Category: News

Posted on

ESPN polls Street Fighter V pros on who they think is the world’s best player

During Brooklyn Beatdown Round 2 last weekend, ESPN Esports was on hand to chat to many of the top players attending this high-stakes tournament. With several pros jockeying for the top spot, they asked all their interviewees the same question — who is the best Street Fighter V player at the moment?

Based on the feature image above, you can hazard a guess as to who many players think is the best. Despite him coming second at Evo and not being able to conquer the Raging Demon Tokido, the majority of players said that Punk was the current best in the world. According to Daigo Umehara, Punk’s performances are just on “another level” compared to everyone else.

With his Karin busting everyone up, many of the players that ESPN talked to said that they were picking up a grappler just to deal with Karin. NuckleDu is working on his Birdie, Alucard was planning to counterpick Abigail, while Justin Wong noted that one of Punk’s bad habits is that he takes too many grabs. The overwhelming consensus is that grapplers may be the silver bullet to put down Punk. Even then, Smug noted that while he can beat Punk’s Karin with Balrog, he’ll just “switch to another character” to find a solution.

While Punk was the main person that people pointed to as the best, Tokido was in close second. With Capcom Cup 2017 fast approaching, we’ll soon have the answer.

Source: ESPN Esports

Posted on

ARIKA are holding a “Pro vs. Pro” exhibition at Tokyo Games Show for their mystery fighting game

Following up from their new trailer earlier this week, ARIKA have announced that they will be commandeering the Twitch stage at Tokyo Games Show to hold a special exhibition for their mysterious fighting game. As a special treat for those interested in this project, ARIKA will be pitting AW|Nemo against GRAPHT|Fuudo in a high-stakes exhibition.

Along with Nemo and Fuudo, ARIKA founder and legendary game director Akira Nishitani will feature as a special guest. According to ARIKA’s Facebook page, this whole exhibition is to show off the Gougi system and how “dangerous” it can be when two pros are going at it.

The exhibition will begin tonight at 9:30pm PT, with it being streamed on Twitch’s main channel, alongside Twitch Japan and BeasTV. Expect plenty of gameplay of new character Allen Snider, along with a better look at other characters like Darun Mister and Skullomania.

Source: ARIKA EX

Posted on

– Next Day: Survival Updated After Successful Beta Run

Next Day: Survival has been updated after a successful beta run that saw more than 150,000 players take part. Game content has expanded with the Primorye map as well as the ability to create private servers, the new “Redemption” quest line and several new abilities. Lastly, Next Day: Survival is on sale via Steam at 25% off for the next two weeks.

Posted on

Tekken 7’s arcade rebalance “Version N” hits consoles and Steam in the form of Version 1.07, available now

It was only last week that Tekken 7‘s arcade version received the new balance patch for “Version N”. The patch dropped suddenly and without any note as to when it would reach consoles: which, it turns out, is exactly how the console patch based on it, Version 1.07, was dropped today!

T7_charartwork22

Even though the official Tekken website hasn’t updated at the time of this writing, you can turn on your PS4 or Steam right now and get the latest version. In addition to the balance changes (rejoice, non-fans of Xiaoyu’s previously safe Art of Phoneix sweep!), there’s a number of new character portraits for several members of the cast.

Sources: Tekken 7 (Steam Community); Avoiding the Puddle

Posted on

Monster Hunter slashes her way into battle in her Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite reveal trailer

Get ready to hunt some new quarry in Capcom’s tag team fighter.

Another reveal from Capcom for Tokyo Game Show: the first of the six DLC fighters coming to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite via the Character Pass got her official trailer tonight. Heavily armored and eagerly showing off her brutal skills with both her bow and her massive blade — not to mention an explosive Hyper combo — she looks ready to claim some new trophies from the unfortunate MvC:I roster. Check out the reveal trailer below!

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam.

Source: CapcomChannel

Posted on

Playable BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle is coming to New York Comic Con, RTX London, and more

During the Tokyo Game Show 2017 Twitch presentation, Toshimichi Mori from Arc System Works got on stage during a special BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle event. The panel presented an overview of the crossover in Japanese, resuming some already known information, like slides showing Yosuke Hanamura and Linne.

Toward the end of the panel, Mori announced a few dates and locations — BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle will be playable at certain events around the world for the first time! Check out the timetable below:

bbxtagschedule

For those going to New York Comic Con, that means that BBXTAG will be playable for them in as little as about three weeks. After that, three more locations around the world will host a playable build, ending with Arc System Works’ own ARC REVOLUTION CUP in Japan. While there were no character or content announcements, that is really soon!

Stay tuned to Shoryuken as we hear more about BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle.

Source: TwitchJP

Posted on

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite has abrupt combo-limiting mechanics

No more infinites in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, eh?

Players are busy figuring out the limitations of the newly released Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. In desk’s latest videos, he finds something interesting. By testing out combos made entirely out of normal attacks, it seems like Capcom put in an awkward-looking stopper to infinites.

In the video below, you can see combos from Captain Marvel and Chun-Li made out of normal attacks only. It appears that the combo automatically drops after the 38th hit lands. The opponent simply flips out in the air. desk calls this a “true end” to the combo, meaning it’s not possible to continue it further, regardless of hitstun decay. He speculates this could be linked to using light attacks, or that there’s an actual hard limit on combo hits.

Conversely, rooflemonger, in the video below, explores a different aspect. According to his testing, the combos seem to end based more on damage, than hitstun. He goes about discovering this in a different method, though: by doing highly damaging combos nearing 4.8K. Maybe there are two different ways a combo can be forced to drop?

Let us know in the comments below what you’ve dug up so far about MvC:I and how these combo stoppers actually work. Check out our MvC:I tutorial round-ups for more coverage on the game.

Sources: desk; rooflemonger

Posted on

Absolver 1.06 patch goes live — addresses power loss bug, adds new masks and balance changes

DevolverDigital‘s just pushed one of its bigger patches to date, Version 1.06, for its open world fighting game Absolver. The patch contains a comprehensive re-balancing of a number of abilities, fixes various bugs, and adds new content to the game in the form of masks and songs.

Some of the bigger re-balanceing changes are:

Special abilities
Absorb successful:
increase ghost damage refill (x2)
decrease stamina bonus (50 -> 20)
add +20 protection during 5s

Parry successful:
decrease stamina bonus (30 -> 15)

Attacks
Decrease range and impact on guard of fastest attacks
Increase impact on guard of Breaking attacks

1v1
health refill on kill now take in account the health ratio of both players at the beginning of the round

Others
Increase weight/mobility impact on stamina
Increase dodge iFrames (2 -> 4)
Keep shards after death

 

You can read the full list of changes in the update here on their official website.

The six masks are all based off of other DigitalDevolver franchises, such as Hotline Miami and The Talos Principle. While this is the most visible change in the latest patch, players will likely be more excited by the resolution to a power loss bug that has been plaguing the game since launch.

Source: absolvergame.com

Posted on

“A forbidden story is revealed”: Bandai Namco releases new story teaser trailer for Dragon Ball FighterZ

A brief glimpse into the machinations of Android 21…

Truly a teaser, we are given here only a tantalizing taste of what may be to come in the story mode of Bandai Namco’s & Arc System Works’ hotly-anticipated Dragon Ball FighterZ. Akira Toriyama’s new game-exclusive character, Android 21, obviously figures heavily into the plot of this new story — what dark design is at work? Witness the dread and determination in your favorite fighters’ eyes for yourself in the trailer below!

Dragon Ball FighterZ is in development, expected to release sometime early in 2018.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment

Posted on

Poongko is ending his Capcom Pro Tour 2017 run, may not be able to come back next year

One of the most exciting Street Fighter competitors to watch is Lee Chung Gon, a.k.a. Poongko. The Korean competitor has made a name for himself both for his near flawless execution with Seth in Street Fighter IV and Kolin in Street Fighter V (which has earned him the nickname “the Machine”), as well as his antics on stream — often taking off his shirt to signify becoming “angry” and then playing even more seriously.

For fans of Poongko and his Kolin, it seems that they won’t be able to experience his antics any more this year. In a recent tweet, Poongko announced that he was dropping out of this year’s Capcom Pro Tour. More worryingly, he says that due to his personal situation, he may not also be able to compete next year.

While a number of great strides have been made over the years to making competitive fighting games a viable way to make a living, that doesn’t mean that personal issues and other reasons can’t stop players from doing so. Sometime, a player simply needs to step back and focus on their personal lives. We here at Shoryuken wish the best for Poongko, and hope he can return soon!

Source: Poongko