Space Hulk: Deathwing is a new co-op and single-player FPS with RPG elements from Cyanide Studios. You’ll customize your load-outs, your classes, and play through a 10-15 hour solo campaign story as well. Action and premise is similar to Left 4 Dead, where the waves of Tyranid swarm are coming for you at different intervals throughout your progress in the game.
– Turtle Rock Partners with Perfect World for New Coop FPS IP
Perfect World Entertainment and Turtle Rock have announced a partnership to bring a new IP to the world that will be a cooperative online shooter with a “strong dark fantasy” theme. The partnership allows Turtle Rock to pursue its service-oriented game style, meaning getting games into players’ hands quickly and then iterating future updates based on the community’s experiences in the game.
Team Allegiance Steps into the World of Super Smash Bros. Melee by Signing Edgard “n0ne” Sheleby
Known for their presence in console esports like Halo, Gears of War and Call of Duty, Allegiance joins the growing number of esports teams who are entering the world of Super Smash Bros. by signing notable Captain Falcon main, Edgard “n0ne” Sheleby. This signing comes off the back of n0ne’s continued growth as a player throughout the whole of 2016, racking up wins against Druggedfox, VwS|Professor Pro, CLG|PewPewU, fellow Captain Falcon Tempo|S2J, DNL|Duck and most famously, FOX|Mew2King at Get On My Level 2016 and UGC Smash Open.
The initial victory over Mew2King made n0ne the first Falcon to take a set off M2K in over a decade, really catapulting n0ne into the spotlight. His “no fear” approach to matches, his amazing conversions off of single hits and his ice cold demeanor make n0ne an absolute joy to watch when he gets going.
Allegiance is smashing into a new scene! Time to show us your moves @n0ned! https://t.co/OHabxl8zap #PledgeAllegiance pic.twitter.com/ghcMpb6xoO
— Allegiance (@TeamAllegiance) December 13, 2016
Allegiance are partnering up with n0ne’s previous sponsor, Even Matchup Gaming, in order to provide him with the right resources to grow as a player in 2017, as well as to branch out into Smash with the knowledge of a well-renowned organization.
Source: Allegiance
– Four Unedited Minutes of Gameplay
Deck 13 is taking the wraps off of The Surge, its forthcoming action RPG. They have sent out a new trailer featuring four minutes of unedited game play.
Justin Wong vs. Snake Eyez: Street Fighter V Matches from Twitch’s White House Game-a-Thon
See Justin Wong turn the White House into a house of pain for Snake Eyez!
As we mentioned last week, EG|Justin Wong, Mike Ross and Gootecks headed over to the White House yesterday to show off some Street Fighter V as part of Twitch’s White House Game-a-Thon–and they brought Red Bull’s Snake Eyez along with them.
You can still watch the Street Fighter V section on Twitch: the section featuring these prominent FGC personalities and the SFV matches starts just after the 00:40:00 mark.
Thanks to DJ Ghost Phrat for the tip.
Source: Twitch
Aquaplus Crossover Costumes Coming to Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round is no stranger to having crossovers from other franchises when it comes to its downloadable content. This latest batch of costumes shows that this isn’t going to change anytime soon.
Team NINJA has partnered with visual novel company Aquaplus to release a line of DLC costumes based on characters from their franchises. These visual novel franchises include Comic Party, White Album, Utawarerumono, To Heart, Tears to Tiara, Dungeon Travelers, and more.
Interestingly enough, Aquaplus already has its own fighting game, 2011’s Aquapazza, making this yet another fighting game crossover added to Dead or Alive 5.
Source: Team NINJA
Super Street Fighter Carnival 2016 Enters Its Last Week with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Virtua Fighter 3: Team Battle Tournaments
It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you that Super Street Fighter Carnival 2016, Mikado’s 2-month long tournament gauntlet through a wide variety of arcade fighters, has entered it’s last week. We’ve been covering the games since the beginning and if you’ve wanted to get in on anything you’ve missed, there’s plenty to catch up on!
Now is not the time for tears, though. We should look towards the future.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Heritage For The Future is Capcom’s wild attempt at interpreting one of Japan’s longest running manga into a fighting game. Not an easy task, given that it’s source material is largely full of endless monologues, posing, and puzzle bosses. While it’s Capcom’s only attempt at a JoJo game, JJBA:HftF is a cult classic thanks to its gorgeous sprite work and interesting system mechanics. The fact there’s menacing competition at Mikado for this game is probably no surprise.
Virtua Fighter 3: Team Battle wasn’t nearly the success in America that it was in Japan. It took forever to come out to consoles and, when it did, it was for the dwindling Dreamcast. And that’s a shame, because as this video shows, VF3 has a ton of depth and excitement. This ambitious entry fully embraced its 3D core and defined many of the mechanics that VF4 and 5 would become known for.
As always, you can follow along Mikado’s upload schedule on YouTube, or try to catch them live on their UStream.
Source: Mikado
Armada Given a Percentage of Alliance as the Team Gains Independence from Twitch
One of the biggest bits of recent news in esports is the fact that Alliance, alongside Evil Geniuses, recently became independent from Twitch. The latter spun off both teams, pointing out that owning a stake in them represented a conflict of interest.
The interesting bit of news however comes from Alliance: Jonathan “Loda” Berg, one of the team’s founders, has announced that Super Smash Bros. Melee player Adam “Armada” Lindgren would be one of the players who would be given a percentage of the team. Specifically, Armada is the only player outside of the original members of Alliance who would be given a percentage.
This is an interesting development, as this makes Armada possibly the only Super Smash Bros. player who owns a stake in his esports team. Whether this means that the team will increase its involvement in competitive Smash is as of yet unknown.
Both Alliance and Evil Geniuses became part of Twitch back in 2014 as part of their acquisition of Good Game Agency. The latter has now mostly been folded into Twitch’s partnerships division.
Source: Jonathan “Loda” Berg via PVP Live
Ex-SNK Developers Are Working on a New Fighting Game–for the Super Famicom
At the recent Hong Kong Retro Game Expo ’16, an interesting new fighting game was on display. Called Unholy Night, the game was developed by former SNK staff who previously worked on games such as Kizuna Encounter, The King of Fighters ’98, The King of Fighters 2001, and The King of Fighters 2002. While this may sound somewhat intriguing already, the really interesting thing is that Unholy Night is being developed for the Super Famicom.
Now for those who may not know or recall, the Super Famicom was the Japanese version of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. With the system being the first to see a home port of Street Fighter II, the SNES was arguably the first console where many players got to experience fighting games at home.
Now, Unholy Night isn’t the first example of a new game being developed on an older “dead” console. Many hobbyists and retro gaming enthusiasts do go out of their way to create games on these older consoles. Additionally, Hong Kong based console peripheral company Blazepro also seems to have some involvement in Unholy Night.
As for Unholy Night itself, the game features 6 playable characters and 3 attack buttons mapped to B, A, and X. Meanwhile the Y, L and R buttons are tied to a mystery feature (the movecard labels it with a “?”). The game itself is set to release in February of 2016 using a 32 MB cartridge.
In the meantime, check out these photos of the game at the event from Richard Wan.
Sources: Vincent Wan; SRK Forums
– Atelier Sophie & Nights of Azure Headed to Steam PC
Koei Tecmo America has announced that Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book and Nights of Azure are both heading to Steam for PC players. Both games are set for release on February 7, 2017.