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Christie confirmed for Dead Or Alive 6 at Paris Games Week

She puts the “sin” in assassin

Another series veteran was confirmed for Dead Or Alive 6 at Paris Games Week.  The “She Quan assassin” Christie was confirmed today at the event.

A screenshot of Christie was shared by Koch Media that was later confirmed by KOEI Tecmo Europe. The photo, which you can see in Koch Media’s tweet, shows off her new outfit for Dead Or Alive 6 as well as a new stage.

A veteran of the series since Dead Or Alive 3, Christie is an assassin who uses her She Quan style to deliver fast strikes and deadly mixups.  These tools made her a strong character throughout Dead Or Alive 5‘s various iterations, making her a familiar sight in tournaments.

KOEI Tecmo Europe has confirmed that a trailer for her would be coming soon, so stay locked on to Shoryuken for that and more fighting game news.

Dead Or Alive 6 arrives on PlayStation 4, PC, and XBox One on February 15, 2018.

Source: Koch Media, KOEI Tecmo Europe via Free Step Dodge

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SoulCalibur VI Post-Release Video Review

As you may have noticed, SRK is moving into the arena of video reviews to accompany our articles. This has been the case with a number of our most recent reviews, but I wanted to give our review for SoulCalibur VI a slight twist.

Since we’ve already covered SCVI exhaustively in two pre-release editorials, I figured it would be more helpful to do a post-release review that captured my thoughts now that they’ve incubated a bit. If you wanted a more immediate reaction sort of breakdown, I highly encourage you to read the previous editorials on this game, both for its competitive and casual aspects.

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Last chance qualifier registration and ticket sales for Capcom Cup 2018 are now live

Capcom Cup 2018 is less than a couple of months away. For players looking to head to Las Vegas to take a chance at getting into the event, or just spectating, the news you’ve been waiting for is now here. Both the registration for the last chance qualifier, as well as ticket sales for spectators for Capcom Cup 2018 are now open.

For players looking to enter the last chance qualifier, registration is now open over at Smash.gg. Entry costs $30 and will include admission into the Top 32 and Finals for those who don’t make it out of the last chance qualifier – provided that the players show up for their pools.

As for spectators, tickets are now available for purchase at the Luxor website. A two day pass for the event goes for $75.00. Those who do attend will not only see high level Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition action, but will also be treated to performances by Super Cr3w, DJ Qbert, as well as Del the Funky Homosapien with Domino and Dan the Automator – the artists behind the them for the G reveal trailer at Evo.

Tickets are limited however, so interested folks should book as soon as possible.

Source: Capcom Pro Tour

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SoulCalibur VI Roundup: Kayane’s Xianghua breakdown, Geralt tech traps, and more!

SoulCalibur VI marches on! The combo potential and ease-of-play has kept content streaming in to the SRK tipline: here’s the latest work from the community:

rooflemonger starts us off today with a beginner’s combo guides for Ivy and Astaroth. They might be quite different from each other, but both are technically the game’s grapplers. They can still put on the hurt though!

NurseLee has a beginner’s combo guide for The Witcher himself, and some nice tech traps with 6K!

KayaneTV is one of the world’s most famous Xianghua players. If there was ever a person you would want to see a breakdown of their character from, it’s her… so! Here you go:

Closing us out today is LegendaryWolf Shirou. Though this combo does start with a fairly impractical Mitsurugi unblockable, it doesn’t make the rest of it any less impressive:

Thanks to everyone that submitted content to us! If you have some SCVI tech you’d like to share with the world, reach out to us through our tipline.

Source: rooflemonger; NurseLee; KayaneTV; LegendaryWolf Shirou

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Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4 gets new life in this GNT4: Remastered Combo Video

You may not believe it if you’re relatively new to the FGC, but there was, at one point in time, a surprisingly solid scene for Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4 on the GameCube. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate — there still is a surprisingly solid scene for this game, one that’s lived on through reddit and modding.

It’s that latter part that’s the focus of today’s video: TheCape has been working on a remastered, re-balanced version of this niche GameCube title for a long time, and the fruits of his labor are seen below. if any of this intrigues you, make sure you stop by the GNT4 reddit to learn more about the game.

 

Source: TheCape

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KayaneTV interviews SoulCalibur composer Junichi Nakatsuru

Here’s one for the creative types in the FGC, particularly of the musically-inclined: KayaneTV recently got to sit down with Soul Calibur series composer Junichi Nakatsuru, and picked his brain for the source of his inspiration.

Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of Nakatsuru-san’s process is how far removed he is from the game itself when composing a theme. Long before the game is anywhere near playable, he is given a story and sketches of the character — luckily, his strong imagination and exceptional talent allow him to fill in the rest.

Source: KayaneTV

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KayaneTV interviews SoulCalibur composer Junichi Nakatsuru

Here’s one for the creative types in the FGC, particularly of the musically-inclined: KayaneTV recently got to sit down with Soul Calibur series composer Junichi Nakatsuru, and picked his brain for the source of his inspiration.

Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of Nakatsuru-san’s process is how far removed he is from the game itself when composing a theme. Long before the game is anywhere near playable, he is given a story and sketches of the character — luckily, his strong imagination and exceptional talent allow him to fill in the rest.

Source: KayaneTV

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s full roster may just have been leaked

One of the things players are eagerly looking forward to in the lead up to this December’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the identities of the characters in the game. Recently however, an inadvertent leak may have just revealed the upcoming game’s entire roster.

The “leak” in question comes from photos posted in the imageboard 4chan. The photos seem to be of some promotional artwork and material for the game that happens to show off characters that have not yet been announced for the game. The characters supposedly “revealed” by this leak are as follows.

  • Shadow the Hedgehog (from Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Banjo-Kazooie (from Banjo-Kazooie)
  • Isaac (from Golden Sun)
  • Ken (from Street Fighter)
  • Mach Rider (from Mach Rider)
  • Geno (from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
  • Chorus Kids (from Rhythm Heaven)

You can see them in this comparison of the game’s banners, including the “leaked” one, alongside the most recent one, and the one from E3 below.

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In addition to these characters, artwork also appears of a previously unseen stage.

While the photos were posted anonymously, users were able to decode the blacked out name on the images. These names have since been traced to the LinkedIn profile of an account manager at Les Ateliers Marina, a French printing company who’s clients include Super Smash Bros. Ultimate developer Bandai Namco.

Of course, all of this information is unverified, and as such we suggest taking it all with a grain of salt. That said, interested players can check out more details on it, and how the supposed source was traced over in the thread on ResetEra.

Source: ResetEra

 

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Skullgirls: 2nd Encore Complete Pack for PC is only $2 on Fanatical

Lab Zero’s Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is still one of the most impressive indie fighters ever made, what with its production values or its features that rival (or in the case of netcode, surpass) those of games made big name companies. Now, for those who have yet to get a copy of this fighter, now may be a great chance to do so thanks to a massive discount over at Fanatical.

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore‘s complete pack for PC can now be purchased for the amazingly low price of $1.99 over on Fanatical. Take note that this complete pack contains not just the 2nd Encore updgade, but also all of the additional characters (Squigly, Fukua, Big Band, Eliza, Beowulf, and Robo-Fortune),  DLC character colors, and other content (including Japanese voice overs) that Lab Zero has added into the game.

This complete pack usually retails for $24.99 so this discount represents a whopping 92% savings over that price.

Interested players can check out the discount over at  Fanatical.

Source: Fanatical

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Miss X joins the cast of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy

When NIS America and SNK teased a the next DLC character for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, many guessed that it would be Miss X — Iori’s cross-dressing alter-ego from SNK Gals’ Fighters. Well, it turns out they were right, as Miss X is the next DLC character for the game, just not how you remember him… err, her.

That’s right, just like Terry, Iori has magically been turned into an actual girl for Miss X’s appearance in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Battle. That said, those who prefer the cross-dressing original can still play as him via one of Miss X’s alternate outfits. Her other alternate on the other hand has her dress up as rival Kyo Kusanagi, or more precisely, a Kyo fan-girl (something seems to irk her to no end).

You can check Miss X out in the trailer below.

Miss X becomes available for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy on PlayStation 4 and Switch on November 15.

Source: NIS America