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Earlier this month, Aksys Games came forward with the regrettable news that the limited edition package for Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- would be delayed in North America due to ongoing port strikes in Los Angeles and Long Beach. While a concrete time frame wasn’t established, leaving the possibility of a “one to two week postponement” open for western fans eagerly anticipating its release.

Fortunately, it appears the consequences won’t extend past the initial estimate.

In a brand new post on their website, Aksys has announced that the Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- collectors bundle will be available on December 23, a week after the original December 16 release date. “We’d like to apologize for the delay,” the publisher concluded, “and thank all our fans for their patience in this matter.”

The limited version of this title comes packaged with a ton of extras, including updated packing, an exclusive character guide, and more.

Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-‘s regular edition and digital PlayStation Network release are still scheduled to launch on December 16.

Source: Aksys Games via Gematsu

With all the fuss that’s been made about Tekken 7 newcomer Lucky Chloe over the past few days, Bandai Namco Games’ Katsuhiro Harada hasn’t had much time to communicate with fans outside of joking about her exclusivity to Japan and Europe. Fortunately, now that things are winding down, he’s shared a few details regarding the cutesy fighter and her place in the upcoming title.

When asked about Chloe’s country of origin, Harada denied that she was from Japan despite being a fan of the country’s pop culture. More interestingly, however, was his quick mention of a “big secret” she harbors. Whether this has to do with the similarities her moves share with other fighters’ or some other topic has yet to be revealed.

Tekken 7 is scheduled to land in Japanese arcades early next year.

Source: Katsuhiro Harada

It looks like Street Fighter V wasn’t the only new fighter announced in the past few days. This week’s issue of Famitsu has details on the latest fighter from independent Japanese developer Examu – Nitro Blasters: Heroines Infinite Duel.

Similar to their previous effort, Aquapazza, Nitro Blasters is a collaboration with yet another visual novel publisher. The game will feature characters from many Nitroplus titles, such as Phantom of Inferno’s Ein, Mora from Vampirdzhija Vjedogonia, and Full Metal Daemon: Muramasa’s titular antagonist, as well as Super Sonico, the mascot of Nitroplus’ annual music festival, and Saber from Type-Moon’s Fate franchise.

Additionally, players will be able to select a secondary fighter, similar to Aquapazza and Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX. Confirmed support characters include Sumaga’s Spica, Natsumi Aihara from Hello World, and Dra†KoI’s Dragon.

Development of the game is a little under half-way complete, with the game expected to hit Japanese arcades sometime in 2015.

Source: Famitsu via Otakumo, Siliconera, thanks to Kurushii, thec0re3, Raidanzoup for their tips.

Among the large number of games shown off during this past weekend’s PlayStation Experience in Las Vegas, representatives from NetherRealm Studios were on hand to talk about their upcoming fighter Mortal Kombat X.

Game Informer was able to catch up with executive producer Shaun Himmerick to discuss the title, during which he dropped some intriguing information regarding antagonist Quan Chi.

“Quan Chi probably gives away some hints for the story stuff,” Himmerick explained, “like where are we, and what’s going on.”

The necromancer, who first debuted in Mortal Kombat 4, is one of the strongest characters in the Mortal Kombat universe, capable of stealing souls and bringing the dead back to life. However, those he reanimates rarely come back exactly how they left.

“I always joke that I think one of the reasons Ed wanted to do Quan Chi is because he’s the guy from Hell who can resurrect people,” Himmerick mentioned when asked of the decade-spanning story. “Quan Chi obviously lets us do that. The nice thing: We have a whole new generation of people to play with, not just the one age. We can kind of have different tiers from different ages.”

2011’s Mortal Kombat has the distinction of being one of the franchise’s most casualty-heavy entries, with major characters like Kung Lao, Kitana, Liu Kang, and Shao Kahn meeting their respective ends over the course of the game. Sub-Zero, also numbered among those who passed on, has already been confirmed to return in Mortal Kombat X, so those who count themselves as fans of deceased cast members may still see their favorites make appearances.

Game Informer’s full interview can be found here.

Mortal Kombat X is scheduled to release for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC on April 14.

Source: Game Informer via Test Your Might

One of the theories as to why Capcom decided to push back Ultra Street Fighter IV’s ver.1.04 patch was so that players at Capcom Cup wouldn’t have to go into the competition without ample time to grow accustomed to newly added balance changes, and a recent announcement about its release date seems to back that up.

According to Japanese game center Candy Western Ishibashi, the next update to Ultra Street Fighter IV is scheduled to land in arcades on December 15, two days after Capcom Cup. Ver.1.04 will bring with it the animal-themed Wild costume pack as well as bug fixes and balance changes.

As for what is going to be changed, those details are still unspecified, but Capcom’s Peter “Combofiend” Rosas previously mentioned that Dee Jay is more than likely being looked at.

Word has yet to be released on when this update will arrive on consoles, so stay tuned.

Source: Candy Western Ishibashi via r/Kappa and NeoGAF

Earlier this morning, TOPANGA LEAGUE’s fourth outing concluded, providing us with yet another champion in this prestigious Street Fighter IV event.

After coming up empty in the past three events, Daigo Umehara of Mad Catz proved that he’s once again a force to be reckoned with. Umehara, who recently made a switch to Evil Ryu in Ultra Street Fighter IV, had an incredible undefeated run through the upper league finals, dropping high-level competitors like Michael-tan, Uryo, Bonchan, and HORI’s sako with relative ease. Only Momochi and his admirable Ken play would provide a challenge to the Beast during his run, forcing a tie-break situation that saw Umehara win eight games to six.

If you happened to follow TOPANGA’s provisional ranking matches, however, this shouldn’t have come as a complete surprise. Even against a larger pool of opponents and characters, Umehara lost only one game–funny enough, to future contender Momochi.

For his accomplishment, Umehara was awarded ¥1,000,000 (~$8230 USD).

With an appearance in Capcom Cup quickly approaching, these results definitely bode well for Umehara’s chances in the year-end event. While it’s hard to find tougher competition than TOPANGA LEAGUE, he’s sure to see some more diverse playstyles courtesy of world warriors such as Luffy of Meltdown, Evil Geniuses’ Ricky Ortiz, Snake Eyez, Ryan Hart of Dignitas, Infiltration, and Razer’s Xian.

Do you think Evil Ryu will give Umehara the push he needs to secure another high-profile championship? Let us know in the comments.

Complete results for TOPANGA LEAGUE 4 can be found in our coverage hub.

Over the past few days, news has moved fast regarding Street Fighter V, Capcom’s follow-up to the community-rejuvenating Street Fighter IV. One point of contention, however, had to do with the electrified fireball utilized by Ryu in both the teaser and gameplay trailers.

In a previous article, I assumed the appearance of this move gave us some insight into the position Street Fighter V takes on the franchise timeline, but there was still no clear indication other than the added effects that what we were seeing was actually a Denjin Hadouken.

Well, we now have that confirmation.

Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono recently took to PlayStation Europe’s official blog to discuss the title’s PlayStation 4 exclusivity and, while there wasn’t a whole lot of new information, the producer mentions the move by name.

Canonically, the Denjin Hadouken has only been used by Ryu in Street Fighter III, though it was available to Evil Ryu in the Street Fighter EX series. Street Fighter IV’s Gouken also has it at his disposal.

In addition to providing some hints to Street Fighter V’s story, we can also make some assumptions as to what it will bring to Ryu’s moveset. As a chargeable projectile, the Denjin Hadouken is rather versatile, capable of putting out quick damage like its normal counterpart or (if the combo or time permits) inflicting huge damage and stun.

Street Fighter V will appear on PlayStation 4 and PC. A release date has yet to be announced.

Source: PlayStation Europe via NeoGAF

During their celebration of the Tekken series’ twentieth anniversary, Katsuhiro Harada of Bandai Namco Games revealed a brand new character for Tekken 7.

Lucky Chloe is a newcomer to the franchise, decked out in some interesting catgirl garb. She joins fellow debutants Katarina and Claudio in the fight against series veterans like Kazuya, Heihachi, Leo, and more.

Her reveal trailer has yet to surface online, but we were able to grab a few quick screengrabs during the short presentation, which you’ll find below.

Tekken 7 is scheduled to arrive in arcades next March.

Source: Bandai Namco Games