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Rejoice Pokkén fans, this armored emperor penguin is finally coming to battle. Announced by the official Pokken Twitter account today, Empoleon is on their way to Pokkén Tournament Arcade, acting as the last of the currently known DLC characters for this Pokémon themed fighter.

Previously discovered through fans datamining the Wii U version of Pokkén, they discovered initially what they thought was three new fighters; Scizor, Darkrai and Empoleon. In actual fact, it was four fighters, with Croagunk getting upgraded from assist to fully playable character earlier in November, causing many to panic that the Steel and Water starter Pokemon from Sinnoh was not actually going to make it.

Fans can now rest easy, as Empoleon will be joining the arcade roster on the 15th of December. It is not known at this time if these DLC fighters will make it to the Wii U version of Pokkén, but seeing as the Nintendo Switch is on the way, it is likely that Pokkén will get an updated rerelease with all the new characters included while the Wii U version is updated via DLC.

アーケード版「ポッ拳　POKKÉN TOURNAMENT」に、12月15日より新バトルポケモン「エンペルト」が参戦決定！　#ポッ拳https://t.co/UxRljq3YL9 pic.twitter.com/e0Q5hyh5PK

— ポッ拳 公式アカウント (@pokken_official) December 1, 2016

Expect an Empoleon trailer and various community breakdowns of this character very soon.

Source: pokken_official via Gematsu

A special event from Arc System Works is coming up, and with it, they’re celebrating some of the best players for their two respective air-dashers, BlazBlue: Central Fiction and Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. The Arc System Works Fighting Game Award 2016 pits crowd favorites and recent Toushinsai champions against each other with a special tournament in Japan that will take place on January 4th, 2017.

Some of the participants, due to their high placements, are automatically qualified in the first four spots:

GGXrdR:
Machaboo Sin (Evo 2016 Champion)
Omito Johnny (Evo 2nd place)
Tomo Leo (Toushinsai 1st)
Sabamiso Bedman (Toushinsai 2nd)

BBCF (which was a team competition at Toushinsai):
Fenrich Jin (Toushinsai 1st)
Iwashi Ragna (Toushinsai 1st)
Ryuusei Carl (Toushinsai 2nd)
Yuuta Jin (Toushinsai 2nd)

The remaining four spots for each game will be determined in the following ways: through a Kansai (West) qualifier at Neo Amusement Space Game A-Cho, and another qualifier at Kantou (East) qualifier at Shinjuku Sportsland–those will reveal one combatant each, and the final two, for both BBCF and GGXrd, are up to the fans. Arc System Works opened up a voting page, and anyone can vote for their favorite players until December 11th.

The Guilty Gear Voting Page has the following contestants:

• GG: Ain Ky
• Rion Ky
• Kedako May
• Nakamura Millia
• E-T Chipp
• Samitto Chipp
• 310 Venom
• FAB Potemkin
• Nage Faust
• Koichi I-No
• Ogawa Zato
• Takehara Ramlethal
• Dei Elphelt
• High-Niki Elphelt
• Hamburg Elphelt
• Svampen Jack-O’
• Purepure Jack-O’
• Dogura Raven
• Zadi Raven

The BlazBlue fan vote includes:

• Tetsu Ragna
• Miya Jin
• Shino Noel
• N-O Rachel
• Tetsuwo Rachel
• Barell Tager
• Kurari Litchi
• Mio Litchi
• Souji Arakune
• Dora Bang
• Fukuu Bang
• Itou Sae Carl
• Chiri Carl
• Camelia Hakumen
• Konan Tsubaki
• Suya Valkenhayn
• Mokemoke Relius
• Asai Bullet
• Ikamen Azrael
• Kiabui Azrael
• Zexo Azrael
• H.H Mu-12
• Tennti Izayoi
• MurakuneUnit Celica
• Hyoubu Lambda
• Tamaisan Hibiki
• Nezu Hibiki
• Aoi Nine
• DISA Nine
• Fumi Nine
• Saki Mai
• Kubo Mai
• Kuroten Izanami,
• Sadie Izanami
• Tsujikawa Izanami
• Minami Izanami
• Monster Izanami

You get one vote per day for each game. The pages have Twitter links with short messages from the participants, and the bottom button is for voting; hit OK on the confirmation message. The main event page (in Japanese only) has additional information about locations and game formats.

Don’t forget that the voting in the Tenkaichi Budokai League is also ending on December 2nd.

Sources: Arc System Works; Silva (candidate names and some breakdown translation)

Hiroyuki “Eita” Nagata, ahead of his appearance at Capcom Cup, has secured sponsorship deals with three different Japanese firms. He appeared on Daigo’s Twitch channel to announce these signings.

He is now sponsored by GameWith, a Japanese mobile game review website, Omoriki, a Japanese media production company, and law firm and pro-gamer consultant firm Ebisu-Minami.

Already with a seventh place finish at Evolution and heading to California for Capcom Cup this year, Nagata’s stock continues to climb high.

Source: theScore Esports

 

New bracket? Check. Are we finally ready?

The Capcom Pro Tour main page has fully updated its list of qualified players for this weekend’s Capcom Cup 2016 at the PlayStation Experience in Anaheim, CA. You can now see the full list of competitors, location and schedule information, tournament format, and a breakdown of prize money distribution–still pending additional boosting from Street Fighter V’s CPT DLC. The bracket as shown on Challonge has also been updated to reflect the recent changes to the qualified players.

To learn about the competitors, their fighters of choice, and their chances going in to this battle, check out our ongoing Capcom Pro Tour Player Analysis series!

Sources: Capcom Pro Tour; Challonge

For some months now, Guilty Gear fans on PC have had to look on in envy as their console brethren enjoyed the latest version of the Xrd series, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. However, it seems that they won’t have to do so for much longer.

Arc System Works is finally bringing Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- to the PC, via Steam. For those who haven’t caught up with this latest incarnation of the game, -REVELATOR- features returning characters Johnny, Jam Kuradoberi, Jack-O’ Valentine and Dizzy, as well as newcomers Raven and Kum Haehyun. Alongside this comes a host of changes and fixes from the previous iteration.

Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- hits Steam on December 14. In the meantime, check out some screenshots in the gallery below.

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Source: Steam

Alongside tonight’s server maintenance, Street Fighter V has a new update available for download. The new update brings the game up to version 1.13 and clocks in at around 1 gigabyte.

So far, the only noticeable update is that the Ring of Destiny stage now sports Capcom Cup markings. Whether or not there are other additions to the game are yet unknown. While the 1 gigabyte size may seem large, the way the engine updates on the system means that it has to download entire .PAK files for even just minor changes to the contents within.

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Source: Street Fighter V

The Beast joins HyperX eSports, to wear and promote HyperX gaming headsets exclusively.

In addition to connections to Red Bull and Twitch, Daigo “The Beast” Umehara has signed on with another sponsor: HyperX, a division of Kingston Technology Company Inc., a manufacturer of gaming headsets–as well as wide variety of computer memory and storage products.

Umehara will now wear HyperX gaming headsets exclusively, such as the HyperX Cloud Stinger, HyperX Cloud, Cloud 2, and Cloud Revolver. According to Umehara:

Whether training for my next event or on-stage at a major tournament, I need the best quality sound so I can perform at the highest level. HyperX gaming headsets are the most comfortable I’ve ever worn, while also providing world-class audio at a reasonable price. I’m excited to be a part of HyperX and look forward to working closely with them.

Source: HyperX eSports [press release]