Category: News

Earlier this month we reported on a potential Classic Iori skin being spotted on the Chinese version of the game. As was hinted by the art on the disc, Classic Iori is available, and some players already have their hands on him. The Chinese version of the game was released today, and footage of Classic Iori is now surfacing.

While this skin is currently exclusive to Chinese copies of the game, the costume may become available worldwide, as was the case with Classic Kyo and Nightmare Geese. There was also news of more DLC being available for Chinese games in the coming months–but there is no word on whether those are the DLC outfits we already have, or something new.

Source: KOF Online

Brawlhalla is a game that always makes me stop and think. It turns a lot of fighting game conventions on their head, and provides something we haven’t really seen before. In addition to being accessible (and hugely popular, in some circles), it truly stands out in the crowd.

Today we get a look at a new fighter to grace the already impressive roster, bringing the character count up to 28. Cross happens to be a mobster who won a bet with a demon, giving him access to a living shadow that fights for him. Combining his long range shadow pressure with his close range heavy-hitting attacks looks to make one frightening addition to the roster.

Source: Brawlhalla

Just in time for December, Winterfox has announced their newest acquisition. NorCal-based Ryu main Putthivath “XsK_Samurai” Chea has signed a contract with the esports team.

Winterfox is primarily known for their Counterstrike: Global Offensive team, and this is their first acquisition not only in the FGC, but outside of that game in general.

Chea–who has been on a tear, qualifying via the North American leaderboard and having done well in nearly every tournament he has been to, including ESL’s King of the Hill series–will be representing Winterfox effective immediately, and will thus be representing the team in his inaugural Capcom Cup.

Source: Winterfox

What is Nakamura’s current rank? What color does Machaboo always use? And who the heck is this てれさ blowing people up as Jam?

Those are some of the questions you may have, while trying to figure out who’s who among the Japanese Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- elite. The Arcade Reference Sheet, in Google Doc format, displays players–with a lot of pertinent information–to make them easy to identify: character used, favorite colors, typical or recent ranking, their name in English characters as well as Japanese, and a few descriptive tidbits about them.

This should come in handy to keep track of names, or to recognize who plays on Mikado streams!

Big thanks to breadsticks!, VioletSniper, and shoujozenzen for compiling the information.

Source: breadsticks! (Google Doc)

Acting as the finale of its Championship Series and recently added to the games list at Genesis 4, Rivals of Aether is going to have a big presence at the Smash supermajor. Rivals of Aether singles and doubles will be taking place during the event, as well as a special Rivals meetup to bring all fans of the game together to celebrate the fighter they love.

There is already a $5,000 pot bonus for Rivals of Aether singles, graciously provided by the developers, with the potential for it to reach $10,000 if its goal on the Genesis 4 compendium is reached. In that vein, there is an assortment of Rivals-related items to purchase on the Genesis 4 shop, including a special Genesis Forsburn skin, an Orcane plushie, a Rivals Championship Series shirt and an awesome-looking Genesis Forsburn poster.

If you are already registered for events at Genesis 4, you can now amend your details and add Rivals of Aether to your list of tournaments you are entering. Do note there is a cap of how many main and side events you can enter at Genesis 4, so keep this in mind when planning your time at the San Jose Convention Center.

Source: Rivals of Aether via Dan Fornace

It’s been a long journey for Tekken fans, waiting for the console release of the newest title in the franchise. But 2017 is almost here, and with it will come Tekken 7 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

As if to remind it’s forlorn fans of this, Bandai Namco dropped a new trailer at the Golden Joystick Awards that gives an updated look at what console and PC players have to look forward to early next year. The trailer has new cut scene clips from the Akuma vs. Heihachi fight, quick looks at P2 costumes, and flashy footage of the Tekken 7 roster trading blows.

Source: Bandai Namco via Dualshockers

In their ongoing PS2 to PS4 series of remasters, Sony has announced that the last 2D Samurai Shodown game, Samurai Shodown VI, is coming to the US PlayStation Network Store next Tuesday. This port of the arcade version contains pretty much every version of every character from the entire Samurai Shodown series, including four brand new “EX” characters which were exclusive to this console port.

Similar to the Grooves in Capcom vs. SNK 2, there is a Spirit Select system in Samurai Shodown VI, where players can choose between the six different fighting styles from previous Samurai Shodown games. If you are looking for a Samurai Shodown title which captures the entire history of this SNK series, this is the one to get. Unfortunately, due to the fact it is a straight port of the PS2 version, there will most likely be no online multiplayer–but there will be trophy support.

With the original Samurai Shodown scheduled to release on PSN before the end of the year, these last two months of 2016 act as the perfect time to become acquainted with the series.

Source: PlayStation Blog

This Saturday seems to be the weekend for hosting intensive round robin events. While Kakutop League is determining Europe’s best Street Fighter V player, DetonatioN Gaming will be running a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U round robin, exclusively for players in the Kanto region of Japan. Like with Kakutop League, the players have been chosen for their prowess and results at Japanese tournaments, with the winner being crowned the best of the Kanto region.

The 12 invited players are:

• DNG|Kameme, second place finisher at Evo 2016 and world’s best Megaman player
• DNG|Nietono, one of Japan’s best Diddy and Sheik players and ranked 11th on the JAPAN Power Ranking
• DNG|Rain, considered Japan’s best Sheik in his prime, but has since switched to Cloud and Mario
• LG|Abadango, the world’s best Mewtwo and winner of US tournaments like Pound 2016 and Clutch City Clash
• Kirihara, widely regarded as the “hidden boss” of Japan and the country’s best Rosalina & Luma player
• KEN, in contention for Japan’s best Sonic and winner of multiple Umebura tournaments
• choco, Japan’s best Zero Suit Samus player and rank 14 on the JAPAN Power Ranking
• T, the world’s best Link player who famously defeated Ranai at Umebura S.A.T
• Tsu, rank 23 on the JAPAN Power Ranking and one of Japan’s top three Lucario mains
• kuro, one of Japan’s top Pit players and seventh place finisher at Umebura S.A.T
• pichi, rank 26 on the JAPAN Power Ranking, Japan’s top Captain Falcon main and winner of Umebura 24
• Umeki, pioneer of the “Umeki Rainbow” infinite with Peach and rank 24 on the JAPAN Power Ranking

It’s a veteran line up of Japanese players, so expect some fireworks this Saturday. Matches will be streamed on DetonatioN Gaming’s OPENREC.TV channel, with the round robin commencing at 3pm JST which works out to actually 9PM today PST and midnight EST.

Sources: DetonatioN Gaming; Smash Record

NetherRealm Studios is no stranger to guest characters in their fighting games. In fact, all of their fighting games so far have had guest characters–with their latest, Mortal Kombat X, being the most egregious example, with four of them.

With this in mind, it should be no surprise that NetherRealm Studios head honcho Ed Boon is hinting at possibility of guest characters in their upcoming Injustice 2. Specifically, Ed Boon has tweeted two polls for guest characters.

The first of these polls is for a possible guest character from Mortal Kombat. Fans will recall that the original Injustice: Gods Among Us had MK’s Scorpion as its guest character, so having another MK character come in as a guest isn’t unprecedented.

Best MK guest character for Injustice 2

— Ed Boon (@noobde) November 17, 2016

In addition to this, he’s also tweeted a poll for a non-MK guest character. The poll in question has some interesting picks, with the characters coming from popular film and comic book properties.

Best Non-MK guest for Injustice 2

— Ed Boon (@noobde) November 17, 2016

Now this is in no way confirmation that any of these characters will be appearing in the game; that said, these polls still at least mean it’s highly likely that both an MK and non-MK guest character will be making it into Injustice 2.

Injustice 2 is set to release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC sometime next year.

Source: Ed Boon