Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studios have sent out a new trailer for Call of Cthulhu called “Depths of Madness” that literally shows the protagonist, Detective Edward Pierce, going mad on a strange island. It features lots of dark imagery and creepy scenery.
Angel Has an Amazing Guard Crush Reset in King of Fighters XIV
The King of Fighters has been known to have absolutely nasty combos in the most recent iterations, off of very simple hit confirms. The biggest and most brutal combos usually come from your later characters, as often the opening characters tend to act as batteries for the rest of your team, to charge up meter to work with in later rounds.
But it looks like there’s a case to be made for Angel to not be a “battery character” in this game. She has a strong setup off of a hit confirm into Max Mode. With the first part dealing 288 damage midscreen, a reset out of max mode and into guard crush can do an addition 382 damage into the corner for a grand total of 670 damage with the reset.
Source: Paul Guzman
Galtu Shows Off His Mastery of M. Bison in This Street Fighter V Online Compilation
17 players on Capcom Fighters Network have legitimately found themselves in the Master rank to date. Only one of them has done so with M. Bison, and that is Galtu.
The Japanese player has been a consistent threat online in Asia since the beginning of the game, and now finds himself sitting #4 in the rankings. He has most definitely mastered his character of choice, and shows off what makes a good M. Bison dangerous in this compilation.
[Editor’s note: if you’re wondering about the video title and thumbnail, listen to the commentary here at 9:40.]
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Not Psychic Enough to Learn Gardevoir on Your Own? This Handy Pokkén Tournament Video Guide Could Help
Gardevoir may be one of the best characters in Pokkén Tournament, but it doesn’t mean that she is an automatic win for whoever picks her either. As with any game, becoming strong with the best of the tiers takes practice and understanding of the character.
But say you are a newcomer, and are just trying out Gardevoir. Where do you start off with the character? You could definitely start with this video guide, which goes over everything from supports, basic combos, advanced combos, as well as advanced technique and strategy.
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Xiaohai and Mago Battle in the Middle Kingdom in this Hype China vs. Japan Street Fighter V Tournament Match
Over the weekend, China played host to some of Japan’s best Street Fighter V players, for a special China vs. Japan tournament. With streaming only happening on Douyu.tv, as well as the odd time at which it happened, it made it tough for people in the West to tune in.
Those who did tune in caught an amazing set between Qanba’s Xiaohai and star Karin player Mago. The unique format allowed them to play a first-to-seven set, which allows spectators to see severely high-level play between the two pros–one that XusesGB managed to capture for the rest of us to see.
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Master the “Cross-Cut Uppercut” in Street Fighter V with VesperArcade’s Tutorial
Learn to apply one of your best tools to shut down cross-up jump-ins.
If you’re struggling to deal with opponents that love to jump in for those cross-ups, VesperArcade has got you covered–provided your SFV main sports a Shoryuken-style uppercut (forward, down, down-forward+attack) special move. This means Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Cammy, Necalli, and even Juri and Ibuki.
In the video below, he breaks down the multiple input variations that the SFV engine will process as the reversing “cross-cut uppercut”: a dragon punch move that will come out and hit the opponent just as they pass over you on the other side. You can apply this technique by starting the DP input towards the opponent while they still are in front of you, but completing the move as down, down-back just as they’ve passed over; there’s also a variation in which you can roll the stick through a half-circle for the same result. If crouching, SFV’s input shortcuts are even more forgiving. The video breaks each variation down in detail, so you can practice up and strike some fear in those jumpy opponents–as a successful reversed DP, even if it trades, will open up additional combo/punish opportunities.
Source: VesperArcade
5 Minute Fundamentals Breaks Down the Basics of Hit Boxes
Hit boxes are some of the most basic components of any 2D fighting game. That said, not everyone is able to truly grasp how they work.
To help newer players wrap their heads around them, lordofultima focuses on hit boxes in the latest installment of their “5 Minute Fundamentals” series. The video below goes over normal hit boxes, push boxes, vulnerable hit boxes (also known as hurt boxes), and the like, and also goes over the various properties that can be assigned to them. While the game explains them in the context of Street Fighter V, the concepts here can be applied to most other 2D fighters as well.
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– The Culling: The Big House Launch Trailer
The Culling has been updated with a new map called The Big House and, as the name implies, the fight goes on at a correctional facility. The update also includes more loot, tweaks to both the XP and leveling systems and much more.
Unsolved Mysteries: Akuma Disappears from Final Boss Battle in This Super Street Fighter II Turbo Glitch
This is Missing Person with a most ironic missing person report: while we know most everything there is to be known about Super Street Fighter II Turbo, there are still a few things that we don’t always see or understand.
Take this for instance. Silentscope was recently playing through the single-player mode on the Japanese version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Having triggered the right conditions, he fought Gouki (Akuma) instead of Dictator (M. Bison) for the final boss. However, he said that at around the 10 second mark, Akuma disappeared from the screen. Having lost the round by health deficit when the timer ran out, the game froze. Trying to award the round to Akuma, the game couldn’t–because the character asset was no longer available.
While he admits to playing this via emulator, the fact is that this is a strange glitch, and people within the ST community have yet to conjure up an explanation for Akuma’s untimely disappearance.
So where did Akuma go? That’s a question we hope to answer in the near future.
Source: silentscope88
GRsmash Counts Down 100 of the Best Combos from the Top 100 Melee Players in the World
Sure, we’ve seen tons of impressive-looking combos from some of Super Smash Bros. Melee’s most notable players such as C9|Mango, Alliance|Armada, Tempo|Axe, G2|Westballz, MVG.FOX|Mew2King and EMG|nOne–just to name a few. These players are some of the best in the business when it comes to executing combos with their characters–and at the highest level of play, in various stacked Melee majors, under extreme pressure. When these top players show off the latest combo they’ve discovered and learned to execute in tournament, you can be sure it’ll send live spectators and stream monsters into a ravenous state of excitement and joy.
The players mentioned above aren’t the only ones who pull off these amazing feats of execution. That’s where YouTube user GRsmash comes in, and compiles 100 of the most hype combos and moments from 100 of the highest-ranked Melee players in the world. A lot of the material in this video I haven’t seen before, or didn’t think was possible; especially from the rare Luigi and Samus specialists such as Abate, Duck, PG|Esam and Eddie Mexico. The video lasts a little over 15 minutes, but it’s well worth a watch for any Melee fan looking for some inspiration and entertainment.