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Only one week left to register for Evo 2017 — don’t miss out!

Time is running out to sign up for the world’s biggest fighting game event!

There’s less than a month before the next Evolution Championship Series arrives at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 14-16, 2017! Registered yet?

Registration closes on June 30, 2017, so you’ll want to act fast if you want to attend to compete and/or spectate — or add another game or two to your existing registration! Registration is handled by smash.gg this year. Evo 2017 will feature competition in nine of this year’s most popular fighting games:

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The Evo World Finals on Sunday will take place in the Mandalay Bay Events Center arena, featuring Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. You don’t want to miss it!

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Stay locked on to Shoryuken and the Evo website for updates on the event schedule and tournament brackets as they become available.

Source: Evo

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Roman Gonzalez-Srisaket Sor Rungvisai rematch to headline super flyweight triple-header on September 9

Former pound-for-pound king Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) will attempt to regain the WBC flyweight title in a rematch with Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (42-4-1, 38 KOs)  on September 9, likely to take place in Los Angeles.
The rematch headlines an all super flyweight triple-header, which features the US debut of Japan’s two-weight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue  (13-0, 11 KOs), who will be defending his WBO 115 pound title against American challenger Antonio Nieves…

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The Wii U Pokkén controller and Brook Universal Fighting Board are now compatible with the Nintendo Switch

After the latest 3.0 firmware upgrade, the HORI Pokkén Tournament Controller and Brook Universal Fighting Board are now both compatible with the Nintendo Switch.

For the popular Pokkén controller, this is almost definitely because of the latest announcement for Pokkén Tournament DX. It is worth noting that the Pokkén controller has shown compatibility in odder places in the past:

By making the Pokkén controller work with the Nintendo Switch — whether intentional or not — the Brook Universal Fighting Board now works with the Switch, too. Brook was working on compatibility for the Switch in the past; it sounds like their job got a lot easier.

Source: My Nintendo News

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– Now That the Steam Summer Sale’s Here, What Are You Buying?

If your Steam “guilt list” isn’t full enough, you may want to head on over for the annual Summer Sale. There are a bazillion great games out there for purchase, including not just a few MMOs. If you’ve gone by for a visit, what has caught your eye? Is there a particular MMO deal you’re interested in? Or maybe is there an RPG that has your fancy? Or something else? Let us know how many games you’ll be adding to your “to-do” list this week…or tell us how you resist!

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Have a look at all of the anime and manga references found for Goku and Frieza in Dragon Ball FighterZ (so far)

It’s no secret that Dragon Ball FighterZ has been sending shockwaves throughout the fighting game community since it first revealed its power level at E3. With Bandai Namco Entertainment enlisting Arc System Works to help craft this iteration’s foray into traditional 2D fighting — and creating a gorgeous landscape for players to destroy by utilizing the power of Unreal Engine 4 and a cell-shaded art style akin to Guilty Gear Xrd — fighting game players and franchise fans alike worldwide are salivating at the chance to trade blows in this new title. Though we’ve already seen plenty of impressions and gameplay footage, the developers have taken great care not to ignore the passionate fans of the franchise’s legendary history!

Based on all available footage we have of the title so far, IKevinX has compiled all of the various references the game makes to the original anime and manga for Goku and Frieza. This showcase displays that — beyond the normals, specials, supers and transformations — everything from ki charging, intro and victory animations, to idle stances and flight patterns, has been meticulously crafted to be as accurate to the source material as possible. You can see both videos below, with episodes on the other announced cast members: Perfect Cell, Vegeta, Teen Gohan and Majin Buu, hopefully coming soon.

What were some of your favorite references? Were there any that you didn’t know about? Let us know in the comments below!

Dragon Ball FighterZ will be released sometime in 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Source: IKevinX

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Street Fighter V is getting more school costumes — for Ibuki, Nash, & R. Mika — on June 27th

While we’ve still got a few more weeks ’til school’s out, Capcom has decided to add a few more school-themed costumes to Street Fighter V. First shown at E3 and coming next week on June 27th, Ibuki, Nash, and R. Mika are all getting new uniforms. Ibuki’s outfit looks the most familiar, wearing her traditional fuka school uniform. Her red scarf is apparently an homage to fellow Capcom ninja Strider Hiryu, according to the blog post.

SFV Ibuki School Costume

With his hall monitor sash and pristine white gakuran uniform, I bet Nash was a right pain to deal with in high school. You can just imagine him appearing out of the shadows and dragging you to detention. His white uniform may be familiar to Rival Schools fans, with Nash looking a little like Kyosuke Kagami.

SFV Nash School Costume

As for R. Mika, she’s chosen the sensible option for her school uniform. Instead of a leotard and pigtails, Mika’s let her hair down and is wearing your standard sailor fuku. With thick glasses and loads of friendship bracelets on her arms, Mika looks like she’s leading the school pep rally when she uses her V-Skill.

SFV R Mika School Costume

These outfits will go on sale on June 27th, each going for $3.99 USD. R. Mika, Nash, and Ibuki join Ryu, Chun-Li, and Juri in Capcom’s school of hard knocks. It’s probably the closest we’re going to get to a new Rival Schools game.

Source: Capcom-Unity

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Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition for iOS is coming early July, check out the new trailer

Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition, the improved version of the iOS port of Street Fighter IV, will be available in early July. As reported in our previous post, the update improves the game’s graphics, adds support for newer devices, and adds Dudley, Ibuki, and Poison to the playable roster. The registration list also mentioned in the report is still open for those who wish to be notified of the game’s exact release date.

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The trailer gives a quick look at the gameplay and showcases the updated graphics. You can check it out below!

Source: Pocket Gamer

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– Ship of Heroes – Powerset Demo Video & Justice Corp Bldg.

The Ship of Heroes site has been updated with a new lore piece accompanied by a video to show off one of the forthcoming game’s signature NPCs and his powerset. In addition, readers can get a look at the Justice Corp Building, environments, the Powers Testing Center, a demonstration of flying and a good look at how the artistic vision of the game is shaping up.

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Future Trunks joining the Dragon Ball FighterZ roster

Shown off in the latest issue of Weekly Jump, Arc System Works and Bandai Namco have revealed that the half-human, half-Saiyan time-traveler Trunks will be joining the Dragon Ball FighterZ roster. Much like the other heroes seen so far in Dragon Ball FighterZ, Trunks is sporting his look from the Android Saga back in Dragon Ball Z, rather than his new design in Dragon Ball Super. Based on the single image from Weekly Jump, we see Trunks doing what looks like his Heat Dome Attack — which he uses to kill Future Imperfect Cell. The dramatic camera angle in the screenshot probably means that this move will be his Level 3 super.

At the moment, all of the fighters on DBF’s roster are from Dragon Ball Z, with there being very little reference to the original Dragon Ball or current series Dragon Ball Super, outside of the Golden Freeza transformation. Do keep in mind that Dragon Ball FighterZ is only 20% complete, so we can still expect more characters from across all of the Dragon Ball mythos to appear in the full game. Seeing as Dragon Ball FighterZ will not be filled with multiple versions of the same character in their different transformations, I imagine the roster will be quite the eclectic one. With the Tournament of Power just about to start in the Dragon Ball Super anime, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see characters like Toppo, Jiren, Hit, and fighters from other universes in the final product.

Expect more information about Dragon Ball FighterZ soon, as the beta is coming up at the end of summer. Will Trunks appear in this version, or will it just be the E3 demo? We’ll find out soon enough.

Source: Gematsu via Weekly Jump