Dream Cancel, one of the best online resources for the King of Fighters series, has for the past few months been working on a frame data guide for King of Fighters XIII. Now, they’re proud to announce that this handy tool is now complete.
While the guide, which you can access here, has been available for some time now, it used to have quite a bit of missing data. But, thanks to the help of TSS|Atma, fans now have an exhaustive resource to utilize in their training.
In addition to the frame data guide, Dream Cancel has also released a supplemental set of videos highlighting hitboxes for the entire cast that was made using Odabugs’ hitbox viewer.
After Red Bull revealed their plans to hold a special Ultra Street Fighter IV invitational just a few days ago, news has broken that both The Black Eye’s Naoki “Nemo” Nemoto and Olivier “Luffy” Hay of Meltdown have been invited to the event alongside Razer’s Ho Kun Xian.
Much like Xian, these details come not from the Red Bull, but the players themselves, who received rather elaborateinvitations complete with cans of the organization’s energy drink and a smartphone supposedly containing information they will need to participate. It’s entirely likely that the corporation is allowing players to make announcements of their own accord to keep the early dissemination of information more grassroots and personal than something like a press release.
In any case, we now know three of the fourteen players who have earned automatic qualification into the event’s bracket.
Red Bull Kumite is scheduled for March 28 in Paris, France. More information can be found through the official website and Facebook event.
If the wait to get your hands on Killer Instinct’s latest content was becoming too much to handle, good news! Microsoft Studios and Iron Galaxy Studios have rolled out the game’s latest update, bringing it to ver.2.3 and adding a brand new playable character, additional costumes, and a whole load of bug fixes and balance changes.
The biggest part of this patch is undoubtedly Omen (showcased in the trailer above), herald of classic Killer Instinct antagonist Gargos. Considered a bonus character by the development team, the shadowy figure brings a mixture of familiar and unique gameplay styles to the table to set him apart from Jago, who canonically once hosted the spirit in his body.
After that, players will surely find the balance changes to be something they’ll want to keep an eye on as competition moves forward. You can find a full list of what’s changed in the update by checking out our previous report.
And who doesn’t like spiffy new costumes? Both Kan-Ra and Maya have been given fresh alternates to play around with, the former gaining a single piece of premium attire and the latter receiving her very own retro outfit and a trio of accessory bundles, all of which are pictured below.
As with past updates, this one is being rolled out in waves, so if you haven’t seen the patch pushed to your copy of the game yet, hang tight. All of this content should be available to you before the day ends.
Be sure to let us know what you think of Killer Instinct after this latest patch in the comments below.
Fighting game fans who prefer their fisticuffs served up through Steam will soon have another game to add to their libraries. Prior to today, we had no idea when King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match would arrive on the PC platform, but now you can start planning for the classic title’s arrival.
According to the game’s brand new Steam page, spotted by the folks over at KOF World, King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match will launch on February 27. A 20% discount–which brings the price down to $11.99–will be available up until the official release, so be sure to jump on it soon to save some cash.
If you tune into Team Spooky’s stream expecting some early Apex 2015 action, you’ll be greeted with a rather odd sight: a ballroom filled with setups but devoid of competitors, the normally triumphant Smash theme now playing to a lonely, empty tournament floor.
According to SmashBoards, the Apex 2015 ballrooms were deemed unfit for occupancy after inspections by fire marshals, who originally arrived on the scene due to a pulled fire alarm. Community Effort Orlando organizer Alex Jebailey, updating from the event itself, said that one of the halls partially collapsed during the recent flurry of storms that hit the northeastern regions.
While at first it appeared as if only the room housing Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, along with more traditional fighting game titles, would be closed, the Apex organizers have announced that authorities have placed the entire event on hold due to worries about the structural integrity of the tournament’s entire venue.
At this point in time, Apex staff is working out plans for moving forward, hoping to gain access to the main ballroom tomorrow after further inspections have been carried out. We’ll keep you updated as more details become available.
With Killer Instinct’s Omen on the cusp of launching, the folks at Microsoft Studios are now moving onto season two’s next character, codenamed Golem, in discussions with the community over at Ultra-Combo.
Adam Isgreen recently took to the forum for yet another edition of the weekly “textual stream,” addressing player questions, concerns, and more. While most of the answers have to do with non-gameplay related topics like the possibility of boss Shadow Jago becoming playable and future alternate costumes, the creative director did take a moment to touch on a rather good guess concerning Golem’s unique abilities.
According to Isgreen, the hulking brute was built around keeping opposing characters between a rock and a hard place…literally. “The golem does something no other fighting game character has ever done, and that’s change the boundaries of the board by creating walls behind himself or behind the opponent,” he explains. “These walls are considered the new stage boundaries, so you’re not teleporting past them, but you can jump off them and use them just like a ‘real’ wall.”
If Golem remains true to expectations and focuses on grapples to deal out damage, the ability to stop the opponent from running away will be a huge boon to his gameplay. There’s also the possibility of creating walls in the middle of combos in order to grant yourself extensions that aren’t possible at mid-screen.
In any case, we’ll have to wait for more details before jumping to too many conclusions. Isgreen mentioned that we’ll receive more information heading into February, so hang tight.
Last year, Wednesday Night Fights parted amicably with longtime host Super Arcade. While weekly tournaments would continue in the same location (but under a different name) until they were forced to pack up, eyes were still on Level|Up Series and the tournament brand they had built up in Southern California.
Answers would come shortly after from co-founder Alex Valle, who mentioned during a live broadcast that the organization had decided to forgo physical venues in favor of online tournaments. Little additional information was attached to the initial announcement, but we now have a better idea of what these netplay events will look like thanks to a recent update.
Wednesday Night Fights Online Edition is scheduled to begin on February 18, bringing the Ultra Street Fighter IV action the tournament series is known for to an entirely different realm of competition. Matches will play out on PC through Steam’s digital platform.
There are restrictions, however. Only those in North America will be able to take part, meaning players outside of the United States, Canada, and Mexico will have to spectate for the time being. That being said, pulling talent from the entire continent instead of a single region is sure to provide some interesting moments.
While it certainly won’t affect tournament play, Nintendo’s most recent Super Smash Bros. for Wii U patch more than doubles the pool of playable stages in 8-Player Smash mode. This news comes as quite the boon to the casual Smasher who has plenty of extra controllers lying around and enough friends to fill each one, and should also add a good deal more variety to the frantic action that the mode already offers.
The new stages can be broken up into two quick lists, which you’ll find below.
Standard Mode
Mario Circuit
Luigi’s Mansion
Pyrosphere
Norfair
Lylat Cruise
Pokemon Stadium 2
Animal Crossing – Town and City
Animal Crossing – Smashville
Wii Fit Studio
Omega Mode
Mario Galaxy
Mario Circuit
Kirby: The Great Cave Offensive
Lylat Cruise
Pokemon Stadium 2
Animal Crossing – Town and City
The patch weighs in at a modest 316 MB and can be downloaded to your Wii U console right now!
The gang’s all here! NetherRealm Studios has just revealed that Ermac will be playable in Mortal Kombat X.
Once only a rumored glitch in the original Mortal Kombat, the telekinetic has gone on to be a hugely popular cast member in the long-running franchise. After appearing in the 2011’s Mortal Kombat, Ermac will be bringing his unique style of beating opponents down to the next installment.
Like the rest of the cast, Ermac will have three different variations to choose from: Master of Souls, which gives him access to different projectiles and the ability to disappear for a few seconds; Mystic, which enhances his telekinetic abilities and grants him access to moves like his grab and push; and Spectral, which gives him more mobility by way of a flight mode with its own exclusive attacks.
Ermac has retained much of his defensive, punishing gameplay seen in past installments, but the other versions open him in ways that will allow players unfamiliar with turtling to jump in and see what he’s all about.
Mortal Kombat X will be available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on April 14.
Based on previous installments in the series, we typically see Shadowloo Showdown come a few months later in the year, but the 2015 iteration of this Australia-based tournament is slated to take place in early February. The shift in time is a large one, but tournament organizers say that they “aim to keep this period of the year from now on, so you won’t have to worry about another major date change in the future.” So mark your calendars, everyone!
Earlier today, the folks at The Shadowloo released a trailer to get the hype flowing for the event, which has historically drawn one of the most diverse groups of competitors. You can check it out below.
This year’s tournament runs from February 6th until the 8th and features a lineup that boasts a wide array of titles: Ultra Street Fighter IV, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, and a good representation of Super Smash Bros. offerings.
