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Dark Horse is offering an ARMS graphic novel on Free Comic Book Day

Get springy with it on Free Comic Book Day!

Free Comic Book Day is a huge day in the graphic novel world. It’s the perfect opportunity for comic companies to give readers a peek at popular and upcoming titles — at no charge.

Dark Horse will be offering a free look at their upcoming ARMS graphic novel series based off of the Nintendo fighting game of the same name. Dark House announced their comic series back in October, and it’s slated to launch sometime in 2018.

Here is a synopsis of the free comic straight from Dark Horse’s press release.

In a story based on Nintendo’s exclusive fighting game ARMS, a young fighter trains tirelessly to reach the top in the ARMS League Grand Prix — but first, he must defeat 599 other contenders! ARMS is written by Ian Flynn (Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man) with art by Joe Ng (Street Fighter, Overwatch: Binary).

Keep on the lookout for more details on the ARMS comic and Free Comic Book Day. You can find a location participating in the festivities at Free Comic Book Day’s official website! Free Comic Book Day will be held on May 5, 2018.

As for the source material, ARMS version 5 will release before the end of the year. Nintendo is teasing a new character and stage among other changes, so stick around for more news soon!

Sources: Dark Horse; Free Comic Book Day; Nintendo Everything; Polygon

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– Quidditch Citadel Style Coming in 2018

The latest update to Citadel: Forged with Fire have been posted to let players know that the Broomstick League will be coming to the game in 2018. Players will be able to put together teams to challenge “strangers and friends to a game of fast-paced, adrenaline pumping wizardly athletics”. It’s a new feature that’s currently in development and things will be tweaked as needed over time.

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– Quidditch Citadel Style Coming in 2018

The latest update to Citadel: Forged with Fire have been posted to let players know that the Broomstick League will be coming to the game in 2018. Players will be able to put together teams to challenge “strangers and friends to a game of fast-paced, adrenaline pumping wizardly athletics”. It’s a new feature that’s currently in development and things will be tweaked as needed over time.

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GENESIS 5 will rock Oakland, California on January 19-21; Online registration open until January 2

Ready for a big brawl in NorCal?

GENESIS 5 kicks off the new year in a big way when it hits Oakland, CA on January 19-21, 2018. It’s expanded it’s non-Smash roster even further this year, and has a lineup that ensures that at no point will an attendee find themselves getting bored!

Both Street Fighter V and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite will have a $1000 pot bonus — and this will be the first big event in NorCal to host Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition! Here’s the game lineup:

  • Super Smash Bros. Melee [singles & doubles]
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U [singles & doubles]
  • Super Smash Bros. (N64) [singles & doubles]
  • Rivals of Aether [singles & doubles]
  • Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
  • Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
  • Pokkén Tournament DX
  • Splatoon 2
  • Dance Dance Revolution Extreme

You can pick up a Saturday spectator pass for $30 USD, and join tournaments for $10 apiece — on-site it will be $20 to join tournaments, and you’ll have to brave the death pool. Note that the finals viewing requires its own pass.

Arcade cabinets will be available for free play, featuring the following titles:

  • Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
  • Ultra Street Fighter IV
  • Street Fighter II “Rainbow Edition”
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 2
  • SoulCalibur III
  • Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
  • Beatmania IIDX
  • Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
  • Magical Drop 3
  • Sound Voltex IV Heavenly Haven
  • Pop’n Music
  • Mr. Driller G
  • Windjammers
  • NEO GEO 161-in-1

Head to the G5 smash.gg page for more information, and to register!

Sources: GENESIS 5; smash.gg

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Mobile Fighter G Gundam combatants are coming to Gundam Versus

Let’s get things started! Gundam fight, all set, ready, GO!

Mobile Fighter G Gundam is finally being represented in the Bandai Namco Gundam arena fighter, Gundam Versus  thanks to upcoming DLC. Burning Gundam (Known outside the West as God Gundam) and Master Gundam will be available in Japan in late January. The units will be available for 602 yen each.

I am personally very excited about the upcoming Mobile Fighter G Gundam DLC — for a Gundam fighting game with a seemingly never-ending roster of pilots and Gundam, it seemed odd to leave out the one franchise that was based solely on actual Gundam fighting.

Hopefully, this DLC is released outside of Japan so I can finally get into the game as the current and former Kings of Hearts! Other playable suits have seen Western releases following the their Japanese debut, so it’s a safe bet these will, too.

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Gundam Versus offers some free wisdom.

In other news: Gundam Versus will be offering a free Battle Navi Set DLC that includes Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans’ Orga Itsuka, Fumitan Admoss, and Atra Mixta. The DLC will go live in Japan on December 22.

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Sources: Gematsu; Siliconera

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The Icons: Combat Arena closed beta begins this month, with additional invites rolling out in January 2018

Since its official title reveal back at this year’s Evo, people have been clamoring to get into the closed beta for Icons: Combat Arena. You won’t have to wait too much longer, as the closed beta is starting later this month for those who have play-tested the game at events like Genesis 4, Super Smash Con and Twitchcon.

500 invites will be sent out later this month, with the first wave of sign-up invites going out in January 2018. Wavedash Games are planning to release a steady flow of invites from January onward, gradually increasing the size of the closed beta test pool. This first round of beta testing is limited to North America for now — Wavedash will expand the Icons closed beta to Europe and beyond later in 2018.

So far, five of Icons’ starting eight characters have been shown off — the Duo, the Floaty and the Weapon Fighter have yet to be officially revealed. According to the dev vlog linked below, the Duo character is the next fighter to be revealed, with their name being Afi and Galu. Based on some of the concept art seen in this 2017 recap video, the Weapon Fighter looks to wield a glaive/halberd-style weapon.

Source: Wavedash Games

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GEICO sends the superstars of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite into war in the GEICO Invitational

If you thought Battle for the Stones was the peak of high-level Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite play in 2017, think again. GEICO has given the top players one more event to show off the best they can do in the game, with the GEICO Invitational.

Featuring a bracket of 8 players and happening on December 21st, they will be battling it out on Twitch on GEICO’s channel. Featured in the bracket are:

  • PG|Punk
  • Flash
  • Splyce|Filipino Champ
  • Cloud805
  • Echo Fox|Justin Wong
  • RISE|Marn
  • EG|NYChrisG
  • EG|K-Brad

GEICO Invitational slide

Tune in tomorrow at 12:00 PM PT to find out who wins!

Source: MarvelLives

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Wake Up Wednesdays recaps Capcom Cup 2017, features Alex Myers & moke interviews

Capcom Fighters’ recap show talks further about the conclusion of the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour.

In this week’s Wake Up Wednsdays from Capcom Fighters, host Michael Martin catches up with the buzz around Capcom Cup, discussing Nemo’s entry via the LCQ, sharing some highlights from the tournament itself — and topping it off with some interviews with Alex Myers and Ponos|moke. Watch it all below:

Check out last week’s Wake Up Wednesdays for a brief interview with the Capcom Cup champion RISE|MenaRD.

Source: Capcom Fighters

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Combo Breaker 2018 trailer released, will be held on May 25-27 in St. Charles, IL’s Mega Center

Combo Breaker, one of the largest and most diverse fighting game tournaments in the US, just dropped its 2018 trailer and main game list.

The 3-day event in St. Charles, Illinois will feature over 18 games on its main tournament roster, a 24-hour venue, and more. Much more. Combo Breaker is the home of the a wide selection of activities on its floor — though further announcements will com in February, you can get an idea of the festivities by checking out their “Events” page.

Here’s what we know will be a part of Combo Breaker’s massive game list thus far:

  • Street Fighter V
  • Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
  • Super Street Fighter II Turbo
  • Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
  • Dragon Ball FighterZ
  • Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
  • Blazblue: Central Fiction
  • Tekken 7
  • Injustice 2
  • Killer Instinct
  • Mortal Kombat X
  • Mortal Kombat 9
  • The King of Fighters XIV
  • Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]
  • Skullgirls 2nd Encore
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee
  • Vampire Savior

Early bird registration is now available here.

Source: Combo Breaker

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Team Versus mode is coming to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Revealed on UpUpDownDown by Austin Creed and his compatriots, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition is going to launch with a special Team Versus mode on January 16th — perfect for crew battles and team tournaments.

For the sake of this special exhibition, the rules were set to 3v3 with each match being first-to-one, before players had to pass the controller onto their teammate. Don’t worry though, Team Versus will allow you to tweak the rules for any format you want — you can have up to five players fighting on each team, and you can play in either a Elimination or Best of format.

Based on the menu screen seen briefly before the exhibition starts, you can toggle the round count for each match, whether the Critical Gauge carries over from match to match, if teams have to lock in their team order at the start of the battle, and if winning characters get a health boost/V-Gauge advantage upon going into their next match. While characters are locked in at the start of a Team Versus match, you can pick your V-Trigger at the start of each match.

SFV AE Team Battle 2
SFV AE Team Battle 8
SFV AE Team Battle 1
SFV AE Team Battle 3
SFV AE Team Battle 7
SFV AE Team Battle 6
SFV AE Team Battle 4
SFV AE Team Battle 5

Just on this brief (and somewhat chaotic) preview, Team Versus looks perfect for hosting team tournaments — without the bother of having to restart Versus Mode every time a match finishes. You can check out the full breakdown over on Capcom Unity, which runs through all of the available settings for Team Versus.

Sources: CapcomUnity; UpUpDownDown