Next month, Arc System Works plans to host another installment of their annual tournaments series ARC REVOLUTION CUP. This year’s event has set its sights on two individual titles, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- and BlazBlue Chronophantasma EXTEND, but that doesn’t mean the fun will end there.
In addition a side tournament for Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (known as Persona 4 The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold in Japan), ARC REVOLUTION CUP 2015 will feature competition in Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], according to new details released by the event organizers. Unlike other titles in the lineup, however, the Under Night bracket will focus on singles competition instead of teams.
With a release date for Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] still unannounced, it should be interesting to see how players take to the upcoming title during a major competition.
ARC REVOLUTION CUP 2015 is scheduled for August 15 in Tokyo, Japan.
Some great news for any players in the United Kingdom who can’t wait to get their hands on Street Fighter V, as Capcom UK have announced a special tour for fans in the region.
This series will bring the game to select community events around Britain, starting with Rushdown Edinburgh on Tuesday, July 7.
Please note that Rushdown Edinburgh, as well as Manchester Battle Arena and Electronic Dojo in Birmingham, will require attendees to sign up to play Street Fighter V. Links to each event’s sign-up page can be found below.
With Evo 2015 registration now closed, we have a clear picture of how each game did in terms of competitor numbers. While the largest fighting game tournament in the world has grown with each successive installment, this year’s has completely blown even the highest expectations out of the water.
Main event Ultra Street Fighter IV surpassed 2000 participants by a pretty wide margin, followed closely by Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, who narrowly beat out the fourteen-year old Super Smash Bros. Melee. After that, newcomers Mortal Kombat X and Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- round out the top five titles, giving perennial favorite Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 a run for its money. And finally, Tekken 7, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, and Killer Instinct comprise the bottom three with strong showings of their own.
Specific numbers for each game can be found below, courtesy of Evo organizer Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar.
Ultra Street Fighter IV – 2227
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – 1926
Super Smash Bros. Melee – 1869
Mortal Kombat X – 1162
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- – 968
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – 816
Tekken 7 – 458
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – 437
Killer Instinct – 397
Evo 2015 is scheduled for July 17-19. More details can be found through the event’s official website.
Fighting game players are used to endless updates, revisions, and sequels, but NetherRealm Studios tends to patch their titles much more frequently than other developers. Mortal Kombat X, for example, has seen a handful of these updates since it released, and the folks behind Evolution Championship Series have made an official ruling regarding which version of the game they will be using.
Earlier today, Evo organizer Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar announced that they are planning on using all Mortal Kombat X updates, patches, and hotfixes released up until July 8. This decision will give players a little more than a week to acclimate themselves to any changes before their trip to Las Vegas.
While specifics weren’t mentioned, it’s possible the organizers were hoping to avoid the same situation Community Effort Orlando was put in last weekend, as the most recent patch dropped just a few days before the tournament was scheduled to begin. Some also believe this may be pointing to the arrival of the Predator update sometime in the very near future, but all of that remains to be seen.
Evo 2015 is scheduled for July 17-19. More details can be found here.
(Editor’s note: Please note that graphic content and NSFW language follow in the article below.)
While the Mortal Kombat universe is as rich and varied as you’d expect from a franchise spanning 20 years, the addition of guest characters has given the developers even more to work with in terms of fanservice and Easter eggs.
Mortal Kombat X’s first post-launch character, Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees, continued this tradition with some brutal machete action and nods to his unstoppable nature in the film series he was pulled from, and NetherRealm Studios is set to do the same with their next release, Predator.
Yesterday, this upcoming character was unveiled by way of the game’s Tower mode, allowing players their first opportunity to see what this alien hunter had up its sleeves (or bladed wrist gauntlet). Equipped with all the technology you’d expect from the species, Predator incorporates a number of weapons and battle techniques we’ve seen in movies and comic books throughout the years, but one homage in particular involves a completely different character.
For those out of the loop, Mortal Kombat X includes moves called X-Rays. Originally introduced in 2011’s Mortal Kombat, these moves, in the most simplest of terms, function like supers in other titles, essentially giving characters access to a high-damage attack once the requisite meter has been acquired.
Though every X-Ray is graphically impressive (as well as impressively graphic), Mortal Kombat X newcomer Erron Black’s manages to stand apart thanks to the way it changes based on who he is fighting. The dusty cowboy loads up his trusty revolver and fires off a single shot, revealing that the opponent’s name is scratched into the bullet before it enters their body and ricochets through their skeleton. In the case of Predator, however, the developers used this opportunity to point towards one of the original film’s most famous lines.
Catch that? The younger readers out there may not understand the reference, but Dutch (the character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the first Predator film) refers to the alien as “one ugly motherfucker” when he first catches a glimpse of what’s under those imposing masks.
While there’s no doubt that NetherRealm Studios loves to whet their fans’ appetites with constant callbacks to other aspects of the Mortal Kombat universe, it’s great to see them do the same with the guest characters that also inhabit their games. Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Team NINJA has announced that they will be delaying the release of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round’s netplay patch on PC, citing “major issues” discovered in the ongoing beta test. The title was originally scheduled to receive online play at the end of June.
While details weren’t provided as to what these problems are, a cursory glance of the game’s Steam community finds numerous claims of frequent crashes despite the netcode itself being serviceable.
Players who want to keep utilizing the beta to play online can continue to do so, but those who are unable to access the testing version due to its inherent issues will need to opt out and return their game to normal.
At this point in time, Team NINJA cannot offer a new release date for this patch, but promises to keep fans up to date as progress is made.
With Evo 2015 rapidly approaching, your opportunity to register for the event is similarly reaching its conclusion. At 11:59 PM PDT tonight (which converts, roughly, to 2:59 AM EDT, 6:59 AM GMT tomorrow morning), online registration will close, taking with it the last chance to attend the event in person.
As of May, the only tickets currently available are the two-day passes, which will give you access to both halls on Friday and Saturday but leave you out in the cold on finals day–well, unless you reach the finals bracket in any of the Sunday titles, of course.
To register, be sure to visit the official Evo website, where you’ll also find full details concerning the venue, tournament rules, and more.
Next month, the Arizona-based tournament Undefeated of the Southwest will return for a second installment, this time with an added emphasis on Marvel competition. With all the talk of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 falling off as a tournament draw, the organizers behind this event are set to bridge Community Effort Orlando’s hype and the intense competition of Evolution with their regional.
Undefeated of the Southwest Volume 2 will see players like Kumite in Tennessee’s Cloud, BROKENTIER teammates Clockwork and Angelic, Kane Blueriver of The Black Eye, and many more converge on Phoenix to participate in both singles and group competition.
In an effort to up the hype even further, the folks over at r/MvC3 are currently in the process of accumulating funds for a pot bonus. While they’ve already reached their initial $200 goal, donations are still being accepted. Furthermore, HitBox Arcade will provide a multi-console version of their popular arcade stick to the first-place finisher.
Instead of resting on their laurels and hoping the series’ long history would keep them in the limelight, the Marvel community is prepared to put in the work necessary to keep Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 an integral part of the fighting game community. Events like these can go a long way towards reminding everyone why a game is popular, and it’s fantastic to see players stepping up to the plate in Arizona.
Undefeated of the Southwest Volume 2 is scheduled for July 4. More details can be found here.
Ever since the release of the last time-release character, Kazumi Mishima, we haven’t really heard much in the way of Tekken 7 news. Now, it seems this will soon change, as Bandai Namco Games appears to be gearing up for a major announcement regarding the game.
In a recent tweet via the official Tekken Project twitter account, the company is hinting that a major Tekken 7 announcement will be made on Tuesday, July 7.
The accompanying image contains the words “Awaken, raging fist.” Whether this hints at more playable characters or if this somehow related to the game’s impending home release is as of yet unknown.
For more on this and other Tekken 7 related stories, be sure to stay locked on to Shoryuken’s front page.
Timothy Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs) defeated previously unbeaten Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9 KOs) by a unanimous decision on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
But there was drama and confusion in the final moments of the fight before Bradley won by scores of 117-111, 116-112 and 115-112.
American Bradley took the fight to his countryman Vargas from the first round. Vargas did land some punches of his own and rocked the former two-division world champion in the fifth but…
Some great news for any players in the United Kingdom who can’t wait to get their hands on Street Fighter V, as Capcom UK have announced a special tour for fans in the region.
