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UDON Collectibles launches T-shirt line featuring classic win quotes for Street Fighter’s 30th anniversary

New apparel featuring those slightly mistranslated, now-iconic lines from Street Fighter II!

UDON shirts 30th logoTo help celebrate 30 years of Street Fighter, UDON Collectibles has just launched a new T-shirt line: it features the Street Fighter II cast’s win quotes from that classic game, matched with their silhouette and costume colors. The English version of Ryu’s win quote has launched speculation, a hoax, and eventually created a whole new character–while Guile’s classic put-down and Chun-Li’s powerful proclamation are just two more examples of these both iconic and entertaining quotes. Do you remember them all?

The shirts are available on the UDON Collectibles store now for $29.99 USD each, available in a variety of men’s and women’s sizes. Go check out the selection! Ready to proclaim your love proudly for your original main?

 

Ryu
Ken
Chun-Li
Guile
E. Honda
Dhalsim
Zangief
Blanka
Balrog
Vega
Sagat
M. Bison

Source: UDON Collectibles

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VesperArcade tries out the buffed Ryu online in Street Fighter V’s PC CFN beta test

VesperArcade has done a bang-up job of breaking down the changes that are coming to Street Fighter V in this April’s balance patch. However, it’s one thing to break down a list of changes, it’s another to to actually test those out in the game!

With Street Fighter V recently having a free PC beta to test the upcoming CFN changes, VesperArcade took this chance to try out the changes to Ryu. Now, Ryu is currently one of those characters that just doesn’t feel as strong to most players as he did in Season 1. In his previous video, Vesper stated that Ryu’s buffs would help him, but that they wouldn’t be enough. Does his prediction come true? Check out how he does online with Ryu version 2.1 in the video below.

Source: VesperArcade

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Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev rematch set for June 17

IBF, WBA and WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) will fight previous titleholder Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26 KOs) in a rematch on June 17 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Ward will defend the world titles he won from Kovalev by a disputed unanimous decision last November.
Kovalev scored a second round knockdown but the American battled back to win the closely fought contest -114-113 on all three scorecards.
The Russian has exercised his right to an immediate rematch.
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– Ship of Heroes Seeking $400k in New Kickstarter Initiative

Heroic Games is launching its Ship of Heroes Kickstarter initiative beginning today. Backers have just over a month to get involved to help raise $400,000 in pledges to move the game to a playable alpha phase. Funds taken in over the $400k mark will be used to progress SoH towards release.

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Frabisaur examines crossups in the first Fighter’s Dojo mini-episode

In an effort to cover additional topics left undiscussed in his normal videos for the sake of time or clarity, Frabisaur has released the first Fighter’s Dojo Mini! This supplemental video provides a brief look at the concept of crossups. Frabisaur explains the crossups are possible in games that lack a block button, because developers placing a marker in the center of each character model that allows the game to tell which side of the screen they’re on–and which direction they need to be blocking in. Showing a clip of Akuma jumping over Ryu, he points out that the moment where Ryu’s head and body start to turn to follow Akuma in the air is the point at which he can be crossed up with an attack.

Finally, after using Zangief’s Body Splash as a visual aid of a crossup hitbox, Frabisaur shows off every single crossup currently in Street Fighter V, noting that some are visually ambiguous, but can be consistently blocked with practice.

You can see the full video above, and check out the other episodes of the Fighter’s Dojo: covering where to begin in fighting games, offense and defense, and hitboxes and hurtboxes. You can also follow him on Twitter at Frabisaur or watch his streams at twitch.tv/frabisaur for more content and concept explanations.

Source: Frabisaur

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Take a closer look at The King of Fighters XIV’s upcoming stages in this new trailer

Notable content included in the upcoming version 2.00 update to The King of Fighters XIV are the additional two new stages, which will be provided to all players free of charge.

A pair of classic backgrounds, “Transcontinental Railroad,” Terry Bogard’s stage from Fatal Fury 2, and “City Circuit,” first seen in KOF ’97, will be returning on April 5th. To celebrate, SNK released a trailer displaying both of these stages in all their 3D glory, set to a remix of Terry’s stage theme, “Kuri Kinton Flavor.” This provides a great look at the detail of these stunning backgrounds, including Mount Rushmore and the various signs that can be seen as the fighters battle upon the Transcontinental Railroad’s moving train.

Watch the full video below!

What do you think of these updated renditions of classic stages? Let us know in the comments!

Sources: KOF WORLD, via ATRyoSakazaki

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Damascus chats with Sven, a blind Street Fighter V competitor at Sonic Boom in Madrid, Spain

The top-placing players aren’t the only ones getting attention at Europe’s first Capcom Pro Tour stop.

Win or lose, overcoming a physical handicap to play the video games you love is certainly a noteworthy achievement in itself–and blindness is certainly a massive obstacle to competing in a fighting game. But losing his sight to cancer in his youth didn’t stop Sven van de Wege from learning to play Street Fighter–and other fighting games, too–by relying on sound instead of sight. He competed at the Sonic Boom event in Madrid, Spain this past weekend–and while he didn’t tear through the whole bracket, he still didn’t go 0-2, either!

Check out this interview with Sonic Boom commentator Damascus to get to know this Ken main a little better; you can see footage of his now-famous match in pools against Arkham|Musashi in the second video below.

You can see more footage of Sven’s now-famous winning match in pools in the video below:

Sources: WuahWuahMan; SF5 RBK Ultimate (via tip from Vince)

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Want to be judge at Evo 2017? Applications are now open!

Want to cover Evo? Media pass applications are open now, too.

Want to help run a bracket at the world’s biggest fighting game event? It’s a fantastic way to meet and interact with some of your favorite competitors, playing your favorite games–and help out the fighting game community as well. Applications are now open on the Evo site to put in your name to be a Tournament Judge at Evolution 2017.

The Tournament Judge role is a volunteer position, and is certainly hard work–but there are some nice perks. Food will be provided for the days you judge on, for all judges on Friday and Saturday–and judges also receive the official Tournament Judge T-shirt! Interested applicants should be familiar with a double-elimination bracket, and are required to provide their own transportation and lodging in Las Vegas.

If you are part of a media organization and want to cover the Evolution 2017 event, media badge applications are also now open. Head over to the application page to see if you are eligible for a media pass.

Evo 2017 is at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 14-16, 2017.

Source: Evo (Twitter)

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Circa eSports signs on Mortal Kombat/Injustice competitor Christian “Forever King” Quiles

This NetherRealms-specialist will now be fighting under Circa’s banner!

Circa eSports has officially announced that Christian “Forever King” Quiles is joining their team! Forever King has made quite the mark in both Injustice: Gods Among Us and Mortal Kombat XL, holding a spot within the top 5 worldwide for both of these NetherRealm Studios titles, based on the SRK rankings.

Forever King has already expressed his fondness for Injustice 2, so he’s surely eager to rock the tournament circle in NRS’ next title, too. We look forward to seeing it!

Sources: Circa eSports; Forever King (Twitter)

[Feature image courtesy of Circa eSports]