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E. Honda, Poison and newcomer Lucia join Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition on August 4

Three new fighters arrive at once, but will there be more to come?

Its been over half a year since the announcement of Kage, the first character in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition‘s Season 4 of content and players are finally getting more fighters for the roster!

Last night, after an unfortunate leak, Capcom officially announced that E. Honda, Lucia, and Poison will be entering the ring this weekend after the Evo 2019 finals! According to Michael Martin, the Director at Capcom Esports, the staff at Capcom “worked hard last minute to put out all the trailers for E. Honda, Lucia, and Poison.”

Capcom did their best to pivot the unfortunate incident and bring the focus to player excitement, officially releasing the leaked trailer and three unique trailers for each individual fighter. You can check out the trailers below!

E. Honda

Lucia

Poison

E. Honda is one of the oldest members of the cast, hailing back to the days of Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. Poison is originally from Final Fight but was visible with Hugo in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, and became a playable character in Street Fighter X Tekken and Ultra Street Fighter IV. Lucia originated from Final Fight 3 as one of the four playable characters!

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There is a lot to take in with the recent announcement, especially considering the state of SFV: AE, and the distribution of the fighters. Each character can be purchased separately on August 4th, or all together in a Summer 2019 Character Bundle on August 5th. (It is definitely odd the pack is being sold after the characters themselves, but I digress.) There will also be a new stage based on the E. Honda’s classic stage, but this will not be included in the bundle.

Street Fighter Series executive Producer, Yoshinori Ono, has stated that he will not be attending the final event at Evo 2019 this year. Whether or not this means there won’t be any additional announcements after the event has yet to be disclosed.

Source: Street Fighter

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Check out the CEOtaku 2019 registration leaderboard after its first week; Early Bird Registration ends today at 11:59 P.M. EST

Guilty Gear Xrd REV2, Under Night, and Samurai Shodown lead the pack early!

Registration opened for CEOtaku 2019 about two weeks back, the fifth installment of Alex Jebailey’s anime “spin-off” event to Community Effort Orlando. Aimed at giving games of the air dasher variety their time in the sun as main titles, the event’s early registration leaderboard seems to indicate a strong showing by some of the event’s core attractions.

Guilty Gear Xrd REV2 is leading the pack, showing that there is still a strong following for the Team Red game, despite it not making the Evo main lineup this year. Following closely behind is Under Night In-Brith EXE: Late[st], which will be coming off a strong 1,156-player Evo debut. SNK’s hot newly-released Samurai Shodown comes in at third, with BlazBlue: CentralFiction and Cross Tag Battle rounding out the Top 5.

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Million Arthur: Arcana Blood, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code and Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax IGNITION round out the Top 10 of the 16 main games, with the last two tied for 9th.

Jebailey also gives Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 an Honorable Mention for not currently being in the last place. Other main titles include Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R, SoulCalibur VI, Sailor Moon S, Koihime Enbu RyoRaiRai, and Kill la Kill the Game: IF.

For more details and to register yourself, head on over to smash.gg, before Early Bird Registration ends on July 31st at 11:59 P.M. EST, where prices will go up from $50 to $60.

CEOtaku 2019 takes place September 27th-29th at the Wyndham Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Source: CEOJebailey (Twitter)

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Indie fighter Schwarzerblitz holds “last minute” costume contest giving players a shot at having their designs in the game

Become a part of Schwarzerblitz history through your creativity!

SRK covered the retro 90s’ inspired 3D fighter Schwarzerblitz a while back, and in prepping for its launch, artists are getting one more chance to have their original costume designs placed in the game! The original deadline for the contest was August 1st, but it was extended until August 7th to give artists more time to submit their entries.

All the previous posters will get an extra entry as well, so those who already took part can test their creativity even more! According to the developer, this will need all those interested to take part!

The rules can be found below!

For reference, all currently developed skins can be viewed in the following document that can be found here!

Its been a long road for Schwarzerblitz, and it’s great to see it near its complete state. You can really tell that a lot of love went into creating the title and hopefully it finds success and a devoted fanbase.

Those that are interested in taking a crack at Schwarzerblitz can do so at the following link!

Source: Andrea Demetrio

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“RISE, RALLY and CONQUER” Red Bull Conquest 2019 begins August 24 featuring Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, and Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] keeps going strong!

If you’re looking for a big tournament after Evo, Red Bull has got just the thing for you. Last week the energy drink manufacturer and Esport sponsor announced their latest tournament, Red Bull Conquest 2019, which will begin late next month and will feature a surprising newcomer to the event, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st].

The tournament will have qualifiers throughout the country with the finals taking place at the home of Red Bull, Santa Monica, Calif.

Returning FGC commentators and personalities Steve ‘Tasty Steve’ Scott, Michael ‘YipeS’ Mendoza, Samantha ‘Persia’ Hancock and Jeremy ‘Vicious’ Lopez will host each of the regional Qualifier events and the National Finals.

The regional tournaments will take place in the following locations at the set dates.

QUALIFIERS:

Orlando – August 24

Chicago – September 21

Philadelphia – September 21

Los Angeles – October 12

Houston – October 12

San Francisco – October 19

Seattle – November 9

Minneapolis – November 9

Finals: Santa Monica – November 23-24

On top of being featured at Evo 2019, it’s wonderful to see UNIST get this kind of support, especially considering the original game was released in 2012. And with Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late [cl-r] possibly around the corner, it seems the title’s success is just getting started.

Source: Red Bull Conquest; Gematsu