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Earlier this month, the Insomnia LAN Gaming Festival took place in Birmingham, England. The event featured a playable build of the upcoming Injustice 2, as many of the UK’s finest NRS players had been invited to compete in a variety of exhibitions. During his four days with the game, PND|Ketchup spent a large amount of time with Deadshot, who was recently broken down on the Injustice Watchtower, and has compiled a thread of his impressions with the mercenary after four days of play on Test Your Might.

Though this information comes from an unfinished build, it is still a great read for anyone looking to enlist the powerful zoner, as Ketchup covers detailed uses for all of Deadshot’s normals, notable strings, special moves and setups for his Trait. He even provides a list of some basic combos he found for Lawton. To view the thread in its entirety, head over to Test Your Might.

Injustice 2 will be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on May 16th.

Source: Test Your Might

Oops–intentionally or not (probably not) we now know who’s coming next for Season 2!

The Season 2 Character Pass on the PlayStation Store now reveals something we didn’t yet know, but was a solid guess: Ed is one of–probably the next–Season 2 DLC character for Street Fighter V–at least according to this DLC listing.

Balrog’s mysterious partner from the Story Mode is about to get less mysterious. Expect some official reveal information on Ed from Capcom soon, now that this cat is out of the bag.

Source: PlayStation Store via Joey Cuellar (Twitter)

As one of the worst-kept secrets circling NetherRealm’s latest fighter, we’ve finally got confirmation that the Joker will indeed be a playable character in Injustice 2, thanks to the release of the game’s achievement list. There are two achievements to do with the Joker, named “I Love You, I Hate You” and “Why Aren’t You Laughing?”

“I Love You, I Hate You” tasks players with defeating the Joker with Harley Quinn’s “Go Night Night” move, while “Why Aren’t You Laughing?” has players defeating Batman with the Joker’s “Not So Funny Is It?” attack. Most of the achievements involve characters with storied rivalries finishing each other off in specific ways, either with standard or meter-burned specials. A couple of my favorites are Captain Cold’s “FROSTY!!!” achievement, unlocked for defeating The Flash with a Cryogenic Blast and Bane’s “OUTTA NOWHERE!!!” achievement, which has him defeating Superman with a meter-burned Bane Bomb.

You can find the whole achievement list here and don’t worry, there are no major Story Mode spoilers from this list. The only thing it does reveal that you will be able to take alternate paths at certain points, shown by the “I’ll Do It Again” achievement.

Source: XboxAchievements

The time has nearly come to unleash these high-quality figures!

Yoshinori Ono, the executive producer of Street Fighter V, recently shared new images of the vastly detailed Bandai Tamashii Nations S.H.Figuarts Ryu and Chun-Li figures on his Twitter account. The photographs were taken at Tamashii Nations Akiba Showroom, the official showroom facility of the Bandai brand, to exhibit their newest products.

バンダイさん @t_features から アクションフィギュア S.H.FiguartsシリーズにSFシリーズのラインナップがされました！
第一弾として、リュウ/春麗が参戦です！
第二弾は、ラシードとキャミィを予定しています。https://t.co/pNdQblbOx0 pic.twitter.com/gyq3qrX3c2

— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) April 25, 2017

Two fighters arrive, with two more on the way.

According to Ono, the two famous fighters will headline the new figure line in Round 1, with Rashid and Cammy to follow suit in Round 2. Each figure will come with multiple hands and faces, special effect pieces and stands, and a backdrop sheet placing each fighter within an iconic stage from Street Fighter V. The collectibles will cost ¥6,480, which equals roughly $60 USD. More photographs can be found at the Bandai Corp. Collector’s Division Official Twitter account below.

「魂ネイションズ AKIBAショールーム」営業中！本日はS.H.Figuarts「リュウ」「春麗」のタッチ＆トライも開催です。ぜひご参加ください！ https://t.co/Qyg5tmGAPC #akiba_sr #SFV pic.twitter.com/wkftPQMDXk

— バンダイコレクターズ事業部公式（魂フィ） (@t_features) April 22, 2017

AKIBAショールームにてS.H.Figuarts「リュウ」「春麗」タッチ＆トライ最終回を17時まで開催中！挑戦者求む!! https://t.co/59Rarb8aOT #t_shf #ストリートファイター pic.twitter.com/FF4WOhsWIG

— バンダイコレクターズ事業部公式（魂フィ） (@t_features) April 22, 2017

Plenty of choices for your preferred purchase.

The action figures were first listed back in December of 2016, so it’s nice to seem them back in the spotlight, especially so soon before their release. Ryu and Chun-Li are currently available for pre-order on Amazon for $59.99, with a release date of June 15. Lower prices are available at both AmiAmi (Ryu, Chun-Li) and the Lunar Toy Store (Ryu, Chun-Li) with varying release dates.

Sources: Yoshinori Ono (Twitter); Bandai Corp. Collector’s Division Official Twitter; Tamashii Store

As the Pro Tour is now in full swing, Capcom have released details on the special DLC which Street Fighter V fans can buy to fill the prize pool for this year’s Capcom Cup and support the running of the Capcom Pro Tour. Like last year, there will be two special Capcom Cup Collection Costumes, a new Capcom Pro Tour stage and the Champion’s Choice Costume, designed by last year’s winner Liquid|NuckleDu.

So far, Capcom have only announced the two Capcom Cup Collection Costumes, with Ken getting his tuxedo from his Story Mode chapter and Ryu sporting a traditional Japanese festival outfit. The CPT Stage and Champion’s Choice Costume will be announced at a later date, but you can check Ryu and Ken’s new threads below.

Capcom have also announced the Capcom Pro Tour 2017 Premier Pass, which bundles together all of the costume and stage DLC, along two exclusive titles, a special Capcom Cup color for all 28 characters and monthly in-game targets which reward players with extra Fight Money. These monthly targets will go live in June and the CPT color will only be available for PS4 players, decking characters out in a mix of Capcom and PlayStation’s trademark blue.

The Premier Pass will be available for $24.99, but you can buy the CPT costumes and stage separately if you wish. The costumes cost $5.99 a piece, with the CPT stage going for $9.99. Like last year, all of this CPT content will come off of the marketplace in late November, so Capcom can tally up the numbers ahead of Capcom Cup. Do note that Capcom does not plan to rerelease costumes and stages from previous Pro Tours at this time, so get them while they’re hot.

Source: PlayStation Blog