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The official reveal show for the 2019 Evolution Championship Series streams live tonight at 6:00 PM PT on Twitch; where the main stage games for the world’s biggest fighting game event — to be held in Las Vegas on August 2-4, 2019 — will be unveiled!
Watch live video from evo on www.twitch.tv
Source: Evo (Twitch)
If you’re a fan of the DUNE universe, we’ve got big news for you: Funcom and Legendary Studios have teamed up to create games set in the DUNE universe. This is a six-year partnership and will include at least three games for both PC and console platforms. One game is going to be an open world multiplayer game that will be starting production this year.
If you’re a fan of the DUNE universe, we’ve got big news for you: Funcom and Legendary Studios have teamed up to create games set in the DUNE universe. This is a six-year partnership and will include at least three games for both PC and console platforms. One game is going to be an open world multiplayer game that will be starting production this year.
Tomorrow’s server maintenance brings a big update to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. Capcom has revealed the DLC lineup for this year’s Capcom Pro Tour, and as usual it includes a new stage and three new costumes.
This year’s stage is the Ring of Justice, sure to please fans of Final Fight characters. Kage and Sagat are getting new outfits in this batch, with the Champion’s Choice costume — designed by Capcom Cup 2018 champion Gachikun — to be announced later. (It will probably be for Rashid.) Some additional content will be offered as part of the full Premier Pass bundle as well. Price/content details from the Capcom Pro Tour page are below.
Since 2016, a portion of the CPT DLC sales has contributed towards the prize pool for Capcom Cup, the final competition on the Capcom Pro Tour. For the last two years, fan contributions have made a significant difference in prizing. Proceeds from a portion of the CPT 2019 DLC sales will once again go towards Capcom Cup 2019’s prize pool.
The Ring of Justice stage and three costumes can be purchased separately or as a bundle. In addition to those items, fans who purchase the bundle will receive custom CPT 2019 titles, player profile cards, new colors for characters from all previous and current seasons, and 10,000 in-game Fight Money.
Capcom Pro Tour Costumes
Capcom Pro Tour 2019 Costume: Sagat – $5.99/€5.99/£4.99
Capcom Pro Tour 2019 Costume: Kage – $5.99/€5.99/£4.99
Capcom Pro Tour 2019 Costume: Champion’s Choice Costume – $5.99/€5.99/£4.99
Capcom Pro Tour Stage – Ring of Justice
CPT Stage – $9.99/€9.99/£7.99
Capcom Pro Tour Bundle
Capcom Pro Tour 2019 Premier Pass – $19.99/€19.99/£15.99
The following items are available with the CPT 2019 Premier Pass only:
The extra 10,000 FM included in the Premier Pass is a welcome boost to the Fight Money-starved game, although prior years have also included additional CPT missions to earn extra FM as well. We’ll have to wait and see if they return this year, as they are not mentioned as part of the CPT 2019 DLC.
Source: Capcom Pro Tour
Get ready to find out what fighting games will be on the main stage at Evo 2019: the official reveal show will be on twitch.tv/evo at 6:00 PM PT tomorrow, February 26. Don’t miss it!
The #Evo2019 reveal show takes place Feb. 26th at 6PM PT! Also, for streamers, feel free to join in on the reveals with us and restream the show via @Twitch at https://t.co/pRm0CRLp4y to your followers/community — We're looking forward to the hype & good games!
— EVO (@EVO) February 25, 2019
The next Evolution Championship Series hits the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on August 2-4, 2019.
Source: Evo (Twitter)
As You Sow is an organization dedicated to corporate social responsibility and each year it provides a detailed report about executive salaries and calculates which ones are overpaid. In this year’s report of the 100 most overpaid executives, two gaming CEOs made the list: EA’s CEO Andrew Wilson and Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick.
Amazon.com has a new listing from Bethesda that seems to be teasing another Fallout game. The listing does not have the name “Fallout” on it anywhere or any box art. However, a quick look at the images associated with the listing reveals an old-fashioned countdown video similar to that used in other games. The release date, obviously a placeholder, is listed as December 31, 2019 with pages available for PlayStation 4, PC and XBox One. Editions include Standard, Deluxe & Collector’s.
This is a guest blog by yogaboy from Super Turbo Revival. Be sure to check their page out for more Super Street Fighter II Turbo news!
Star Cup was a tournament that ran in Nagoya, Japan from 2006 to 2014, and now it’s back in 2019 for a special occasion: the 25th anniversary of its featured game, Super Street Fighter II Turbo. The exact date of the anniversary is Saturday, February 23 — although some video footage shows how the first beta versions of game actually arrived to the arcades in the USA around the end of March in 1994.
What makes Star Cup special is that it’s a singles tournament; traditionally in Japan, all of the Super Turbo majors are always team tournaments like the 3vs3 X-Mania (now renamed to X-EST) or the 5vs5 Kakerugo (formerly known as Gian Recital). Even though it’s a singles tournament, it still comes with a twist where players have to lock in which 3 different characters they are going to use beforehand. This year, they are allowing use of the same character 3 times, whereas in the past, competitors could only use the same one twice.
The last time Star Cup tournament took place was in 2014 for the 20th anniversary, and it had one of the best finals ever witnessed between the two best players in Japan, Otochun and MAO. We might see the same outcome this time as well. You can see the 2014 final here:
For the last two months, qualifiers have been running all around Japan to fill the final 16-player bracket for this Saturday. Well-known names like Mattsun, Yuuvega, and Murasaki are among those players. Details of the qualifiers:
Here are the results and videos of the qualifiers from last week plus all the details of the upcoming Star Cup tournament which starts on Friday at 7pm (PST time)https://t.co/j3vREIArSd
— STRevival (@ST_Revival) February 22, 2019
Star Cup begins tonight at 7:00 PM PT! Check out the ST Revival page for more details.
Sources: Space Shuttle (Twitter): STRevival (Twitter); Kakuge Checker [in Japanese]
Even more Crossover Costumes are sliding their way into Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, as the latest blog post from Capcom-Unity reveals that Ryu will be receiving a Mega Man Crossover Costume, while Sakura will gain her first such outfit by donning the attire of Roll Caskett from Mega Man Legends. You’ll be able to turn these Shotokan brawlers into super fighting robots on February 26th, which each Premium attire setting you back $3.99.
Additionally, though Mech Zangief, Mech F.A.N.G, Mech Juri, and Mech Abigail are returning to Extra Battle for a second showdown, if you’d prefer to save your Fight Money, you can purchase the four — alongside Jin Saotome Ryu and his Theme from Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes and Cyberbots — in the new “Robot Bundle” for $9.99.
Finally, Alex isn’t the only grappler getting some new duds, as the next Fighting Chance Costume will be for Zangief, as he’ll be donning a luchador mask in a (fairly minimal) effort to conceal his identity, becoming “The Gief.” You’ll be able to try your luck at getting this outfit from Menat’s fortune readings starting February 26th. You can see more detailed descriptions of the outfits — as well as screenshots and a trailer, where they battle Guts Man Balrog and Air Man Rashid in a Dojo full of E-Tanks — below.
Mega Man for Ryu (Mega Man) – Mega Man needs no introduction, as the Blue Bomber and hero of 20XX is just as iconic as Ryu. In fact, if you look really closely, a charged Mega Buster shot almost resembles a Hadoken, making this costume a perfect fit for Ryu! This costume is available for purchase for MSRP $3.99.
Roll for Sakura (Mega Man) – Those familiar with the Mega Man series are probably familiar with Roll, Mega Man’s “little sister” and Dr. Light’s assistant. In the Mega Man Legends games, Roll Caskett is a different character entirely – a genius mechanic and best friend of Mega Man Volnutt who’s searching for a grand treasure. This costume is available for purchase for MSRP $3.99.
Leo for Alex (Red Earth) – Leo is one of four playable characters in Red Earth, a Capcom fighting game series first released in 1996. As the king of Greedia, Leo was cursed to become half-lion half-man by unknown invaders. He has now accepted his fate and holds this curse as a symbol of strength. This costume is available in Extra Battle Mode starting March 15! During this time, you can also obtain Leo’s Theme to be used as background music.
The Gief – He wants to be a bit more humble and hide his true identity in the ring with a mask. But let’s face it, it’s not hard to figure out who’s behind the mask. This costume is available in Fighting Chance on February 26!
BUNDLES
Robot Bundle – Keep those circuits going, because we’re putting the previous robotic-themed costumes from Extra Battle Mode into a shiny new bundle for a limited time. The Robot Bundle is available for $9.99 and includes Mech Zangief, Mech F.A.N.G, Mech Juri, Mech Abigail, the Jin Saotome costume, and the Cyberbots background music.
That seems to wrap things up for the upcoming February update to SFVAE. Are you looking forward to grabbing any of these new costumes? Be sure to let us know in the comments below!
Source: Capcom-Unity
Silicon Knights and Precursor Games veteran Denis Dyacks is back in business after an extended absence from game development. Dyacks started with Silicon Knights before leaving to form Precursor Games where he lost a court fight with Epic Games leading to bankruptcy. He’s back and reinventing himself yet again by forming Apocalypse Studios in Canada and working hard on a free to play ARPG / multiplayer game where the player is undead and fighting the living.