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More Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. 2 details revealed, location test announcement soon

At the 2018 Japan Amusement Expo earlier this year, Bandai Namco Games announced Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. 2. Aside from the announcement itself, however, nothing much about the upcoming arcade game was revealed.

Now, we’ve come up on a few more details thanks to Japanese blog Ryokutya, who was able to get a look at a build of the game. Among the information revealed was for some of the mobile suits that will be appearing in the game as well as their corresponding resource cost.

  • Gundam Barbatos Lupus Rex (cost 3000)
  • Tri Burning Gundam (cost 2500)
  • Gundam Maxter (cost 2000)

In addition to these, they were also able to confirm that Extreme Gundam would be returning, including Extreme Gundam Type Leos and all of the others. Meanwhile, Stethias will return as Navi characters.

Aside from these, Ryokutya offered praise for the game’s graphics. Sadly, no screenshots of the game were shared — though it looks like people won’t have to wait long to see the game in action, as Bandai Namco is set hold a location test soon. Details of this location test will be revealed on May 2.

Source: Ryokutya2089 via Siliconera

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– David Brevik’s ‘It Lurks Below’ Now Out on Steam Early Access

If you’re a fan of RPGs, dungeon crawlers, retro graphics and David Brevik, you’re in luck! As of today, you can check out Brevik’s It Lurks Below now that it has officially entered Steam Early Access for PC players. You can get hold of an EA copy for $19.99. To celebrate the big day, Brevik et al have released a brand new trailer and announced a special live stream event for 9:00 am Pacific / 12:00 pm Eastern today.

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– Belgium’s Gaming Commission Finds Loot Boxes ‘Illegal’, Seeks Removal

The Belgian Gaming Commission has completed its investigation of loot boxes in Overwatch, Counter-strike: Global Offensive, FIFA 18 and Star Wars Battlefront 2. The committee determined that Overwatch, Counter-strike: Global Offensive and FIFA 18 are in violation of Belgian gambling laws and have determined that they are illegal. As a result, loot boxes must be removed from these games or “risk a prison sentence up to 5 years and a fine of 800k Euro”.

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Was Rashid overnerfed? VesperArcade’s Mir examines his fate in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

With the advent of Season 3 in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition last January, one of the characters who quickly became a hot topic of discussion was Rashid, with many top players arguing that he was perhaps the best character in the entire game. After starting out as a solid fighter in Season 1 and seeing continuous buffs in subsequent updates, the recently-released Season 3.5 patch was rather unkind to the wielder of the “Turbulent Wind”.

His stun was reduced from 1,000 to 950, making him easier to dizzy — on top of an overall damage, stun, invincibility, and frame advantage reduction for a large portion of his moveset, including his new V-Trigger II “Easifa”. However, his standing light kick is now cancelable and will now naturally combo into his light Eagle Spike, and his standing medium kick has seen an increase in its forward hitbox, despite becoming a weaker button overall.

In VesperArcade’s latest video, Mir examines the consequences of the Arabian techie’s changes, and also offers players who have chosen to stick with the character some new approach options to overcome these setbacks, that they perhaps hadn’t previously considered. You can see the full video below:

You can find links to  VesperArcade’s pervious coverage of Season 3.5 character changes below:

What are your thoughts on Rashid’s current play in the SFVAE meta? Do you think Capcom was too hard on him, or that this list of nerfs was justified? Feel free to start a dialogue in the comments section below.

Source: VesperArcade

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Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R is coming to Nintendo Switch

It seems that Nintendo’s portable and console hybrid will continue to be the place to be able to play classic fighting games on the go. The latest developer to announce that they’re bringing some of their classic games to the console is none other than Arc System Works.

At Nexon Developer Conference 2018, Arc System Works has announced that they will be bringing Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R to the Switch. The port is set to be released worldwide, and will include the Korean soundtrack of Guilty Gear XX #Reload composed by Shin Hae Chul.

0Citizen0 — who was at the event — posted these photos of the announcement on Twitter:

As for details, such as when the game will actually arrive on the platform, it seems that these have yet to be revealed.

Source: 0Citizen0 via Gematsu

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Learn a little more about Bandai Namco’s and Square Enix’s collaboration to bring Noctis Lucis Caelum to Tekken 7

Some more behind-the-scenes details on Noctis’ journey into the Tekken arena.

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Following up on the prior interview video, Tekken’s Katsuhiro Harada and Square Enix’s Hajime Tabata are back to shed a little more light on how the feather-haired, Armiger-wielding Prince of Lucis from Final Fantasy XV became a selectable DLC fighter for Tekken 7. In this video, they discuss how development was delegated between the two companies — including how different parts of that crazy reveal trailer were prepared by Bandai Namco or Square Enix teams in a collaborative effort.

Noctis Lucis Caelum is available to sling swords and spells in Tekken 7 right now.

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Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe

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– Kongregate ‘Kartridge’ Gaming Platform to Provide Developer-Friendly Revenue

When Kongregate launches its gaming platform, Kartridge, it will provide developers with some pretty impressive financial reasons to consider it as an exclusive distribution platform for their games. “One of our goals with Kartridge is to help independent developers succeed, and these bonus terms are a way for developers to jumpstart their earnings,” said CEO Emily Greer. Kongregate feels that these bonuses provide indies with financial traction for games on release.

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Bask in the divine glory of Fused Zamasu in these Dragon Ball FighterZ screenshots from Bandai Namco

Bow before the immense power of double the deity, coming soom to Dragon Ball FighterZ!

Now that we know Fused Zamasu is inbound for Dragon Ball FighterZ as a downloadable character, Bandai Namco want to show you how spectacular the Dragon Ball Super antagonist looks in DBFZ with these tantalizing screenshots. Zamasu-times-two certainly looks like he’ll live up to his divine pedigree.

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Check out their Facebook post below for more teasing images; no release date as of yet, though!

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment (Facebook)

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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition servers down today for maintenance & addition of new DLC character Falke

For Falke, the day she escaped Shadaloo was the most important day of her life…

… but for us, it was Tuesday. And as usual for incoming new content, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will shut down the servers today from 11:00 a.m. PT to approximately 5:00 p.m. PT for maintenance and the addition of the latest Season 3 character.

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The “Guardian Hawk” will be be available for purchase once the servers come back up — or she’ll have landed in your game already if you picked up the Season 3 Character Pass. Have a look at her reveal trailer, her V-System, her move list, and some analysis of what she can do from VesperArcade while you wait!

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Source: SFV Server Status (Twitter)

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– Obsidian Announces Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Post-Release Content & $25 Season Pass

Obsidian Entertainment and Versus Evil have announced a $25 season pass for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. Players can look forward to a trio of expansion-like DLC that will expand the game universe and lore. The first DLC is due out in July, the second in September, and the final DLC in November. While the $25 season pass is one purchase option, players can also buy each DLC individually for $10 each.