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Ingrid descends into Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition tomorrow! (Sort of.)

Capcom has announced that an alternate costume for Karin will be available for purchase tomorrow, after the launch of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. This new outfit is based on Ingrid, the “Eternal Goddess” that debuted in Capcom Fighting Evolution, and made a guest appearance later in Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX.

Available tomorrow in the PlayStation Store and on Steam, expect it to cost as much as the usual Premium costumes (no pricing details have yet been provided). In addition to revealing the Ingrid crossover costume, the new blog provides some reminders on how to get yourself a Viewtiful Joe outfit for Rashid in the new Extra Battle mode. Check the full blog post for details on the challenge timeline.

(And to answer the question Ian Walker asked back in 2015, looks like this is as close as we’re getting!)

Source: Capcom-Unity via Street Fighter (Twitter)

Not content with signing one Super Smash Bros. Melee player, Team Dignitas has also announced that top SoCal Fox player, Jose “Lucky” Aldama has joined their growing FGC roster. Currently ranked 17th in the world and 4th in SoCal, Lucky’s 2017 was a bit of a rollercoaster, getting top 8 finishes at big events like Evo 2017, The Bigger Balc, Low Tier City 5 and Flatiron 2, while placing lower than expected at events like Shine, GT-X 2017 and The Big House 7.

Welcome @Legend0fLucky to #DIGSmash!

Read more about our newest Melee star!
>> https://t.co/KgA3vWUahS pic.twitter.com/EMfzHhLUuG

— Team Dignitas (@TeamDignitas) January 15, 2018

Hopefully, his signing to Team Dignitas will see Lucky returning to form and getting back to regular top 8 placings. Both HugS and Lucky were previously signed to Selfless Gaming, whose women’s CS:GO team now play for Dignitas — I suspect the link between these organizations played a part in getting both players noticed by Dignitas.

Like HugS, Lucky will be sporting the black and yellow at Genesis 5 this weekend, hoping to set the pace for another year’s worth of intense competitive Melee.

Source: Team Dignitas

With Japan being the birthplace of the fighting game genre as we know it, it’s not surprising that there are a number of side tournaments at Evo Japan beyond its official roster. One of the side tournaments at the event is for Yatagarasu: Attack On Cataclysm.

For those interested in competing at Yatagarasu: Attack On Cataclysm at Evo Japan, the details for the tournament, including how to register have been released.

The side tournament will take place on January 27, day two of Evo Japan, and will use the arcade version of the game. This means any PC players used to playing on pad will have to adapt to using an arcade stick. The rules themselves should be familiar to anyone who’s been to other side tournaments — double elimination, 99 second rounds, no game stopping glitches allowed.

Those interested in joining Yatagarasu: Attack On Cataclysm‘s Evo Japan side tournament can do so over at the AnimEVO Japan site. Those who join will receive a special Yatagarasu badge featuring Hina and Shimo.

Source: Yatagarasu Evo Japan

This weekend’s Dragon Ball FighterZ open beta hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for everyone involved. People trying the game out have reported issues with finding matches, or even just getting into the beta — oftentimes receiving the dreaded “failed to initialize network” message at the log on screen.

Bandai Namco has released a statement acknowledging these issues. In it, they state that the fixes to the server will take some time and that — while they will keep the beta open — people will run into these issues while they’re working on them.

More importantly, they’ve stated that if they cannot address the issues in a decent amount of time, they will look into extending the open beta. While the main server issues seem to have been fixed now, players are still facing long wait times when trying to find an opponent. The last bit of news is most welcome, giving those of us who’ve had more than our fair share of issues getting into the beta time to actually play it. In addition to this, it’ll hopefully give Bandai Namco and Arc System Works time to iron out the issues with the online play before launch.

[Note that at time of publication, there has been no confirmation from Bandai Namco that the beta period will be extended… yet. – Editor]

Dragon Ball FighterZ launches on January 26 in North America and Europe, and February 1 for Japan.

Source: Bandai Namco Games (Facebook)

Arlington, Texas, looks to host yet another large scale tournament for Super Street Fighter II Turbo in March. Boasting not only a $5,000 pot bonus, the event is now going international, with at least three Japanese legends showing up to try to take American fight money.

Joining the field in March will be Mattsun (2014 Tournament of Legends champion and two-time Canada Cup champion), Otochun (2017 Red Bull Battlegrounds champion) and Yaya (one of the best N. Sagats in the world). With these players joining, this is one tournament you don’t want to miss. Make sure you get your tickets from Free Play.

Source: Spring Series

Capcom’s popular mobile game Puzzle Fighter is getting a new patch — version 2.1.1 — next week, and will be available on both iOS and Android. While it does fix some bugs, it does seek to balance the game out further, including mainly nerfs to M. Bison and buffs to Nash.

Here are the full change notes coming in the patch:

• Quests
  • Lowered the conditions required to complete most Quests

• Gameplay
  • Increased Timer Gems generated from Chains by 20%
  • Added Sap effect; Steals Super Charge from Opponent
  • Added Chain skill functionality; skills trigger on a minimum chain requirement and retrigger for every additional chain thereafter

• Balance
  • M. Bison
    • Decreased Light Attack damage from 20 to 15
    • Decreased Medium Attack damage from 35 to 25
    • Decreased Heavy Attack damage from 50 to 40
  • Servbot
    • Fixed scaling issue that increased Servbot’s Rare and Epic Skills damage output
  • Morrigan
    • Increased Health from 900 to 950
    • Updated Drop Pattern
  • Frank West
    • Updated Drop Pattern
  • Nash
    • Decreased Health from 1100 to 1050
    • Updated Drop Pattern
    • Sonic Scythe trigger condition from a 4×2 to a 2×2
    • Sonic Scythe base damage from 165 to 60
    • Tragedy Assault trigger condition from a 3×3 to a 3×2
    • Tragedy Assault base damage from 122 to 30
    • Sonic Boom trigger condition from 3×2 to a 2x Chain
    • Sonic Boom damage from 75 to 40
    • Tragedy Infiltration Heal effect replaced with a Sap effect
    • Affinity Health effect replaced with Sap effect

• Background Downloading
  • Updates will download in the background if players are on Wi-Fi

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed Store Offers not cycling properly

Source: Capcom

Yes, you have read that right. Continuing an odd partnership that started in Final Fantasy XV, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT has got a special Noctis costume which can only be acquired by buying limited edition packs of Nissin’s Cup Noodles.

The costume in question is Noctis’ Royal Raiment — a sharp black suit that was itself pre-order DLC for Final Fantasy XV. To acquire this costume, players need to buy one of the Dissidia-branded Cup Noodles, take a picture of their receipt and text it to a special Cup Noodles promo number. Should the receipt be read correctly, you’ll be sent a text back with your download code for the Royal Raiment DLC.

It’s certainly a novel way of locking off costumes, but it’s no different to Street Fighter V‘s Red Bull costumes. At least Cup Noodles are marginally better for you than a can of Red Bull. For all the details on this promotion, head on over to Nissin’s Dissidia website.

Source: Nissin