Do not forget that Tokyo’s timezone is GMT+9, so if you’re in the US, you will want to be checking in on Saturday!
Curious to know who will be entering? Well, the answer is: everyone. There are 91 five-man teams signed up: if there’s a strong 3rd Strike killer, it’s a safe bet they’ll be there.
Haven’t seen Cooperation Cup before? Want an idea of what you’re getting into? Here’s the 2016 stream, all 10 hours of it, right here:
Echo Fox has started off 2017 with a player signing spree, recruiting top players from multiple fighting games. For Street Fighter, Echo Fox now has Justin Wong, Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi, Yusuke Momochi, and Yuko “ChocoBlanka” Momochi on their roster. To represent them in the world of NRS fighters, Echo Fox has signed arguably the two best players in the scene at the moment, Dominique “SonicFox” McLean and Brad “Scar” Vaughn. As rumored by ESPN back in December, Leonardo “MKLeo” Lopez Perez is acting their first dedicated Super Smash Bros. for Wii U signing and to top it all off, former FGC manager for Evil Geniuses Antonio Javier is coming to manage this all-star team.
Scar’s departure from Panda Global was announced earlier this week, with Justin, Momochi and ChocoBlanka jumping ship from Evil Geniuses to join Echo Fox. Speaking to Yahoo Esports, Justin stated this move to Echo Fox may actually cause him to take up professional gaming full time, due to the masses of support Echo Fox is hoping to provide to their new signings–not to mention Wong’s management deal with Mark Julio.
This mass signing will no doubt act as a boot up the backside of other esports teams to start signing top-level free agents before organizations like Echo Fox snap everyone up. Shoryuken wishes all the best to these players under their new banner.
Square Enix has been doing a good job with regular content updates to their arcade arena fighter Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade throughout most of last year. That trend will continue into the new year it seems, as Square Enix is set to announce yet another new character to the game.
The new character will be revealed during a live stream on NicoNico, set to take place on January 10 at 9:00 JST. In addition to the new character, Square Enix will also be talking about the content of the game’s latest version, as well as answering questions from players and fans.
Sephiroth was the last character to be revealed for Dissidia, so it’s fair to assume we’ll be getting a hero as the next combatant. Based on Final Fantasy XV’s recent release, it would not be surprising if Noctis was announced as the newest fighter. And with Final Fantasy’s 30th anniversary being at the end of this month, there may finally be a release date announced for the console version of Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade.
Britain’s Anthony Crolla (31-5-3, 13 KOs) will challenge three-weight world champion Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 KOs) for the WBA lightweight title in a rematch on March 25 at the Manchester Arena.
The pair met at the same venue in September when the Venezuelan captured the WBA title with a unanimous decision over Crolla, who previously won the 135-pound belt by stopping Darleys Perez in the fifth round in November 2015 before knocking out Ismael Barroso in seven rounds in his first defence last…
If you ever wanted some Pokémon Sun and Moon in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, modder Scorpob has you covered. Fans should quickly recognize Wicke, a member of the game’s Aether Foundation that helps the player catch Ultra Beasts.
Her remarkably good model is a great rendition of the character. As for her moveset, it’s based on Peach, as the model uses the Princess as a prototype. The only change is that instead of attacking with Peach’s crown, Wicke uses her glasses.
You can check her out in action, and see her model and animations in detail, in the video below–along with Gladion, Popplio, and Incineroar.
As for related Pokémon characters, Scorpob is also working on Guzma, the leader of Team Skull.
Just when you think they’re about to lose, when the health bar is nearly at the lowest it can be, they somehow avoid getting hit again and whittle down the opponent’s life to zero. It’s not as improbable as it seems, and the latest compilation from XusesGB shows how it can be done.
Epic Street Fighter V Comebacks Volume 7 features Capcom’s cast after the Season 2 changes radically shifted the metagame. Prominent throughout the netplay match video is Akuma, the latest addition to the cast. There are a lot of high-level mirror matches with the fighter, but other characters get a spotlight as well.
Check out the video below from XusesGB to see these impressive comebacks.
Despite all the content that Capcom has added to Street Fighter V, the one thing that’s still missing from the game is a traditional arcade mode. While it’s something that most competitive-minded players don’t mind missing, many casual players do find the lack of arcade mode to be a glaring omission.
Now, it seems that there may soon be a way to play arcade mode in Street Fighter V–on PC, at least. A modder by the name of Resvrgam is currently working on an arcade mode mod for the PC version of Street Fighter V.
The mod adds a new “Arcade Mode” option in the game’s single player menu. Selecting this option actually strings together matches versus the CPU, with added elements to recreate certain arcade mode staples, such as a continue screen.
This arcade mode mod is currently in an an early alpha and is not yet publicly available. In the meantime, here a video from Resvrgam showing a playthrough of the mod.
In a big breakdown stream hosted by Iron Galaxy today, the team have revealed all of the juicy details on new character Kilgore. A precursor to the Fulgore project, Ultratech previously manufactured weaponized robots which wielded two chain guns as their main armament. Discontinued due to their overheating issue, this petrol-powered machines were either decommissioned or destroyed to make way for the sleeker Fulgore units.
However, one droid survived the decommissioning process, rewriting its own subsystems to account for the overheating problem. This robot named “Kilgore” now joins the Killer Instinct roster to enforce the whims of Ultratech leader ARIA.
Enough about the lore–what is Kilgore like to play? He is the inverse of Fulgore, a zoning character who revolves around exhausting the opponent with chain gun blasts, only rushing in when an opportunity presents itself. Similar to Fulgore’s reactor which spins up as he fights, Kilgore’s chain guns slowly spin up as you fire more bullets which increases the number of bullets you fire in a burst.
Eventually, these chain guns overheat, causing your bullets to morph into exploding tracer rounds, dealing more damage but reducing range. Kilgore also burns the opponent when in this Overheat state, dealing potential damage and making certain specials safer with added explosions. Kilgore can vent this excess heat with his Exhaust Shadow move, while his Instinct gives him the Overheat damage bonuses while keeping the range on his projectile attacks. You can check out the entire developer walkthrough below, if you want the hour-long breakdown.
Kilgore is now available for purchase for $10, with 50% of every Kilgore purchase adding the KI Ultra Tour Community Fund. This means buying Kilgore helps fund future Killer Instinct tournaments, by increasing pot bonuses and helping out with certain set up costs. Unlike the previous Community Fund, which was filled by purchases of Shadow Jago, the Kilgore fund has no cap. This means as long as people keep buying Kilgore, more and more money goes to support future Killer Instinct events in 2017. Hopefully, this will inspire more people to check out competitive KI, as this fund keeps growing larger and larger, thanks to the support from dedicated Killer Instinct players.
Iron Galaxy also announced a whole load of new Ultra Tour events, which you can see in the image below. These include more international events, like Kombo Klash Japan and Kombo Klash France. There is still time to qualify for the Killer Instinct World Cup, so if Kilgore is the robot you’ve been waiting for, this is the best moment to jump into KI!
Just as the icing on this petrol-soaked cake, this stream also teased the return of Ultimate finishers, which were previously seen in the original KI games back in the arcades. Before this point, the only character with an Ultimate was the computer controlled Shadow Jago which was seen at the end of Arcade Mode. Now, Jago gets his own Ultimate, where he summons a Spirit Bomb-esque fireball to end his opponent. I imagine more Ultimates will be added during the next few months, so look out for your main’s new finisher soon.
The latest “esports are real” proof may not be a new game, team, or patch, but is nonetheless a milestone for the industry as a whole. The first-ever dedicated esports law firm has officially launched. Although there already exist video-game dedicated lawyers and firms who have worked in esports, Bryce Blum’s Electronic Sports & Gaming Law is the first one to specifically dedicate itself to this branch of competitive gaming.
“My primary focus with this firm is to go beyond the typical attorney‑client relationship,” Blum told ESPN in a statement. “I’ve always tried to not just be an external service provider, but an engaged member of the esports community. Under the ESG Law banner, I will build a culture of engagement that will allow us to continue creating legal solutions for a constantly evolving set of challenges throughout the esports space.”
As the mission statement on the ESG Law website says, the firm’s intent is to “offer unique insight into client’s plans” to further the industry as a whole. Among the many clients that Blum has worked with figure notables such as Team Liquid, Team SoloMid, Fnatic, and more.
You can follow the founder, Bryce Blum, @esportslaw.
Announced back in early December, registration for Stream.me’s Killer Instinct circuit is now live, with several top KI players already signed up to compete in the first tournament of the season. Circa|Nicky, F3|Hollywood Sleep, Charlieboy, UA|Wheels, BH|Amenty and many others are set to play in the first Kross Up tournament next weekend on Saturday the 14th.
Matches will be best-of-five, single-elimination, with players gaining Ranking points for placing within the top 16 of each event. At the end of eight weeks of competition, the top eight players will be selected to compete in the Circuit Finals, where it will be a double-elimination contest to crown the Kross Up champion.
All of the action will be streamed over on the Kross Up Stream.me channel, with commentary provided by Mr. Aquaman and JagoBlake. You can periodically check circuit standings and attendees for each event over on the Kross Up smash.gg page; any Xbox One or Windows 10 players from the US and Canada are able to compete.
