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On Saturday, December 8th, the Funcom team will be on hand with the Kinda Funny Games Showcase via Twitch to reveal the next game themed around Conan. The streaming event kicks off at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern.
Kenshi has officially launched after 12 years in development by lone game designer Chris Hunt. Kenshi is described as a “huge sword-punk sandbox RPG” that mixes in a healthy dose of squad-based control and city building features. In four years of early access testing on Steam, Kenshi has earned itself nearly 6,000 Mostly Positive reviews, with the most recent 800 coming in at “Overwhelmingly Positive”.
Fighting EX Layer recently completed its long-awaited trek to the Steam platform — but was it worth the wait? PC MasterRace Latinoamérica has shared a number of screenshots from the PC version with us, showing off what the game looks like with all settings cranked to max:
For comparison’s sake, You can see the same tests preformed on PCMR’s site for Tekken 7, The King of Fighters XIV, and Street Fighter V. Note that the above is just a small sample of PCMRLA’s gallery: to see the full gallery of screenshots, click here to go to their site!
Source: PC MasterRace Latinoamérica
Tekken Bot Prime has just been updated to support Tekken 7‘s version 2.10 patch. This means players can now use it to see the frame data of new characters Craig Marduk and Armor King.
For those not familiar with it, Tekken Bot Prime is a tool created by WAZAAAAA0 that provides a real-time frame data overlay for Tekken 7. This makes it a great tool for learning new characters and match-ups, as well as analyzing a characters overall strength.
For those players on PC that are interested in it, you can get the update for free over on Github.
Source: Avoiding the Puddle
Tekken 7 tech roundup — Armor King’s unblockable Rage Drive, Marduk death resets, and more!
Armor King, Craig Marduk, Julia Chang revealed for Tekken 7 Season 2
SNK recently held an IPO press conference in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Korea. As part of this, they gave out updates on their plans for their various IPs, which included details regarding Samurai Shodown and The King of Fighters XV.
Regarding Samurai Shodown, while initially announced at a PlayStation 4 event, the presentation confirms that the game will also be coming to PC, Xbox One, and Switch. Additionally, it seems that it is slated to be released sometime during the second quarter of 2019.
As for The King of Fighters XV, not much was said about the currently-unannounced title, except that it’s been planned for 2020.
SNK announces Samurai Spirits for PlayStation 4
Former BioWare developer Mike Laidlaw has been hired by Ubisoft Quebec as the Creative Director for an as-yet unannounced project. Laidlaw was most well-known for his work on the Dragon Age series of games while at BioWare and most recently has been a consultant on The Waylanders RPG. Could Laidlaw be working on the next iteration of Assassin’s Creed now that the series has made a turn to full-blown RPG? We wouldn’t mind!
Yasuyuki Oda is someone who’s had a long history with SNK. While he rejoined the company for King of Fighters XIV, he also got his start in the company over 20 years ago back in 1993.
In a new interview, Arcade Attack talks to Oda about his history with the company, talking about how it was like to work there back in the day. Oda talks about his initial work as an artist and later doing testing for games such as Fatal Fury Special and Art of Fighting 2. Now, working as a producer in a revitalized SNK, he says that he’s able to use his experience working on fighting games to teach newer staff about them and their development.
Moving over to their most recent release, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, they talk about looking at female characters from SNK’s various titles and bringing them into the game. While they started with the popular ones from past games, they also looked at newer characters and how they could make them more popular. Additionally, Oda admits that he wishes they could have added even more characters, specifically pointing to Cathy and Roddy from Top Hunter.
Of course, this is just a small part of the interview. Read the rest over at Arcade Attack, where they go over things such as Oda’s favorite SNK games and character, non-SNK titles, and more.
Source: Arcade Attack
Recently, we reported on the fact that some of the games on the PlayStation Classic, including a couple of fighting games, would be the PAL versions with the incorrect frame rate. Now, a method has surfaced to be able to play these games as the NTSC versions.
The trick to setting the console to play in NTSC simply involves access the settings of the emulator used by the PlayStation Classic. As the video below from Retro Gaming Arts demonstrates, this menu is pretty easy to access: all players need to do is to plug in a USB keyboard, and then press the ESC key.
Doing the above gives full access the the settings for the PCSX ReARMed emulator used by the console. Players can switch to NTSC by going to the “Options” menu and switching “Region” from “Auto” to “NTSC.”
Now, take note that some folks have stated that they haven’t been able to access the menu, and it seems that not all keyboards are recognized by the system. Additionally, as demonstrated in the video, changing some of the other settings can cause the system to crash.
Source: Retro Gaming Arts; via Nibel
Arcade Shock has opened pre-orders for a new variant on the LS-33 lever from Seimitsu, the LS-33-01 Kai compact joystick. This version is now available both with fastener-type connections, and a new 5-pin connector variation that makes for easier compatibility with retail fight sticks.
From Arcade Shock:
The original LS-33 was produced only in the Fastener type, and its main purpose was to be the most compact lever in their lineup for situations where space is limited. This joystick was used primarily in Japanese arcade cabinets, as this was never implemented in any commercial arcade stick. Over the course of a year in our meetings with Seimitsu, we discussed the possibility of reintroducing an improved version of the LS-33, with one modern feature: offer this with a 5-pin variant as well. All the parts of the LS-33 Kai and the LS-33-01 Kai are identical to the original LS-33, except for the plastic base which is slighter taller. The spring is very light, similar to Sanwa Denshi’s JLF stock joystick.
You can pre-order both versions of the stick now at Arcade Shock for $19.95 USD; orders are expected to start shipping tomorrow, December 5th.
Source: Arcade Shock
2016’s Capcom Cup was rife with issues of players unable to attend the tournament due to visa issues; while last year was quite the departure from this — only NuckleDu withdrew from the tournament — the visa issue has reared its ugly head once again.
The Dominican Republic’s SonicBoxx|Crossover — the Latin America Regional Finals winner — has announced today that he was unable to secure a visa from the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic, and thus will be unable to attend. This currently leaves the Latin American slot up in the air: Pikoro would be pressed to secure a visa in a short amount of time, as Peruvians require a visa to enter the US, leaving Doomsnake507 of Panama as the highest-placing competitor in the bracket who does not a require a visa to travel to the United States.
It sadden me to say that I won't be able to make it to CC due to the embassy in DR not approving my visa, I'm in tears now and in so much pain I worked hard all of these years to get this opportunity and this happened, I'm grateful for the friends I have, see you in 2020 pic.twitter.com/qj6v9CbYCn
— SonicBoxx | Crossover
(@Crossover_RD) December 4, 2018
Source: Crossover