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ESPN has revealed the cover of its latest magazine issue, this time featuring Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. This is the first time in the magazine’s history that a gamer has been portrayed on the cover. Ninja is a professional gamer who has gained enormous fame through his Fortnite escapades. Blevins is also the first streamer to have acquired over ten million Twitch followers. Jump through to take a peek!
Sony has opened their official website for the 2018 Tokyo Game Show, and they’ve revealed the games that they’re bringing to the event. Part of this lineup includes a few fighting games that many people may be looking forward to.
The fighting games that are part of Sony’s TGS 2018 lineup are Samurai Shodown, Dead or Alive 6, and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. The first two shouldn’t be surprising, considering that they were featured in their pre-TGS “PlayStation LineUp Tour” livestream. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection may have already launched in the West, but the Japanese version has yet to be released owing to Capcom adding Japanese language support, among other things.
Of the three, only Dead or Alive 6 and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection are listed as playable at the show floor. Samurai Shodown on the other hand is only listed as having a trailer. Whether or not this is a new trailer or simply the reveal trailer from last week is yet unknown.
The 2018 Tokyo Game Show takes place from September 20 to 23 at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Source: Sony
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Wargaming has announced that it has opened a new office in Guildford, United Kingdom for the express purpose of creating an “unannounced free-to-play, multiplatform MMO” using the Unreal Engine. The studio will be headed up by Sean Decker who joined Wargaming earlier in 2018 after a over a decade of experience with both EA and CCP Games. Decker will oversee a 25-developer team that will grow as the game’s development deepens.
Not content to lead up to Halloween with spooky costumes from the Darkstalkers series, Capcom has also revealed that four more Halloween outfits are inbound to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. Abigail becomes a rampaging cyclops, Kolin is a witch, Falke is now a goddess of death, and Guile joins the legions of the undead.
Like most premium costumes, these will run you $3.99 USD apiece. They’ll be creeping into the Shop alongside the new Darkstalkers Crossover Costumes on September 25th. If you missed a prior year’s Halloween outfits (or the “Spooky Arena” stage), Capcom is also offering them in bundles so you can catch up.
Source: Street Fighter
Mikado Arcade, home of some of the world’s highest levels of play in a wide range of arcade games, is a venue we attempt to cover semi-regularly here at SRK. Inevitably, this means we’ll run into a lot of Virtua Fighter 3tb tournaments — it is, after all, where the Virtua Fighter 3tb World Cup was just held — both because the Japanese scene loves themselves some VF, and because VF3tb is a specialty of Mikado’s.
It isn’t just because its a retro game, though. VF3tb is unique even among other Virtua Fighter entries. It added a fourth button, the “Dodge” button, which was a design decision so controversial that it would be removed in Virtua Fighter 4 and replaced with the Success/Fail “Evade” system.
It also features the most wild stages in the Virtua Fighter series, with several stages featuring uneven floors, staircases, and more. While creative and impressive, its perhaps for the best that Sega pulled back from this design decision in future installments — as evidenced by the teleport throw glitch far into the tournament bracket.
Source: Mikado
Mikado Arcade’s Street Fighter Carnival 11 continues with Fight Fever, Virtua Fighter 3tb
Mikado Arcade VOD now available for Virtua Fighter 3tb World Cup 2018
A team of gambling regulators from fifteen European nations and one US state have signed on to “work together to address the risks created by the blurring of lines between gaming and gambling” according to the UK’s Gambling Commission. EU nations include Latvia, Czech Republic, Isle of Man, France, Spain, Malta, Jersey, Gibraltar, Ireland, Portugal, Norway, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Poland, and Austria. They are joined by a representative from the state of Washington.
As reported some time ago, Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s Switch release would bring with it a port of the 1993 Super Famicom fighter Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden. Now, Bandai Namco has confirmed that this port will only be pre-order bonus for Dragon Ball FighterZ on Switch. That’s right, the Switch port of Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden will be available exclusively for those who pre-order Dragon Ball FighterZ for Nintendo’s portable console hybrid. In addition to this, Bandai Namco has also confirmed that this is the only way to get the game — at least for now.
Bandai Namco is no stranger to pre-order bonuses like this. However, while previous efforts have eventually received a standalone release, it seems that they have no plans to do so for Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden. In addition to access to Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden, pre-orders will also come with early access to the Super Saiyan Blue versions of Goku and Vegeta.
Dragon Ball FighterZ for Switch launches on September 28.
Source: Nintendo Everything
GO1’s Gotenks setup is shown off (and slowed down) in this Dragon Ball FighterZ video
Dragon Ball FighterZ producer Tomoko Hiroki thanks the players for their support
Street Fighter V has already included three Darkstalkers Crossover Costumes for fans of the Night Warriors: back in March, Urien got a Donovan costume, Juri got an Lilith costume, and Menat dressed up as a Khaibit. But Capcom has just revealed that they aren’t done with the Darkstalkers outfits in SFV, not yet…
Coming September 25 (next Tuesday), Chun-Li gets Morrigan’s outfit, Ed dresses up as Demitri, and Menat gets a second Darkstalkers costume, as the catgirl Felicia. These premium costumes will run the usual $3.99 USD in the SFV Shop — or, for a limited time, you can get all six outfits in a bundle for $14.99. A better deal if you held off on any of the initial three costumes, certainly.
Sources: Street Fighter; Capcom-Unity
Darkstalkers premium costumes arriving for Menat, Juri, and Urien in Street Fighter V next week
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In his latest GameSpace.com article, Poorna Shankar offers insight on why facts matter in gaming when it comes to making an informed decision. He offers thoughts about key issues in gaming from cloud saves to framerates (to name two) and the importance of using fundamental facts as the foundation for making the very best decisions.
Following the Bundle’s announcement, Capcom posted a guide to the genre on the Shadaloo C.R.I., companion website for Street Fighter V. The guide is headed by staff member Skill Smith Bug, and takes prospective players through a step-by-step tutorial of standard beat ‘em up mechanics.
The guide begins by explaining classic beat ‘em up terminology. Translated from Japanese, the so-named “Belt-Action” summary describes terms like “one set,” “mega crash,” and “grab and throw”. According to the guide, the “one set” refers to the genre’s basic attack, being a single button move that can be strung together to perform combos. “Mega crashes” appear to be special attacks that require a button press plus a directional input (much like fighting games). “Mega crashes” are especially useful for knocking opponents away from a player, and are abbreviated as “megakura.”
Finally, the “grab and throw” refers to the usual throwing attacks seen in beat ‘em ups. However, these moves are trickier than they seem — the guide warns players to follow through with the grab, as grabbing opponents alone won’t set the attack in motion. The guide states that not every beat ‘em up title features this mechanic, either.
The guide continues with a selection of strategies for optimal performance, urging players to watch their surroundings and not to stand directly in front of oncoming enemies.
The implementation of a beat ‘em up guide on the Street Fighter V website is a strange case, but not an unwelcome one — many Street Fighter fans are also enthusiasts of Capcom’s Final Fight, as well as the company’s various other titles in the genre. The Beat ‘Em Up Bundle‘s release could herald the arrival of a new generation of players who are looking to start cleaning up the streets of Metro City.
The Beat ‘Em Up Bundle will be available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on September 18th. It can be purchased for $19.99, and each game features online co-op. Be sure to study up before hitting the streets!
Source: Shadaloo C.R.I.