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Following his recent partnership with Red Bull, Daigo Umehara has now announced on his daigothebeastv Twitch stream that he has joined forces with Twitch, becoming their very first “Global Brand Ambassador”.

His new position will involve promoting Twitch all over the world, beginning in Asia–and this will not be limited to the realm of fighting games, but will include gaming in general. He will be traveling to non-FGC-specific expos and conventions, having a particularly large role at the upcoming Twitch Con. He will apparently be entering future tournaments under the tag Twitch|Daigo, but it is unclear how this will affect his listing in the Capcom Pro Tour. No mention has been made if there is any change to his arrangement with Red Bull.

Information on this development is still sparse, but we can certainly expect to see more of Daigo in his new role in the future.

Source: @Twitch; daigothebeastv; EventHubs

Following his recent partnership with Red Bull, Daigo Umehara has now announced on his daigothebeastv Twitch stream that he has joined forces with Twitch, becoming their very first “Global Brand Ambassador”.

His new position will involve promoting Twitch all over the world, beginning in Asia–and this will not be limited to the realm of fighting games, but will include gaming in general. He will be traveling to non-FGC-specific expos and conventions, having a particularly large role at the upcoming Twitch Con. He will apparently be entering future tournaments under the tag Twitch|Daigo, but it is unclear how this will affect his listing in the Capcom Pro Tour. No mention has been made if there is any change to his arrangement with Red Bull.

Information on this development is still sparse, but we can certainly expect to see more of Daigo in his new role in the future.

Source: @Twitch; daigothebeastv; EventHubs

Every Memorial Day weekend, one of the most popular anime and gaming conventions, FanimeCon, takes place in San Jose, California. An FGC Q&A panel, titled “Step Your Game Up,” took place at the most recent event. The featured panelists were Showdown Community Manager, Carolyn “MamaDao” Dao, Ronin eSports’ Alex Myers, Street Fighter V competitor and commentator, Anthony “Hypefiend” Nguyen and top R. Mika player, Pavo “Pavocado” Miskic.

Some of the questions by the audience members included asking about keeping composure after losing to opponents in a tournament, how to practice combos properly, how to improve if you can’t travel to tournaments, and dealing with different player environments when traveling from out of state. You can view all of this one-hour panel in the two videos below.

Oh, and there is some NSFW language used in these videos so watch at your own discretion.

Source: Hi Joser, photos c/o Rose Sylvestre

Ever wondered what inspires the (wonderfully) crazy artist, composer, and game designer Daisuke Ishiwatari to come up with the Guilty Gear characters and universe? In a recent article, Forbes interviewed Ishiwatari and Mori Toshimichi, the second being the creator of the BlazBlue series.

The two creators speak at length about their path to fighting game design. Ishiwatari’s ideas partially originated from Street Fighter and Garou: Mark of the Wolves, which were the two prominent fighting games around that time. Toshimichi, in turn, looked to Ishiwatari as a mentor in many ways, and followed his principles of making the fighting games “as flashy as possible.”

The Arc System Works designers speak in detail about their creation process and aspects they focus on while developing. Read the entire script over at Forbes.

Source: Forbes, tip from Dan

The Japanese CFN Portal continues to add new character profile art, bringing both classic characters and newcomers into the Street Fighter V universe. With all the buzz about Ibuki’s impending addition to the Street Fighter V roster, we mustn’t forget about her loyal partner in mischief, the tanuki Don-Chan! We also are introduced to a pair of new Shadaloo specialized soldiers, Arcane and Blade.

Ibuki & Don-chan

Arcane; Blade

More classic characters have been added as well: Blanka finally emerges from the jungle, and we get a look at not only T. Hawk, but also his even-tougher-looking father, A. Hawk.

Blanka; T. Hawk; A. Hawk

The addition of classic Street Fighter III and Final Fight characters continues with Remy, Necro, and Hugo getting new profile art, as well as Cody, Poison, and the Mad Gear kidnapper Damned.

Remy; Necro; Hugo

Cody; Poison; Damned

The Tanden Engine-wielding Street Fighter IV antagonist Seth has also not been forgotten.

Seth

Check out more of the Shadaloo Activity Report‘s classic characters, R.Mika’s rivals, or the Matsuda family tree.

Source: CFN Portal

The one and only Soviet Union-raised combatant in Street Fighter, famous for his Double Lariat move, is instantly recognizable by his outrageously bulging muscle and red trunks. The Red Cyclone doesn’t give his opponents a lot of time to admire him before they receive the Screw Pile Driver.

Character concept sculptor David Giraud recently shared a few high-quality screenshots of the fighter he worked on for Capcom. “It was a blast working on him,” Giraud wrote on ArtStation.com. “Working on Street Fighter is the ultimate dream.”

Check out the gallery below to take a look at the art for yourself.

Source: ArtStation.com

Recently, Capcom promised that they would be more communicative about the development of Street Fighter V’s post-launch content. Now, they’re taking their first steps toward following up on that with a new development update post on Capcom-Unity.

In a post titled “Updates on Street Fighter V Development Vol. 1,” Neidel “Haunts” Crisan addresses a few important issues: Ibuki’s delay, the game’s inherent input lag, and rage quitting.

In Ibuki’s delay, Haunts reiterates the fact that she was originally supposed to be released at the end of May. However, as previously stated, they had to delay her to the end of June, making her release alongside the cinematic story mode instead.

In addition to this, Haunts once again admits that they could have been more communicative about the situation. While they had planned to talk about the delay this week, he states that it’s clear that they should have been “more upfront with everyone about the timing.”

Furthermore, he states that Capcom will be targeting quality above all else which may result in additional delays in content deployment. However, he promises that they will be more transparent with these updates.

Regarding the input lag that the game has, Haunts has acknowledged that they are aware of the issue and have communicated it to their development team. Said team is looking into the issue and he states that they’ll let the community know when they find out more.

Finally, in regards to rage quitting, Haunts is happy to report that, with the latest changes to the system, the amount of players who leave in the middle of a match has been brought down by 60%. While this is an improvement, he states that it is clear that they still have a lot of work to do and that players should expect further measures to address the problem.

Haunts ends the blog by stating that they do have more news and information to share in the coming days and weeks.

Source: Capcom-Unity, with a tip from NightmareSteam

SNK Playmore, with Evolution around the corner and less than three months away from the release of their flagship title, is putting a lot of work into the promotion of King of Fighters XIV.  It seems like almost every week at least we are seeing more footage released by the company for the game, and today is no exception.

SNK Playmore just released a trailer showcasing the Art of Fighting Team that will appear in this iteration of this game.  Returning to the arena are Ryo, Robert, and Yuri from the aforementioned SNK fighter from the 90s. On display are their various full meter combos, showing off their full potential within the game system.  It goes without saying that within the King of Fighters system mechanics, they hit like a truck, and should have plenty of strong full punish options.

With the game set to release on August 23rd in North America, we can certainly expect more trailers to whet our palettes between now and then.

Source: SNK Playmore

In what seems to be an amicable split from his sponsor, the Netherlands-based team LowLandLions, Ramin “Mr-R” Delshad has now become a free agent in the Smash world, joining the likes of other unsponsored top players like Samuel “Dabuz” Buzby. As a European player, a lack of a current sponsor may present possible problems for Mr-R attending tournaments in the future, but with his position as one of the world’s best Sheiks and his recent placings, gaining 5th at Pound 2016, 1st at Melbourne Battle Arena and 7th at Get On My Level 2016, a new sponsor will hopefully jump into the fray soon.

This may be the opportunity for some European-based eSports teams to finally get in on Smash 4. Could we see Fnatic making their debut in the Smash world by sponsoring Mr-R? Will Alliance branch out into Smash 4 by picking up Mr-R as their first player? With the summer of Smash almost upon us and there being plenty of chances for Mr-R to both show off to sponsors and for sponsors to promote their own brand, we could see something in the very near future.

Source: Mr-R