Neither of these ladies have seen their Final Fight quite yet!
Following up on other impressive Street Fighter-themed work, Pop Culture Shock is now offering two new statues; this time pulling from Final Fight and Ultra Street Fighter IV, feast your eyes on Poison and Roxy!
These 1/4 scale mixed-media polystone statues depict Poison as she appeared in USFIV, with Roxy as her palette swap. Each stands about 17″ high, and feature two facial expressions.
Pre-orders should open January 22, with no ship date yet confirmed. The production is limited to 200 units for Poison, and 175 units for Roxy. These girls gone bad will hit you pretty hard–in the wallet, at $399 USD apiece. Not too shabby for ex-Mad Gear flunkies!
We all knew that Capcom Pro Tour would return for a 2017 season, after the massive success of the last couple of years. Details, however, had been scarce on the tournament series–with the only announced stop on the tour so far being Final Round 20.
However, that is soon to change. Capcom recently announced that details on the first few events outside of Final Round will be announced within the coming weeks.
In the interest of helping players plan their travel, we’ll be announcing the first Premier Events of #CPT2017 over the next few weeks.
The King of New York will return for its third iteration next month, pitting New York City’s best Street Fighter V players against each other in a round-robin style tournament. The competition will play out over two days, culminating in a 10-man main event on Sunday, February 26 at Brooklyn Colony.
Five of New York’s best players, PIE|Smug, Idom, OG|Shine, F3|Alucard and LI Joe, have been pre-chosen to participate in The King of the New York A-League, Sunday’s main event. NEC XVII winner ANBU|Punk and runner-up Reforce|MenaRD have been invited to the A-League as well. They will be joined by three qualifiers from The King of New York B-League, which will be held on Saturday, February 25.
The B-League will be open to any and all challengers. A Swiss round-robin format will be used for the B-League, requiring each player to play at least seven matches against other B-League participants. The three players with the best win-loss records will qualify for the A-League the following day.
Entry fees collected for the B-League qualifier will be contributed towards the growing pot for the main event. Andy “Citiofbrass” Dumornay has confirmed a total pot bonus of $2,500 coming from sponsors The Hiero Group, Castle Gaming and his own Professional Instigators Entertainment (Team PIE).
The King of New York title originates with Sanford Kelly, whose Sagat play in Street Fighter IV earned him the nickname “The King.” Sanford was not without challengers however; Dumornay Launched the event in 2014 to settle an ongoing rivalry between Team PIE and Kelly’s Empire Arcadia teammates.
In a close debut event, EMP’s Kevin “Dieminion” Landon emerged the winner, with Sanford, PIE|Smug and PIE|Zeus all tying for second place. Smug took the title for Team PIE a year ago, defending New York against Liquid|NuckleDu and EG|K-Brad.
PIE|Smug, The Reigning King
Speaking to Shoryuken, Dumornay said The King of New York has always been about the players, and the event is being put together with absolutely no profit margin for the organizer. Instead, the focus will be on providing a premier platform for the city’s top players, while securing the largest prize pool possible.
The next King of New York will earn a minimum of $2,000 for winning, before factoring the entry fees from the B-League. Cash prizes are guaranteed for the top eight A-League players. Dumornay has also partnered with Matcherino, allowing fans and spectators to help crowdfund additional prize money for the event. Using the promo code on the funding page will allow anyone to donate $1 to the pot for free.
Lastly, Dumornay will be providing multiple casual setups for The King of Fighters XIV, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mortal Kombat X, Killer Instinct, and Guilty Gear Xrd for those looking to play something outside of Street Fighter V. Rather than asking for a venue fee for casual play, Dumornay will require those players to pay a bar minimum for food and drinks instead. Spectators interested in just watching will be admitted for free.
Tune in during the weekend of February 25th to watch this year’s King of New York on Bifuteki.
Injustice 2 is now available for pre-order, and with that, we can expect the pre-order bonuses to roll in. And if you are looking to capture the entire cast as they are rolled out, pre-ordering most definitely puts you on the right track.
Pre-ordering the game via GameStop already nets you a nifty Injustice 2 poster exclusive to the retailer. However, one of the biggest reasons to score the pre-order is that should you do so, you will receive Darkseid–one of the DLC characters–for free with your purchase. For only $59.99, you will also be guaranteed to have the game the day of release.
Darkseid was first revealed as a pre-order bonus on PSN; good to see he isn’t exclusive to the PlayStation Store.
Echo Fox has gone hard in the paint during the free agency period of Street Fighter V–and the FGC in general–in between season 1 and 2. They signed a large swath of players across the span of a few days, and looks poised to be a force to be reckoned with this year.
But if you ask Antonio Javier–FGC manager of Echo Fox, and former FGC manager of Evil Geniuses–he would tell you that even with an impressive roster, nothing is guaranteed. He states that “being in a prestigious team like Evil Geniuses and now Echo Fox, you always have a target on your back.”
He also discusses his unique role in the FGC as a manager of a large esports decision, as well as his background with the game. When asked about what drives him to keep the roles he’s maintained in the community, he states, “I got … satisfaction in mentoring the players, in kind of guiding them along the way, which is why I can say that this is truly a dream job for me.” He also talks about Echo Fox’s commitment to the FGC, saying, “But Echo Fox wanted to dive right in and show the community that they are very serious about investing in it, and … my signing along with the team shows a lot of commitment.”
The CEO series of events have become one of the largest series in the United States, let alone the Southeast. From starting out in humble and hurried origins in 2010, it has grown into a main event in June, a Smash-centric event known as CEO Dreamland in April, and their Anime-centric event CEOtaku in September.
This year the latter event finally has its dates penciled in, as Alex Jebailey announced the dates of the third iteration of CEOtaku. The event will take place at the Wyndham Hotel in Orland,o on September 23rd and 24th of 2017. The event–as always–will feature tournaments for a variety of anime-style fighting games, such as BlazBlue and Guilty Gear.
Officially announcing the 3rd year for the biggest dedicated #AFGC event. #CEOtaku 2017 takes place at the Wyndham on September 23-24th! pic.twitter.com/G5ahuYGoHk
The CEO series of events have become one of the largest series in the United States, let alone the Southeast. From starting out in humble and hurried origins in 2010, it has grown into a main event in June, a Smash-centric event known as CEO Dreamland in April, and their Anime-centric event CEOtaku in September.
This year the latter event finally has its dates penciled in, as Alex Jebailey announced the dates of the third iteration of CEOtaku. The event will take place at the Wyndham Hotel in Orland,o on September 23rd and 24th of 2017. The event–as always–will feature tournaments for a variety of anime-style fighting games, such as BlazBlue and Guilty Gear.
Officially announcing the 3rd year for the biggest dedicated #AFGC event. #CEOtaku 2017 takes place at the Wyndham on September 23-24th! pic.twitter.com/G5ahuYGoHk
Rogue Factor, Focus Home Interactive and Games Workshop have announced a new cooperative effort to bring on of the Warhammer 40K “cult classics” to life in a new turn-based tactical RPG. Necromunda: Underhive Wars will involve rival gangs are working to control the Underhive, a den of “anarchy, violence and betrayal”.
Wizards of the Coast is moving into the computer age with the opening of its first digital studio and big plans to “reimagine” Magic the Gathering and other Wizards products in the new format. Could there be an MMO in the future or an augmented reality project? It’s possible. The goal of the studio is to “make Wizards experiences more efficient, connected and convenient”.
This is Missing Person with a most ironic missing person report: while we know most everything there is to be known about Super Street Fighter II Turbo, there are still a few things that we don’t always see or understand.
Take this for instance. Silentscope was recently playing through the single-player mode on the Japanese version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Having triggered the right conditions, he fought Gouki (Akuma) instead of Dictator (M. Bison) for the final boss. However, he said that at around the 10 second mark, Akuma disappeared from the screen. Having lost the round by health deficit when the timer ran out, the game froze. Trying to award the round to Akuma, the game couldn’t–because the character asset was no longer available.
While he admits to playing this via emulator, the fact is that this is a strange glitch, and people within the ST community have yet to conjure up an explanation for Akuma’s untimely disappearance.
So where did Akuma go? That’s a question we hope to answer in the near future.
