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Quasimodo the Watcher leaps into the cast of Omen of Sorrow

Soedesco and AOne Games have just revealed a new character trailer for Omen of Sorrow, featuring Quasimodo the Watcher.

Quasimodo borrows from a bit from his namesake, the protagonist of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. However, AOne has added their own twist in the form of a unique bag of tricks. To hear AOne Games describe him:

Quasimodo is bound to guard the “book of tears” with his deadly tricks. His hooks, wall jumps, and stage modifying powers will severely restrain his opponent’s options during combat.

As everyone tries to get a hold of the powerful artifact, Quasimodo won’t allow any entity, nor good or evil, to fulfill their desire for power. His promise to watch over the book is personal, and it was entrusted to him by the only person that cared or loved him.

For more on Quasimodo, check out the trailer below.

Omen of Sorrow is set to arrive on PlayStation 4 sometime in 2018.

Source: Soedesco

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UDON’s Street Fighter Summer Sports Special is now available for pre-order, features six different covers

A new collection of pin-ups with a new theme is coming from UDON this August.

UDON Entertainment is taking a slightly different direction with this year’s summer pin-up comic: this year, the theme is sports in the sunshine with the Street Fighter Summer Sports Special #1. This new one-shot is coming in August 2018, and will be available with six different cover options. Description from UDON:

Volleyball! Basketball! Surfing! Swimming! The lovely ladies of Street Fighter are back for a new summer sports-themed pin-up special! Veteran World Warriors like Chun-Li, Cammy, Rainbow Mika, and Sakura welcome newcomers Menat, Kolin, and more!

The Street Fighter: Summer Sports Special features three standard covers by artist Rob “Robaato” Porter respectively showcasing Street Fighter headliners Chun-Li, Cammy, and newcomer Menat. Also available for the issue is a blank sketch cover, and a retailer incentive cover by Jeffrey “Chamba” Cruz which homages a classic comic cover from the 1960s.

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But that’s only five covers… the sixth is a Focus Attack exclusive, featuring another Nicki Minaj “Chun-Li” single cover homage:

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Look for these at Focus Attack (UDON Entertainment’s official online retailer) and at a comic shop near you! If you’re interested in their art submission contest for the comic, there’s still time to submit your own work, and they’ve added some new prizes as well.

STREET FIGHTER: SUMMER SPORTS SPECIAL #1
32 pages, full color, pin-ups; $3.99/$4.99 (blank sketch cover)
Available August 2018

DIAMOND ORDER CODES:

  • JUN182164 STREET FIGHTER SUMMER SPORTS SPECIAL #1 CVR A [CHUN LI]
  • JUN182165 STREET FIGHTER SUMMER SPORTS SPECIAL #1 CVR B [CAMMY]
  • JUN182166 STREET FIGHTER SUMMER SPORTS SPECIAL #1 CVR C [MENAT]
  • JUN182167 STREET FIGHTER SUMMER SPORTS SPECIAL #1 CVR D [BLANK SKETCH]
  • JUN182168 STREET FIGHTER SUMMER SPORTS SPECIAL #1 RETAILER INCENTIVE [HOMAGE]

Source: UDON Entertainment

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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle roundup: Blake match footage, Tager and Ruby combo guides

It’s time for more BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle footage! As we get nearer the official release of the game, more and more competitive opportunities will appear. If you are planning on at least trying out Ruby or Iron Tager, you’re in good hands. Also, we’re still waiting to properly try out the last two members of team RWBY: Blake and Yang.

A newer build of BBTAG that included Kanji, Orie, Platinum, and Blake showed up at ACEN, Chicago’s anime convention. Community member ShinSin was there and captured some match footage that focuses on Blake. Check it out in the playlist above!

Many fans of the RWBY show are bound to pick up the game. If you haven’t played an anime fighter before, rooflemonger made a very good introductory video to the character that covers basic combos. Check out the video’s description on YouTube to see notation.

Tager has never felt in better condition than in this game. The opponent is always magnetized, and Spark Bolt is an EX move that costs one bar. rooflemonger shows how to take advantage of the powerful projectile to extend combos in tandem with a partner. But if all else fails, stick to the simpler combos and just throw the opponent around.

For more strategy, check out our previous BBTAG video roundup.

Sources: MrShinSin; rooflemonger

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– State of Decay 2 Scores Over a Million Players Survivors In Its First Days

State of Decay 2 has scored a pretty amazing number of players in its first two days of release. According to XBox Games Marketing, over a million players have purchased the game and taken part in the struggle to survive. To date, players have clocked over six million hours of gameplay and viewers have watched 3.5M hours of Mixer, Twitch and YouTube streams.

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– Game Critic John ‘Totalbiscuit’ Bain Passes Away

Game critic John “Totalbiscuit” Bain has passed away. The announcement was made by his wife Genna Bain via her personal Twitter account. Bain was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014. After surgery, the cancer went into remission until last year. Earlier in May, Bain announced his liver was failing and that chemotherapy had stopped working He wrote that he was retiring from games criticism to spend time with his wife streaming cooperative games hoping she would take his place after death.

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Alucard leaves Flipside Tactics after three years, is now a free agent

Earlier this month, it was announced that another top fighting game player would be departing their current team and joining free agency. After signing with the organization back in 2015 as their first fighting game player, Antwan “Alucard” Ortiz, has left Flipside Tactics due to contract expiration.

His accomplishments under the F3 banner include: placing 7th at Frosty Faustings VII, 9th at Combo Breaker 2015, 7th at SCR 2015, 3rd at Youmacon 2015, 2nd at Naptown Clutch V, 5th at KIT 2016, and 3rd at Frosty Faustings VIII in Ultra Street Fighter IV; scoring 3rd at Combo Breaker 2015 and Frosty Faustings VIII, 7th at Summer Jam 9 and ESL Dallas, and 2nd at Youmacon 2015 in Mortal Kombat X; finishing 5th at Texas Showdown, Defend The North and East Coast Throwdown 2016 and 4th at The King of New York and Texas Showdown 2017; the pinnacle of his success came with 2nd place finishes at Absolute Battle 2016 and NYU Spring Fighter 2017, with him most recently coming off a 33rd place finish at NCR 2018.

It will be interesting to see which organizations may vie for his services, as he is a proven threat in multiple games. Flipside Tactic’s fighting game roster still includes Allan “LuckyL0ops” Parris (Dead or Alive 5: Last Round), Thomas “Brolynho” Proença (Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition), Daris “DR Gross” Daniels (Injustice 2, Dragon Ball FighterZ), Darnell “Sleep” Waller (Killer Instinct), David-Paul “AutoMattock” Mattock (Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition) and Parker “Ofidyan” Morris (Mortal Kombat XL, Injustice 2).

You can see tweets from Alucard and Flipside about his departure below, as well as an official statement on their website.

All of us here at Shoryuken would like to wish both parties the absolute best of luck in the future.

Sources: 313alucarD (Twitter); FlipSid3Tactics (Twitter); flipsidetactics.com

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Yuyu joins team UYU as a Tekken 7 competitor

A classic Tekken talent returns to the arena!

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Long known in Japan’s Tekken scene as a strong player in prior days, Yuyu made a return to the spotlight in Daigo Umehara’s Kemonomichi 2 event, where she battled Tanukana in a down-to-the-wire Tekken 7: Fated Retribution FT10 exhibition match — and a Xiaoyu mirror match, at that! Yuyu emerged victorious — which was good, as reportedly she had stated a loss would mean she would give up Tekken altogether.

Now, after putting her competitive pride on the line at Kemonomichi, she is returning to international competition as part of the UYU esports team!

This might just be the best combination of team prefix and player tag in FGC history. Watch for Yuyu to be a serious threat in the Tekken brackets at this weekend’s Combo Breaker 2018.

Source: UYU (Twitter)

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Capcom is hinting at a Cody reveal for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition — possibly at Combo Breaker this weekend

Looks like Cody is almost ready to break back into Street Fighter.

The time is drawing near for another character reveal for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition — if Capcom’s social media channels are any indication. As per their usual form, they’ve updated their avatar images on Facebook and Twitter to something that many fans of a certain Metro City brawler have been waiting to see…

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Cody is possibly the most-anticipated returning fighter for Season 3 — outside of those that still bend the knee to the King of Muay Thai. While an updated avatar doesn’t promise anything, the timing is ideal to drop a trailer for Cody at this weekend’s Combo Breaker 2018; not only is it a big FGC destination and a fantastic event to begin with, but it is the next Premier event on the Capcom Pro Tour circuit, so keep your eyes peeled for a little something extra after the Street Fighter V top 8 has played out!

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Source: Street Fighter (Facebook); Street Fighter (Twitter)

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– Mirage: Arcane Warfare Shutting Down Due to Looming GDPR

Torn Banner Studios has announced that it is shutting down Mirage: Arcane Warfare and removing it from Steam due at least in part due to the EU privacy law, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) that will go into effect on May 25th. While it is possible to upgrade servers to meet the new data protection standards, Gamasutra opines “that many developers are finding that they lack the resources or funds to make their games GDPR compliant & have instead opted to end service”.

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Razer reveals new Dragon Ball FighterZ editions of the Panthera and Atrox fight sticks

Increase your power level with these Dragon Ball-branded controllers.

The Razer Panthera fight stick has proven very popular as a controller for serious fighting game enthusiasts — amateur and professional alike — and has seen multiple Street Fighter V-themed editions after its initial release. But Razer has taken note of the incredible popularity of Dragon Ball FighterZ, and has revealed that players are now able to show their love for DBFZ even more clearly with a new Dragon Ball FighterZ-themed Panthera!

Featuring DBFZ-themed top panel art, a new case color scheme, and Dragon Ball-styled pushbuttons, this new version of the Panthera sports the same technical build as its predecessors, using Sanwa Denshi parts. Xbox players can rock this dragon too, as Razer has also announced that a new edition of the Atrox is also available to match.

UPDATE: The initial wave may already be sold out, as they are listed as “out of stock” on the Razer store. We’ll keep an eye out for restocks, and on other Razer retailers.

Source: R Λ Z Ξ R