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If you’re an Android user, you may want to head over to Google Play and hook up with The Elder Scrolls: Blades. It’s an Early Access version, so it is “in development and it may be unstable”. You’ll also want to check your device compatibility and if it’s available in your region.
Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition has wrapped up its latest round of server maintenance, and the Version 04.030 update has been applied. As of now the recently-announced Field of Fate stage is now available in the in-game Shop for either 40,000 Fight Money or $1.99. Additionally, Balrog’s “Mike-Like” Costume, which sees him don the attire of Mike from the original Street Fighter game, has returned to Menat’s Fighting Chance until May 25th, for those who weren’t able to receive the fortune from the soothsayer the first time around. Finally, some battle-related bug fixes have been applied to Karin Kanzuki, Rashid, Blanka, Ed, and G, the most notable of which is increasing the damage on the “Master of the Turbulent Wind’s” Dash Spinning Mixers, which had been unintentionally reduced during the initial Season 4 balance update, making the UAE fighter ever stronger. You can see the full list below.
Did you miss the bell on Balrog's pugilistic parody of man like Mike from the original Street Fighter? It's time for round two as this costume returns to Fighting Chance from March 26 till May 15. pic.twitter.com/L70H2udRJt
— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) March 26, 2019
3/26 Update Info (Ver. 04.030)
Following server maintenance on March 26, 2019, Street Fighter V has been updated to Ver. 04.030.
• DLC
— Stages
Field of Fate
• Fighting Chance
— Get Balrog’s “Mike-like” Additional Costume through “Lookalike” now available again in Fighting Chance.
• Battle Related Bug Fixes
— Karin
Fixed a bug where, after Karin gets hit with M. Bison’s V-Trigger II move Psycho Charge, if Karin successfully lands her backwards throw Arakuma Inashi and M. Bison performs recovery, the Psycho Charge status would not be removed.
— Rashid
As of Ver. 4.000, the damage for Dash Spinning Mixer was lower than intended. The damage has been restored to the values before Ver. 4.000.
— Ed
When hitting Psycho Snatcher – Air (non-hold version) against an airborne opponent who is relatively low in the air, the 2nd hit would not connect regardless of if the 1st hit connected. To fix this issue, the hitbox for the 2nd hit has been expanded in the downward direction, which helps to alleviate the situation.
— Blanka
Fixed a bug where, during the hit stun for certain attacks, Blanka’s horizontal hurtboxes would become larger than intended. The hurtboxes have been fixed to be the normal size for the corresponding motion.
— G
Fixed a bug where if G performed his V-Trigger II move G Rage, but if the move’s armor properties absorb a projectile attack at the same time as the throw becomes active, G would not be able to throw the opponent character.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing Street Fighter V.
Sources: Shadaloo C.R.I.; Street Fighter (Twitter)
Larian Studios has announced a new tactical RPG called Divinity: Fallen Heroes that is set in the same overall world as Divinity: Original Sin 2. D:FH can be played solo or cooperatively and will be released for multiple platforms later in 2019. “Fallen Heroes marries rich tactical gameplay with RPG choices and consequences, and introduces a wealth of new features and mechanics to the D:OS2 engine”.
Tomorrow, Gearbox will finally reveal Borderlands: Mask of Mayhem. To help hype the conversation, Gearbox released a minute-ish long video to pave the way for the livestream that will start at 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern in the Gearbox Twitch channel. The video doesn’t contain any gameplay, but it does reveal some familiar faces and ends with “Mayhem is coming”.
There’s been a whirlwind of information about the upcoming Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid title released by developer nWay and Lionsgate Games. First off, we know the full nine-character base roster, which will consist of the following characters:
We also know that there will be there post-launch DLC characters released as part of the Season One Pass included in the $40 Digital Collector’s Edition, which will also contain a Pink Ranger skin for the Ranger Slayer, and Lord Drakkon’s Evo II skin. A V2 skin for the Green Ranger is also available as a pre-order bonus. The Battle For The Grid Twitter account has also announced the game’s release dates, which vary by region and platform.
Nintendo Switch and Xbox One players will be the first to receive the game this Tuesday, March 26th, while PlayStation 4 players in Europe will get their hands on later next week on Thursday, March 28th. Unfortunately, PlayStation 4 users in the U.S. will have to endure the longest wait, as the game won’t be available until Tuesday, April 2nd.
We're excited to announce the following release dates for #PowerRangers Battle for the Grid. Behold, the viewing globe: #NintendoSwitch 03.26.19#XboxOne 03.26.19#PlayStation Europe 03.28.19#PS4 America 04.02.19 pic.twitter.com/8IKXMzmiH2
— Battle For The Grid (@Battle4TheGrid) March 22, 2019
In the meantime, we’ve got a large amount of gameplay footage for you to check out, with the title’s official gameplay trailer, a character reveal trailer for Lord Drakkon, the first two rounds of the “Morph Madness” tournament, some matches between the likes of Justin Wong, Clockw0rk, and ShadyK recorded by NerdJosh, as well as the master of the Wong Factor’s half-hour analysis of the game, and his thoughts. Bilbzy has also created character breakdowns for Mastadon Sentry and Kat Manx, which you can see below.
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is currently available for pre-order in both a $20 standard edition, and the $40 Digital Collector’s Edition, which will also provide PS4 players with an exclusive theme.
Sources: Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (YouTube); Justin Wong (YouTube); NerdJosh (YouTube); Bilbzy (YouTube); Battle For The Grid (Twitter)
As promised, SNK delivered a much closer look at their upcoming return to the classic franchise Samurai Shodown at PAX East 2019, beginning with a fantastic new trailer:
And the window has narrowed for the game’s release: now we can expect the title to be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2019, offering just over a month (at least) before we see the game on the Evo 2019 main stage. It will arrive on Switch and PC sometime later.
As gorgeous as the game is looking in the trailer, the gameplay is where it counts — and multiple sources are starting to provide video of exactly that. Here is 12 minutes of gameplay from IGN:
We can see that the game’s spirit seems to be intact: careful neutral game is required because of huge punishes on mistakes and whiffs. Here’s some more from LI Joe:
Or, how about a whopping 44 minutes of gameplay from Gematsu…?
The game is set very early in the franchise timeline, will have 16 fighters in the roster at launch (including three newcomers) and will feature an A.I. training system. From the press release:
Once again set in the late 18th century, after the events of Samurai Shodown V and prior to the events of the original game, Samurai Shodown will see the return of thirteen classic characters, including Haohmaru, Earthquake and Galford, who will be joined by three brand new characters to the series. Additional characters will also be available via post-launch DLC.
Developed in-house at SNK by the same team that brought us King of Fighters XIV, Samurai Shodown features a host of modes, such as Story, Practice, Online Battle and multiple offline battle modes. The new game will also debut an innovative new asynchronous online mode called “Dojo” that uses deep machine learning to create a CPU-avatar that learns from players’ actions during offline modes and creates a Ghost AI character. Players will be able to upload their Ghost to the leaderboards and also download Ghost data from other players. Players can take on Ghosts in 1v1 battle, or take on the Ironman Challenge and attempt to take down up to 100 ghosts in one go.
The game will be published in North America and Europe by the Los Angeles-based Athlon Games. We’re definitely looking forward to “embracing death” this summer!
Sources: Samurai Shodown; Athlon Games [press release]; Long Island Joe; IGN; Gematsu
Sony Interactive Entertainment hosted their first episode of their “PlayStation State of Play” stream yesterday — which they’ll be doing periodically throughout the year to showcase updates on various new titles coming to the platform, in a similar vein to Nintendo’s Directs. Though there wasn’t much of anything to report on the fighting game front for this maiden broadcast, the initial episode did end with a new “Old Skool Vs. New Skool” story trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat 11, which also confirmed that franchise veterans Jax, Liu Kang, and Kung Lao would officially be returning to the roster — joining the already-confirmed Scorpion, Raiden, Sub-Zero, Baraka, Skarlet, Sonya Blade, Kano, Kabal, Jade, Johnny Cage, Cassie Cage, Jacqui Briggs, D’Vorah, Kotal Khan, Erron Black, Noob Saibot, and newcomer Geras — bringing the current roster total up to 20. Shao Khan will serve as the game’s pre-order bonus, while the nefarious soul-stealing sorcerer Shang Tsung will be the first of six post-launch DLC characters contained in the Kombat Pack, which is included with the game’s Deluxe Edition. In addition, we can see the past version of Kitana joining the fray with the other younger versions of the warriors, but she was not explicitly confirmed to be playable during the broadcast. You can see the full trailer below, but be warned, as with anything Mortal Kombat-related, it is NSFW.
Mortal Kombat 11 will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam on Tuesday, April 23rd. A Closed Beta, available for all players that pre-ordered the game, will begin this Wednesday, March 27th, at 8:00 AM PDT, and will run until Sunday, March 31st, at 11:59 PM PDT, and will feature five playable characters: Scorpion, Baraka, Skarlet, Kabal, and Jade. A Kombat Kast will also be taking place later this week, to provide an overview of at least two kombatants that have been previously revealed without gameplay — which likely means some combination of Erron, Noob, Liu, Jax, D’Vorah, or Lao.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
If you’ve been dying to travel to the wilds of Scandinavia, today’s release of Generation Zero may be just the ticket. The game is considered an open world action game for PlayStation 4, XBox One and PC where players are transported to 80s Sweden where the local population has disappeared. Up to four players can play together or the game can be enjoyed solo.
Variety is reporting that Electronic Arts is laying off 350 employees out of its 9,000-strong staff. EA CEO Andrew Wilson wrote, “Today we took some important steps as a company to address our challenges and prepare for the opportunities ahead. We have made changes to our marketing and publishing organization, our operations teams, and we are ramping down our current presence in Japan & Russia as we focus on different ways to serve our players in those markets.”
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Elder Scrolls series, Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is free to all takers for today only (March 25th). Be sure to swing by the Bethesda site for download instructions.