Edmonton’s longest-running tournament returns once again to issue a challenge to all players in Alberta!
Competitors in Alberta — and all of Western Canada — will want to clear their schedule and head to Edmonton next month for Alberta Beat Down 2018, being held on August 24-26, hosted by Team Edmonton Gamers!
France is known as a mecca for SoulCalibur, and it seems like that will stay the same for the next iteration. Recently, a few famous French players ventured to Bandai Namco’s offices to sit down for a little bit longer with the game. Kayane, Hayate, Keysona, and Keev spent as much time as they could combing through the game’s mechanics and garnering impressions on SoulCalibur VI‘s growing cast.
The players compiled their thoughts in a SoulCalibur VI Feedback Doc, divided into several sections. Overall, their opinions are positive, agreeing that the E3 build has come a long way from the earlier version. They would like to see an option to turn off armor breaking, and their major complaint about game mechanics is slightly-too-high combo damage. They suggest lengthening Soul Charge but reducing its power slightly, because it lasts for only a very short time.
As for characters, they dub Mitsurugi and Sophitia as the most basic, beginner-friendly characters, unsurprisingly. They consider this game to offer best version of Zasalamel, dubbing his combos “stylish.” Interestingly, they also said that Geralt “seems very strong;” he’s mostly an unexplored character at this point.
If you’re more of a watcher than a reader, they also recorded footage of their matches.
Here’s an extended clip of Kayane using Geralt and showing his potential.
Hayate uploaded a clip of him using Kilik against Keev’s Nightmare.
The SoulCalibur.fr channel uploaded several clips of gameplay with various characters.
“Raging Demons”, or forward-advancing super throws performed with a chain of button inputs, are common in Fighting EX Layer. However, there’s two characters in the game whose Raging Demons have alternate cinematic versions — Skullomania and Shadow Geist — which direct references to their secret animations from Capcom’s EX series.
Both secret cinematic are performed by doing the normal Raging Demon input then holding down+light punch+medium kick. The differences might be purely cosmetic, but showing your Skullo Beam is an important part of the Skullo Meta, as far as I’m skullo-concerned.
This weekend will see two qualifier events in two different cites in the RED BULL CONQUEST circuit: both New York, NY and Nashville, TN will be hosts to the action on Saturday, July 7th. Competitors will clash in Street Fighter V, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, and Tekken 7 to earn the coveted qualifying spots for the National Finals in Washington, D.C. in November. From the press release:
As home to two of the strongest fighting game communities in the country, fighting game fans won’t want to miss this weekend’s action! New York has cultivated one of the most thriving and diverse fighting game communities in the country, with players such as Dieminion, a strong Street Fighter who competes internationally every year, and FightingGM, a Guiness World Record holder for most TEKKEN championships, competing this Saturday in the Big Apple. Additionally, the Tennessee qualifier will see players like prominent TEKKEN 7 player Lil Majin and up-and-coming Street Fighter player and Clutch 2018 winner Splash. World class Tekken competitor Hoa “Anakin” Luu will be also be making an appearance to check out the South’s fresh talent.
A solid crew of FGC illuminaries will be dishing out insider secrets and competitor strategies as players compete to prove their skills, with FGC notables Persia and Yipes hosting the New York City qualifier, while hosts Vicious and Tasty Steve share insights on the South’s FGC in Nashville.
Want to watch the fights? Streaming information is as follows:
New York City Red Bull Conquest Qualifier: Saturday, July 7
Schedule: 1:00 PM ET Start Time | Estimated Top 4 start 6:00 PM ET
As some of you may know, Arc System Works recently announced a new game based on Studio Trigger’s Kill la Kill. The game, dubbed Kill la Kill the Game: IF, had a panel at Anime Expo 2018 where Arc System Works and developers APlus Games dropped some info and a new trailer.
For those wondering about platforms, the trailer reveals that Kill la Kill the Game: IF is currently being developed for PlayStation 4 and PC. The game itself is set to be released on both platforms sometime next year.
The trailer also shows off our first glimpse of how the game plays, showing some hints of mechanics that seem inspired by ArcSys’s other games.
In addition to this, Arc System Works also confirmed at the event that the game will be at Evo 2018. This will be the first time that the game will be playable by the general public.
Decision fatigue is defined as “the deteriorating quality of decisions made by an individual after a long session of decision-making.” It is a very real phenomenon in humanity, and competitive gamers know this feeling — and its tendency to creep up after any tournament or long training session — all too well.
Even though a certain amount of fatigue is unavoidable in the mind during a match, there are steps and lifestyle choices you can make to ease its effects. The mind is a “muscle” capable of being trained, and The Philocypher‘s video is here to discuss what you can do to make it as strong as possible to avoid decision fatigue.
Twitch is having a special promotion this month where they’re giving away 20 free games to Prime subscribers. One of these game happens to be one of SNK’s classic fighting games from the ’90s — The Last Blade.
Released in 1997, the Last Blade is SNK’s second take on a samurai fighting game (after the Samurai Shodown franchise), set in a different time period and featuring a more combo-oriented system. The series — which spans two games — is notable for being the only SNK fighting series that’s yet to have a playable representative in The King of Fighters (though Kaede did appear as a special striker in KoF 2000).
As for the Twitch promotion, it sees them giving away more than 20 free games (including the Last Blade) from July 2 to July 17 as part of their Prime Day celebration. The games themselves will be available at select dates with The Last Blade being available from July 2 to August 2. Once players avail of the games, they will be theirs to keep forever.
You can learn more about the promotion from the following video and graphic from Twitch.
Hot on the heels of Mayor Cody joining the roster of Street Fighter V, The Game Basement Productions present an indie passion project sure to win the hearts of fans of the classic Final Fight franchise. The Broken Gear is a half-hour Final Fight fan film that sets up the original battle against Mad Gear in Metro City, featuring all three main fighters: Cody, Guy, and Mayor Hagger, of course. You’ll see plenty of knife-slashing and pipe-swinging action, along with nods to classic enemies — and even a mention of some mysterious street meat.
Warning: contains a generous share of NSFW language!
Among the many spectacular matches at CEO 2018, a special SoulCalibur VI exhibition took place.
Professional wrestler Kenny Omega takes to the stage to introduce his team, following a 5 vs. 5, winner-stays-on competition. The two team captains start off, with Kenny Omega using Kilik and Jebailey going for Geralt. The two show off what experience they have, with Jebailey emerging victorious, but losing rather quickly to UYU|BeautifulDude‘s Grøh, who won a recent ESL tournament at E3. The matches heat up considerably as more knowledgeable and practiced players enter the fray.
We can honestly say, this is probably the most skilled SouCalibur VI gameplay to date, so it’s really worth watching. Particularly noteworthy are: OmegaXCN, who pulls off more complicated pressure with Taki’s Possession stance; IceColdEdge’s Siegfried, who rings out Ivy with a huge Soul Charge combo at 34:00; and LinkKRC, who figured out really nice Ivy combos and a pretty effective horizontal move to keep opponents in check.
There were actually some more warm-up matches before the exhibition that didn’t make it into the YouTube clip above. It’s really worth watching, even just to see great matches between OmegaXCN’s Taki and his opponent, Siegfried; OmegaXCN seemed even more on fire here.
Good news! We previously reported that Pocket Rumble, the 2D SNK-inspired fighter by Cardboard Robot Games and Chucklefish, was slated for release “by the end of July 2018” for Nintendo Switch. Whatever stars needed to align to change that plan happen must have done so, because “end of July” has morphed into “now”, as you can see on the Nintendo eShop.
