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Earlier this year, we reported that Tanita was collaborating with Sega to develop a new twin-stick for the latter’s latest VIRTUAL-ON game Toaru Majutsu no VIRTUAL-ON. While that project ended in failure, the company is now having another go at it.

Famitsu is reporting that Tanita is once again working with Sega on a twin-stick controller for PlayStation 4. The controller is to be called the “XVCD-18-b 18 type control device”, named after the model number of one of the series Virtuaroids, and will cost ¥44,600 ($396). Preliminary design drawings of the controller show a much larger case than the previous attempt, this time looking to accurately replicate the original VIRTUAL-ON arcade control panel.

Helping with this is new partner Sanwa Denshi, who is now involved with the project. As part of this partnership, Tanita is looking to create a new business model for them for manufacturing these kinds of controllers.

As with the previous effort though, whether or not the XVCD-18-b 18 reaches production will be based on whether or not it can get enough support for the players. Tanita is gauging interest via CAMPFIRE where interested players have until November 29 to order. Production will only commence once 1,000 orders have been placed.

Source: Famitsu

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Do you want to get into Square Enix’s upcoming console port of Million Arthur: Arcana Blood? Whether it’s because you’re a Square fan or because you’ll play anything with Iori in it, you might find it difficult to find information on this new fighter. It has no release planned outside of Japan currently and, even with its time in arcades, translated information has been limited.

Thanks to the efforts of Da_Joker_27 over on twitter, we now have a thorough translation of the basic systems in MA:AB. Everything you need to know to jump into this new anime fighter can be found by clicking here — and if it seems like your sort of game, you should also take a plunge into the MA:AB Discord here.

Million Arthur: Arcana Blood hits PlayStation 4 in Japan on November 29.

Source: Da_Joker_27

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There’s a massive arcade, pinball, and video game expo in Nashville called The Grand Ole Gameroom Expo. On November 9-11, 2018, this expo will also be home to TNEA Arena, a massive FGC major with nearly $4,000 in pot bonuses across a variety of games:

• SoulCalibur VI – $1,000 Pot Bonus
• Tekken 7 – $1,000 Pot Bonus
• Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition – $500 Pot Bonus
• Super Smash Bros. Melee – $700 Pot Bonus
• Super Smash Bros. Wii U – $700 Pot Bonus

The tournament takes place in the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel, and entry into the tournament also gives you access to the full Expo. You can find out more information, and register online, by checking out TNEA’s smash.gg page here.

Source: TNEA

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Last week saw the departure of multiple players from Echo Fox. Punk was one of the casualties of their cutbacks — having only this year signed with the team upon his departure from Panda Global.

Punk, however, was quick to get back on his feet with a new team. His signing with Team Reciprocity was announced today — which marks the FPS team’s first foray into the fighting game community.

Time will tell how well other Echo Fox releases — JDCR, Saint, Scar, Theo, and Boeken — will bounce back from their departures.

Finally can Announce that I’ve been picked up by @TeamReciprocity happy to be working with these guys and big things to come from us. pic.twitter.com/NjpW7AGx5x

— Punk (@PunkDaGod) October 17, 2018

Source: Punk

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As previously reported, returning characters Bass, Tina, and Mila were recently announced for Dead or Alive 6. Now, Team NINJA has revealed when players will actually get to try them out!

Team NINJA has announced that they will be bringing a new public build of Dead or Alive 6 with Bass, Tina, and Mila playable to the upcoming DOA Festival 2018 in November. This will be the first time these three characters will be playable to the public.

DOA Festival is Team NINJA’s annual big tournament for the series in Japan. This year’s event will take place at the Ochanomizu Sora City Conference Center in Tokyo on November 18th, 2018.

Aside from the competition, Team NINJA has used past DOA Festivals to make announcements for the games; as such, it’s possible that they company may have some announcements in store for Dead or Alive 6 at this year’s event, too.

Dead or Alive 6 is coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on February 15, 2019.

Source: Team NINJA

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