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– Global eSports Expected to Rake in Nearly $1B in 2018 Alone

Newzoo has published an interesting look at global eSports in the coming year and in the next several years to come. The biggest takeaway is the explosive growth in revenue in 2018 alone which is expected to bring in nearly a billion dollars. eSports is expected to grow to over 400M viewers, up 13% from last year.

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New visuals surface for upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ DLC characters Bardock and Broly

The fan-favorite film fighters battle for future and frenzy.

The Dragon Ball FighterZ Japanese website now has new images for Bardock and Broly, the first DLC characters for the title. The two characters will be the first released in the Dragon Ball FighterZ “FighterZ Pass” which includes eight characters in total, along with unique stamps, lobby avatars, and alternative colors.

Not much is known about the characters’ movesets or abilities, but their ultimate attacks have been confirmed. Bardock transforms into a Super Saiyan and unleashes a flurry of physical attacks with his “Revenger Assault” and Broly’s signature move, “Gigantic Meteor,” creates a devastating energy blast worthy of its name.

According to ShonenGamez, next month’s issue of V-Jump will give us a release date for the two iconic fighters. Until then, take a closer look at the characters in the image galleries below!

Bardock – The Saiyan warrior who fought through time!

Dragon-Ball-FighterZ Bardock 4

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Broly – The rage-fueled Legendary Super Saiyan!

Dragon-Ball-FighterZ Broly 4

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Sources: Dragon Ball FighterZ; Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe;  Gematsu; ShonenGames; Dbgame_official

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– H1Z1 – King of the Kill Has Lost 91% of Its Players Since July

According to Githyp, Daybreak’s H1Z1: King of the Kill has lost 91% of its player base since it hit its peak in July 2017. The first precipitous loss of players was revealed in December when even a Steam Free Weekend and a Humble Bundle sale were not enough to revive the falling numbers. Two months later, the numbers continue to tumble.

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Blanka (or at least his Story costume) is welcomed to Street Fighter V via the #BlankaChan meme

Before Blanka was in Street Fighter V, he was in #BlankaChan.

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Blanka Story Mode

Blanka — for better or worse — arrives in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition today, once the server maintenance is completed. The spark-blasting furball has already gotten a big social media boost in advance of his in-game arrival, thanks to his goofy/adorable/terrifying plushie Story mode costume! Twitter users immediately started putting plush Blanka into all sorts of settings, their hilarious results grouped under the #BlankaChan hashtag (before, and after @StreetFighter actually provided the .png to play with). We’re sharing some of our favorites below; while you wait for that patch to download, have a good chuckle at what fans have been doing with Blanka’s crazy costume (and a bit of Photoshop).

Have fun with Blanka tonight, everyone!

Sources: Eri S.; allan; Cory Bell; PugilistPenguin; ; ; Missing Person; Dave Automata; PeterChan; polygrizz; RhythmRon; フジキドブランカ; Red Chestnut

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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will have an “Episode Mode” with a story for each of the four franchises

With the game being a crossover between four different franchises, some may be wondering about how BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will handle its story; well, it turns out that it’ll be doing this by providing a story for each franchise.

In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Arc System Works dropped some details about the game’s “Episode Mode.” The mode will feature a separate story for each franchise: Atlus’ Persona 4, French-Bread’s Under Night In-Birth, Rooster Teeth’s RWBY, and of course ArcSys’ own BlazBlue.

Further details on how Episode Mode itself works, and how it ties all these stories together, have yet to be revealed. More will likely be explained when a full translation of the issue arrives — or when Arc System Works reveals it themselves.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle launches for PlayStation 4, and Switch on May 31 in Japan, followed by June 5 for the US.

Source: Ryokutya2089 via Siliconera

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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition’s servers will be down for maintenance today; Blanka & possible bug fixes to be added

Alongside Blanka’s rightful return to the game’s cast, today’s update for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will bring with it the expected bout of server maintenance.

As shared by the official Street Fighter V server Twitter account, the maintenance will start at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (2:00 PM Eastern) and run until 5:00 PM Pacific (8:00 PM Eastern).

We can also expect some gameplay fixes along with Blanka, as promised by Capcom — though not specifically for today.

As with any maintenance period for Street Fighter V, players will still be able to play the game offline — but players will not be able to earn any Fight Money during the maintenance period. nor (presumably) any Extra Battle mode rewards.

Source: SFV Server

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Two Tekken goddesses will battle it out in Tekken 7: Fated Tetribution at Daigo Umehara’s Kemonomichi 2

People within the Tekken community were caught a bit off guard by the emergence of Tanukana last year. The Xiaoyu player soon became well-known for her play, and began to be recognized not for her gender, but for simply being a solid player.

However, she is not the official first lady of Tekken in Japan yet — as there was one woman who blazed the trails before her. Yuyu has long been considered the best female player in Japan, and was sidelined for a couple years due to marriage and pregnancy. Once she returned, she played Tanukana in her hometown of Kobe, and claims to have never lost to Tanukana in tournament or casuals.

Now, the two will square off for the world to see at Kemonomichi 2, the second of Daigo Umehara’s showmatch events, on March 10th!

Meanwhile, it’s also been revealed that Ito will be at Kemonomichi 2 to take on Kotaka Shoten in Super Street Fighter II Turbo!

Source: Daigo the BeasTV

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Here’s Blanka’s official animated “trading card” for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

One of the things Capcom has been doing for Street Fighter V‘s characters is releasing animated “trading cards” for them as they hit the game. Now, with Blanka set to hit the game on Tuesday, the “Warrior of the Amazon” is the next character to receive this treatment.

As with all the previous cards, Blanka’s plays a short clip of him in action. In addition to this, it also gives some of his in game stats, as well as some bits of trivia (such as him currently being unemployed).

Check out Blanka’s animated trading card below:

Blanka shocks his way into Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition on February 20.

Source: Street Fighter

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Evo 2018 registration opens at noon today!

Sign up to compete in the world’s biggest fighting game tournament of the year!

Evo Championship Series

Registration for the Evolution Championship Series 2018 — taking place at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 3-5 — opens today at 12:00 noon PT! Head to evo.shoryuken.com to register to compete in one the of eight main stage game events!

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At the Evo main site you’ll also be able to buy tickets for the Sunday finals at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, and find a link to book accommodation at the venue’s hotel.

Want to apply for Evo 2018’s Artist Alley? Here’s the application form. If you are planning on running a side tournament, head over to the side stage/stream application form to see about getting your event some more attention!

Source: Evo