GoBoogie Games and NJ Interactive have announced that Fellow: Eternal Clash is heading westward for both iOS and Android devices. Fellow will be released in North and South America and INdia. It comes complete with two factions vying for the throne of Dios, the name of the game world. It is a fully-featured MMO with PvP, gear to collect, unique classes, dungeons and tons of quests.
– Monster Hunter World Arrives for Console Tomorrow – Here’s What the Critics Say
Capcom’s Monster Hunter World is set to unlock at midnight on January 26th for XBox One and PlayStation 4 players. PC players will have to wait until fall to get their hands on the keenly anticipated game. Reviews are cropping up all over the ‘net today and we’ve got a roundup of thoughts and scores.
Monster Hunter Crossover Costumes for Ken, Ibuki, & R. Mika are coming to Extra Battle in Street Fighter V!
Three Street Fighters jump into the hunt next month with these new Crossover Costumes!
To surely ride the wave of excitement for Capcom’s upcoming title Monster Hunter: World, the Monster Hunter franchise provides the next batch of Crossover Costumes that players can unlock in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition‘s Extra Battle mode. These new outfits are sets of armor based on iconic monsters from the world of Monster Hunter; luckily for them, these warriors don’t need to do the slaying themselves to craft these armors. The responsibility falls to you instead, to earn the parts by completing the time-sensitive challenges in Extra Battle.
Ken can don an armor set from the fearsome wyvern Rathalos; R. Mika’s armor is made from the canine beast Zinogre; Ibuki gains access to armor from the Elder Dragon, Kirin.
The challenges begin on February 27th, and run throughout March and part of April; note the dates in the tables below to ensure you don’t miss a challenge, as they overlap! Just like with Rashid’s Viewtiful Joe outfit, you need to drop 2,500 Fight Money for each challenge attempt — and you need to complete all four challenges to earn the respective costume. (Note that the dates/times are still subject to change.)
Source: Capcom-Unity
DeeDogg discusses Final Round 2018’s “clear bag” policy, and its effect on attendees
Security at events are ramping up to an all-time high. Especially in the age of 24-hour venues, majors now see a need to not only protect their patrons, but also protect their assets from potential theft. As such, Final Round 2018 has instituted a clear bag policy for this year, which will have its attendees carry all of their belongings inside of a clear bag. If you are unable to do this, you will have to carry your items in your hands, as there will be no other bag allowed inside the venue.
As DeeDogg explains, this creates a potential source of contention among players. As noted, players with larger joysticks — such as the Qanba Dragon or HORI VLX — are left out in the cold, as their joysticks are too large to fit inside the provided clear bags, yet too heavy to comfortably lug around under their arms. He also postulates that this will do very little to stem the tide of theft — but could potentially clear up other security issues.
Source: DeeDogg
Vancouver Street Battle’s Okizeme 起き攻め #2 adds Dragon Ball FighterZ to its event roster this weekend
Okizeme 起き攻め joins the Tournament of Power with this weekend’s big new release!
If you’re in Vancouver this weekend, you won’t want to miss the second installment of the new “Okizeme 起き攻め” monthly fighting game event, presented by Kenny “Air” Lam and Vancouver Street Battle! This time, tournaments will be held for the following titles:
- Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
- Tekken 7
- Dragon Ball FighterZ
- Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction
- Under Night In-Birth EXE:Late[st]
January’s event runs on the 27th and 28th. Head over to the Okizeme 起き攻め #2 event page on smash.gg to pre-register, or for more event details!
Source: Okizeme 起き攻め #2 (smash.gg)
The City of Miramar, Florida presents The Miramar Mix-Up IV on February 18, 2018
Get ready for another Miramar Mix-Up, brought to you by ZOWIE and the City of Miramar!
The Miramar Mix-Up is coming back to Florida on February 18th, courtesy of organizer Ryan Mejia of Smashing Good Times and the City of Miramar. This time the event will feature tournaments for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, Injustice 2, and Dragon Ball FighterZ!
Head over to the Miramar Mix-Up IV page on smash.gg to register, or for more information.
Thanks to Andres for the tip!
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These Dragon Ball FighterZ pre-release matches from the HOT97 HipHopGamer Show are full of Dragon Soul!
Let the hype flow through you!
Team Spooky has uploaded a host of exhibition matches for Dragon Ball FighterZ to their YouTube page, from this event. The matches pit the team against one another as they go head to head for FighterZ superiority! Check out the batch of matches below, and get ready for some pre-release fun!
Shine vs. Blaze
Drunkenchicken vs. Dieminion
Alucard vs. HARD_BREAD
MenaRD vs. Mynus
Daiandoh vs. Shine
HARD_BREAD vs. LI Joe
Mynus vs. Aftermath
SonicFox vs. Drunkenchicken
DaiAndOh vs. LI Joe
SonicFox vs. Mynus
SonicFox vs. DaiAndOh
Dragon Ball FighterZ‘s release is only a few days away. Do you already have your mains picked out? Maybe these exhibition matches will influence your team!
Source: Team Spooky
Atlas Bear signs top Korean Street Fighter player Poongko
After a long free agency since his release from Team Secret, Chung-gon “Poongko” Lee has finally found a new esports team to hang his hat on. Joining stormKUBO, Kichipa-mu, and Gunfight, the Korean Street Fighter mainstay has signed with new Indonesian esports team Atlas Bear.
As their new representative, Poongko will first make his mark with the brand by competing in Evo Japan. Lee — who as recently as October 2017 was struggling to self-fund trips to tournaments — will likely see far more travel this year as he competes to find his way back to Capcom Cup, an event he has not been in since 2015.
Please give a warm welcome for our new member @efpoongko in the AtlasBear family ! He will also compete with us at EVO Japan !
Let's go ! pic.twitter.com/s3bymd4m3h— AtlasBear | Gunfight (@Gunfight57) January 23, 2018
Source: Gunfight (Twitter)
Red Bull Esports discusses the polarizing opinions regarding grapplers in fighting games
One doesn’t have to look too far to find how polarizing large grapplers can be in fighting games. Whereas some people get hype watching characters like Zangief, Abigail, and Birdie perform on the screen, others will be quick to decry the characters as cheap and overpowered due to their high health and damage outputs.
But once you take a look at the intricacies of the characters, it becomes easy to see why they provide hype. As Red Bull reports, the characters tend to take a higher degree of patience to set up their damage. They also discuss how the characters get hate due to the change in what could be considered — by some — to be proper meta play. Check out the full article here.
Source: Red Bull Esports
ESPN Esports recaps the amazing upsets over Super Smash Bros. Melee at Genesis 5
If you were in hiding over the weekend, you likely missed some amazing hype at Genesis 5 in Super Smash Bros. Melee. The five gods are starting to fall, and they fell like dominoes at the hands of Plup — as the Sheik main dispatched of Armada, Mango, and the #1 ranked Hungrybox on his way to his title and a meteoric ascent in rank.
But that was not the only big story coming out of Genesis. As ESPN reports, not only did Plup slay giants, but further giants were slain earlier in the bracket, as Mew2King fell before top 8, and Leffen and Hungrybox continued their drama. Check out ESPN’s full report here.
Source: ESPN Esports