Everyone has a fighting chance
Fatshark has announced that PC players on Steam and XBox One players can check out Warhammer: Vermintide 2 for free from August 30th to September 3rd. PC players will be able to enjoy the full game as well as the Shadows Over Bogenhafen DLC if lucky enough to be invited to join someone who owns it. XBox One players will be able to check out the main game as well.
Nintendo has finally revealed the first information about its first new IP designed specifically for mobile devices. Dragalia is a co-op action-RPG that will be released on September 27th for iOS and Android devices. It features online cooperative gaming with parties of four and includes story quests, events, raids and much more.
PEGI, the European games rating board, has announced that by the end of the year, physical game editions will be labeled with a warning about in-game purchases. The image (seen after the jump) features a hand wielding a credit card with the “in-game purchases” description beneath it. While the warning label has been present on digital editions, this marks a new ruling for boxed editions.
Tonight is a special night at Wednesday Night Fights at Esports Arena Oakland: to aid the victims of the tragic shooting at the GLHF Game Bar in Jacksonville, Florida this past weekend, donations will be collected in-house and through the PandoraHouse stream. You can also go directly to the #GamersGiveBackGLHF GoFundMe page.
We will be dedicating this week's #WNFOAKLAND stream to #GamersGiveBackGLHF in hopes of helping the Jacksonville victims.
We will rely on in-house and stream donations as well as directing viewers to the #GGBGLHF GFM here: https://t.co/W1bqat0wuC
Any support is appreciated <3 pic.twitter.com/6yUPt0gmPj
— PandoraHouse (@ThePandoraHouse) August 29, 2018
Catch the live stream for WNF x Oakland Episode 6 below — featuring matches in Street Fighter V, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, and more.
Watch live video from THEPANDORAHOUSE on www.twitch.tv
Sources: PandoraHouse (Twitter); GoFundMe
Nicalis’s odd crossover fighter Blade Strangers is out! Maybe they advertised it as a simple little game, but once the FGC sunk their claws into its engine, all bets were off — let’s take a look at what the community has done in its first day of dissection:
As long as you have a bar of meter in this game, any character should be able to convert into heavy damage. Here’s a Liongate conversion off light attacks that goes well into 4.4K — and requires just a bit of finesse to keep it interesting.
Even characters geared more clearly towards zoning, such as Isaac, are able to score some decent damage in this game — and setup their projectile lock-down in the process. Check out the okizeme example from @SchoolboyF_:
Isaac combo w/ oki. pic.twitter.com/9iwQyV4PXL
— SchoolboyF (@SchoolboyF_) August 29, 2018
This 100% combo with Kawase shows pretty much every situation you need to eek out the most damage possible in this game: Counterhit, full charged 6H, execution, meter, and lowest-health-in-the-game Gunvolt. Most of this was understood prior to release — the Heat Up activation mid-combo,however, is relatively new tech.
…and it looks like we’re gonna see it a lot in the highest damage combos of Blade Strangers.
江美子K.O.12255ダメージ#ブレードストレンジャーズ#BladeStrangers#ショベルナイト#blastr_sk pic.twitter.com/SUfDYHxk7r
— LAH
バーチャルひよっこゲーマー (@4891_lah) August 28, 2018
We mentioned earlier that Gunvolt has the lowest health in the game. LegendaryWolf Shirou would like to show you why that is.
Lastly, If you are someone that needs frame data for a new game ASAP, the Blade Strangers Discord is already hard at work completing a resource for the whole cast, which can be read here. It even includes health totals, which appear to average at around 10.5k.
Were you studying the way of the blade while I was writing this? If so, send SRK videos of your sickest Blade Strangers tech here!
Source: Blade Strangers Discord, @SchoolboyF_, moccos-tan Isedelica, @4891_lah, LegendaryWolf Shirou
In addition to adding new Professional premium costumes for Kolin, Falke, Menat, and R. Mika, and a new Fighting Chance classic costume for Balrog, the version 03.070 patch for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (that rolled out yesterday evening) also threw in some bug fixes for Kolin and Sagat, as well as changing the invincibility properties on Sagat’s medium Tiger Uppercut. League Points have also been restored to some players that may have had connection/login issues during recent weeks. Capcom’s patch notes are below.
The following new content/DLC is now available.
• Additional Content
— Additional Costume (Professional 2): R. Mika
— Additional Costume (Professional): Menat
— Additional Costume (Professional): Kolin
— Additional Costume (Professional): Falke
• Fighting Chance
— Get Balrog’s “Mike-like” Additional Costume through “Lookalike” now underway in Fighting Chance.
• Battle Related Bug Fixes
— Sagat
If input at the timing where the preceding input is being recognized, by inputting a backwards dash and a throw, Sagat would perform a throw after finishing his backwards dash. This bug has been fixed.
Active frames 3F – 7F of M Tiger Uppercut had complete invincibility. This has been fixed so that M Tiger Uppercut only has attack and projectile invincibility from active frames 3F – 7F.
— Kolin
During her V-Trigger II Absolute Zero, when performing a neutral jump from her forward dash, for 3F during the transition to her jump animation she would lose her collision box. This bug has been fixed.
• Other
We have restored any LP that was lost during disconnects due to login issues that occurred on August 15th 18th and August 21st.
We hope you continue to enjoy playing Street Fighter V.
Source: CFN
Despite finding itself in the platforming genre, the indie hit Shovel Knight has a lot of publicity in the sphere of fighting games — the game’s eponymous protagonist has been included in several recent fighters, even landing a role as an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Shovel Knight’s latest roster position, though, is not as a guest.
Good day, brave shovel fighters! We are very excited today to pull back the curtain and announce Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove’s final game:
Shovel Knight Showdown!
Read all about it: https://t.co/XLq3wg9a3D pic.twitter.com/xFkqeNpQVL
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) August 28, 2018
Yacht Club has teased the idea of a “versus mode” for Shovel Knight ever since the 2013 Kickstarter, and after 5 years of updates, DLC content, and even amiibo figures, clashing shovels will finally be possible through Shovel Knight Showdown. There’s no release date as of now, but Yacht Club has graciously opened their floodgates of preview content, showing off a plethora of screenshots:
On top of Yacht Club’s still-image showcasing, IGN chimed in with 10 minutes of gameplay footage:
Yacht Club has also noted that an early demo will be available to attendees of gaming event PAX West.
With gameplay and visuals following tightly alongside its original release, Shovel Knight Showdown could potentially be considered a fresh take on the fighting genre as a whole, holding an emphasis to the “platform” in platform fighter. Showdown will be featured as a free addition to the all-in-one title Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, as well as a standalone game for $9.99.
Sources: IGN; Yacht Club
The Riot Games site has been updated with an extensive post to address recent issues raised about the negative culture described in recent weeks by former and current employees of the company. The post begins with thanks and apologies to players, contractors, former employees and current staff before moving on to steps Riot will take to ensure a more inclusive future.
Following in same theme as Sagat’s pre-Shoryuken costume, Street Fighter V‘s Fighting Chance mode is now tempting Balrog mains with the Mike-Like costume, a tribute to the original Street Fighter pugilist that served as a prototype/inspiration for one of Street Fighter II‘s Four Kings.
Let's get to the punchin' already!
Get the Mike-like costume for Balrog in Fighting Chance until September 24! ? pic.twitter.com/H69KLbpRsz
— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) August 28, 2018
Mike fans that want to add this costume to Balrog’s wardrobe will need to buy Fortune Tickets in SFV’s lootbox-ish Fighting Chance minigame; the first try is free, but additional shots to get the costume (amidst the other items that the mode provides) will take some Fight Money off your hands.
This costume replaces the Cannon Spike outfit for Cammy in Fighting Chance, while Sagat’s Street Fighter costume is still available. Although the announcement lists the costume as “available in Fighting Chance until 9/24”, the Fighting Chance reading 10-pack for this outfit is listed as being available until October 14 in-game.
Sources: Street Fighter (Twitter); CFN
Since we at SRK are usually focused on the versus side of fighting games, we rarely get to see, or discuss, the skill behind single-player modes. If the world of speed running — completing a single player mode as fast as possible — is new to you, then you’ll want to check out the third iteration of the”Speedfists” charity event, happening September 7th-9th.
This three-day fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital plans to cover a staggering list of fighting games, which can be found here. And they aren’t just arcade mode runs — there’s a wide variety of challenges, and even some interesting glitch exhibitions, such as a Street Fighter II: The World Warrior Guile glitch showcase.
This unique event will be streamed from Speedyfists’s Twitch channel.
Source: Speedyfists