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The sky pirate returns for what may be her final SNK game appearance.

A recent issue of Famitsu has revealed a couple of important details about SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. Alongside announcing the game’s Japanese release date, it also revealed a character some thought wouldn’t make it into the game. The issue reveals that SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy will launch in Japan on September 6 — one day before the game’s September 7 release date in the West. Additionally, the issue reveals that Love Heart will be joining the cast, this time dressed up as a policewoman.

The reveal of Love Heart may be quite surprising for some. Some time back, Highlights Entertainment acquired a number of SNK’s pachislot assets, including Sky Love, the game where Love Heart hails from. With this, there was some speculation that her The King of Fighters XIV appearance would be her last in an SNK game. That said, some of SNK’s previously released promotional images for SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy did hint that she would be returning.

Of course, this still doesn’t really give a clear answer as to what her future is in terms of appearing in SNK’s games, and this still may very well be her last.

In the meantime, check out this preview of the issue and screenshot of Love Heart from Famitsu.

Sources: Famitsu; MMCafé

As ARIKA tip-toes closer and closer to their presentation at Combo Breaker 2018, the developers of Fighting EX Layer have steadily revealed new gameplay footage on their official YouTube channel. Most of it has centered around the characters revealed since the launch of the previous beta test, and today’s new video is no exception:

The above video is an excellent showcase the new character Hayate, and his aggressive toolkit. Armed with a sword, a feint-able special, fast DP, and rekka-like shoulder tackle that appears to leave him either at frame-advantage or near neutral, Hayate is an excellent pressure-heavy addition to the FEXL cast.

Source: arika

Recently, SNK and Code Mystics pushed an update onto the Steam version of The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match. Alongside features such as Chinese language support, this update added one big change to the game’s online multiplayer: rollback netcode. This update marks the first time that any The King of Fighters title has used modern, rollback netcode, with prior releases — including The King of Fighters XIV — still using variable input netcode.

Of course, this isn’t the first time Code Mystics has implemented rollback netcode in a fighting game. Prior to this, they also used it for Killer Instinct Classic. This experience can be seen in how robust the implementation here seems. Like the rollback implementation in the old GGPO client, as well as in Lab Zero’s Skullgirls, The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match‘s system allows players to set their input delay prior to the start of an online match.  This is quite notable, when bigger releases with rollback netcode, such as Street Fighter V, have yet to implement such a feature.

Additionally, the implementation here also provides the player the option to have the system lower the delay, should the connection quality improve mid-match. As for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions of The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match, no word yet has been released on when — or even if — they’ll be receive the rollback netcode patch.

Sources: SNK (Twitter); Code Mystics (Steam)

For any players who missed out on some of the older costumes released for Street Fighter V, now may be a great time to pick them up. Capcom has a couple of costume packs on sale on both PlayStation 4 and Steam, until May 22.

The discounted bundles are the “2016 Summer Costume Bundle” and the “Original Characters Battle Costume Pack”. The former features swimsuits for season 1 characters Chun-Li, Cammy, Laura, R. Mika, Karin, and Ibuki. It’s currently subject to a 50% discount on both PlayStation 4 and Steam, bringing the price down from $11.99 to $5.99.

The latter features Battle Costumes for the original 16 characters. Some folks may remember some of these as the retailer exclusive pre-order bonus costumes for select characters. For those who missed out on these, the pack is currently subject to a 70% discount on both PlayStation 4 and Steam, bringing the price down from $29.99 to just $8.99.

Anyone interested in picking either bundle up should do so quickly, however, as the sale will last only until May 22!

Source: Street Fighter V (Twitter)

Witness the next Battle of Gods — to the second power!

The official profiles for both Vegito (SSGSS) and Zamasu (Fused) are now available on the Dragon Ball FighterZ official site. Alongside their profiles and stats, the characters’ pages also give us some more important information — their release date.

Both Vegito (SSGSS) and Zamasu (Fused) are listed as being available for purchase and download on May 31, 2018. Each character will be available individually for ¥500 ($4.99) or included in the game’s FighterZ Pass.

As for the profiles, Vegito is described as a versatile character with a variety of deadly techniques, including his trademark “Final Kamehameha” attack. Zamasu (Fused), on the other hand, is described as a technical fighter who overwhelms his opponent with his unique movement (in reference to his 8-way airdash, among other abilities).

Both characters have similar combat ratings with very high rated traits. Where they differ most is in their ease of use, with Vegito (SSGSS) rated as SS, and Zamasu (Fused) with a B.

Now that their release date has been announced, the true countdown for the next two fighters finally begins!

Source: Dragon Ball FighterZ