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The remastered version of Street Fighter II’s Thailand Stage will be released for Street Fighter V, alongside three new premium costumes, on April 25. The new content was revealed during Capcom’s WonderCon 2017 panel earlier this month.

The iconic stage was the home of Street Fighter II’s final battle, where players faced off against M.Bison. Capcom released several design sketches for the stage, which has been faithfully reproduced. The stage’s theme music has been recreated as well, in similar fashion to the Air Force Base and High Roller Casino stages already adopted from Street Fighter II.

Ryu, Chun-Li, and Juri will receive new premium costumes with a shared schoolyard theme. Ryu is dressed as a student gang leader with fierce sideburns, Chun-Li dons glasses for a more traditional school girl look, and Juri shows off some gothic punk style–boots, leather and all. Each costume will cost $3.99 USD.

Capcom has also confirmed that even more new content is on the way before the end of April. A previously announced balance patch is due to arrive before the end of April, and the developer is expected to reveal the third DLC character for Street Fighter V Season 2–soon.

Source: Capcom-Unity

After nearly two years of waiting, Under Night In-Birth fans will finally be able to enjoy the Late[st] version of the game! Famitsu announced today that Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], which has been played in Japanese arcades for almost two years, will be getting a release on PS3, PS4, and PS Vita. We were given a taste of what is to come in this teaser shot!

As you can see, we can expect at least one new character, in addition to the two characters that have been added to the arcade versions since the last console release, Mika and Phonon. In addition to the new challenger, Enkido, we will also get new system and balance changes that will bring console users up to date with the arcade version in Japan.

The first console release of French Bread’s UNIB saw massive popularity in the North American competitive scene, so this news will no doubt appease the hordes of fans who have been clamoring for a new console release. Stay tuned later this week for more information from the full Famitsu article, after the issue goes on sale on April 20.

Source: Famitsu

This past weekend, the Insomnia Gaming Festival was held in Birmingham, England. In addition to a variety of gaming tournaments to celebrate the Festival’s 60th “Lanniversary”–including an appearance by the upcoming Tekken 7–the event included a playable build of Injustice 2.

While there were a series of scheduled exhibition matches between some of the U.K.’s top NRS talent, there was also a significant reveal: the existence of the new single-player Multiverse Mode. Most recently teased on the latest Injustice 2 Watchtower live stream by NetherRealm’s Community Specialist Tyler Lansdown as being “kind of like [MKX’s] Living Towers, but not really,” this seems to serve as the equivalent to Towers, and should be a great way for players to farm for Gear, without journeying to online battlegrounds.

In addition to the campaign, online, and fighting game standard arcade modes, Injustice 2 also introduces the new Multiverse mode. Similar to Mortal Kombat X’s Towers, the Multiverse allows players to travel to an ever-changing series of parallel worlds in the DC Universe and battle alternate versions of the heroes and villains with various handicaps, stipulations, and goals. Completing the gauntlet, you’ll gain access to various tiers of Motherboxes, which yield new Gear, items, and shaders for your characters.

Six of the seven planets available in the screenshot below are named, “The Rage,” “Blown Away,” “Overthrown,” “The Grave,” “Bad Odds” and the “Fifth Dimension,” with many of these titles no doubt being references to events within the DC lore, (as well as a quick jab at Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe’s defining mechanic). Each planet has between one and three objectives for players to complete, and are all set to expire in varying amounts of time, mirroring Mortal Kombat XL’s hourly, daily and Premiere Towers, which changed weekly. There are also five squares on each planet, with “The Grave” having three lit up, perhaps indicating that each world will have five “Levels” to battle through?

NRS content creator Super has posted a pair of videos to further explain what little we know about this new gameplay mode right now.

Finally, someone was also able to snap a screenshot of Deadshot’s Trait from the in-game move list, as we haven’t seen much of the Suicide Squad member since his reveal back at Gamescom in August. We can see that he has three types of ammo available, that will likely have various effects on his attacks. Simply pressing the Trait button will load up his “Incendiary Ammo.” Pressing Trait while holding forward provides him with “Explosive Ammo,” which has 1 frame of startup and will make his Wrist Cannon special moves do more damage, along with an additional buff. Using Trait while holding back gives Deadshot “Poison Ammo,” which will no doubt inflict Damage-Over-Time (DOT) to his opponents, similar to Venomous D’Vorah and Acidic Alien.

What do you think of this new game mode? Were you a fan of MKXL’s Towers, and if so, is this something you’ll be playing regularly to acquire your Gear and shaders? Or do you prefer to earn your items through combat? Give us a hint in the comments below!

Sources: Super; Test Your Might

 

While the game itself can initially be tried for free, the easiest way to get the complete Killer Instinct experience is to purchase the game’s Definitive Edition which contains all 3 seasons worth of DLC characters. Now may be the perfect time to do so, as the Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition is currently on sale.

Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition is currently available for only $27.99 over at Microsoft’s online store. This represents a 30% discount off its original $39.99 price. Xbox Live Gold members can get the game for only $23.99–an additional $4 off the discounted price.

As previously stated, the Definitive Edition package contains all the characters, from all three seasons. In addition to this, it also comes with Killer Instinct Classic, which allows players to experience the 1994 original on their Xbox One.

Interested parties should head on over to Microsoft soon, however, as there is less than 24 hours remaining on the sale.

Source: Microsoft