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Echo Fox|dekillsage voted into Dragon Ball FighterZ Summit of Power, and current standings

And the votes have it!

After the first three rounds of player voting for Beyond The Summit’s Dragon Ball FighterZ Summit of Power concluded, we now know the first player that has been officially voted into the competition.

With a massive lead of 9,035 votes, Echo Fox|dekilsage has been invited to the Summit house (alongside eight other invitees, and a series of qualifiers). Today (Tuesday, May 15th) the remaining top 2 vote-earners will also be invited to the Summit, with another two players eliminated from contention, narrowing the field to just 4 eligible Z-Warriors.

Already, SX|EMP RogueYoshi (186 Votes), SQ (257 Votes), Kane Blueriver (381 Votes), Teemo (435 Votes), NinjaElephant (677 Votes), FP|Chavo (733 Votes), PAG|Fame96 (797 Votes), UYU|Kizzie Kay (1,334 Votes, Crescent|Doza (1,603 Votes), brkrdave (1,830 Votes), and CDV|WhiteBl4ck (2,186 Votes) have all been eliminated.

Current vote standings, as of this writing, are as follows:

  • UYU|Cloud805 – 7,317 Votes – Will be invited to Summit at end of the next round
  • PsrK|BeyondToxin – 5,708 Votes – Will be invited to Summit at end of the next round
  • CLN|Yohosie – 5,279 Votes
  • NRG|Supernoon – 3,654 Votes
  • Lord Knight – 2,721 Votes
  • IQ|Zer0q – 2,631 Votes
  • PAG|LostSoul – 2,602 Votes – In danger of being eliminated
  • Ponos|Moke – 2,555 Votes – In danger of being eliminated

The currently ongoing round of voting ends Tuesday, May 15th, at 2:00 PM PT (4:00 PM CT, 5:00 PM ET), so make sure to cast a ballot to keep your favorite alive. You can cast your vote, and grab some limited edition SoP merchandise at smash.gg. The talent lineup has also been announced. The Last Chance Qualifier will also be held at Combo Breaker 2018 May 25-27 in St. Charles, Illinois.

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

What are your thoughts on these recent developments? Who would you like to see from the remaining player pool head to the Summit House next? Weigh in in the comments section below.

Source: smash.gg; BeyondTheSummit (Twitter)

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Locke Cole from Final Fantasy VI is Dissidia Final Fantasy NT’s second DLC character

Square Enix has revealed the identity of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT‘s second DLC character! From the SNES classic Final Fantasy VI (or Final Fantasy III as it was originally labeled as in the USA) we have none other than the “treasure hunter” Locke Cole.

Locke — a treasure hunter, who definitely isn’t a thief — was shown off in a trailer as part of Square Enix’s recent live stream. For those who aren’t familiar with Final Fantasy VI, Locke is one of the first characters players get to use (unlike later titles in the series, FFVI doesn’t really have a central “main character” per se), and helps start off the events of the game when he’s recruited to rescue Terra during the game’s opening mission.

In addition to the trailer, Square Enix also detailed Locke’s alternate costumes and weapons. You can check these out, alongside some new artwork from legendary artist Yoshitaka Amano, in the gallery below.

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With the reveal of Locke, we now have only 4 remaining DLC characters. The hints that Square Enix have given about their identities are as follows.

  • New female character
  • New male character
  • Female character who previously appeared in Dissidia Final Fantasy series
  • New male character

All of these characters will be from the latter half of the Final Fantasy series.

Locke is set to arrive on Dissidia Final Fantasy for arcades on May 17, followed by Dissidia Final Fantasy NT on PlayStation 4 in June.

Source: Square Enix via Siliconera

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Datamining potentially leaks the entire cast of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t keep leaks from happening again (supposedly)

The remaining DLC characters for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle may have been discovered prematurely. Twitter user, Ehm dug around the beta version of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle on the Nintendo Switch and found names for character menu portraits among placeholder and test files.

Ehm also found a text file that lists the characters as well.

If this is accurate, that means the next unannounced DLC characters for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle are:

BlazBlue:

  • Izayoi
  • Nine the Phantom
  • Mai Natsume

Persona:

  • Akihiko Sanada
  • Labrys
  • Mitsuru Kirijo

Under Night:

  • Merkava
  • Mika
  • Yuzuriha

When asked whether the “not shown” line signified a completely new character to be added to the roster, Ehm was not fully convinced.

Furthermore, this data mining does line up with the previously released silhouettes.

The image above shows the nine additional characters, and it was made before the recent datamining from Ehm. It looks like the pieces are lining up, but still, we will await comment from Arc System Works to see if there is any validity to this apparent leak.

Source: Ehm; @Mickspad

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Blade Strangers extended opening animation showcases the latest additions to the cast

Back in April, Nicalis released the opening animation for their indie crossover fighter Blade Strangers. However, it turns out that this wasn’t the complete opening animation for the game.

Now, a new video has been released showing an updated opening animation — the new opening has extra footage (starting at 1:54 in the video below). This footage shows recently-announced characters Shovel Knight, Gunvolt, Quote, and Isaac coming to help Solange in her fight against original Blade Stranger Lina.

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

Source: Nicalis

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BornFree interviews rising Dragon Ball FighterZ star Wong Nation|Lost Soul

“I just really wanted to hit buttons, but I also wanted to go to the tournaments.”

One of the players that can potentially make it through the Summit of Power voting is the fascinating Lost Soul, a man who may have been born without a first name, but was born with a natural ability to take control of fighting games. At 8 years old he was already ruthlessly rushing down adults in X-men vs. Street Fighter, and needless to say, he’s only gotten better since then: he’s won at NLBC, and he’s scored the support of FGC legend Echo Fox|Justin Wong.

He’s also the subject of BornFree’s latest interview. which is chock-full of a life of interesting stories and great advice. Take a look above to find out about Lost Soul’s own bouts with stubbornness, his rise to the top, and the origins of his tournament name.

If you like BornFree’s interviews, why not give his YouTube channel a look?

Source: BornFree

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Witness the Astral Skill Instant-Kills from the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle demo

With the BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Online Beta in full swing, we’ve already seen some great tech from Twitter, as well as a variety of gameplay primers. Now it’s time to share a full, dual-audio compilation of the recently-revealed Astral Skills. These flashy match-enders can only be executed by pressing 222B+C when you have 9 full Bars of Skill Gauge, which is only achievable with Level 4 Resonance Blaze. On top of that, your opponent has to be down to a single character.

Avid Arc System Works content creator Koefficient has recorded all 20 of the legendary finishers for the entire 20-character base roster, and has timestamped them according to franchise. There are a lot of great little touches here depending on the series your characters of choice hails from. While the BlazBlue cast’s Astrals are set to BBTAG’s main theme, “Crossing Fate,” the Persona 4 Arena characters enter Awakening state (a requirement to access IKs in their home games), before performing their Instant Kills, set to the song “Mist” in a throwback to the original Arena title.

Additionally, the Under Night In-Birth characters, who utilize their Infinite Worth EXS, perform them to the tune of “Unknown Actors,” the console opening theme of Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[st]. Team RWBY’s are set to Volume 1’s opening theme, “This Will Be The Day,” with the infamous moon of Remnant in the background. You can see the full compilation below.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle’s online beta is currently ongoing for players who digitally pre-ordered the game on both PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. With the open portion beginning today, May 12th, and lasting until Monday, May 14th. The full game will be available on PS4, Switch and Steam PC, in Japan and Asia on Thursday, May 31st, with a North American release following on Tuesday, June 5th. A European release is salted for this summer.

Which Astral Skills are your favorites? Share your picks with us in the comments section below.

Sources: Koefficient

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Nicalis, Inc. announces crossover puzzler/fighter Crystal Crisis for the Nintendo Switch, feat. characters from Blade Strangers

It seems like Nicalis, Inc. isn’t slowing down its insane game announcements — In addition to their crossover fighter Blade Strangers getting announced last month for multiple platforms, the indie publisher and developer has followed up with another crazy crossover project for the Nintendo Switch.

Crystal Crisis is a new crossover puzzler/fighter clearly influenced by Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo, featuring characters from the upcoming Blade Strangers. As you can see in the trailer, you can spot Quote and Curly Brace from Cave Story+, Isaac from The Binding of Isaac, and Aban, Tina, and Jim Hawkins from 1001 Spikes. There are also some new additions (not in Blade Strangers) that manga and anime enthusiasts will recognize — such as Astro from Astro Boy and Black Jack from Black Jack. And if you want to get really obscure — Johnny Turbo, the infamous mascot for the TurboGrafx–16 add-on “TurboDuo”, has made cut for his first game appearance ever! These are strange, but wonderful, times we’re living in.

There’s other characters from different gaming series that made the cut, as well as original characters that you won’t find in Blade Strangers. You can read about these fighters, the gameplay, and different modes at Nicalis’s blog, linked in the tweet below.

Crystal Crisis is scheduled for a fall 2018 window release with both physical and digital versions priced at $39.99 MSRP. The physical edition will come with a full-color instruction booklet and bonus goodies. There’s no word yet if the title will be on other platforms — stay tuned for more details on this exciting new puzzle/fighting game as it gets closer to release!

Sources: Nicalis, Inc.; Nicalis, Inc. (Twitter)

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U.K.’s FGC event “WinnerStaysOn Open” to be held on May 13th in London

Want to see the U.K.’s top fighting game talent go at it? Then free your schedule for this Sunday, May the 13th.

The Red Bull Gaming Sphere in London, the largest public esports studio in the UK, is hosting the ‘WinnerStaysOn’ Open, the largest fighting game community event in the UK. From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time, you can check out top tier tournament play in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, and Dragon Ball FighterZ.

There’s also going to be several renowned fighting game community players and casters in attendance, including King Jae, F-Word, Ketchup, Mustard, Damascus, Tyrant, and more.

You can stream the event here at WSO’s Twitch Channel, or you can buy tickets here to attend the event in person.

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Revisit Ryu’s early arcade days in this original Street Fighter gameplay video

Ready to see Ryu knock Gen out with just three fireballs?

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Capcom’s massive Street Fighter retrospective compilation — the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection — is arriving on your platform of choice soon, bringing many FGC favorites such as Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike back into our homes. And of course, the collection includes the game that started it all: the original Street Fighter.

Those unfamiliar with this game (definitely iconic, but maybe not the best in terms of gameplay…) can get better acquainted with it via this hefty gameplay sampling, where you can see Ryu tear through many long-unseen CPU-controlled fighters. The Hadouken and the Shoryuken were definitely in a different power class back then…

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch (with an exclusive Tournament Battle mode) on May 29th. Training and Versus modes have just been confirmed for some titles.

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Source: CCW|MRpeck324

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Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Tournament Series announced

The Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Tournament Series will feature tournaments for Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, and Street Fighter Alpha 3.

Capcom has announced the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Tournament Series to celebrate the release of the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection later this month. The series is comprised of three tournaments for three different Street Fighter games, coinciding with Capcom Pro Tour events. Each game will have a prize pool of at least $7,000 and the top eight finalists will be paid.

The first game in the tournament series will be Super Street Fighter II Turbo, held at CEO in Orlando, Florida from June 29 to July 1. Next up will be Street Fighter Alpha 3, which will be held at SoCal Regionals in Ontario, California from Sept. 14 to Sept. 16. Finally, Canada Cup will host Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike in Toronto, Canada from Oct. 26-28.

While Super Turbo and 3rd Strike were both featured in the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament Series in 2013 and continue to see a consistent presence at major events, Alpha 3 has not been as popular for tournament play. But with more than $7,000 in prize money in play for each game, there will definitely be some veterans returning to the game soon.

Registration is currently open for the Super Street Fighter II Turbo tournament at CEO via Smash.gg.

Source: Capcom