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Special trailer from Rooster Teeth highlights all four members of team RWBY in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

If you haven’t heard of RWBY, it’s an animated show made by Rooster Teeth with four female protagonists. Team RWBY is composed of Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladona, and Yang Xiao Long. A special BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle trailer from the company highlights the guest characters, and some of the game’s features.

The trailer shows off each member — narrated by all the original actresses from the show. Ruby Rose mentions the accessible control scheme of the game, Episode Mode with an original storyline (fully-voiced in English as well), and online play. The online lobby avatars are also customizable, and can use a variety of emotes.

I personally started watching the show last Fall; all the episodes are freely available on the Rooster Teeth YouTube channel. Though the graphics aren’t great at first (they improve over the seasons), the fight scenes are amazing. The collaboration has turned out very well!

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle is set to launch May 29th in Japan, June 5th in the Americas, and at a later date in Europe. For more on the game, check out our latest BBTAG roundup, as well as some news on another BBTAG datamining leak.

Source: Rooster Teeth

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Yoshimitsu spins and slices into SoulCalibur VI in this new character reveal trailer

Another soul-hungry warrior slices his way on to the Stage of History!

Could it be a proper SoulCalibur game without a member of the Manji Clan? Bandai Namco evidently doesn’t think so, as Yoshimitsu is indeed joining the SoulCalibur VI roster!

soulcalibur vi yoshimitsu title card

The trailer went live briefly in Europe, but was taken down — the embed above is a capture of that early slip.

Yoshimitsu’s title card here refers to him as “the original mechanical ninja”, so in keeping with the prequel setting of SoulCalibur VI, this is likely the first Yoshimitsu to wield the cursed blade — but he’s still got some new tricks we haven’t seen before!

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment via Izuniy

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Novriltataki explores what keeps older games in the spotlight

The fighting game community is one of the most unique communities in competitive gaming, in that the community can keep older titles not only alive, but near the forefront of the spotlight. With games such as Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Vampire Savior, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Sailor Moon S still being played competitively — and Capcom adding pot bonuses for games tied to their Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection — this is only possible by community interest in these titles.

But how does this happen? Novriltataki, in his most recent video, postulates that the core system mechanics of older titles allow for varied styles of gameplay, which add to their appeal.

Source: novriltataki

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Learn to use the King of Dinosaurs’ buffed crouching heavy punch with this new The King of Fighters XIV tutorial

With its recent 3.0 patch to The King of Fighters XIV, the King of Dinosaurs received a number of changes meant to patch some holes in his gameplan. Among these, however, is one that some players may be overlooking: the expanded hit box on his crouching hard punch.

As demonstrated in the video below by APE OF THE UNIVERSE, expanding the hitbox on crouching hard punch (or “2C” in numeric notation) gives the wrestler formerly known as Tizoc better hit confirms. He gains him more damage from further out, whereas prior to the patch, he had to go for sub-optimal combo routes from these ranges. This is on top of having a much more lenient close range confirm into Quick Max.

In addition to this however, the expanded hit box also gives King of Dinosaurs a better anti-air option. Prior to the buff, he had to go for a preemptive air-to-air to stop jump ins. With the buff, he can now use crouching hard punch to anti-air instead, especially since it has auto-guard frames.

Source: APE OF THE UNIVERSE via r/kof

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The Hadou guest stars on the Best of V Show and discusses Combo Breaker 2018 entrants

Combo Breaker 2018 is approaching us. In just a little under two weeks, the biggest FGC tournament in the Midwest region will reveal new champions, rivals, and opportunities. The Twitch show dedicated to fighting games, “Best of V,” took the opportunity to bring the main person responsible for the event under the microphone.

The guys start out by talking about the final registration numbers for Combo Breaker.

They point out that Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V have a high number of unique attendants — that is, people who are registered solely for those games. On the other hand, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike has two people coming exclusively to compete in it. They also mention a pretty high number for Mortal Kombat 9, the game that brought the Hadou into the FGC.

A notable announcement occurred with Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]. The Hadou revealed that there will be a special 4 vs. 4 exhibition that will take place on the main stage and on stream.

Other than that, the participants continued to discuss how Combo Breaker serves the FGC, catering to all kinds of players, continuing the tradition of certain events like the Mystery Game Tournament. The Hadou’s ultimate advice to other tournament organizers? “Make your staff bigger.”

Watch Best of V – Hadou In The House from BestOfVShow on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Twitch; Combo Breaker (Twitter)

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Check out Ragna and Jin combos & Ruby mix-ups in this fresh BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle roundup

Though the online beta test has ended for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, players can continue to practice either in a limited four-character trial version, or the 20-character demo if they pre-ordered the game. The results impress more by the day, as users around the world discover extremely flashy combinations and innovative team plays.

Starting out with the basics, take a look at how much damage you can do with Ragna and Jin solo. While teamwork is important, it’s also key to know individual combos in the game. Of course, you have to spend increasing amounts of super meter to extend the combos and increase the damage.

Here’s a quick example of how Ruby can mix-up the opponent by calling in an assist but crossing up with her speedy teleports.

The above combo is a seriously impressive sequence from Ruby and Weiss that shows how well Arc System Works translated the anime into 2D fighting game action.

Have you been wondering about Weiss’s seals? Here’s how to use them for a corner mix-up and a flashy combo.

Over on OpenRec TV, Dora, the famous Bang player, posted a video about Hazama and Nu-13 synergy. Head over to that site to watch it.

Still Can’t Escape From Crossing Fate? Check out our day 1 BBTAG tech roundup.

Sources: playergodaines; Nicholas Nuzzo; kou30c; tenntiBB; OpenRec TV

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ARIKA shows off gameplay of Fighting EX Layer’s Shadowgeist, Skullomania, Sanane, Doctrine Dark, Darun Mister, Kairi, & Hokuto

For those hungry for some more Fighting EX Layer action, here’s some great news. ARIKA has dropped a new gameplay video showing off some fights between some of the game’s cast.

The video below showcases fights between a number of classic characters in Fighting EX Layer. The video starts with Skullomania taking on Shadowgiest, followed by Sanane, then we have Doctrine Dark grappling with Darun Mister, before finally concluding with the siblings Kairi and Hokuto.

Fighting EX Layer is coming to PlayStation 4 on this June.

Source: Arika

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Datamining of BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle announcer voice reveals possible Senran Kagura guest characters

Datamining has revealed even more cast information from BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle. Digging through the voice clips of the game opened up another unexpected surprise: it appears that Arc System Works may be planning on guest-starring characters from yet another franchise in their crossover game: Senran Kagura‘s Asuka and Yumi.

Around the 4-minute mark, the announcer gets into characters. We can hear her say “Nine the Phantom,” Izaoyi,” “Mai Natsume,” in the BlazBlue character section. Next, she says “Labrys,” “Mitsuru Kirijio,” and “Akihiko Sanada” when she hits upon the Persona characters. Then, the Under Night section brings up Merkava, Yuzuriha, and Mika. After the RWBY characters, she says “Asuka” and “Yumi.” There’s also an “Unknown,” possibly for a boss character?

Given the previous evidence from the Nintendo Switch BBTAG datamining, there’s more and more confirmation for the final nine DLC characters. It seems like only a flat denial from Arc System Works could unravel this, but the company has not commented on the leaks… yet. BlazBlue: Central Fiction‘s Jubei was leaked in a similar way, through the announcer files.

There was no evidence, however, of Asuka and Yumi in the game’s text files, according to OtherEhm — the one who found the names of the remaining cast members in the beta’s game files.

Sources: TheModernCamEraGuy; OtherEhm

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Learn how to properly defend against the long-range slides of Tekken 7’s Law, Lee, and Shaheen

Law, Lee, and Shaheen — if you’re not prepared, this trio of Tekken 7 characters can quickly frustrate you with a simple coin-flip mix-up off their crouch dash slides. Block low, and any of their giant mid launchers melt your life-bar. But if you risk blocking the mid, the sliding low puts you right back down to the ground — and in the exact same mix-up.

But don’t fret: not only are there ways out of the blender, there’s also specific ranges you can play at it to nullify the effectiveness of this mix-up all together. Check out BoxeR-King‘s latest tutorial to learn how to play around the slide mix-up!

Source: BoxeR-King

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A Capcom vs. SNK 2 legend emerges at GameSpot Versus’ most recent monthly tournament

“This battle is about to explode! FIGHT!”

GameSpot Versus is known for bringing out some of the best players in all of Japan for Capcom vs. SNK 2. This time around, they brought out an especially elite contender, as D44BAS made his way to the arcade for their monthly tournament.

The two time Evo champion faced off against 23 other gladiators in the month of April, as his legendary A-Groove Vega-Blanka-Bison team hasn’t lost a single step. Who will live and let die? Find out for yourself in the captured stream below!

Source: silentscope88