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The Late[st] entry of the Ecole and French Bread fighting series has arrived on Steam.

PC fighting game fans rejoice: Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], is now available, via Steam. This most recent entry from Ecole Software and French Bread has arrived on Valve’s platform thanks to Arc System Works.

Originally released in arcades in 2016, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], first hit PlayStation consoles back in July of last year. UNIST (as it’s commonly abbreviated as) features updated gameplay systems including the “Cross Cast Veil Off” system, allowing for free EXS moves for a limited amount of time, as well as six new characters. Nanase, Byakuya, Phonon, and Mika were first added to the arcade version, with Enkidu and Wagner being later added to the home release. All of these are now in this new PC version of the game.

To help celebrate the release of Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] on PC, Arc System Works has released a new trailer for it, that you can see below.

Under Night In-Birth EXE:Late[st] can be purchased from Steam for $39.99. However, via special promotion it is only $35.99 from now until August 27, 2018.

Sources: Arc System Works; Steam

Could that be a custom character seeking to aid our heroes?

Announced previously in this month’s V-Jump magazine, Jump Force has a new batch of fighters entering the ambitious crossover title. Bandai Namco Entertainment released a gameplay trailer for Gamescom 2018 highlighting the confirmed cast’s unique abilities and teasing new announcements for the future.

Classic Shonen Jump characters, Vegeta from Dragon Ball, Gon and Hisoka from Hunter X Hunter, (remember the “X” is silent) and Sanji, Sabo, and Marshall D. Teach, a.k.a. “Blackbeard”, from One Piece unite to fight at stunning new locales. Also, that tease at the end screams “CUSTOM CHARACTER” to me, but who do you all think the “New Hero” rising is?

Jump Force has been doing great with its character announcements and with its expected release date being sometime in 2019, there’s plenty of time for surprise characters. My fingers are crossed for a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure representative, who are you hoping makes the cut?

Jump Force is heading to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment

The ring-swinging jester is back in a familiar form and the second story mode is whatever you make it

Bandai Namco Entertainment announced early this morning, but not too early for those at Gamescom 2018, that the unstable ringmaster, Tira, will be included in Soul Calibur VI as a bonus included in the Season Pass and as standalone DLC. The character’s look echoes her two original designs from Soul Calibur III and Tira’s unique character trait also returns, with her fighting style changing along with her own personality, from light and bubbly to dark and relentless.

Will you awaken Tira’s true personality in #SOULCALIBUR VI? An expert in the ominous Dance of Death fighting technique, this former assassin returns to the stage of history as a bonus character for Season Pass owners, and as a stand-alone DLC. pic.twitter.com/PdFY8nRXws

— SOULCALIBUR (@soulcalibur) August 21, 2018

That’s not all of the new information for today. Bandai Namco Entertainment also released another trailer for Gamescom 2018 giving a sneak peek at Libra of Soul, a secondary story mode where players create their own characters to join in the battle for the fate of history.

Character creation works a little differently in Soul Calibur VI. While the movesets and weapons are still based on the roster of main characters, players begin the process by choosing one of sixteen races. Among these races are humans, lizardmen, automatons, outcasts (which are more like animal people, but not to the same degree as lizardmen, think bunny ears), skeletons, and many more. From there, things look more familiar, with plenty of options for armor, colors, and afros, among other hairstyles.

The story is told through cutscenes and battles against both the main cast of Soul Calibur VI and original fighters made by the community. Players move throughout the world map by using in-game currency, journeying to different locations of interest with various methods for character progression. Players can even gather Soul Edge shards and gain experience in battles, all in hope to defeat the mode’s new sorcerer antagonist.

Soul Calibur VI is practically around the corner, releasing October 19, 2018, for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Stick around for more news from Gamescom 2018 and Soul Calibur VI!

Bandai Namco Entertainment

With season 2 of Tekken 7 on the horizon, some characters are inevitably more likely to receive buffs than others. One of those characters is the underrepresented Lars — it’s no secret that Heihachi’s Swedish son got the short end of the frame data stick. One area he isn’t weak in, though, is whiff punishment:

JusticeSoulTuna shows that fact with a breakdown of options at various ranges, and the damage output possible between them. B+3,4 in particular is worthy of praise, allowing the electric swede to setup his high damage wall combo game off of baited getup kicks.

Source: JusticeSoulTuna

The King of Muay Thai, traditionally, was a zoning character in past iterations of Street Fighter. With the combination of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition‘s get up mechanics and his long limbs, though, this tiger is not so easily pigeonholed, as World Warrior FGC demonstrates in his latest setup video:

EX Low Tiger Shot and Tiger Knee, in particular, allow Sagat get creative with his setups on a grounded opponent. Particularly in the corner, it becomes easy for Sagat to work tricky which-ways and meaty setups on those that panic when getting up.

Source: World Warrior FGC

The brawl spills over to two new platforms on August 21!

Brawlout has had a fairly successful run on the Nintendo Switch so far — but as of tomorrow, August 21st, the platform fighter makes the long-promised trek over to two more major platforms to become available on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

From the press release:

Brawlout is available for pre-order on PlayStation 4 in North America on the Official PlayStation Store now. Fans can grab their advanced copy for Xbox One on the Microsoft Store for $19.99. Brand-new Mighty Paco and Mascot Feathers skins are available as exclusive pre-order bonuses!

You can still grab the extra skins if you pre-order today! In addition to this news, the headless protagonist of the new “metroidvania” Dead Cells will be joining the roster in a free update later this fall, expanding the game’s playable cast of indie game guests.

Source: Brawlout [press release]