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Legends come together in a new, beefier package for Injustice 2.

A new compilation edition — think “game of the year” version — of NetherRealm Studios’ popular comic book-inspired fighter Injustice 2 has finally been confirmed as available, with a release date for march 27, 2018. Best Buy is now offering the Injustice 2 Legendary Edition on their web storefront; you can grab this new release of Injustice 2 for $59.99 USD, either digitally or on disc, for both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

As the updated cover art suggests, this new package includes the DLC characters that have been gradually added to the original base game since launch, and some other goodies. From the store listing:

Features 10 additional characters (including Darkseid), six premiere skins: Power Girl, Reverse-Flash, Grid Cyborg, Jon Stewart Green Lantern, Black Lightning, Bruce Wayne (new), as well as god and demon shaders.

At the time of this writing, Best Buy is the only retailer offering this package, but there is no cause to expect continued exclusivity; an Amazon listing for the digital version of this title briefly appeared earlier before being pulled down (cached version viewable here). It’s a pretty safe bet that this package will be available from numerous sources.

Source: Best Buy via Wario64 (Twitter); thanks to NightmareSteam for the tip.

While the New York Times is no complete stranger to covering video games, the renowned newspaper hasn’t touched esports very much. That’s why it’s all the more exciting to see them highlight the grassroots community in a recent piece.

Next Level is a competitive arcade situated in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. In their neighborhood section, journalist Matthew Sedacca explored what makes the arcade great. Most gamers around the world know about it thanks to Team Spooky, the dedicated streaming group. Sedacca talked to FGC mainstay NerdJosh about how Next Level allowed many gamers hone their skills and improve competitively in a welcoming environment, whether they want to play Street Fighter Alpha 2, Capcom vs. SNK 2, or more modern titles. Sedacca also notes the trading card game culture at the venue, as well.

Though it’s a relatively short feature, it is encouraging to see a major publication cover the fighting game scene. Hopefully, this paves the way for even more recognition in mainstream sources. See the full piece on the New York Times website.

Source: The New York Times

For those who’ve been thinking about getting Dissidia Final Fantasy NT for PlayStation 4, here’s something that may sway your decision to get the game.

The Dissidia Final Fantasy NT “Steelbook Brawler Edition” is currently on sale for $39.99 USD over at Amazon. This is $20, or 33% discount, off the base price of $59.99.

For those who may not know, the Steelbook Brawler Edition comes packaged in one of three distinct steelbook designs. This is on top of three alternate art cards for the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.

Those interested in picking up Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Steelbook Brawler Edition should head over to Amazon.

Source: Amazon

With the completion of Winter Brawl 12, Big E Gaming has announced the end of the Winter Brawl series and the launch of a new event, April Annihilation. Speaking before the finals of Dragon Ball Fighter Z at Winter Brawl on Sunday, Eric “BigE” Smalls said the decision to create a new event later in the year will provide more separation from Northeast Championships, the organization’s longest running tournament series, and potentially attract more sponsorship from fighting game pro tours.

April Annihilation is currently scheduled for April 12 to 14, 2019 at the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia-Cherry Hill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. As a part of the announcement, Big E Gaming put together a tribute to some of Winter Brawl’s most memorable moments through the years and thanked the volunteers and sponsors who helped make the tournament possible.

Since its inception in 2015, the North American Capcom Pro Tour has launched in March with Final Round and NorCal Regionals but there has not been a consistent CPT event in April. Due to release timings last year, the 2017 Injustice 2 Pro Series and Tekken World Tour started in May and June respectively.

Big E Gaming organizes four major tournaments a year: Northeast Championships, Summer Jam, The Fall Classic (alongside the Final Round team) and now April Annihilation. Of those four, only Summer Jam is a part of the Capcom Pro Tour as a ranking event. For more information on April Annihilation and upcoming events from Big E Gaming, which include local Philadelphia tournaments, be sure to follow on Twitter and check their website for registration details.

Loving the fact that next year @BigEgaming will have a major in every season now

Winter-NEC
Spring-April Annilation
Summer-Summer Jam
Fall- The Fall Classic

— InC|Sketchy S. (@BadassgamingKat) February 26, 2018

Source: Big E Gaming

While Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite will not be a main stage title at this summer’s Evo 2018, the crossover title is still going strong at many other tournaments, and now has a bit more positive news heading its way — particularly to fans of Microsoft gaming platforms.

Windows Central announced today that MvC:I has now received Xbox Play Anywhere support. Established in September 2016, this service allows players to purchase a title digitally on either the Xbox One or Windows 10 PC platform only once to play it on both systems — with all game saves, Achievements, and DLC add-ons carrying over between the two. This makes MvC:I Capcom’s second title to achieve this status, alongside Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. The title has also seen a price drop on the digital storefront, with the base game now going for a mere $39.99, as opposed to the previous price of $59.99.

This is certainly positive news for the franchise, and reaffirms that Capcom remains committed to the game’s success in the long-term, with hopefully more players picking up the game as a result of this initiative.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is currently available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam/Windows 10.

Source: Windows Central

The Path to Power begins with the first step!

Bandai Namco posted the official patch notes for the Dragon Ball FighterZ February update and players can expect a variety of fixes that affect characters, game modes, and mechanics. It should be noted that this is not a balance patch. This patch focuses on correcting bugs that have been preventing the game from operating properly.

This is the first stop on Dragon Ball FighterZ roadmap for patches, two more updates are expected to release next month. The list of changes was posted on Bandai Namco’s official Facebook page and can be found in this post below.

MODES –

PARTY MATCH: Added the Party Match feature which enables automatic match-up with 5 other players to play a Party Match.

REPLAY CHANNEL: Expanded Replay Channel functions (added “Followed Player Channel” and “Search Channel”) – Previous replay data will be deleted

RANKED MATCH / CASUAL MATCH: Added controller vibration to indicate when an opponent has been found

ARCADE MODE: Added “Return to Character Selection” and “Return to Course Selection” after completing a course

TRAINING MODE: Fixed a bug that shows the Dragon Balls collection animation while options were set on “Do not display”

TRAINING MODE: Fixed a bug that made the Assist Gauge recover when player guards continuously

BATTLE TUTORIAL: Fixed a bug that prevented the UI to be displayed properly when player passes the objective right after the beginning of the match

CHARACTERS –

GOKU BLACK: Fixed a bug that prevented the character to disappear when Goku Black’s Special Move ” The Work of a God ” was used after an Ultimate Z Change

ANDROID 21: Fixed bug that prevented Android 21 from disappearing immediately after she is called in for a Z-Assist and the main character takes damage

ANDROID 21: Fixed a red visual bug when Android 21 is called in for a Z-Assist and the main character takes damage

FRIEZA: Fixed a bug that prevents Frieza to properly use “You Must Die by My Hand!” when lying on the ground after his Golden Frieza transformation

HIT: Fixed a bug that prevents the “Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack” effect to disappear when used during Ultimate Z Change and Hit’s Meteor Special Attack

HIT: Fixed a bug that prevents the Z-Assist character to disappear when the main character is damaged at the very same moment by Hit’s “I Keep Improving” attack

TIEN: Fixed a bug that makes a character invisible when both the main character and Z-Assist character are damaged by Tien’s attack “Farewell, Tien…”

CAPTAIN GINYU: Fixed a bug that allows Ultimate Z Change to be performed with less than 3 gauges after performing “Powerful Energy Wave”

MAJIN BUU: Fixed a bug that makes the opponent invincible if Majin Buu’s “Standing Light – Follow Up 2” and the opponent’s Super Dash hit simultaneously

ANDROID 18: Fixed a bug of voice/mouth synchronization when special dialogues are played against Piccolo and Vegeta

OTHER FEATURES –

SHENRON: Fixed a bug that prevents Destructive Finish and Stage Destruction effects to appear with a character resurrected by Shenron

SUPPORT CHARACTERS: Fixed a bug that prevents voices of Support Characters (like Android 17 or Ginyu Force) to be played normally when called into battle

DRAGON RUSH: Fixed a bug that reversed the guard controls when a character is being changed by a Dragon Rush

Source: Bandai Namco