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Microsoft’s rebooted Killer Instinct has just received a title update that brings it up to version 3.3. The patch brings with it a host of changes, the biggest one being the inclusion of Eyedol.

The original boss character from the first Killer Instinct, Eyedol returns with some unique mechanics for the new game. You can read more about this in our previous coverage.

Aside from Eyedol however, the patch also bring with it a number of fixes and balance changes to the game’s characters.   You can check all of these out, including comments from the development team in italics, below.

Source: Ultra-Combo

Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena is heading to PC via Steam on July 28, 2016. The game’s Steam version will be published by Studio Saisenzen.

The game features characters from the Shining role playing game series. Players will compete against one another through the game’s “Tag Battle” combat system with 16 playable characters. There will be four main game modes including its fully voiced Story Mode. Online play was created specifically for the Steam release.

Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena was originally released on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 on November 26, 2015. One can hope for a similar release after the game comes stateside.

The announcement trailer is available below!

Source: Gematsu, Steam

The seemingly unstoppable force of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round costume crossovers continues with a brand new set based upon the outfits worn by characters from the hit anime and manga series Attack on Titan.

The costumes are currently available on the PlayStation Network, the Xbox Games Store, and the Steam Store. Players can purchase the costumes for $2.99 per character. All 30 costumes can be purchased in a bundle for $39.49 on the PSN and the Xbox Games Store. Interestingly, the pack costs a little more on Steam. It will run at $39.99

There is also a new stage available for purchase as well that is based upon the iconic set of the anime. The stage will cost $4.99.

Check out the new costumes below!

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Sources: DualShockers, PlayStation Network, Xbox Games Store, Steam

Throughout the years, a number of talented artists cut their teeth working at Capcom, creating art for games such as Street Fighter.  One of these is none other Akiman, known as Akira Yasuda in real life, Akiman did the art for a number of classic Capcom titles in the 90s before leaving in 2003.  Since then, Akiman has gone on to work in animated productions such as ∀ Gundam, Code Geass, and Gundam Reconguista in G.

Now, Akiman is once again doing art for Street Fighter. At the San Diego Comic-Con, Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono announced a special line of alternate costumes designed by Akiman for Street Fighter V.  Alongside the announcement, Ono tweeted a sample of the design for Chun-Li’s costume from Akiman himself.

Specific details about these costumes however, such as pricing, whether or not they can be purchased with Fight Money, and who else will be getting them aside from Chun-Li are as of yet unknown.

With this in mind, be sure to stay locked on to Shoryuken for more updates on this and other things from the San Diego Comic-Con.

Source: Yoshinori Ono

For many iterations of Street Fighter past, Zangief has always been known as slow with low mobility.  This made him very difficult to play, given the fact that he has to stay at close range in order to win, and required him to burn through a lot of his health to get to that range.

However, this time around, things may change.  GiefKid recently uploaded a discovered mechanic called IASA, or “Interruptability As Soon As.”  This is a mechanic originally from Super Smash Brothers Melee, but has found its way into Street Fighter V, where whiffed normals can be interrupted on certain frames by changing the state Zangief is in.  Thus, if the move is crouching, Zangief can interrupt the move’s recovery by standing up, making him able to move faster after performing the move.  Also shown in the video was Zangief doing rapid hops using IASA, thus making him cover more ground using the move.

While this certainly won’t make Zangief top tier any time soon, this mechanic will certainly aid Zangief be able to move much quicker into his preferred range.

(Source: GiefKid)

Announced during Capcom’s panel at San Diego Comic Con, mistress of the Feng Shui Engine and agent of S.I.N Juri joins the roster of Street Fighter V next Tuesday on July 26th. Most people got a small glimpse of what Juri can do during the Story Mode update, while others got a more extended play session with Juri thanks to data miners on PC but everyone will be able to play as the taekwondo temptress when she launches next week.

For those out of the loop, Juri’s V-Skill is Kasatsushu, where she charges up a flying kick which makes her appear behind the opponent. Holding the V-Skill command will have Juri charge on the spot until you release the buttons but you can forward or backdash out of the charge at any time. Her V-Trigger has her activating the Feng Shui Engine, allowing her to cancel all of her standard ground and aerial attacks into each other. The Street Fighter V servers will be undergoing server maintenance from 9AM to 5PM PT on the Tuesday in preparation of the release of Juri.

Along with Juri’s release date, Capcom announced three new Summer outfits for Ibuki, Laura and Cammy which will also be available for purchase on July 26th.

Ibuki Summer Outfit

Laura Summer Outfit

Cammy Summer Outfit

Source: Capcom Unity

Following his reveal during Killer Instinct Top 8 at Evo 2016,  Adam “Keits” Heart and Issac “Delriach” Torres ran one of Iron Galaxy’s trademark developer streams, running through everything Eyedol has to offer in Killer Instinct Season 3. They run through Eyedol’s two stances, the Warrior and Mage forms which are denoted by the colour of his mace. The Warrior has some of the best rushdown in the game while the Mage has some of the best zoning but you cannot actively switch between the two forms. Eyedol can randomly switch forms after using an Medium or Heavy attack, along with after performing a Special Move, Shadow Move or Ender. Staying in a certain form for an extended period will increase the chance of switching to the other and using Eyedol’s special Wake Up move will also increase the chance of a form switch. At most, it will take four punches to wake the sleeping head but be wary that overzealous face punching can actually kill Eyedol.

As such, Eyedol players will have to react on the fly and change their fighting style to fit the head which is currently awake. On top of the fun of form switching, Eyedol can gain Cosmic Charges which are governed by a special meter above the Shadow meter. Each head can have up to three Cosmic Charges on deck at once. The Warrior form gains Control Charges and the Mage gains Rage Charges but just to make things that little bit more complicated, the Warrior generates Rage Charges by using his Crushing Roar command grab while the Mage generates Control Charges using his Tele-Strike teleport. Control Charges allow Warrior Eyedol to cancel most attacks on either hit or block by jumping or dashing, while Rage Charges powers up Mage Eyedol’s Specials by double tapping the input. If this is all getting too much, you can always pop Instinct to awaken both Eyedol heads and combine both Mage and Warrior movesets, resulting into an incredibly powerful ogre. You can check out the full explanation of all of Eyedol’s moves over on his command list. You can also see all of Eyedol’s costume colours, as well as his accessories over on Ultra Combo.

Source: Maximilian Dood, Ultra Combo

Evo 2016‘s Street Fighter V finals took hype for a fighting game to soaring new heights, giving spectators a fierce battle on a scale never before seen; the matches were an intense struggle between eight of the world’s best players of Street Fighter V–tricky, tense matches showcasing what the upper level of SFV looks like so far in 2016: RZR|Fuudo’s whirlwind of an R. Mika; HM|GO1-3151’s and MOV’s battle of the Lightning Legs; HM|Eita’s fiery Ken and AW|Nemo’s slippery Vega; and Yukadon, crowd-favorite LI Joe, and eventual champion RZR|INFILTRATION putting their Nash games to the ultimate test.

Capcom Fighters has uploaded the full video set of these fights, to relive the intensity or see it for the first time if you happened to miss it.

Source: Capcom Fighters