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With the recent reveal of a release date, as well as the announcement that Team RWBY’s Blake Belladonna and 19 other characters would be joining the roster of the upcoming BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, many fans have been looking to see and hear more about the four-way crossover title.

Last weekend, BBTAG made appearances at both Evo Japan and the 2018 Taipei Game Show in Taiwan, with the full 20-character base roster available for players, giving us a healthy amount of new footage of the entire cast to share with you.

In our first video, we see our four main protagonists do battle, as Under Night In-Birth’s Hyde Kido and RWBY’s Ruby Rose unite to battle BlazBlue’s Ragna The Bloodedge and Persona 4 Arena’s Yu Narukami on one of the new original stages revealed in the most recent trailer. Initially, we can hear that Ruby has a new (or perhaps additional?) character theme. In previous builds she used Red Like Roses Part 2, whereas this new theme sounds like a mix of Red Like Roses Part 1 and the Volume 1 Opening Theme, This Will Be The Day. Resonance Blaze now has an on-screen timer of 15 seconds when all four blocks of the Cross Gauge are filled, and will now turn the screen blue when activated, similar to Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite’s Infinity Storms, though it remains to be seen if only one team can have the mechanic active at a time.

Our second match sees Weiss Schnee and Linne face Noel Vermillion and Yukiko Amagi on the newly-revealed Altar stage from BlazBlue. We can also see that Distortion Finishes now change the background into the diamond motif, featuring the signature colors of all four franchises.

We’ve also got two more videos, showing off a bit of play with all 20 cast members, with a variety of teams and stages, though the uploader mainly stuck to the duo of Weiss and Hazama for the majority of matches. We can also see that the Under Night quartet now each possess a second Distortion Skill like the rest of the cast, and are no longer solely limited to their Infinite Worths. The attacks appear to be Hyde’s Pale Bringer, which now lacks the usual kick ender, Linne’s Force Function, Waldstein’s C version of Sturmangriff and Gordeau’s EX Mortal Slide.

Lastly, movelists for 16 characters were spotted at Evo Japan, though they’re currently lacking translations. You can see everything below, including a write-up of one player’s thoughts on the TGS build, below.

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle will be released on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam PC on Thursday, May 31st in Japan, with a Western release following for the same platforms on Tuesday, June 5th.

Sources: Kaizouwar; Gamer (巴哈); macyayayaya; HackMD; Shoryuken Forums

After a lengthy early access period, Tekken Mobile is rolling out around the world from this week — starting with Latin America, the Middle East, South East Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. This phased launch will then see Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Benelux and Singapore getting Tekken Mobile on February 15th, with the USA, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan finally receiving the game on March 1st.

Along with these launch dates, Bandai Namco have also revealed a brand new character who is making their debut appearance in Tekken Mobile. A former American football champion and US Marine, Bo “Rodeo” Montana excels at punching things very hard, and throwing people very far. Using MMA techniques, his plentiful health and his long reach, Rodeo can charge through foes before you know what hit you.

All Tekken Mobile players will get a one-star Rodeo when he launches on March 1st.

Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe

Daytonaaaaaaaaa! Moving locations from Orlando to Daytona Beach in Florida, registration for CEO 2018 is now live over on smash.gg. Running from June 29th to July 1st, CEO is a must attend event on the FGC calendar, with this year’s CEO is promised to be bigger and better than ever before, thanks to its new home at Ocean Center on Daytona Beach.

There are 14 games on the official CEO 2018 roster, containing both modern and classic fighters. No matter your competitive preference, there is a tournament for you. The official line-up is as follows:

• Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[st]
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
• Capcom vs. SNK 2
• Injustice 2
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• Killer Instinct
• Tekken 7
• Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
• The King of Fighters XIV

Should your favorite game not be on the main fight card, don’t fret! You can apply to be a side-event by filling out a special form over on the CEO website. For those who want to register, all the details are available on the CEO 2018 smash.gg page. This year’s event is looking to bring the house down, so don’t miss it.

Source: CEO Gaming

One of the Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition universal system changes is a nerf to V-Trigger damage scaling. During Season 2, a lot of players complained about characters like Ibuki, Balrog, Urien, and Laura stealing rounds with easy V-Trigger confirms into big damage. Activating V-Trigger during a combo will now add an additional layer of damage scaling, making all hits after activation do ten percent less damage than they did in Season 2, reducing their comeback potential.

In addition to increased damage scaling, Capcom also added some character-specific nerfs, like lowering the damage on Akuma’s V-Trigger Goshoryuken, preventing Balrog from comboing crouching heavy punch after his crouching medium kick target combo, and adding a juggle limit to Ibuki’s bomb. Due to scaling, combos from activation lose about 40 to 60 damage and stun compared to season 2, though it can vary between characters. Urien seems to be the character most impacted by the scaling nerf, because each hit of Aegis Reflector adds to the scaling but does low damage.

Because of this, characters like Menat, Urien and Guile who get a specific amount of resources during their V-Trigger may want to go for an easier combo with similar damage to keep their trigger active. While it may be harder to score easy damage with the old standard combos, Capcom has also opened up new combo routes for much of the cast with V-Trigger II and other changes. And as always, Critical Arts have a maximum scaling of 50 percent, so VT combos confirming directly into CA will still pack a big punch. Be sure to get in the lab and find new ways to punish your opponents and push your damage to the brink!

For more Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition tips, check out our Rising Up series, and keep your eyes on ShoryukenTube!