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The month of June is always a busy and exciting time for anyone involved in the gaming industry–as the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo will be held in Los Angeles, and for the first time ever, it will be open to the public this year! To commemorate the occasion, Twitch and T-Mobile are teaming up to bring an Esports Arena Tournament Series to the show floor, featuring professional competition in three of the hottest fighting game titles currently on the scene: Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Injustice 2.

Though the free-of-charge event will be held outdoors at L.A. Live, T-Mobile will be providing customers who visit the Twitch Esports Arena with access to a VIP seating area, to have the best seat in the house to catch the action. Viewers can also vote across both Twitch and Twitter on who they think will be the MVP of each match, by using the hashtag #TMobileMVP, along with the tag of their nominee. Though we are currently unaware of the players and match-ups that will be on display, we know the event schedule is as follows:

• Tuesday, June 13 – Day 1 will feature matches on Street Fighter V from 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT.
• Wednesday, June 14 – Day 2 will feature matches on Tekken 7 from 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT.
• Thursday, June 15 – Day 3 will feature matches on Injustice 2 from 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT.

For those unable to attend the event in person, all of the action will be streamed on https://www.twitch.tv/twitchesports. Nintendo has even caught the esports fever, as they will be hosting their own open invitational tournaments for ARMS and Splatoon 2.

Stay tuned right here to Shoryuken, where we’ll have more information on this event as soon as it’s revealed.

E3 2017 takes place June 13-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Sources: AListDaily; PVPLive

For anyone looking to get some more fighting game action on Steam, now may be a great time to pick up the Street Fighter games on the platform. Both Street Fighter V and Ultra Street Fighter IV are on sale as part of the Capcom Pre-Summer sale over at GamersGate.

Street Fighter V is currently 50% off on Steam. The regular edition is going for only $20, meanwhile the 2017 Deluxe Edition is going or $40.30. Take note that the latter comes with both the 2016 and 2017 character passes.

Ultra Street Fighter IV is subject to a massive 75% discount. The full version of the game is available for only $7.50. On the other hand, for those who already have Super Street Fighter IV AE2012 on PC, the upgrade to Ultra Street Fighter IV goes for only $3.75.

In addition to these, a host of other Capcom titles are also on sale. These discounts will last only until June 8.

Source: Dealzon

A beloved member of the FGC scene in the Pacific Northwest, Rhiannon, has recently suffered a terrible accident–having been struck by a car while walking on foot. She now faces a very long road to recovery. A warmhearted person with a great attitude, she has been an immensely helpful member of the fighting game community in her region from day one. A GoFundMe page has since been created to raise money for her formidable medical bills. From the fundraiser page:

On May 15, our beautiful Rhiannon was struck by a moving car as she crossed the street after work that evening… Rhiannon was slammed to the ground underneath a parked van. Both legs were shattered in the impact as well as crushed ribs. Many bumps and bruises and sprains. Our hearts are broken when we think of the pain she must endure on a daily basis as she recovers from this horrible accident.

It will be a long uphill battle as she is unable to put weight on her legs for 6 months, and faces many hours of physical therapy. She has lost her independence, her apartment, and her ability to work. We sincerely appreciate any help to offset the huge expenses she has incurred.

A warning for the squeamish: the GoFundMe page contains photos of the injuries that some may find unsettling.

A huge thank you from her friends and family goes out to the FGC for all of the support she’s received already.

Source: Rhiannon’s Medical Fund (GoFundMe)

In today’s Pokémon-themed Nintendo Direct, it has been revealed that Pokkén Tournament will be coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. Titled Pokkén Tournament DX, this deluxe edition will include the four extra characters from the arcade edition of Pokkén–Scizor, Darkrai, Croagunk and Empoleon–along with new fighter Decidueye from Pokémon Sun and Moon.

Along with this, Pokkén Tournament DX will feature special 3v3 team battles similar to King of Fighters, where players pick three Pokemon to fight in a lengthier battle. As with the Wii U version of Pokkén, there will also be your typical Ranked and player matches, with players being able to pair their individual Switch systems together for local multiplayer. There is also the ability to play on a single Switch system, using the two JoyCon controllers.

Pokkén Tournament DX will launch worldwide on September 22nd, with it featuring at this year’s E3. Attendees of the show will be able to play a demo version of Pokkén Tournament DX, with Nintendo holding a special on-stage event during their Treehouse streaming block.

Source: The Pokémon Company

Following Injustice 2’s first big tournament at Combo Breaker, NetherRealm Studios have released the first major patch for their super-powered fighter. In quite the change from previous NRS games, this patch mainly includes bug fixes and quality-of-life tweaks, rather than major character changes.

Besides general stability improvements, Injustice 2 now tells you if your opponent is playing via wireless or a wired connection, so you know who to blame if a match starts to get laggy. Gear sets now also appear on the loading screen as you join into a match, and corrections have been made to the in-game move list, so it displays the correct frame data.

As for character-specific changes, the only major nerf came to Joker’s Chattering Teeth, which can no longer set up an unblockable situation on certain characters. Otherwise, most of the balance changes were to rectify bugs, like Scarecrow not having any invincibility frames on his wakeup attacks. This hands-off balance approach is certainly different to NetherRealm’s previous history of causing radical metagame shifts with each patch, so let’s see if fans respond positively to this change in direction.

For all the changes, make sure to check out the full patch notes on the Injustice website. Besides Scarecrow actually having wakeup options now, I’m most pleased to see that Mr. Freeze finally has his helmet back. All of the nine upcoming DLC characters have also been added to the character select screen, with Red Hood being the only character not shrouded in shadow.

Besides Black Manta and Raiden–who are obvious via their trademark headgear–a notable character is the tiny fighter on the far right hand corner of the CSS. DC fans have posited that this character is mostly like Atom, a shapeshifting superhero who can shrink and grow his body for the situation at hand.

Source: Injustice 2