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Nintendo has just announced that Pokkén Tournament, the Pokémon fighter developed in collaboration with Bandai Namco, will be heading to Wii U next year.

Pokkén Tournament originally landed in Japanese arcades on July 16, allowing players to face off with a limited cast consisting of Lucario, Machamp, Suicune, Gardevoir, Pikachu, Gengar, Weavile, and Charizard. A recent update also added Blaziken to the playable roster. Battles play out in a mixture of 3D arena and traditional 2D styles, accentuated with assists from Emolga, Fennekin, Snivy, Frogadier, and more.

Fans across the world can expect Pokkén Tournament to grace their Wii Us in spring 2016. While you wait, feel free to check out the official announcement below.

Source: Pokemon via Gematsu, tips courtesy of DeusXmachina and Gpop

For those eagerly awaiting the next major announcement for Capcom’s upcoming Street Fighter V, it seems you won’t have to wait much longer.

In a recent tweet, Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono mentioned that they are making preparations for an announcement at PAX Prime next week.

We're making preparation something announcement for SFV at PAX prime 2015 in next week!! ;D

— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) August 19, 2015

As for what this announcement entails, Capcom and Ono-san have given no hints as of yet. Given their track record, this could possibly be another character announcement, considering that most have been made during major conventions.

PAX Prime will take place August 28-31, so stay tuned for more news as we near those dates.

Source: Yoshinori Ono, thanks to Dragonfave723 and NightmareSteam for the tips.

In addition to introducing new characters and gameplay mechanics, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- includes another upgrade from its predecessor in the form of brand new character portraits. While they may look similar on the surface, each cast member’s official artwork has been given some extra polish, resulting in an updated look. Elphelt in particular has changed quite a bit in the transition, forgoing her usual pink and white color palette for darker shades and accessories that match her progression through the story.

Check out the full gallery below–SIGN images are on the left, REVELATOR on the right–and let us know what you think of these new portraits.

Sources: Arc System Works (1, 2), special thanks to Baf0 for compiling the REVELATOR images.

Enjoying a second year as part of the Capcom Pro Tour, the folks behind First Attack are bringing another fantastic fighting game tournament to the people of Puerto Rico next month.

First Attack 2015 is ready to pay out almost $5,000 in pot bonuses across a number of official titles, including Ultra Street Fighter IV, Mortal Kombat X, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, Killer Instinct, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2. And with talent like Evil Geniuses’ PR Balrog, Infiltration, EX Pugera, Takumi of The Black Eye, and more in attendance, the locals will certainly have their hands full defending their turf.

The biggest news, however, is that Capcom will be bringing the latest build of Street Fighter V to the island for attendees to try out for themselves, complete with newcomers Necalli and Vega.

First Attack 2015 is scheduled for September 4-6. More details can be found by here.

Source: First Attack, tip via Jonas

If you’re planning to visit Orlando, Florida for CEO Gaming’s all-anime fighting game tournament, registration is now open through the event’s official website.

Featuring competition in a wide array of titles, including Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code, Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX, and more, CEOtaku is aiming to be the premier destination for fans of these airdashing titles.

Be sure to check out the trailer below for an idea of what they are going for.

CEOtaku is scheduled for October 17-18. More details can be found by following the link below.

Source: CEOtaku

UPDATE – Closes source to DreamHack have disclosed to The Daily Dot that Super Smash Bros. Melee will indeed appear at DreamHack London 2015, which is scheduled for September 19-20. Special thanks to Efren Salinas for sending this our way. Our original article follows below.

Over the years, DreamHack has risen to become one of Europe’s premier competitive gaming destinations. While originally focused on titles like Starcraft, Counter-Strike, and Quake, a recent shift has seen the Swedish organization bring fighters into the equation. Street Fighter IV has played a major part since 2012, Mortal Kombat X was added to the mix last year, and upcoming tournaments may even feature a particular decade-old GameCube title everyone seems to be fond of.

A recent tweet sent out by DreamHack Fighters leads us to believe that Super Smash Bros. Melee will possibly join the DreamHack lineup in the near future. Okay, sure, all it shows is a GameCube, but until competitive communities spring up for Super Mario Strikers, we’re going to go ahead and assume Smashers have a lot to look forward to.

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— DreamHack Fighters (@DHFighters) August 18, 2015

An appearance at DreamHack would be just another step in Melee’s monumental resurgence, which has seen the title’s competitive scene return to the Evolution Championship Series and even receive recognition from Nintendo themselves.

DreamHack’s next stop is at DreamHack London 2015 in September, with the substantially larger DreamHack Winter 2015 set for the end of November. We’re sure to receive more details as we near those dates, so stay tuned.

Source: DreamHack Fighters

Today’s TOPANGA TV had some juicy news for TOPANGA LEAGUE fans. On the show, TOPANGA representative director Toyota announced the invitees for the upcoming TOPANGA LEAGUE 5 (B), along with other key details for the Ultra Street Fighter IV league competition. Taking part in this year’s B League are returning veterans like RZR|Fuudo and MCZ|Mago, along with new faces and rising stars like FGC|Pepeday, aiai, and Matsuri.

Schedule

This season’s B League officially kicks off on September 4 and will run for ten days. Prior to the start of the season, an online qualifier will be held on August 23 to determine the final two players.

*Viewable free of charge.

Rules & Format

While previous B League events consisted of 16 players, this year’s bumps that number up to 20. Players will broken into two blocks of ten, determined by drawing after the completion of the online qualifier. To prevent repeated matchups, players using the same character will be separated into different blocks.

The remaining rules are the same as previous years. B League will be played online in best-of-5 game matches. Players are ranked by win-loss record, or in the case of a tie, by game win-loss difference, followed by head-to-head matchup results.

Players

Below are the invited players of TOPANGA LEAGUE 5 (B). Included in the list of participants are A Leaguers who were demoted last season, losers of the replacement matches, higher placers from last season’s B League, champions of each TOPANGA RANKING BATTLE 2015 region, and other players showing exceptional performances and skill in the past year. Chun-Li specialist Matsuri joins as the first female player in TOPANGA League history.

For the invited players, character selection will be announced before the upcoming online qualifier on August 23. Winners of the online qualifier will use the same character used in the qualifier. For those unfamiliar with certain players, we have an included a list of likely character selections.

Prizes

With the increase in players comes an increase in prize money. The top three placers for each block will be awarded a cash prize.

Broadcast & Pricing Information

As always, TOPANGA LEAGUE 5 will be streamed on Niconico Live as a pay-per-view series of broadcasts. Purchasing a season ticket for each League will allow viewers to watch the entirety of that league, or in the case of the A-B ticket, all 22 days of TOPANGA LEAGUE 5. One Niconico point is the equivalent of one Japanese yen.

Be sure to watch the online qualifier on August 23 (viewable free of charge) and look forward to the start of B League on September 4.

Source: TOPANGA TV

Everybody knows the story by now; when Capcom first started the beta tests for Street Fighter V, their servers where overwhelmed with the sheer number of players trying to get in, keeping fans from being able to play and forcing the developers to reschedule.

To make sure that the same issues don’t crop up when the beta does come back, Capcom has announced that they will be conducting regional stress tests to gather information. The first of these will be for Europe, scheduled for Thursday, August 20 between the hours of 4 PM and 12 AM BST, and again on Friday, August 21 during the same time period.

Once Capcom has enough data from Europe and is confident with the results, North America and Asia will be able to get in on the action during their own stress tests. The official global beta will follow sometime afterwards.

Take note that these stress tests will not count against the rescheduled beta; rather, Capcom states that these five days are an added bonus.

Source: Capcom-Unity

After opening their alpha build to the entire community, the folks behind Rising Thunder have been hard at work on another update. This latest patch continues to improve performance for the developing title, fixes a number of bugs, and even adds new moves for Edge and Vlad.

The developers note that, as a work in progress, these changes are not final. Please keep that in mind while checking them out below, and be sure to let us know what you think.

Rising Thunder is currently undergoing alpha testing. Signing up and taking part is as easy as visiting the official website.

Source: Rising Thunder via r/risingthunder and Patrick Miller