Everyone has a fighting chance
Those who have been dying to try out Red Dead Redemption 2 Online will be able to starting on Tuesday, November 27th if they are owners of the Ultimate edition of the game. Throughout the balance of the week, players of other versions of the game will be rolled into the beta experience that is a free cooperative and competitive game mode.
Following up their week of Black Friday discounts, it’s almost time for the Cyber Monday sale at Arcade Shock. You’ll be able to score select HORI products — or the Japan version of the NEO GEO Mini — at special one-day prices on Monday, November 26th. A 15% discount on parts and accessories (excluding Brook products, or pre-ordered/customized items) and 50% off Splitframe apparel will also be available and continue throughout the week to come, no Coupon Codes needed.
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Despite being busy with SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy and the upcoming Samurai Shodown, SNK hasn’t forgotten about The King of Fighters XIV. During a recent event, the company announced that the game would be receiving a new update this coming December.
The announcement was made after the KOFXIV Masters Tournament at The King of Fighters Festival 2018. The update itself is set to drop near the end of December 2018. As for what the update entails, no details have been announced as of yet.
The King of Fighters XIV has generally had good balance, especially compared to its predecessor. However, the most recent round of DLC characters have added in some pretty dominating fighters. Whether or not this new update simply addresses that, or adds even more power to the game’s cast, is something we’ll likely find out in the near future.
Source: King of Fighters Festival 2018, via Gatoray KOF
Sometimes, the real challenge of putting together a combo video is just to find something fresh. In The King of Fighters XIV, Mai Shiranui has less flashy potential than average: most extended setups, for example, rely on tired-and-true combo video methods of extensions, such as delayed fireballs.
Persona Entertainment‘s goal has always been to push out interesting conversions for every character in KOFXIV, and despite Mai’s limitations, they still manage to find ways to squeeze out stun combos and cross-under juggles. Check out the video above to see his Mai creations, or check out the rest of his series on his YouTube channel.
Source: Persona Entertainment
One of the most powerful testaments to the strength of a game is its scene’s desire to continue playing long past the expiration date of “main stage” status. This is one of the reasons why Super Street Fighter II Turbo will never die, and why the players over at GameSpot Versus will always be a threat in their beloved classic fighter.
GameSpot Versus regularly hosts East vs. West team tournaments with nearly 50 players showing up to represent their scenes. If the game play of this massive event impressed you, be sure to check out their twitch channels for even more high level action across a range of legacy titles.
Source: Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Farm 51 has sent word that a new update has been deployed for World War 3 that will bring Team Deathmatch into the game alongside several new vehicles, weapons, uniforms and other customization items. Players can also look forward to improved performance, a retooled spawn system and other technical improvements.
Heavy Metal Machines is racing into season two, one that is themed around the works of H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. The Lovecraft content brings new cosmetics and unlocks. In addition, players will find a new character, Stargazer, a support vehicle that offers abilities including Orbital Beam, Life Support System Warp and Entangle. Stargazer “was inspired by the African-American astronaut, Mae Carol Jemison”.
SNK is digging deep into the history for the next DLC character for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. Joining the cast is Jeanne d’Arc from ADK’s World Heroes.
As the trailer below demonstrates, Jeanne (not Janne, as it was apparently misspelled in her home series) brings her classic whip-sword — a weapon she wielded well before SoulCalibur‘s Ivy. In addition to her default armored costume, Jeanne also wears a Samurai themed two piece bikini, and an even fancier set of armor as her alternate outfits.
Jeanne arrives in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy for Switch and PlayStation 4 on December 13.
Source: Nintendo
Arc System Works has released some new information regarding Kill la Kill the Game: IF at ArcRevo Japan. Two new characters have appeared — Ragyo Kiryuin and Nui Harime. Fans of the show will recall these two as the main antagonists of the series: With that in mind, their confirmation shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Arc System Works also announced that Kill la Kill the Game: IF would also be coming to the Switch. No other details regarding this version were released.
Kill la Kill the Game: IF is coming to PlayStation 4 and Switch in 2019.
Source: Anime FGC News, Famitsu
One of the most notable things about the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is just how large its roster of characters is. Despite this however, there’s still bound to be some players who are disappointed that certain characters from the Nintendo canon did not make it in.
In a recent interview with GameInformer, Smash creator Masahiro Sakurai talks about this, discussing how they wanted to not disappoint fans, and yet how they can’t really avoid doing so anyway.
“There will be people who might feel disappointed if fighters that appeared in a previous title are not included,” Sakurai states. “I didn’t want any players to feel that way, so we worked really hard to make this happen.”
Despite this however, he admits that, as much as they try, there will always be fans who will be disappointed. “But what I learned is that regardless of doing our utmost, no matter how hard we try, and no matter how many fighters we include, there will always be people who feel that way.”
Of course, that’s just a small part of the interview, read the rest over at GameInformer.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arrives on Switch on December 7, 2018.
Source: GameInformer
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