Category: Fighting Games

We previously reported that CEOtaku–Alex Jebailey’s convention celebrating all things anime–received a $1,000 pot bonus from Atlus for their The King of Fighters XIV tournament. Now it appears that other developers and publishers are in the giving spirit and want to get in on the action of further promoting their games to the masses.

Degica–a Japanese game publisher–has announced that they are now adding a $200 pot bonus to Koihime Enbu. The game–a lesser known anime fighter based off of the Koihime Muso series, and developed by Unknown Games–has seen a limited release on Steam as opposed to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan. While considered a great game, its platform limits in the west has certainly crippled its widespread adoption within the community, but still enjoys some high level play.

While this certainly isn’t as big as other pot bonuses, for a lesser title in the States, this is certainly a welcome addition to the CEOtaku lineup and Koihime Enbu fans in the west. CEOtaku will run September 30th to October 2nd at the Windham Resort in Orlando Florida. If you’re interested in going, be sure to get your tickets ready!

Source: CEOtaku

As modding for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is further refined, more detailed and impressive mods are starting to grace Wii Us everywhere. Ranging from the ridiculous like the recently featured Mr Krabs reskin for Wario, to the professional like these Hyrule Warriors reskins, made by Demonslayerx8.

Sheik and Ganondorf gain their costumes from the Nintendo and Omega Force crossover game, while Cloud and Palutena are reskinned as Impa and Cia. Ganondorf’s skin is a personal favourite, complete with his flowing red mane and regal armour. If only they could mod his dual swords in and make Hyrule Warriors Ganondorf a brand new character. You can download all of these skins over on Gamebanana and check out the video below to see the skins in action.

Sources: Demonslayerx8, Gamebanana

While Zangief may have got the short end of the stick in the latest version of Street Fighter, it hasn’t stopped devoted fans of the Spinning Piledriver from training hard to make the master of Muscle Power work. So, when two Zangief specialists collide, prepare for big damage and grapples galore.

In this hour long set captured by Flying High, Japanese Zangief devotees DNG|Itazan and KBTIT810 clash to determine who is the stronger bear wrestler. What results is almost 60 minutes of beefy hits, aerial slams and giant men flexing on each other. It’s quite the sight to behold and one to watch for any Zangief main looking to up their game.

Source: Flying High

As part of a bigger series about introducing fans to their players, Tempo Storm has created a short video all about Pikachu prodigy Jeffrey ‘Axe’ Williamson, discussing his history with Melee, why he chose Pikachu as his main and much more.

Following him during his time as this year’s Super Smash Con, the video has clips of Axe playing and interacting with fans, alongside him talking to camera about his experiences playing Melee at a tournament level and how he came to join Tempo Storm as one of their first Smash players. With Johnny ‘S2J’ Kim being a recent addition to the Tempo Storm family, expect a similar video covering the SoCal Falcon in the near future.

Source: Tempo Storm

This weekend is East Coast Throwdown, one of New Jersey’s most prominent fighting game events, brought to you by LI Joe and company. ECT has built a reputation as one of the most hype gatherings on the coast, and this year will likely be no different. Among the competition titles at this year’s event are Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, Killer Instinct, The King of Fighters XIV, Mortal Kombat X, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

What players will you see at ECT? Of course you’ll see a wealth of East Coast talent like alucarD, RayRay, Smug, Ludovic, IFC YipeS, LuckyD, Santhrax, Di3mini0n, Shine, Moons, LostSoul, Lord Knight and MarlinPie. A few West Coasters like Julio Fuentes, Alex Myers and BjornSonOfBear will also be in the brackets. But you’ll also find The Beast, Daigo Umehara coming off two straight Capcom Pro Tour wins and looking for a third. You can get a look at how the brackets are laid out on Challonge here.

Three streams will be bringing the action from Morristown. Thanks to Team Spooky, Kombat Network and XFIRE Gaming. Check out the streams below.

TeamSp00ky

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KombatNetwork

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XFiREGamingLI

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Schedule

Below is a stream schedule for the event, in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4).

Of the four Capcom Pro Tour ranking events this weekend, two will be taking place in North America. One is First Attack, Puerto Rico’s premier fighting game tournament. The event will feature a wide variety of the latest and most popular titles.

In addition to North American talent like Dr Ray, Ricki Ortiz, Snake Eyez, NuckleDu, NYChrisG, LPN and Tampa Bison attending, a few international players will looking to grab some ranking points. The king of anime GO1 and the Rashid sensation John Takeuchi of Japan will be competing.

Level|Up Series will be providing a live broadcast of the event. You can view the stream below.

Watch live video from leveluplive on www.twitch.tv

Sources: First Attack, Capcom Pro Tour

It’s been over a year, but GODSGARDEN is back for #11! This year is bringing back Guilty Gear Xrd, of with the latest release REVELATOR.

The GODSGARDEN main event will consist of eight players. Two of those players have already been determined by fan vote: Evo 2016 runner-up Omito and the Korean I-No monster Daru. The remaining six will be determined by the preliminaries just before the main event.

Some of the best Guilty Gear players in the world will be trying to grind their way through the quals. Rion, Machabo-, Souji, FAB, Ogawa, Fumo, Ain, Nage, Nakamura, TAKA, Summit, NOB, Dogura, IE-chan, Consomme, Gazou, 310, Koichi and Roi are just some of the names you’ll see competing.

If you want to check out the action, tune into GODSGARDEN’s Twitch channel right now and enjoy!

Watch live video from Godsgarden on www.twitch.tv

Source: GODSGARDEN

While East Coast Throwdown rages on in the US, different throwdown will be going down across the Atlantic in Dublin, Ireland. Celtic Throwdown 2016 like ECT is a Capcom Pro Tour ranking event. In addition to Street Fighter V, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, The King of Fighters XIV, Mortal Kombat XL, Pokkén Tournament, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U are among the many games that will featuerd at the event.

You can expect a strong turn-out from some of Europe’s finest at Celtic Throwdown. RB|Luffy, Prodigal Son (Ryan Hart), PXP|Problem X, AWS|CCL, AWS|Akainu, MD|Mister Crimson, PRLS|Packz, Rize|Cobelcog, PRLS|Afii, LLL|MBR and EG|K-Brad are some of the players that will be competing.

If you’d like to check out the action, you can find the streams for the event below and the brackets here.

BrainVonDoom (SFV)

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GuardBreaker (Super Smash Bros.)

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mscupcakes (MKXL, KOF XIV, Other)

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Sources: Celtic Throwdown, Capcom Pro Tour

Four Street Fighter V Capcom Pro Tour ranking events will be happening this weekend. In Chengdu, China is Ze Fighting Game Championship this Saturday and Sunday.

Some of Asia’s top players will be participating in the event, including Xiaohai, Dakou, Kazunoko, Eita, Bonchan, Shiro, TONPY, GamerBee, Xian and Humanbomb.

Each day of the event is scheduled to start at 2 PM CST (UTC +8), 2 AM EDT, 11 PM PDT (the previous day). Check out the stream below and the brackets here.

Watch live video from beastapac on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Capcom Pro Tour

Being Shadaloo’s Number Two requires inspiring a certain level of terror in your enemies, and while his sycophantic scraping to Lord Bison might not do him any favors in the intimidation department, F.A.N.G’s got the goods when it’s time to fling some poison. In the combo exhibition video below, you can check out a sample of the nasty cross-ups and juggling that F.A.N.G can dish out, including some sinister corner shenanigans, and a 30-hit combo (with dizzy, naturally).

Source: cjbqulix