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Winning fan designs for a new character and a Masmak Fort stage are coming to the The King of Fighters XIV

As previously reported, Saudi artist Mashael Al Barrack won a contest held by SNK and Manga Productions to design a new character to appear in one of their games. Now, as a result SNK has announced that a female fighter from the region of Najd will be coming to The King of Fighters XIV as a DLC character.

Mashael’s design was chosen from over 300 designs from artists from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and more. Involved in the selection was a 13-person panel including KOFXIV producer Yasuyuki Oda, character designer Eisuke Ogura, and art director Nobuyuki Kuroki.

In addition to the character, another contest was also held for a new stage. The winning design, based on the Masmak Fort in Riyadh — by Zainab Al-Lawaty of Oman — will also be coming as DLC.

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Exactly when both the character and the Masmak Fort stage will become available has not yet been revealed.

Source: SNK via Gematsu

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New nostalgia, holiday and (even more!) Chun-Li costumes coming to Street Fighter V

New screenshots have surfaced showing off 10 new costumes coming for Street Fighter V, including this year’s batch of holiday costumes and another set of nostalgia costumes. Gamer — a Japanese publication — released details on the new costumes along with the V-Trigger II trailer that debuted on Sunday at Red Bull Battle Grounds. Alex, Cammy, Kolin and Menat will receive new holiday costumes, while Birdie, Balrog, Chun-Li and Karin will get new nostalgia costumes. Chun-Li will also receive two additional costumes; a training outfit with more pads (but less fabric), and a SWAT costume.

Chun-Li Nostalgia
Chun-Li Training
Chun-Li SWAT
Birdie Nostalgia
Balrog Nostalgia
Karin Nostalgia

Menat Holiday
Cammy Holiday

Alex Holiday
Kolin Holiday

All of the premium costumes will be released at the standard price of $3.99 and Capcom will also offer a discounted pack of last year’s holiday costumes in similar fashion to the 2016 Halloween bundle. The Frosty Boulevard stage will once again be available for $1.99 or 70,000 Fight Money. Birdie and Balrog had fallen somewhat behind in costume choices, making them interesting picks for nostalgia costumes, especially for those who wished Birdie had stayed in shape since his Street Fighter Alpha days! Meanwhile, these three new outfits give Chun-Li more than a dozen costumes to choose from, and Karin isn’t far behind her.

Check out the full post on Capcom Unity.

Sources: Gamer; r/StreetFighter

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Spooky breaks down the Tekken World Tour build of Tekken 7’s Geese

Early impressions of new characters are always incomplete and inevitably colored by the opinions of the player. That’s why I think Spooky’s analysis of Geese’s early moveset is more than just entertaining, it’s insightful. He got a lot of play time, got to hear a wide variety of opinions from other players, and managed to retain a fairly complete picture of what Geese has to offer for Tekken 7.

If you have around 20 minutes to spare and want to start building your notes for Geese’s release, Spooky‘s analysis video is a great place to start. He goes through all of the previously recorded moves from Jebailey and attempts to break down the properties of each move as he remembers from his TWT Finals experience.

Source: Team Spooky

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Get a glimpse at Street Fighter V’s brand new V-Triggers in this special Arcade Edition trailer

To hype up fans for Capcom Cup and PlayStation Experience, Capcom have dropped a new Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition trailer, showing off some of the new V-Triggers you’ll see this coming January. Some of them are subtle remixes of old V-Triggers — Guile for example powers up his legs instead of his arms, giving him access to chain Flash Kicks — while others are brand new, like Ibuki summoning a giant shuriken to cross opponents up.

Just from the few on show, Birdie gaining use of his chain as a long-range sweep and Nadeshiko coming in with the steel chair are my favorites, but the return of Bison’s Psycho Crusher will get Dictator mains excited. There were some notable characters missing from this showcase — we didn’t get to see what is going to replace Urien’s Aegis Reflector — but these new V-Triggers do look like they will spice up Street Fighter V’s combat.

If you’re chomping at the bit to try these new V-Triggers out, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition will be playable at PlayStation Experience. But one question still remains: where was the Season 3 character announcement? Well, if you looked closely at the Capcom Cup slide that played after the AE trailer, you could see sakura petals flying across the screen. Besides Muay Thai juggernaut Sagat, Sakura is the other character whose name has appeared most in leaks/rumors relating to Season 3, so keep your fingers crossed.

Source: Street Fighter

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Indie developed fighter “Gravity Breakers” reveals “Pay-What-You-Want” prototype on itch.io

If you were watching Wednesday Night Fights a few weeks ago and saw a Psychic Force 2012-esque sci-fighter on stream, you were watching a early prototype of the in-development indie fighter Gravity Breakers.

Gravity Breakers is a shmup/fighting game hybrid filled with superheroes, robots, and aliens, and as of today you can play the prototype through itch.io with its new “Pay What You Want” model. Developers Gremlin_Ent is actively looking for feedback from the FGC to help refine the project, so if you try it out and have an opinion, be sure to reach out to them via Twitter or their Discord!

Source: Gravity Breakers

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Registration for NorCal StrongStyle 6 is now open

This coming February sees the return of the legendary NorCal StrongStyle tournament for Tekken. As one of the few tournaments that does not return on a yearly basis, this is one event that the Tekken community looks forward to every time one is held.

For any Tekken players looking to take part in NorCal StrongStyle 6 registration for the event is now open. Interested players can head on over to Eventbrite to register.  Entry fee is $50 for both days.

NorCal StrongStyle 6 will take place on February 10 to 11, 2018 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in San Jose, CA. While Tekken 7 is the marquee event, there will also be another tournament for a “mystery Tekken game”. For those who won’t be able to attend, the event will be streamed (unlike previous ones) with the help of Team Sp00ky and 10/0.

Source: NorCal StrongStyle

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Registration for NorCal StrongStyle 6 is now open

This coming February sees the return of the legendary NorCal StrongStyle tournament for Tekken. As one of the few tournaments that does not return on a yearly basis, this is one event that the Tekken community looks forward to every time one is held.

For any Tekken players looking to take part in NorCal StrongStyle 6 registration for the event is now open. Interested players can head on over to Eventbrite to register.  Entry fee is $50 for both days.

NorCal StrongStyle 6 will take place on February 10 to 11, 2018 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in San Jose, CA. While Tekken 7 is the marquee event, there will also be another tournament for a “mystery Tekken game”. For those who won’t be able to attend, the event will be streamed (unlike previous ones) with the help of Team Sp00ky and 10/0.

Source: NorCal StrongStyle

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Dr. Fatbody sets a new speedrun world record for Marvel vs. Capcom 2

Fighting games are a genre that most people don’t necessarily associate with speed running. The nature of the genre is more conducive to head to head competitive play than trying to beat the games as fast as possible. That said, there are still some people who do speedrun fighting games.

One such players is Cross Counter TV’s Dr. Fatbody who, aside from playing fighting games competitively, also does speedruns for many games. His latest run however mixes both, in the video below, he not only speedruns arcade mode in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, but he also sets the world record for the game.

Prior to this, the world record for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 speedruns (tournament settings) was held by EC Zangief, himself another competitive player, at 8 minutes and 55 seconds. Dr. Fatbody beats that record by 44 seconds, clocking in at 8 minutes and 11 seconds.

Source: Dr. Fatbody, Speedrun