Everyone has a fighting chance
Darksiders II has been out on PC, Xbox and PS4, and now it makes its way onto the Nintendo Switch today. The Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition released today on Nintendo’s platform, bringing the classic action game to the handheld console.
Eternal Magic, a fantasy themed MMORPG, has launched its open beta today, only a few days since it hit early access.
Last Saturday was a huge day for fans of BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, as Arc System Works finally unveiled the final five characters that will be joining Senran Kagura Estival Versus’s Yumi, Akatsuki Blitzkampf’s Akatsuki and Blitztank, and RWBY’s Neo Politan this November in the game’s upcoming Version 2.0 update.
The company held two streams to show off this new quintet of fighters, with one in the new North American headquarters in California, which featured special guests James Chen and UYU|TheBeautifulDude, as well as their traditional Japanese stream, that has been customary for character reveals since pre-release.
The five new challengers who can’t escape from crossing fate are BlazBlue’s Celica A. Mercury and Susanoo, Persona 4 Arena’s Elizabeth, Tohru Adachi from Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, and Hilda from Under Night In-Birth. Additionally, Ragna teased the possibility of even more characters joining the ever-growing cast that now sits at 53 at the end of the trailer by asking who was next, something Ruby Rose also questioned before the reveals of Rachel Alucard, Hazama, and Weiss Schnee.
In addition to playing several matches and demonstrating how these fighters all compare to their past incarnations, we were also given a glimpse of the new character select screen, which features fighter’s having the color of their respective franchise behind them when highlighted, as well as their portraits being placed inside diamonds when selected.
It should be noted that Adachi remains on the end of the Persona 4 Arena column, with the logo changing to Persona 4 Arena Ultimax when he’s chosen. Additionally, Yumi, Akatsuki, and Blitztank have joined Heart Aino in the newly-added 5th tab that heralded her arrival back in May, which will now change colors and logos to reflect the series of the character you’re choosing, effectively making it a “Guest Character” column.
This not only potentially opens the door for other Ultimax characters, like Rise, Sho, Marie, and Margaret, to join the game in future updates, but also characters from the Akatsuki Blitzkampf sequel En-Ens Perfektewelt, such as Kati and the titular En-Eins, who were both in the massive datamine of announcer calls that also included the nine characters joining the game in Version 2.0, and perhaps even Londrekia from the newly-announced EXE:Late[cl-r] that was announced at Evo 2019 and will be arriving in early 2020.
The Versus/Order Select screen has also seen a sleek makeover, with character portraits being in larger boxes that are now on top of each other, rather than beside one another, similar to the Versus Screen of Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes. You can see the full trailer below, as well as both of the streams, which contain large amounts of footage of the newcomers, as well as matches between James Chen and UYU|TheBeautifulDude, who were the first American players to try out the characters.
A demo of the new update will be available this weekend at CEOtaku 2019 in Orlando, Florida, as well as at ARCREVO America
The official Japanese website has also been updated with screenshots of this new set of fighters in action, which you can also see in the gallery below.
Source: arcsystemworks (YouTube); Arc System Works America (YouTube); JROKGaming (YouTube); BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle Official Japanese Website
Following last week’s period of server maintenance, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition has been updated to Version 04.081. In addition to adding this year’s new Haloween-themed content, which includes new Premium Costumes for Poison and E. Honda, as well as the Union Graveyard stage, the latest update to Capcom’s flagship fighting title also brings bug fixes for Ryu, Akuma, and Cody, while also confirming that an issue with newcomer Lucia that involves her opponents being put into a standing state during their recovery after blocking her crouching Heavy Kick, will be corrected in a future patch in October.
Balrog’s No Escape Costume is also now available in Menat’s Fighting Chance, for those looking to risk a little Fight Money or Fortune Tickets for it, and a 2018 Halloween Bundle, containing last year’s spooky attires for Guile, Abigail, Falke, and Kolin, as well as the Capcom Legends Bundle 2. This holds the six latest Crossover Costumes from Extra Battle: Alex Leo, Zeku Kenji, Shade Sagat, Devilotte Menat, and Akane Yagyu Ibuki.
You’ll also get the following Crossover BGM: “Opening Title,” “Helion Theme,” and “Super 8 Theme” from Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, “Into The Legendary Earth,” “Theme of Leo,” and “Theme of Kenji/Mukuro” from Red Earth/Warzard, and “The Destined Child” and “Cross Counter” from Breath of Fire II.
If you feel like saving your Fight Money, as all of those Extra Battles, save for Akane Ibuki, are currently re-running, this Bundle will set you back $14.99, while the 2018 Halloween Costumes cost $9.99. Poison and Honda’s Halloween Costumes will cost you $3.99 each, while Union Graveyard can be obtained for $1.99 or 40,000 Fight Money.
A new Online Tournament Mode has been added from within the CFN tab of the main menu, which is currently in development and will remain in closed beta, with more details to come in the future. You can see the full patch notes for the 21.678 GB patch below.
Following server maintenance on September 17, 2019, Street Fighter V has been updated to Ver. 04.081.
DLC
• Additional Costumes
– Halloween: E. Honda
– Halloween: Poison
• Stages
– Union Graveyard
• Battle Bundles
– 2018 Halloween Bundle
– Capcom Legends Bundle 2
• Fighting Chance
– Get Balrog’s additional costume No Escape through “Megaton! Gigaton! Teraton Puncher!” now available in Fighting Chance.
– The seasonal “E-Can” version has been added to Dojo Fortune.
• Battle-Related Bug Fixes
– Ryu:
Fixed a phenomenon where, after a successful V-Trigger II Isshin parry, if the input for Isshin or V-Skill Mind’s Eye is performed at a specific timing, Ryu would not be able to cancel the latter half into Shoryuken or EX Jodan Sokuto Geri.
– Akuma:
Fixed a phenomenon where, if Akuma canceled into V-Trigger from Goshoryuken, projectiles on screen would move during the screen freeze.
– Cody:
Fixed a phenomenon where, if Cody performed his Critical Art Criminal Punisher that cancels out a projectile at close range, the attack would not hit the opponent after the projectile cancelation regardless of whether or not they are within the attack range.
Fixed a phenomenon where, if Cody performed his Critical Art Criminal Punisher, and at the same timing the opponent performed a strong forward-moving move, Cody’s position would be pushed backwards before the hitbox becomes active, and the Critical Art wouldn’t hit.
– Lucia:
Fixed a phenomenon where, if Lucia’s crouching HK was blocked by the opponent, the opponent would be put into a standing state during recovery.
> This will be fixed in October. We apologize for any inconvenience.
• Note
With the update to SFVAE today, players will notice a new mode in the CFN menu called Online Tournament.
This upcoming free mode is in development and will be in a closed beta phase until it is final. Release timing and further details will be shared in the coming months.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing Street Fighter V.
Source: CFN Website
Following last week’s period of server maintenance, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition has been updated to Version 04.081. In addition to adding this year’s new Haloween-themed content, which includes new Premium Costumes for Poison and E. Honda, as well as the Union Graveyard stage, the latest update to Capcom’s flagship fighting title also brings bug fixes for Ryu, Akuma, and Cody, while also confirming that an issue with newcomer Lucia that involves her opponents being put into a standing state during their recovery after blocking her crouching Heavy Kick, will be corrected in a future patch in October.
Balrog’s No Escape Costume is also now available in Menat’s Fighting Chance, for those looking to risk a little Fight Money or Fortune Tickets for it, and a 2018 Halloween Bundle, containing last year’s spooky attires for Guile, Abigail, Falke, and Kolin, as well as the Capcom Legends Bundle 2. This holds the six latest Crossover Costumes from Extra Battle: Alex Leo, Zeku Kenji, Shade Sagat, Devilotte Menat, and Akane Yagyu Ibuki.
You’ll also get the following Crossover BGM: “Opening Title,” “Helion Theme,” and “Super 8 Theme” from Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness, “Into The Legendary Earth,” “Theme of Leo,” and “Theme of Kenji/Mukuro” from Red Earth/Warzard, and “The Destined Child” and “Cross Counter” from Breath of Fire II.
If you feel like saving your Fight Money, as all of those Extra Battles, save for Akane Ibuki, are currently re-running, this Bundle will set you back $14.99, while the 2018 Halloween Costumes cost $9.99. Poison and Honda’s Halloween Costumes will cost you $3.99 each, while Union Graveyard can be obtained for $1.99 or 40,000 Fight Money.
A new Online Tournament Mode has been added from within the CFN tab of the main menu, which is currently in development and will remain in closed beta, with more details to come in the future. You can see the full patch notes for the 21.678 GB patch below.
Following server maintenance on September 17, 2019, Street Fighter V has been updated to Ver. 04.081.
DLC
• Additional Costumes
– Halloween: E. Honda
– Halloween: Poison
• Stages
– Union Graveyard
• Battle Bundles
– 2018 Halloween Bundle
– Capcom Legends Bundle 2
• Fighting Chance
– Get Balrog’s additional costume No Escape through “Megaton! Gigaton! Teraton Puncher!” now available in Fighting Chance.
– The seasonal “E-Can” version has been added to Dojo Fortune.
• Battle-Related Bug Fixes
– Ryu:
Fixed a phenomenon where, after a successful V-Trigger II Isshin parry, if the input for Isshin or V-Skill Mind’s Eye is performed at a specific timing, Ryu would not be able to cancel the latter half into Shoryuken or EX Jodan Sokuto Geri.
– Akuma:
Fixed a phenomenon where, if Akuma canceled into V-Trigger from Goshoryuken, projectiles on screen would move during the screen freeze.
– Cody:
Fixed a phenomenon where, if Cody performed his Critical Art Criminal Punisher that cancels out a projectile at close range, the attack would not hit the opponent after the projectile cancelation regardless of whether or not they are within the attack range.
Fixed a phenomenon where, if Cody performed his Critical Art Criminal Punisher, and at the same timing the opponent performed a strong forward-moving move, Cody’s position would be pushed backwards before the hitbox becomes active, and the Critical Art wouldn’t hit.
– Lucia:
Fixed a phenomenon where, if Lucia’s crouching HK was blocked by the opponent, the opponent would be put into a standing state during recovery.
> This will be fixed in October. We apologize for any inconvenience.
• Note
With the update to SFVAE today, players will notice a new mode in the CFN menu called Online Tournament.
This upcoming free mode is in development and will be in a closed beta phase until it is final. Release timing and further details will be shared in the coming months.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing Street Fighter V.
Source: CFN Website
NZXT’s BLD service has always been unique. They began as a service that asked what you wanted to do – what games do you play, how much do you want to spend – and then offering a custom PC to meet your needs. They’ve recently begun offering a selection of premade systems and their latest, the Creator PC, is so powerful they may as well have named it HAL-9000.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint open beta preload is now available on PC via Uplay in case you’re interested in trying out the latest Tom Clancy Game. Additionally, the final game is set to launch with a host of accessibility features.
The hotly anticipated sequel to The Last Of Us finally has a release date. Eager fans can get their hands on The Last of Us Part II on February 21st, 2020.
In a new press release, The Long Dark Episode Three received a release date for consoles and PC.
In a recent update on the Legends of Aria site, Citadel Studios detailed their latest update coming to the Ultima-inspired MMORPG.