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Go home and get a flat top: Guile-themed hair gel is now a thing in Japan

If you ever wondered how exactly Guile keeps that flat-top looking so fresh, Capcom may have let his secret out of the bag. As part of the memorabilia for Street Fighter’s 30th anniversary, Guile-themed hair gel is officially going on sale.

While this is obviously a Japanese advertisement — and thus for sale in Japan — there is no word on if this product will hit American shores to give civilians access to this military-grade hold. However, if you do get your hands on this, listening to Guile’s theme while applying it to your hair will surely complete the Street Fighter hair-care experience.

Source: GoNintendoTweet (Twitter)

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smash.gg is raising $11 million toward local tournaments

smash.gg has risen as a premier platform for hosting tournaments — from the smallest locals to huge tournaments like Combo Breaker and the Evolution Championship Series — and it’s not stopping.

VentureBeat reports that smash.gg raised $11 million “to help local esports fans create their own tournaments.” The idea is to help out scenes on a grassroots levels — rather than giving more money to major events, to try to inspire local events to pop up more often. Several investors are pouring money into the platform — which, in addition to fighting games, gets occasionally used by sporting events, trading card game tournaments, and Rocket League. Over 2,000 events per month crop up on the service.

Currently, smash.gg is running Burst League and Curleh Circuit, which are ongoing until their finals in September. The VentureBeat article doesn’t state exactly how the funding will work.

Now, if $11 million enters the picture, could we expect some kind of monetary support to those scenes who opt to participate in Burst League/Curleh Circuit? Stay tuned until we find out more — possibly in the second seasons.

Source: VentureBeat

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BadIntent develops new safe jump for Pokkén Tournament’s Blaziken

If you’ve spent any time with Pokkén Tournament at all, you already know that Blaziken is a character of extremes. He does massive damage to his opponent, but his enhanced special moves deal damage to himself in the form of recoverable health. This is particularly true of the long wall combos the character is best known for, which can end up using several special moves in one combo.

Knowing all this, it’s a pretty bad feeling for a Blaziken player to have built up all that recoverable health after doing a cool combo, only to get popped in the jaw by a wakeup Extreme Speed from Lucario and watch your lifebar melt away.

Well, worry no more. Pokkén Pro BadIntent has developed a new safe jump off wall combos specifically to beat i9 armored moves. These are Pokkén’s Dragon Punch equivalents, such as Lucario’s Extreme Speed and Pikachu’s Volt Tackle. With this safe jump, these problem moves can now be baited out without giving up your meaty pressure. Burn brightly, Blaziken players.

Source: BadIntent

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The new Razer Panthera Street Fighter V Edition fightstick is now available to order

Long Vo’s new artwork really compliments the Panthera’s design.

As we previously covered, Razer had a special Street Fighter V-themed Panthera fightstick planned for release in July. It missed the July mark by a little, but the new stick — featuring new Street Fighter Alpha 2-inspired Street Fighter V artwork by Long Vo, is now available to purchase on Razer’s website!

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You can read all about the inspiration for the new artwork — and grab one of these sticks for yourself — over at Razer for $199.99 USD. Read our review of the Razer Panthera here.

Source: Razer via Mark Julio (Twitter)

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PND|Ketchup looks at “What’s Changed?” in Injustice 2’s August 2017 balance update

Earlier this week, NetherRealm Studios released patch 1.07, the August update, for Injustice 2. Whereas the game’s last few updates mainly focused on bug fixes and quality-of-life adjustments for the title, this patch provided us with our first set of balance changes for a large majority of the cast — particularly the heroes and villains who had been deemed early top tiers.

As he did for the July update (that brought us DLC character Sub-Zero, as well as a variety of bug fixes and the removal of Trait combos off of throw techs for certain characters), PND|Ketchup continues his “What’s Changed?” series, by looking at every single character that was directly altered — either positively or negatively — in this patch, and explains what the overall changes will mean for each of them going forward.

In the video’s comment section, Ketchup provides timestamps for all 21 characters who have been impacted in alphabetical order.

What are your thoughts on Injustice 2‘s current balance following this update? Were any of your characters impacted? Have these changes caused you to switch characters or to pick up a few new ones? Let us know in the comments section below.

Source: PNDK&M

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Circa eSports signs Evo 2017 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 finalist Joey D

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 saw its tournament landscape turned on its head this year with the Evo 2017’s top 8, and the players in that group are certainly reaping the benefits. After a solid year that saw him finish 5th in the game’s final appearance at Evo, Chicago native Joey “Joey D” D’Alessandro has found himself picked up Circa eSports.

With eyes fixated on games like Dragon Ball FighterZ and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite in 2018, the signing of this midwestern Marvel titan is bound to bring excitement to the community as he travels more.

Source: StreamMe (Twitter)

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Eighty Sixed launches their new “Mandala” T-shirt with a mystical Dhalsim cosplay video

Perfect to wear to Yoga practice, or your local SFV tournament.

Eighty Sixed has debuted a new Street Fighter V T-shirt, this time for fans of the mysterious Yoga master Dhalsim. The new design is appropriately titled “Mandala”:

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To celebrate the new shirt’s arrival, Eighty Sixed presents this video to help get you in the Yoga frame of mind:

Seems Dhalsim even gets bored with Yoga asanas now and then, since he snuck some Tai Chi forms in there at the end! The cosplayer is Hex of Nein & Hex.

You can pick up the new Mandala T-shirt design from Eighty Sixed for $24.00 USD.

Source: Eighty Sixed

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ARIKA developers will be stopping by BeasTV on August 8th to show off the ARIKA EX project

If you are starved for more footage of the ARIKA EX fighter, then Daigo Umehara’s BeasTV has some good news for you:

ARIKA devs will be stopping by Daigo’s stream at 11:00 AM JST on August 9th, both to show off their game and to hold a Q&A with viewers. If you’re in the USA, this will be on the evening of August 8th at 7:00 PM PDT. Those that don’t speak Japanese might have to hope for a translator to re-stream, but luckily the game’s great visuals transcend language.

Source: BeasTV (Twitter)

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Red Bull’s Smash Gods and Gatekeepers will bring an epic Melee clash to Los Angeles on September 2 & 3, 2017

The challenge to the Super Smash Bros. Melee gods will take place at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles.

While Red Bull has already announced their Smash Gods and Gatekeepers event — an opportunity for challengers to take on the “gods” of Super Smash Bros. Melee — they had not revealed the date and location, until now. Smash Gods and Gatekeepers will take place on September 2 & 3, 2017, at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Mortals, rejoice! It is time to answer the call. Today, Red Bull announced Red Bull Smash Gods and Gatekeepers, an all-new two-day Super Smash Bros. Melee major where fans have the opportunity to team up and compete with their favorite renowned Super Smash Bros. athletes.

To reiterate the event details from the earlier announcement: the two-day event features two formats, leading up to a final competition: a double-elimination tournament leading into Crew battles, that will culminate in “Judgement Day” — a battle captained by the Gods and Gatekeepers themselves: Cloud 9’s Joseph “Mango” Marquez, PG|Justin “Plup” McGrath, Counter Logic Gaming’s Zac “SFAT” Cordoni, VGBootCamp’s Daniel “ChuDat” Rodriguez, Justin “Wizzrobe” Hallett, Tempo Storm’s Jeffrey “Axe” Williamson, Echo Fox & MVG’s Jason “Mew2king” Zimmerman and Red Bull’s William “Leffen” Hjelte.

  • Day 1: a standard double elimination competition for participants to qualify as the Chosen: those who are ranked in the top 32 will be placed in a draft for the final 2 open slots in the Captains’ Crew. Those not chosen from the top 32 will play in a standalone Godforsaken Tournament.
  • Day 2: the final Judgement Day battles to see which Crew will be victorious, and crowned champions!

Registration is still open on smash.gg! For more information, head over to the official website.

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Source: Red Bull eSports

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Registration is now open for Manila Cup 2017

Acting as a Ranking event on the Capcom Pro Tour and one of South East Asia’s biggest majors, registration for Manila Cup 2017 is now live. Held at the Power Mac Center in Makati from September 8th-10th, this year’s Manila Cup is hosting a grand total of nine tournaments with:

  • Street Fighter V
  • Tekken 7
  • Mortal Kombat XL
  • The King of Fighters XIV
  • Injustice 2
  • Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
  • BlazBlue Central Fiction
  • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
  • Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

International registration can be found over at smash.gg, while local Filipino players can register at the Play Book Gaming Lounge in Circuit Makati. With top talent from all over South East Asia coming to compete and SRK’s very own d3v helping run the tournament, Manila Cup is an event you don’t want to miss.

Source: ManilaCup2017