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One of the things that the impending PC release of Fighting EX Layer brings is the ability to play the game in 4K. Now, less than a day away from its release, ARIKA has shared some 4K screenshots of their game.

The Facebook gallery below features 20 screenshots of the PC version of the game running at 4K resolution. Additionally, at least one of the screenshots are displaying Arabic text; this is one of the languages that’s being added in the upcoming patch for all versions the game.

Fighting EX Layer arrives on PC on November 30, 2018.

Source: Arika (Facebook)

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SoulCalibur VI is getting a second guest character, in the form of 2B from NieR: Automata. As part of this, it seems that Yoko Taro, the creator of the latter game, had some trouble creating names for her various moves for the game.

In the latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation, Yoko Taro mentions that coming up with names for 2B’s attacks in SoulCalibur VI ended up being “more trouble than expected”.  This is because they wanted names that felt right for the game. As such, they actually had to come up with a ruleset for creating these names.

Speaking of names, the interview also goes over the nickname of 2B’s alternate color: “2P”. When asked what the P means, Taro eventually throws out “Panasonic” (in reference to the electronics company). While seemingly a joke, Taro later concludes that the P does stand for that. “It’s fine, I mean they’re world-famous,” he states. “So that decides it, 2P’s P stands for Panasonic.” Additionally, he mentions how “Panasonic” means “every sound”, and that the word fits the theme of the ending theme from NieR.

Source: Dengeki PlayStation, via Ryokutya

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Suddenly find yourself with a large prize pool and not quite sure how to tackle the math? FGC community member D0N_757 has put together a handy little phone app, called “Pot Splitter”, for tournament organizers. This simple tool divides up the entrance fees among placements as defined by the user and figures out the correct total for each place. There’s even a tool for correctly divvying pot bonuses among your top players.

You can download the Pot Splitter app for Android devices on the Google Store here.

Source: D0N_757

Recently, some news has come out regarding some of the game’s coming to Sony’s upcoming micro console, the PlayStation Classic. Specifically, nine of the games on the system will be the European (PAL) versions of the game.

Two of these nine games are the 3D fighters that help define the original PlayStation: Tekken 3 and Battle Arena Toshinden. With these games being the PAL versions, this means that both games will run at a 50hz refresh rate – slower than the 60hz standard used by NSTC regions.

With refresh rates tied to frame rates, this effectively means that these games will run slower than intended. This is especially bad for the aforementioned fighting games, especially Tekken 3. While Battle Arena Toshinden is more of a curiosity that hasn’t aged as well, Tekken 3 is considered one of the best installments of the series — one whose home version has never been re-released.

The other games affected by this are Cool Boarders 2, Destruction Derby, Grand Theft Auto, Jumping Flash!, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, Resident Evil Director’s Cut, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.

For anyone planning to get the PlayStation Classic, be reminded then that the above games may not play quite like you remember them (unless you’re from a PAL region!).

Sources: Destructoid; MarkMan