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Mortal Kombat 11 announced at The Game Awards 2018, releasing April 23

Getting over here real soon!

While Mortal Kombat co-creator, Ed Boon was brought out on stage at The Game Awards 2018 to announce the Best Sports/Racing Game of 2018, there was a brief “glitch” in the system, announcing Mortal Kombat 11 in all of its bloody unadulterated gory glory.

Featuring “Custom Character Variations”, players will be able to make fighters match their own playstyle. Mortal Kombat 11 also touts a new graphics engine ensuring that every strike looks more dynamic than ever. Expect characters both old and new with an epic story mode seeking to be the best in the genre.

Mortal Kombat 11 is releasing on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on April 23 with a community reveal event coming January 17. Those who pre-order the title will gain access to Shao Kahn as a playable character and the upcoming beta.

Stick around for more Mortal Kombat 11 news, the hype train has arrived and it won’t be long until its ready for launch!

Source: Mortal Kombat

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Mikado Arcade’s Street Fighter Carnival 12 continues with Fighting EX Layer, The King of Fighters ’98 tournament VODs

World-famous Mikado Arcade is back with two more tournament VODs featuring high-level Japanese play in a variety of classic arcade titles!

It might come as bit of a surprise to see indie darling Fighting EX Layer show up at this event, especially alongside a legacy game like The King of Fighters ’98. This is almost certainly a tie-in with the recent released arcade version of the game — and if it isn’t, then Mikado has an obvious out either way: they did run a Fighting Layer tournament last week, after-all.

You can follow the action of SFC12 by subscribing to Mikado’s official YouTube channel. For the night owls in the US, you can even try to catch them when they livestream.

Source: Mikado Arcade

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Wizards of the Coast Announces a $10M Prize Pool for Magic: The Gathering

Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have announced that Magic: The Gathering will be breaking into the esports industry across both digital and tabletop versions of the game. Throughout 2019, tabletop and digital MtG players will be vying for a portion of the $10M prize pool. In addition, Magic Pro League offers play and streaming contracts worth $75,000. The first $1M tournament will be held at PAX East 2019.

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You Can Watch The Game Awards Right Here with Bill

Sadly, poor Bill Murphy has to work tonight but we’re pretty sure he’ll be taking a peek at The Game Awards 2018 as all the big awards are handed out and big new announcements are made. Someone has to keep Bill company because you can bet your boots I’ll be getting ready to sleep since I’m on the early shift every day! We’ve got a simulcast embedded in the article all prepped and ready for the show. You guys are in charge of keeping the conversation going!

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Jonny “HumanBomb” Cheng parts ways with Primo Esports, will not make it to the Capcom Cup Last Chance Qualifier

One player who hasn’t really been able to compete that much in the past few months, is Jonny “HumanBomb” Cheng. Now, we know the reason why: HumanBomb has announced over Twitter that he has parted ways with Primo Esports. Prior to this, he states that he had not been able to travel to compete over the past few month due to “complications with the contractual arrangement.”

The Hong Kong-based Primo Esports had previously acquired Forger Esports, the team that had been sponsoring HumanBomb prior to this. Whether or not the acquisition had anything to do with the aforementioned contractual complications is unknown. Because of his departure however, HumanBomb states that he will no longer be able to compete in the Last Chance Qualifier for Capcom Cup.

Source: HumanBomb

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Fight of Gods to release for Nintendo Switch on December 12th in Asian markets, English version to follow later

Soon, you can bless your Nintendo Switch with the most beautifully blasphemous fighting game in existence — according to the Malaysian government, at least — Fight of Gods.

The plucky little Unity fighter received sudden bolster in sales when they announced Jesus as a playable character last year, prompting both political backlash and enough fanatical purchases to get them where they are today — releasing their tongue-in-cheek indie project onto the Nintedo Switch worldwide.

Well… eventually it’ll be worldwide, at least — the game releases into the Asian market on Dec. 12th, but an exact release date for the U.S. is still in the works.

Fight of Gods will retail for 1,500 ¥ in Japan, or about $14 USD.

Sources: FightOfGods; COSEN Indie Game Publisher And Developer

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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will be free to play on December 11-18 on both PlayStation 4 and Steam, adding “Sponsored Content”

With the community counting down to Capcom Cup 2018, Capcom has a special treat for any players looking to get started on Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. The game will have a special free trial period from December 11 to 18 on both PlayStation 4 and Steam.

This free trial period starts on December 11 at 1:00 PM PT (though downloads will be available at 9:00 AM PT) and will end on December 19 at 9:59 AM PT. For PlayStation 4 users, PlayStation Plus is not required to download the game. It will however, still be required for online play. For PC, all players need is a Steam account.

Players who join in on the trial will be able to use the original 16 characters from when Street Fighter V initially released, as well as DLC characters Guile, Akuma, and Sagat. The latter three will only be available in online play, Training, and Challenges. In addition to this, the following modes will also be available.

  • Arcade
  • Versus
  • Online (Ranked, Casual, and Battle Lounge)
  • Challenges
  • Training

December 11 will also bring Sponsored Content to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. These are various ads related to the Capcom Pro Tour: specifically, they will come in the form of “Ad Style” costumes for each character, “Loading Ads” that’ll appear in the versus screen before each match, and “Stage Ads” which will have certain stages, such as the Ring of Power, feature a sponsor.

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Sponsored Content however can be turned off. There will be a new “Sponsored Content Settings” sub-menu in the game’s options that allow players to turn these on or off. For those who keep them on, however, playing with Sponsored Content will allow them to earn additional Fight Money in-game.

Source: Capcom-Unity

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Charlotte, 18+ rating apparently confirmed for Samurai Shodown during a closed-door presentation

The 2nd quarter release date was apparently not the only thing revealed for Samurai Shodown at SNK’s IPO press conference. As part of the event, a build of the game was shown to select journalists by SNK. During the presentation, it seems that Charlotte Christine de Colde was one of the characters shown, or at least confirmed by SNK. The French fencer was not shown in-game in Samurai Shodown‘s announce trailer. However, she did appear as part of a key visual included in said trailer.

In addition to this, during the presentation, SNK stated that they were aiming for an 18+ rating (ESRB M rating, or CERO 18+) for the game due to effects like the blood splattering and dismemberment.

Sadly, SNK did not allow any footage to be taken of the presentation, so we’ll have to wait until we actually get to see Charlotte in action. Samurai Shodown is set to arrive sometime in 2019.

Source: Game Focus; via Gatoray