Arcade Shock have been on a roll as of late with their collaborations. Following up on the HORI R.A.P.4 Premium VLX Kuro and the SPLITFRAME FS Transporter, Arcade Shock are working with Sanwa Denshi to bring a new line of Royal Blue arcade parts to the community.
These new parts feature a shade of blue that is deeper than the blue used in Sanwa’s existing stock. The shade has been designed to work better with arcade sticks such as Mad Catz’ Chun-Li Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition S.
The parts that will receive the royal blue treatment are:
OBSF30-MB – 30 mm pushbutton
OBSFS30-MB – 30mm Silent pushbutton
OBSF24-MB – 24mm pushbutton
LB35-MB – 35mm balltop
These will be available starting tomorrow, April 1.
It is with heavy hearts that we bring you the news that one of the fighting game community’s brightest stars is leaving us. None other than the Beast himself, Mad Catz’ Daigo Umehara, has announced his retirement from fighting games.
One of the genre’s greatest competitors, Umehara’s career has spanned more than a decade, with numerous storied rivalries with players such as Level|Up Series’ Alex Valle and Evil Geniuses’ Justin Wong. It was in a match with the latter in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike that the now hyper-famous Evo Moment #37 occured.
His other accomplishments include being the first and only back-to-back champion in Street Fighter IV at Evolution as well as winning multiple Super Battle Operas. Additionally, he became an author with his book “The Will to Keep Winning” back in 2012.
As for his future plans, Umehara will be joining Japanese cloud based accounting software provider freee. The company has released the following video, where Umehara discusses how he will transition to the corporate world.
Mortal Kombat X is set to be bolstered by a variety of downloadable content after its launch next month, and today we’ve been provided a pretty clear look at the release schedule courtesy of EB Games Australia.
According to a promotional email received by Test Your Might community member n-megabytes, the upcoming NetherRealm Studios title will see its playable cast expanded soon after it appears on store shelves, with Friday the 13th antagonist Jason Voorhees arriving twelve days later on April 26. Tremor, Predator, and Tanya will follow in that order every two weeks alongside the bonus skins included in each bundle.
One of the greatest boons of this schedule, apart from how quickly players will get to throw down as these characters, is that the full cast should be playable by Evo 2015 in July.
Keep in mind that, because these are Australian dates, it’s likely this content will show up in other regions either before or after the folks down under get their hands on it, so stay tuned for more refined worldwide scheduling.
Mortal Kombat X is scheduled to land on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on April 14. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ports will come later this summer.
After a week of holding our breath, Level|Up Series has announced that the possible delay to this year’s SoCal Regionals is now an unfortunate reality.
Due to construction issues, the event’s original venue is no longer able to accommodate them for the original May 1-3 dates. The hunt for a new location, however, has not resulted in any replacements, so the organizers are currently looking to the next month to hold their tournament.
As of now, they currently have an appointment to secure a venue for June 5-7, but nothing definite can be nailed down at this point in time.
We’ll be sure to keep you updated as soon as more SoCal Regionals 2015 details become available.
Today, to further bolster the excitement surrounding the upcoming release of Mortal Kombat X, the first half hour of the game’s story mode has made its way on to the internet thanks to the folks at IGN and Polygon. And while the game’s narrative is all well and good, the real excitement in this footage comes not from the utter chaos that Johnny Cage and the rest of the crew face, but from Jax Briggs taking the stage for the first time.
From the footage we’ve seen–which you can check out below–Jax looks to have retained signature moves like his ground pound and a host of grabs, among other things. While we can only guess at what his variants will offer, we do get to see that one of them has been dubbed “Pumped Up,” which is also a pretty good description of what we’re feeling as viewers. Of course, since this is the earliest of early hands-on footage from outside of the NetherRealm Studios in-house streams, the game play isn’t exactly tournament-level.
It should go without saying, but if you watch the videos below, you’re going to get some spoilers as far as story elements are concerned, so view at your own risk.
With Mortal Kombat X already set to make waves in the fighting game community by way of major tournament showings at Evo 2015, Community Effort Orlando 2015, and Combo Breaker, it appears as if the greater world of competitive gaming also wants to get in on the action.
Earlier this morning, Electronic Sports League (otherwise known as ESL) announced a rather involved tour centered on the upcoming NetherRealm Studios title, made up of a preseason, pro league, and more. Competition will be stretch over numerous regions, allowing players from North America, Europe, and the Commonwealth of Independent States to earn their keep through a variety of online cups and qualify for larger events.
This will all culminate in a global finals, bringing together sixteen of the strongest competitors (decided during the preceding tournaments) to compete for a prize pool of at least $50,000.
While PlayStation 4 has been thought of as the console of choice, ESL’s events will play out on Xbox One and PC.
But that’s not all. To give folks a look at how Mortal Kombat X plays at a high-level before the pro league kicks off, ESL will be inviting eight players to compete in a special exhibition. So far, two-time Evo champion Carl “Perfect Legend” White, Ryan “Prodigal Son” Hart, Ryan “Ketchup” Neal, EJ “HB|Tyrant” Williamson, Christian “KiT|Forever King” Quiles, and Malik “MIT” Terry have been announced as participants.
For more details, be sure to give ESL’s official announcement a read. There’s a lot to look forward to here!
Earlier tonight, Bandai Namco Games held a special event focused entirely on their latest fighter, Tekken 7. According to the developers, the arcade title’s cast will soon be expanded by a trio of characters: two returning fighters, Jin Kazama and Devil Jin, and a newcomer named Josie Rizal.
These characters were first revealed last week when their models were discovered in the game’s data. Jin Kazama is already present as a hidden sub-boss.
Josie is of Filipino descent, marking yet another first for the long-running franchise. Mad Catz community manager Mark “MarkMan” Julio apparently contributed his personal knowledge to her creation. In fact, her name is a homage to Dr. Jose Rizal, a legendary figure in the Philippines who is widely regarded as one of the country’s leading historical heroes.
Brief demonstrations of these characters in action can be found below. Jin will join the game on March 31, with Devil Jin following on April 7. A date has yet to be set for Josie’s launch, but she should be available in the near future.
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (34-0, 23 KOs) easily defeated Jo Jo Dan (34-3, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield.
In his first world title defence, the 28-year-old Brook dropped Romania-born, Canada-based Dan four times before the challenger’s corner recused him from more punishment at the end of the fourth round.
Brook looked fully recovered from the leg injury he suffered when stabbed during a machete attack in Tenerife last September, during a…
Gary Russell Jr. (26-1, 15 KOs) dethroned WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez (57-9, 48 KOs) by scoring a 4th round stoppage on Saturday night at the Palms Casino Resort, in Las Vegas.
Southpaw Russell completely dominated the fight, flooring the Mexican three times en route to claiming the 126 pound title.
The American challenger landed mostly jabs in the first round, but he was doing a great job of getting in and out to avoid getting hit by Gonzalez’s much slower shots. By the third,…
After giving the community a little over a month to come a decision, the Evolution organizers have decided to allow custom moves during this year’s Super Smash Bros. for Wii U competition, though there are still a few stipulations.
As you’ll see in the document embedded below, players will be restricted to playing with specific loadouts, which were decided with help from Smashers to determine their legality in a tournament setting. While every setup may not be available, this should give entrants plenty of time to test the limits of what’s being allowed and work out strategies in preparation for the event this summer.
Other rules set in stone at this time include a two-stock, six-minute time limit for every match, a complete list of tournament stages, the banning of Amiibos, and more. For the full set of specifications this and other games, be sure to visit Evo’s official listing.
Evo 2015 is scheduled for July 17-19 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
