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Lord Knight and Cloud805 voted into Dragon Ball FighterZ Summit of Power; current standings

It’s time to summon Shenron to make that final push for your favorites!

The final day of voting for Beyond The Summit’s Dragon Ball FighterZ Summit of Power is now upon us, with two more players joining Echo Fox’s dekillsage in the Summit House. With 15,045 Votes, UYU|Cloud805 and Lord Knight, who scored 13,513 Votes, have both officially joined the SoP lineup. Unfortunately, IG|Zer0q (3,114 Votes) and PAG|LostSoul (3,583 Votes) have been eliminated. This has brought us down to the final four competitors, with only two spots remaining in the Summit lineup. As of this writing, the standings are as follows:

  • CLN|Yohosie – 13,895 Votes – Will be invited to Summit at end of the final round
  • PONOS|Moke – 12,184 Votes – Will be invited to Summit at end of the final round
  • PsrK|BeyondToxin – 11,959 Votes – In danger of being eliminated
  • NRG|Supernoon – 7,595 Votes – In danger of being eliminated

Voting ends today, Wednesday, May 16th, at 2:00 PM PT (4:00 PM CT, 5:00 PM ET), so be sure to get those votes in for a big final push. You can also acquire more votes by picking up some limited edition S0P merchandise at smash.gg or subscribing to BeyondTheSummit’s Twitch channel. The final S0P spot will be decided by a Last Chance Qualifier held at Combo Breaker 2018 May 25-27 in St. Charles, Illinois. Talent lineup information has also been released. They will also be joined by eight other invitees and a series of qualifiers.

The Summit of Power takes place June 8-10th in Los Angeles, California, with a prize pool of over $10,000 up for grabs!

Are your favorites in danger, or have they already made the cut? Give us your thoughts on the proceedings in the comments section.

Sources: smash.gg; BearUNLV (Twiter)

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Check out Ragna and Jin combos & Ruby mix-ups in this fresh BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle roundup

Though the online beta test has ended for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, players can continue to practice either in a limited four-character trial version, or the 20-character demo if they pre-ordered the game. The results impress more by the day, as users around the world discover extremely flashy combinations and innovative team plays.

Starting out with the basics, take a look at how much damage you can do with Ragna and Jin solo. While teamwork is important, it’s also key to know individual combos in the game. Of course, you have to spend increasing amounts of super meter to extend the combos and increase the damage.

Here’s a quick example of how Ruby can mix-up the opponent by calling in an assist but crossing up with her speedy teleports.

The above combo is a seriously impressive sequence from Ruby and Weiss that shows how well Arc System Works translated the anime into 2D fighting game action.

Have you been wondering about Weiss’s seals? Here’s how to use them for a corner mix-up and a flashy combo.

Over on OpenRec TV, Dora, the famous Bang player, posted a video about Hazama and Nu-13 synergy. Head over to that site to watch it.

Still Can’t Escape From Crossing Fate? Check out our day 1 BBTAG tech roundup.

Sources: playergodaines; Nicholas Nuzzo; kou30c; tenntiBB; OpenRec TV

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Unannounced Pokkén Tournament DX patch buffs Blastoise, DLC supports

Without any fanfare or warning, Pokkén Tournament DX players were surprised to find a software update was required for their Nintendo Switch if they wanted to play online last night. Although no notes came with this patch — which updates the game to version 1.3.1 — the hardworking fans at PokkénArena were able to find that the small update beefs up some of the latest DLC characters, and removes some glitches.

Bug Fixes

Blastoise

  • 2Y increased clash priority
  • 6Y causes a hard knock-down
  • 4Y increased knock-back on block and hit.

Supports

  • Mega Rayquaza’s charge time reduced from 40 seconds to 10 seconds.
  • Celebi now launches when shifting from Field Phase to Duel Phase.

While I personally mourn the loss of the situational and awesome “Thermodynamic” glitch, the patch is largely a great step in buffing some rarely-used supports and giving a little more weight to Blastoise’s previously weak mid-range game.

Source: PokkénArena

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Take on old-school killers in the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Exhibition event at Combo Breaker 2018

Got what it takes to challenge some legends of classic Street Fighter?

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

After announcing three stops on the tournament circuit to celebrate the impending release of Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Tournament Series, Capcom has followed up with even more old-school action coming our way. Combo Breaker 2018 will host a Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Exhibition, featuring four competitors well-versed in Street Fighter history: Echo Fox|Justin Wong, Evil Geniuses’ Ricki Ortiz, Alex Valle, and Hx.Twitch.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara!

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The fight goes down at approximately 9:00 PM CT (7:00 PM PT) on May 25. Four bold Combo Breaker 2018 attendees can join the fight via an auction to compete; from Capcom-Unity:

To become one of the other four players in this tournament, you will need to take part in an on-site auction for entry. Combo Breaker holds auction tournaments each year, where players bid on entry into a bracket, 1 by 1, until the bracket is full. For this special Street Fighter 30th Anniversary exhibition tournament all bids will be to square off against one of the 4 competing Street Fighter legends! 100% of the auction entry money goes to the tournament champion. If you can make it to St. Charles, Illinois on May 25 and want your moment to shine, this exhibition is for you!

The exhibition will be a single elimination tournament with best three out of five matches. Each player will need to remain flexible as all 12 titles from the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection may make an appearance. Before each match in the tournament, the game that will be played will be chosen randomly to keep everyone on their feet!

For those not in attendance, you can watch the action on the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel.

COMBO BREAKER
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Source: Capcom-Unity

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Datamining of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle announcer voice reveals possible Senran Kagura guest characters

Datamining has revealed even more cast information from BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Digging through the voice clips of the game opened up another unexpected surprise: it appears that Arc System Works may be planning on guest-starring characters from yet another franchise in their crossover game: Senran Kagura‘s Asuka and Yumi.

Around the 4-minute mark, the announcer gets into characters. We can hear her say “Nine the Phantom,” Izaoyi,” “Mai Natsume,” in the BlazBlue character section. Next, she says “Labrys,” “Mitsuru Kirijio,” and “Akihiko Sanada” when she hits upon the Persona characters. Then, the Under Night section brings up Merkava, Yuzuriha, and Mika. After the RWBY characters, she says “Asuka” and “Yumi.” There’s also an “Unknown,” possibly for a boss character?

Given the previous evidence from the Nintendo Switch BBTAG datamining, there’s more and more confirmation for the final nine DLC characters. It seems like only a flat denial from Arc System Works could unravel this, but the company has not commented on the leaks… yet. BlazBlue: Central Fiction‘s Jubei was leaked in a similar way, through the announcer files.

There was no evidence, however, of Asuka and Yumi in the game’s text files, according to OtherEhm — the one who found the names of the remaining cast members in the beta’s game files.

Sources: TheModernCamEraGuy; OtherEhm

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Hilarious BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle beta bug lets you fight with two characters together

The online beta for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle just ended, but there is still online access. Given the unfinished state of the game, players are bound to run into bugs here and there. Maybe it’s no surprise that it was PG|SKD who found one of the most game-breaking ones.

As presented in the clip below, SKD was able to bring both Ruby and Es onto the screen and truly tag team the opponent with a barrage of attacks. The second character stays on the screen, and receives the same inputs as the main character.

He explains the bug in this thread, and posts some more examples:

Here’s also a Japanese player triggering the same bug, but with the biggest characters available in the game:

There will be four-player controls in the game, so maybe Arc System Works might as well make this bug a playable mode in the vein of Guilty Gear Isuka. I would play it!

Recently, datamining has revealed the remaining possible BBTAG DLC characters.

Source: PG|SKD; @ukaga_ka

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Kyoka, Fumikage, and Eijiro revealed for My Hero One’s Justice

Bandai Namco Games has dropped a new batch of screenshots for My Hero One’s Justice showing off three new additions to the cast — Kyoka Jiro, Fumikage Tokoyami, and Eijiro Kirishima.

Known as the Hearing Hero “Earphone Jack”, Kyoka can plug in the earphones jacks that she carries onto anything and then channel her heartbeat into them. Meanwhile, Fumikage — also known as the crow-headed Jet-Black Hero “Tsukuyomi” — is able to manifest a dark shadow that can be used for both attack and defense. Finally, Eijiro, the Vigor Hero: “Red Riot”, can harden and sharpen any part of his body.

You can check out the screenshots of these heroes in the gallery below.

Click to view slideshow.

My Hero One’s Justice is set to launch on PlayStation 4 and Switch in Japan on August 23.  A Western release on those — as well as PC and Xbox One — is set for sometime later this year.

Source: DualShockers

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Catch Blade Strangers in action in this footage from BitSummit Vol. 6

Nicalis recently brought their indie crossover fighting game Blade Strangers to BitSummit, one of Japan’s biggest independent video game shows. During the event, they got a chance to show off some gameplay, including some of the recently-added characters.

For those who weren’t at the event, Nintendo Everything was able to capture some off-screen footage of the Switch version from their panel. The footage below features newcomer Shovel Knight (from the game of the same name), Curly from Cave Story, as well as Emiko from Umihara Kawase.

Blade Strangers launches on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC this Summer.

Source: Nintendo Everything

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My Hero One’s Justice launches in Japan this August with pre-order bonuses

One day closer to becoming a true hero.

Bandai Namco’s arena fighter based on the popular manga series, My Hero Academia, finally has a release date in Japan. The company announced that My Hero One’s Justice will launch on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan on August 23.

As part of this announcement, Bandai Namco has also revealed the pre-order and early bird bonuses for the game. Those who pre-order My Hero One’s Justice will also receive 2 exclusive promotional cards for the arcade game My Hero Academia Gekitotsu! Heroes Battle Plus Ultra!!!. Meanwhile, players who purchase the game early will receive the “Customization Pack” DLC for free.

Included in the “Customization Pack” DLC are following:

  • Alternate Costume: “Katsuki Bakugo Army Costume”
  • “Izuku Midoriya Victory Voice C”
  • Title: “Main Heroine”
  • Accessory: “Yaoyoroshka” (Yaoyorozu’s matryoshka dolls)
  • Accessory: “Mineta Leg Doll”

With the reveal of My Hero One’s Justice‘s Japanese release date, it should only be a matter of time before the Western release date — which includes the Xbox One and PC release — is revealed as well.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment

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The original Guilty Gear will be rocking out on PlayStation 4, PC, and Nintendo Switch

A new opportunity to experience a Guilty pleasure.

The latest stream from Arc System Works’ Japanese Twitch account revealed that the original Guilty Gear is coming to modern consoles. Guilty Gear was released in 1998 — celebrating its 20th anniversary today — on the original PlayStation, and set itself apart with its strong rock ‘n’ roll vibe. The game includes ten unique characters along with Baiken, a secret boss.

Arc System Works has not yet mentioned a release date for this gem, but you can catch about 20 minutes of gameplay below. You can definitely see how the spirit of the original has been well-preserved in its latest edition, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2.

This announcement is definitely exciting, but don’t forget that Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R is also coming to the Nintendo Switch. Hopefully, that title will find its way to PlayStation 4 somewhere down the road, too.

Watch ARC SYSTEM WORKS official live from ArcSystemWorks on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Gematsu; Arc System Works Twitch (JP)