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US players’ big chance for Brawlhalla glory is coming up soon!

The Brawlhalla US Regional Qualifiers are creeping up fast, so fans of Blue Mammoth Games’ platform fighter will want to act fast to compete in one of the two big online events. Registration closes for US-West at 8:59 PM PT on September 29, while US-East competitors have until 11:59 PM ET to sign up. Head over to smash.gg to sign up, and for more information. The first-place champions will be awarded flight and hotel accommodations to Atlanta, and a spot in the second annual Brawlhalla World Championship Expo — where the six best Brawlhalla players in the world will face off for a share of a $100,000 USD prize pool.

The US-West Regional Qualifier begins at 11:00 AM PT on Saturday, September 30; the US-East Regional Qualifier begins at 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, October 7. Want to watch the brawl? The top 8 — and other select matches — will be broadcast live on the official Brawlhalla Twitch channel.

Source: Brawlhalla [press release]

Another classic Street Fighter locale joins Street Fighter V‘s stage selection screen.

This morning, when Capcom announced the selection of DLC content coming to Street Fighter V tomorrow (September 26), they revealed a stage called “English Manor” that sounded very familiar — the Capcom-Unity blog has since been updated and confirms that yes, the English Manor is indeed Cammy’s classic haunt from her Super Street Fighter II debut.

The English Manor joins the nostalgic Suzaku Castle, Air Force Base, Temple Hideout, Flamenco Tavern, and High Roller Casino stages in SFV; Capcom certainly seems committed to giving all (or at least most) of the game’s fighters their classic stages back in SFV.

Cammy fans will also have three new premium costumes to pick up for her tomorrow — a school uniform, her Doll outfit, and her Street Fighter IV alternate:

Source: Capcom-Unity via Street Fighter (Twitter)

Capcom reveals a wide variety of new outfits for the Street Fighter V roster — and some other surprises.

We didn’t get any news on Zeku this past week — instead, Capcom is leaning heavily into their DLC MO with an announcement of no less than thirteen (!) new premium costumes for Street Fighter V, covering a variety of themes.

As Halloween is coming up soon for 2017, it comes as no surprise that we’re getting some new “spooky” outfits for select cast members, like we did last year. This time, some fighters lacking in any prior DLC costume attention are finally getting some love — namely Dhalsim, Birdie, and F.A.N.G, while Urien tries to pass as his god-complexed brother:

More characters are going back to school as well, with Menat, Ed, and Cammy gaining academia-themed threads.

Cammy is getting even more premium costume attention: she is also going to have two nostalgic new outfits, one from her days as a Doll for Shadaloo, and another calling back to her Street Fighter IV alternate look.

“But what about Chun-Li? She needs new costumes, too!” Of course she does. Not to be outdone, Capcom’s leading lady is getting three new outfits designed by Akiman: an Interpol “undercover” look, a relaxing summer outfit, and a “sleepwear” costume.

All of these new premium outfits will cost you $3.99 USD apiece. There is also now a 2016 Halloween bundle available, for any players that missed last year’s batch.

This massive selection of new costumes isn’t the only addition planned for SFV tomorrow; Capcom states a new stage — English Manor — is coming as well. Described as a “castle overlook[ing] a sweeping landscape with the Northern Lights hovering up above,” is sounds clearly like a version of Cammy’s classic Super Street Fighter II stage. It will cost the usual 70,000 FM, or $3.99 USD.

Capcom also announced the availability of music packs, to “add a personal touch to every battle.” It sounds like they will be taking a page from Tekken 7‘s jukebox, allowing you to customize your in-game tunes. Classic Street Fighter II music has been promised.

All of this DLC content is planned to roll out tomorrow, September 26, 2017.

Source: Capcom-Unity

Team NINJA’s Dead Or Alive 5 has been one of the longest running installments of the storied franchise. While part of that has been through their consistent support of the competitive scene, a large part of it has also been through all the downloadable content that the latest iteration Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round, has received. Now, it seems that Team NINJA may finally be ready to move on from DOA5.

During their Tokyo Game Show livestream, producer Yosuke Hayashi announced that they will finally end DLC support for the game this year. For those who haven’t been following the game, Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round has multiple seasons worth of downloadable content, including 2 guest characters, and over $600 worth of downloadable costumes.

While this model may have been good for the series — the free-to-play Core Fighters version has just surpassed 10 million downloads — it seems that they’re finally ready to move on. Hayashi has stated that the team is looking towards the future. Whether or not this means that they’re moving on to Dead Or Alive 6 is as yet unknown. In the meantime, Team NINJA is currently also working with Square Enix on Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.

Source: Dual Shockers

For those looking for a fighting game they can sink their teeth into on PC, then here’s some great news for you. Both the regular and deluxe editions of Tekken 7 on Steam are currently discounted at GamersGate.

For those just looking to get the base game, Tekken 7‘s regular edition is on sale for only $26.49, 47% off its regular price of $49.99. Meanwhile, for those who want the deluxe edition, which comes with the game’s season pass, it’s on sale for $43.04, 43% off its regular price $79.99.

Take note however that the sale ends this afternoon, so interested players should head on over to GamersGate ASAP.

Source: GamersGate

Last night, 16 top Street Fighter V players assembled in Toronto, Canada to battle it out for up to $30,000 at Northern Arena Knockout. Though not part of the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour, the first place winner took home a solid $12,000, with the runner-up earning $7,500.

Eleven of these players (Echo Fox’s Momochi and Justin Wong, Evil Genius’s NYChris G and K-Brad, RISE Nation’s Smug and Marn, Team Liquid’s NuckleDu, BX3’s Phenom, YOUDEAL’s Yukadon, SonicBoxx’s Dieminion and Team Infused’s Imstilldadaddy) received special invitations, while the other five (L.E.S., AFG, AAO|Drae “Yomi” Games, BLMRBL|Orangeman, STDx|Sin) had to qualify through a series of “Road To Knockout” events. You can find out more information on this event at its home page.

Results

1. FOX|Momochi (Ken)
2. YouDeal|Yukadon (Ibuki)
3. BX3|Phenom (Necalli, Guile)
4. Rise|Smug (Balrog)
5. Liquid|NuckleDu (Guile, R. Mika)
5. Infused|ImStillDaDaddy (Guile, Laura)
7. FOX|Justin Wong (Karin, Ed)
7. SB|Dieminion (Guile, Ed)
9. L.E.S (M. Bison)
9. STDx|Sin (M. Bison)
9. BLMRBL|OrangeMan (Rashid)
9. AAO|Drae “Yomi” Games (Laura, Necalli)
13. EG|K-Brad (Cammy)
13. Rise|Marn (Ibuki, R. Mika)
13. EG|NYChrisG (Guile)
13. AFG (Karin)

Source: Northern Arena

For those looking to get an arcade stick as well as a game to try it one at the same time, here’s an interesting deal for you. Newegg is offering a package deal for both a Hori Real Arcade Pro 4 and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite for PlayStation 4.

The Newegg package has both the Hori RAP4 and MvCI for the cost of only $149.99. This is effectively comparable to getting the stick at half the price of purchasing it separately from a new game, or getting the game free alongside the arcade stick.

The Hori Real Arcade Pro 4 is compatible with both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, alongside the PC. It comes with Hori’s Hayabusa line of arcade parts (as used in Taito’s Vewlix arcade cabinets). The specific version in the package is the black version (red, white, and blue variants also exist).

For interested buyers, Newegg is also giving the option of free shipping for the package.

Source: Newegg via Slickdeals

Thanks to the ACA NEO GEO line, the Nintendo Switch now seems to be the place to play old school NEO GEO fighting games on the go. Following on the heels of games such as The King of Fighters 2000 and The King of Fighters ’99 comes another classic SNK fighter from the 1990s.

Originally released in arcades back in 1992, Art of Fighting is now available for purchase on the Nintendo Switch eShop. This classic fighter — which sees Kyokugen-ryu Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia fighting their way through South Town’s seediest bars and dojos to rescue the former’s sister Yuri — was one of the first games to introduce a secondary meter system. Performing special attacks in the game would drain a characters “spirit bar.” This meter would need to be manually charged when it ran out. Additionally, both Ryo and Robert had access to a “super death blow,” the Haoh Shoko Ken — while other characters did not, at least not in the original NEO GEO version that this port uses.

Those looking to experience this piece of fighting game history on the Switch can purchase it now from the eShop for $7.99. Take note, however, that as with all ACA NEO GEO releases, this is a straight-up port of the arcade version without many of the bells and whistles we’re used to in home ports today.

Source: Siliconera