amount of time going over everything one could want to know about these two. He covers the basic playstyle of each, goes in-depth into essential tactics and combos, and also goes into team options for them. If you have the time and the desire to improve with or learn these characters, do yourself a favor and check these out.
Capcom Cup 2016 plenty of the usual suspects in the tournament. However, one of the most amazing things was seeing some of the newer players that made their way into the fray, and how well they performed. When Latin American representative DR Ray shows up and upsets heavy favorite Tokido in the thick of the biggest and most stacked tournament of the season, you know that the balance of power is changing and the whole world is a threat.
With that said, there are a plethora of players that didn’t make the cut that I feel have a reasonable shot of doing so next year. I’d like to give some of my predictions for who will make it to Capcom Cup 2017 out of the players that didn’t make it this year.
PandaTV | Xijie “Jiewa” Zeng (China)
Zeng had a stellar year this year, and was hands down the most successful Chinese player on the circuit outside of Xiaohai. His Ken play has marked him as one of the leading Ken players, putting himself well above the Trinity and closer to the ranks of EG | Momochi and GW | Eita, having been able to topple Tokido at Never Give Up.
The one thing that hindered Jiewa from actually making the cut this year was the way the qualification system was set up. Zeng, having traveled the four corners of the earth, never focused his efforts into making it through one region’s leaderboard, and despite so many high finishes, he was unable to accrue enough points to make it on the global leaderboard. Should the qualification system change, Zeng should be a shoe-in for 2017’s event. If it doesn’t, let’s hope he gives a more concerted effort to qualify via some regional leaderboard as a fallback option.
/r/kappa | XYZZY (South Korea)
XYZZY gained a rabid following over the latter half of the year. Maintaining unknown status up until Evolution 2016, with his only major appearance prior to that having been a lackluster performance at Street Fighter V Crash, the Birdie main was able to gain notoriety by getting sponsored by the subreddit made famous from their knack of sponsoring players who ultimate move on to large sponsorship deals.
While he has done exceedingly well since, he has yet to make top 8 at a major. However, he has one major asset in his corner beyond his /r/kappa association, and that is former /r/kappa alum, Razer | Infiltration. Being under the tutelage of one of the world’s best and having the opportunity to travel to more events can only serve him well in the coming year. Should he stay as hungry as his main always is, he should be a force to be reckoned with in 2017.
/r/kappa | John Takeuchi (Japan)
John Takeuchi was the other half of /r/kappa’s sponsorship drive last year and was just on the cusp of reaching Capcom Cup this year. Takeuchi was just a few points off the mark of making it on the North American leaderboard, and had multiple top 8s and one tournament win to boot.
Like XYZZY, Takeuchi started his season a few clicks too late to clinch a berth into the bracket this year. Unlike XYZZY, however, he still almost made it. This kid has a long career ahead of him, a good head on his shoulders, and is far less prone to pressure than you’d imagine at his age. If he doesn’t make it into Capcom Cup next year, then I would be prone to call the format rigged, unless he loses the majority of the season to being grounded.
Qanba | Abao (China)
What credibility would my list have without including the highest player on SRK’s rankings that didn’t qualify for Capcom Cup? Abao had a great year that went mostly ignored over this season. Easily the anchor of GZ Dojo at Street Fighter V Crash, he has a very patient Ryu, with the ability to go for the throat when necessary.
Sadly, the amount of tournaments he played was what hindered him this year. He was barely seen on the CPT circuit this year, and should he get out more. Why wouldn’t Qanba send him out more this year? I could easily see him being in Capcom Cup.
Eduardo “PR Balrog” Perez-Frangie (USA)
PR Balrog had a rough go of it this year. He is perennially a threat to make Capcom Cup, and this year felt like he was never even a blip on that radar.
But the fact was he was never really in his element. He spent the first half of the year not having it click with Necalli, then the latter half trying to make it work with namesake Balrog, while still maintaining his Necalli for what he deemed bad matchups. As we’ve seen with PR Balrog in the past, the more he diversifies his cast choices, the worse off he is.
In 2017, despite his return to the free agent market, I have a feeling we’ll see Eduardo return to form. He’ll have the entire season to fine tune his Balrog, and should he be able to make this character work in Season 2, we’ll see him back in the line-up next year.
ANBU | Punk (USA)
This punk literally came out of nowhere in the latter stages of this season. The Karin main had a slew of top four finishes starting at the end of August. He capped off his season with a victory at Northwest Majors, and was two players off of punching his ticket for Capcom Cup at Red Bull Battlegrounds.
He’s an absolute prodigy, already has two pocket characters to toy around with, and has the ability to topple some of the best of the world. I easily see Punk making it through the Capcom Pro Tour with amazing success next year.
While this is only the short list of players to look out for, these are the players that I definitely feel have the gumption to make it through the grind that is the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour season. And I’m sure I’m leaving out a lot of fan favorites, yet I feel like factoring in only six is a safe bet. I have a hard time thinking there will be much divergence from the 2016 cast of characters at Capcom Cup, so we’ll likely only see as many as five to ten make it that wasn’t there this year.
