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Infiltration has parted ways with Team GRAPHT

Lee Seon-woo, more commonly known as Infiltration, may be the hottest Street Fighter V player on the planet right now after his recent Evo Japan win. Now, it seems that he’s also become the game’s hottest free agent.

In a recent tweet, Infiltration has confirmed that he has left Team GRAPHT.

Infiltration joined Team GRAPHT late last year after a string of incredible performances, including winning at Manila Cup 2018 and placing top 8 in both the OzHadou Nationals and Celtic Throwdown. These, alongside his signing with Team GRAPHT, was seen by many as the start of his resurgence after his lackluster performances earlier in the year.

While Infiltration has now left the team, he still retains his sponsorship from Monster Energy. Meanwhile, Team GRAPHT still has a pretty impressive lineup of fighting game players including Joe “MOV” Egami, Leah “Gllty” Hayes, Keita “Fuudo” Ai, Tatsuya Haitani, and Atsushi “Yukadon” Fujimura.

We here at Shoryuken wish the best for both Infiltration and Team GRAPHT in all their future endeavours.

Source: Infiltration

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MarkMan talks about Evo game selection, trying to please the fans, and building relationships with fighting game publishers

The announcement of the games for Evo always tends to cause a lot of discussion within the fighting game community. While some players are happy that the game of their choice made it in, others are saddened that theirs did not (and a few even use it to disparage other players’ choice of games).

In a series of tweets, Mark “MarkMan” Julio, global head of business development for Evo, has shared a number of insights about the selection process for games at Evo. One of the biggest points that MarkMan addresses is how Evo has grown beyond just being a tournament series, and how it’s now become a place for fighting game companies to interact with their hardcore fans.

That said, he also addresses the fact that they do have to seek permission to get games onto the main roster, and that sometimes they don’t get it.

MarkMan also addresses the fact that they can’t really host more than 8 to 9 games at Evo, and that as a result, some people will feel left out. He himself can relate, citing the times where he was frustrated that a Tekken title wasn’t included in the roster, and as such has extended an apology to players whose favorite games aren’t at Evo.

As part of this, he also states that they do try their best to provide a place for games that aren’t on the main roster — on either on the stage or on stream.

He then states that he does hope to improve relations with other companies so that they can get better representation at Evo.

He also reiterates just how important support from fighting game companies is in terms of “reaching that ideal.”

He ends his statements with a bit of thanks to both the people who attend Evo, and those like him who make it happen…

This is just a selection of what he talks about; check out his complete statements over on Twitter.

Source: MarkMan (Twitter)

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Producer Tomoko Hiroki will be competing in Dragon Ball FighterZ at Evo 2018

Could the game’s own producer drown in pools?! We’ll soon see!

For those that missed the Evo 2018 announcement stream: Dragon Ball FighterZ will be a main stage game at this year’s Evo in Las Vegas, with a slot in the Sunday finals to boot. DBFZ producer Tomoko Hiroki recorded a message to stream viewers to mark the event, and Bandai Namco has since uploaded it to YouTube for everyone to see (although during the live stream there was an audio issue during this segment, so this is also a chance to see the message in full).

Hiroki urges Dragon Ball FighterZ players to practice up, because she will be joining the DBFZ tournament at Evo herself!

Evo 2018 World Finals will be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on August 3-5.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment America

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– Fear the Wolves is an Upcoming Battle Royale from the Team Behind S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Focus Home Interactive and Vostok Games have announced a new battle royale game called Fear the Wolves. The game is being developed by the same team behind the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series which anticipates its release later in 2018. Fear the Wolves is a post-apocalyptic game that drops players in squads or “as lone wolves” into an irradiated Chernobyl. The goal is to be the last one standing. Developers also are hinting at a “second intense & original game mode with a fierce new twist to the genre”.

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The physical release of Skullgirls 2nd Encore for PS Vita is almost ready to ship

The saga of the physical releases of Skullgirls 2nd Encore by Limited Run Games has been a long and arduous one. Plagued by multiple delays, fans saw the light at the end of the tunnel when the PlayStation 4 version started shipping last October. Now, it seems that the PlayStation Vita version will finally see the light of day as well.

On an update on the official Skullgirls site, Lab Zero has stated that the physical release for PlayStation Vita has finally been approved by Sony, and will now move on to manufacturing. Apparently, the reason for the long approval process was due to some back-and-forth negotiations between Lab Zero and Sony for waivers for some minor bugs — bugs that players would never notice, but that Sony wanted fixed anyway. In the cases where waivers weren’t granted, the bugs had to be fixed.

As for the all important question of when the physical version for Vita will finally be released, all that they’re waiting for is for Sony to approve the game’s manual. Once that’s done, manufacturing takes about two to three weeks.

With this in mind, Lab Zero estimates that copies should ship out in about three weeks. However, to be sure, they will post another update once they have confirmation that the physical copies are shipping out.

Source: Lab Zero Games

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– ARK Park Prepped for a March 22nd Launch Date

Snail Games has announced that its ARK: Survival Evolved tie-in game, ARK Park, is set to launch on March 22nd for HTC Vive, PSVR and Oculus Rift. The game allows players to literally enter a park to interact with dinosaurs and other creatures found in ARK.

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ voice lines in Injustice 2 have been datamined, and they’re absolutely awesome

As you may already know, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are coming to Injustice 2. However, while the Turtles themselves are not yet in the game, it seems that their voice lines are.

The voice lines for the Turtles have been datamined in the PC version of the game. 1442Guiman has put together a video with all the voices for the gang, and you can check it out below.

Interestingly enough, the original datamine was for the Portuguese language version of the game. As such, a similar video exists for that version:

Source: 1442Guiman via r/INJUSTICE

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Dragon Ball FighterZ glitch can make Tien’s opponents turn invisible

Glitches are a fact of life in fighting games, throughout the years a glitches in a number of games have become part of the that game’s competitive meta-game and even been adapted into actual features. However, there are some glitches that don’t go down that route, being detrimental to the game. This latest glitch in Dragon Ball FighterZ seems to fall into the latter.

In a new video, RZampa demonstrates how Tien (a.k.a. Tenshinhan) can perform his level 3 super in such a way that his opponent becomes invisible afterwards. Now, the setup itself is pretty situational — Tien’s opponent must be performing a special move while Android 21’s assist is active when the level 3 connects. Performed correctly, the opposing character will now be rendered invisible.

While the set up for the glitch is quite specific, it’s still possible to trigger it mid-match. In fact, RZampa has shared a replay video where it did happen.

It’s likely that Arc System Works will be patching this out in a future update. In the meantime, players should be careful with that level 3 when playing Tien, in a match where Android 21 is involved.

Source: RZampa

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NetherRealm Studios debuts Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gameplay trailer ahead of Watchtower stream

NetherRealm Studios has released the first gameplay trailer for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Injustice 2 featuring Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello fighting side-by-side at full force.

As promised, the Turtles fight as a team: each ninja has their own unique attacks and specials, and can call on their brothers for support. Each team member has their own dialogue as well, and there’s certainly no shortage of snark. It’s not immediately clear how TMNT team members tag in based on the trailer, but at least one of the Turtle’s team attacks has a meter burn variation.

The NRS development team will offer a full walkthrough of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles during a special Watchtower stream later today at 4:00 PM ET (1:00 PM PT), so be sure to tune in for the full details on the comic book crime-fighting team. The team is the final character in Injustice 2‘s Fighter Pack 3 (along with Enchantress and the Atom) and will be available later this month.

Source: NetherRealm

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Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2’s “Re-Evolve” patch is coming to console and PC versions in March

It’s a pretty good time to be an Arc System Works fan, particularly if you care about Evolution 2018’s lineup of main stage games. Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 enthusiasts will not only have their game as part of the main event, but it will also have a spot in the arena on Sunday. Furthermore, series creator and director Daisuke Ishiwatari announced during the Evolution 2018 stream that REV 2 will get its next patch sometime in March.

Teasing a game balance-focused patch, a short clip was showcased some of the upcoming changes, teasing new possibilities for the cast. Partially captured in the GIF below, there isn’t much concrete information regarding the update — except from a REV 2 arcade loketest. While the community helped translate the official Japanese patch note document, we can’t be sure if the listed changes will go into effect until the patch launches sometime in March. Ishiwatari stated that the patch is expected to roll out simultaneously globally.

What we do know, however, is that the patch — titled 2.10 — will launch in Japanese arcades on February 14th (effectively February 13th in some parts of the world). This will be a great opportunity to check out players in Japan adjusting to the rebalancing.

In other Arc System Works news, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle will release Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long as free DLC characters, and their title is part of the Evolution 2018 lineup, too.

Source: Arc System Works