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FloKO interviewed The King of Fighters XIV director Yasuyuki Oda about the upcoming Version 1.10 patch for his game; in addition to discussing the inspiration behind the graphical changes and SNK’s decision to increase support for the esports scene, Oda says that he has a “small present” planned for the Christmas season. Since the 1.10 patch won’t be officially implemented until January, we can assume that whatever the surprise is will be something unrelated to the graphic and balance updates. Christmas season is practically here, so it’s likely we’ll find out what it is soon.

You can watch FloKO’s full interview with Yasuyuki Oda here.

[Editor’s note: there’s a possibility the “present” refers to the yet-unreleased classic Athena costume, which is apparently going to be a free download temporarily. Or, maybe not! We’ll see.]

Source: FloKO

 

 

One of the best things about Tekken–you know, other than its stellar and deep gameplay–is the ability to customize your main in a multitude of ways. It has been like this for a long time in the Tekken universe, and it looks like Tekken 7: Fated Retribution is no exception.

Revealed recently are multiple different options to accessorize your characters. First up, we have what is called the “Kiwami”–or “Ultimate”–collection. These are two piece costumes that which each piece can be selected individually.

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Also added are arranged costumes, which can be customized in the color edit mode of the game:

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Further, there are various character-specific accessories, and non-character specific headwear, with the latter being on nondescript head models:

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As Tekken 7: Fated Retribution rolls closer to console release, we can assume that all these costumes will also be readily available in the console version for us to customize to our hearts’ delight.

Source: Fighters Generation

With January 27th a little over a month away, the folks at Frosty Faustings are busy with announcements for the ninth installment of the acclaimed tournament series in suburban Chicago, Illinois. They have already announced numerous pot bonuses, and the announcements of bigger pots continue to pour in.

Frosty Faustings, already one of the final stops on the Killer Instinct World Cup tournament series, is now boasting a $1,000 pot bonus for the game. This pot bonus is presented by the KI Ultra Tour.

With all of these announcements, Killer Instinct is shaping up to be huge at Frosty Faustings. Make sure that if you are a player of this game, to get your registration in for Frosty Faustings.

Source: Frosty Faustings

One of the most notable aspects of development in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is the presence of the Marvel Games team in the process. Whereas previous installments of the series have been produced primarily by Capcom with Marvel holding the rights to decide which of their characters make the cut, it seems that this time they are sticking their hands deeper into the development mud that ever before.

Michael Martin from Yahoo Esports talked to executive producer Mike Jones and creative director Bill Rosemann of Marvel Games about the new title, and their role in the game’s production. The Marvel team seems to be mainly in charge of story, with Jones quoted as saying, “What we’ve never been able to do is tell the story about why these worlds are coming together,” and Rosemann further elaborating, “There’s a reason for everything. You’ll notice in the backgrounds it looks like the worlds are merged. The question is who did this? These are questions and mysteries that will be answered as you play the game.”

Source: Yahoo! Esports

Some time back, we got some hints that more classic costumes would be coming to The King of Fighters XIV as downloadable content. Now, we have our first official confirmation of a new classic costume from SNK themselves.

In a recent tweet, SNK has announced that Athena Asamiya’s classic costume from The King of Fighters ’98 will be coming “very soon” to The King of Fighters XIV.

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV:
DLC Costume “ATHENA (KOF ’98 ver.) ”is coming out soon! 　#KOF14 #KOFXIV pic.twitter.com/XLN3Lnu29E

— G-Mantle (ゲーマント） (@SNKPofficial) December 15, 2016

Now while SNK has yet to give a specific date for when the costume will be released, producer Yasuyuki Oda has stated on the KOF World Facebook page that it will be available for free for a limited time.

Sources: SNK; Yasuyuki Oda; thanks to MMaker for the tip.

Some time back, we got some hints that more classic costumes would be coming to The King of Fighters XIV as downloadable content. Now, we have our first official confirmation of a new classic costume from SNK themselves.

In a recent tweet, SNK has announced that Athena Asamiya’s classic costume from The King of Fighters ’98 will be coming “very soon” to The King of Fighters XIV.

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV:
DLC Costume “ATHENA (KOF ’98 ver.) ”is coming out soon! 　#KOF14 #KOFXIV pic.twitter.com/XLN3Lnu29E

— G-Mantle (ゲーマント） (@SNKPofficial) December 15, 2016

Now while SNK has yet to give a specific date for when the costume will be released, producer Yasuyuki Oda has stated on the KOF World Facebook page that it will be available for free for a limited time.

Sources: SNK; Yasuyuki Oda; thanks to MMaker for the tip.

The King of Fighters franchise has always been popular in Central and South America. As such, it’s fitting that SNK’s King of Fighters World Championship will have its final qualifying stop in the region.

Road to KOF Peru will be the final King of Fighters World Championship qualifier before the big the Four Kings tournament in February. The tournament will take place on January 15, 2017 at Gaming Factory, at the Centro Commercial Tomás Guido, in Lima, Peru.

With this being the final KOF World Championship qualifier, expect a good number of top King of Fighters XIV to be in attendance. As of this writing, both Nicolas “KaneBlueRiver” Gonzales and Ramon “Romance” Navarrete Valencia have confirmed their attendance on the event’s Facebook page.

Source: KOF Peru via Atlus

Of the people I’ve interviewed on behalf of SRK, PokkénArena’s Admin FlySociety|Milln has always been one of the most entertaining personalities I’ve talked to. When I found out that he wrote a hype piece at SmashBoards for Pokkén Tournament’s many events at Northeast Championships ’17, I knew it’d be worth a gander.

Recently at SRK we have covered the 5v5 between Team Japan and Team USA scheduled for NEC 17. In addition to going into greater detail on the players involved, the Pokkén pro points out a curious trend with the way Japanese players are mostly teaming up with Americans for the newly added 2v2 event. For a little more personal insight into some of the players attending NEC 17, Milln shared some one-off questions he had with participants over on PokkénArena.

NEC 17 starts December 16th in King of Prussia, PA.

Source: SmashBoards

Intentional or not, the new PC beta for Street Fighter V Season 2 has made the full themes for Akuma and the game’s two new stages available. Both Akuma’s theme and the Temple of Ascension stage music channel the familiar shamisen and flute sound that has haunted his stages over the years. On the other end, the jazz styling of the Christmas in New York stage music might have some players partying like it’s 1999.

Check out all three tracks below:

Source: Nelson’s TAS and Game Archive