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The good folks at Gameumentary have produced a nearly half-hour documentary about Shirley “The Gaming / Skyrim Grandma” Curry. The show centers on Shirley’s 83rd birthday and a Skyrim gaming session. It’s a feel-good look at an amazing personality that has earned her “thousands of passionate fans” and how their lives…and hers…have changed for the better.
NetherRealm Studios continues to impress with Mortal Kombat 11‘s newest fighter, Cetrion. The character fights with elemental magic. Fire, earth, water, ice, air, she’s got it all, making her a very formidable opponent. The character appears to have a handful of offensive and defensive options, with rock walls blocking attacks, water teleports for closing space, and twisters for keeping distance. It’ll be interesting to see how Cetrion takes to the rest of the MK11 Kast.
Currently, the trailer is only available on Game Informer’s website, so feel free to follow through to see Cetrion in action along with the outlet’s additional exclusive kontent. You can also catch a smaller glimpse of the character in Game Informer’s Mortal Kombat 11 Exclusive Coverage trailer below!
Mortal Kombat 11 releases April 23 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC with players who pre-order gaining access to Shao Kahn as a bonus DLC character.
Source: Game Informer
By popular demand, TheHiveLeader has finally caved and decided to talk about Sword Art Online. So let’s watch the first episode and see how exactly SAO holds up. The answer? We probably shouldn’t mess with developers anymore…
“Join us as we reminisce some of the unforgettable moments, stories and even real-world relationships that both the developers and community have made in Tamriel. Here’s to the countless more tales remaining to be told in Tamriel!”
Dead or Alive 6‘s Version 1.03a, released today, which contains more balance changes and bug fixes for a number of fighters and updates to Quest Mode’s costume part allocation. Quest Mode will now roll over unlocked costume parts to new outfits and this works retroactively as well. Log in to receive any missed out costume parts from previously completed quests!
Pre-Order DLC character Phase-4 is finally available for individual purchase and the Happy Wedding Volume 2 set of costumes have also been released. This set contains 13 more wedding-themed attires for Ayane, Brad Wong, Christie, Eliot, Helena Douglas, Diego, Honoka, La Mariposa, Mila, Phase-4, Rig, Tina Armstrong, and Zack. You can see the official notes pertaining to the update here.
Sadly, this upcoming update will not include Online Player Match Lobbies. While Team NINJA initially promised to release them before the end of March, they have now been delayed until sometime in April, as part of Version 1.03b.
Earlier this month, Dead Or Alive 6 received its Version 1.02 update, which addressed the much-complained-about grind of unlocking Costume Parts at random, as you will now only receive parts towards the character you are currently using, as well as the release of the first part of the Season Pass 1 content, the Happy Wedding Volume 1 DLC Costumes.
The update also included balance changes for Zack, Tina, Jann Lee, Ryu Hayabusa, Kasumi, Kokoro, Hayate, LeiFang, La Mariposa, Christie, Brad Wong, Hitomi, Mila, Marie Rose, Nyotengu, Cyborg Raidou, Honoka, Phase-4 and NiCO, which you can find in PDF form at the following link.
The first Happy Wedding set includes 13 new costumes that see Kasumi, Kokoro, LeiFang, Marie Rose, NiCO, Nyotengu, Hitomi, Cyborg Raidou, Ryu Hayabusa, Bass, Bayman, Hayate, and Jann Lee, don their finest wedding dresses and tuxedos for a classier take on Fighting Entertainment.
Both sets can be purchased as part of the Season 1 Pass for $92.99. The Season Pass also includes Bonus Costumes for Nyotengu and NiCO, the New Costume Set Volume 1 in April, which consists of 13 new outfits, the New Costume Set Volume 2 in May, which will bring 13 additional new attires.
Finally, two Guest Characters from SNK’s The King of Fighters XIV will join the battle, including the returning Mai Shiranui and one other fighter that has yet to be revealed. Season Pass holders will receive both the characters and their Debut Costumes Sets, which will contain 5 outfits each. Both characters and their costume sets are scheduled to release in June.
Be on the lookout for more news about the long-awaited online lobbies here at SRK!
Source: KOEI TECMO AMERICA; DOATEC_OFFICIAL; TEAM NINJA
You may remember a few months ago when we learned about Denis Dyacks’ new game, Deadhaus Sonata. It is an upcoming free to play 6-player action RPG where the player is undead and fights the living. To showcase how the action will go down, a new gameplay trailer has arrived.
Borderlands 3 is official now. Four players and a billion guns, lots of mechanical doodads and the graphical look you’ve become accustomed to in Borderlands games are all present. This also includes faces like Mordecai, Marcus, Tiny Tina, Maya, Lilith and Brick among others.
Last Monday, Bandai Namco Entertainment released the latest patch for SoulCalibur VI, upgrading the game to Version 1.30. This patch included balance adjustments for all 22 characters, in addition to some notable system changes. Core mechanics like Reversal Edge, Grapple Breaks, 8 Way Run, Guard and Reverse Impacts, and Battle Camera Angles were all affected. The Sunken Dessert Ruins and Master Swordsman’s Cave: Azure Horizon stages were also increased in size in an effort to reduce the frequency of Ring Outs on them.
As a result of these adjustments, characters such as Siegfried and Nightmare, who had the Ring Out capabilities of some of their throws removed, have had the property restored. This does come at the cost of an increased Grapple Break window, which has been universally applied to all throws in the game. This necessitates that Taki is given a second Grapple Break command, now that they are easier to perform. That way you do not lose too much of her aggressive pressure advantage following a successful throw.
In comparison to the previous two balance patches, Version 1.10 and 1.11, the character-specific changes are on the lighter side. Each of the warriors receives minor buffs, with very few nerfs, in order to improve their individual performances in battle. This brings the characters closer in line with the battle philosophies that Project Soul intended them to portray. There were also several quality-of-life changes made to the game itself, such as finally adding the ability for players to configure their buttons at the character select screen.
Preparations were also made for the release of the game’s third DLC character, returning veteran Amy Sorel, the adopted daughter of Raphael, also known as the “Winter Rose”. Amy was made available for download yesterday, as the second of the three characters contained in the title’s Season Pass, coming bundled with her own Soul Chronicle story as well as adding her Creation Parts to Create-A-Soul. She also received her SoulCalibur IV attire as an alternate costume.
You can see the full notes with developer explanations at the following link and can catch Amy’s reveal trailer from Evo Japan below, for those who might have missed it.
We also have some comments on the new character from SCVI’s Battle Director from an interview with 4Gamer, which have been translated by Avoiding The Puddle, which explains her new “Abandonment Level” mechanic:
“Brought back from SoulCalibur IV, Amy returns as a Rapier wielder having learnt the art of fencing under Raphael. As a fighter, she has a natural talent for ‘reading’ the enemies movements during the battle.
While she has short range and her attack power is on the low side, she can perform many extremely fast techniques to match the opponent’s brute strength in an up-close battle.
While maintaining many of her moves from the previous SOULCALIBURs, SoulCalibur VI adds new actions where she throws roses at the opponent. Even if you have played Amy in the previous games, there are new things to try out this time around. Her unique component in SoulCalibur VI is that she has certain abilities in her movelist that raise an “Abandonment Level” (見切りレベル). Over the course of a match, you can gradually build this up to later unleash a very powerful attack.
As a character, Amy is recommended for players that prefer a more strategic approach to their gameplan that lays their ‘cards’ out early and then over time, build-ups and wins with a ‘strong card’ finish to secure the victory.”
Amy is available as part of the Season Pass for $29.99, which also includes the already-released Tira (as a bonus), 2B, and the Character Creation Pack A. The season pass also includes a yet-to-be-revealed fourth character and Character Creation Pack B. Amy can also be purchased individually for $5.99.
There’s been a whirlwind of information about the upcoming Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid title released by developer nWay and Lionsgate Games. First off, we know the full nine-character base roster, which will consist of the following characters:
We also know that there will be there post-launch DLC characters released as part of the Season One Pass included in the $40 Digital Collector’s Edition, which will also contain a Pink Ranger skin for the Ranger Slayer, and Lord Drakkon’s Evo II skin. A V2 skin for the Green Ranger is also available as a pre-order bonus. The Battle For The Grid Twitter account has also announced the game’s release dates, which vary by region and platform.
Nintendo Switch and Xbox One players will be the first to receive the game this Tuesday, March 26th, while PlayStation 4 players in Europe will get their hands on later next week on Thursday, March 28th. Unfortunately, PlayStation 4 users in the U.S. will have to endure the longest wait, as the game won’t be available until Tuesday, April 2nd.
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— Battle For The Grid (@Battle4TheGrid) March 22, 2019
In the meantime, we’ve got a large amount of gameplay footage for you to check out, with the title’s official gameplay trailer, a character reveal trailer for Lord Drakkon, the first two rounds of the “Morph Madness” tournament, some matches between the likes of Justin Wong, Clockw0rk, and ShadyK recorded by NerdJosh, as well as the master of the Wong Factor’s half-hour analysis of the game, and his thoughts. Bilbzy has also created character breakdowns for Mastadon Sentry and Kat Manx, which you can see below.
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is currently available for pre-order in both a $20 standard edition, and the $40 Digital Collector’s Edition, which will also provide PS4 players with an exclusive theme.
Sources: Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid (YouTube); Justin Wong (YouTube); NerdJosh (YouTube); Bilbzy (YouTube); Battle For The Grid (Twitter)
As promised, SNK delivered a much closer look at their upcoming return to the classic franchise Samurai Shodown at PAX East 2019, beginning with a fantastic new trailer:
And the window has narrowed for the game’s release: now we can expect the title to be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2019, offering just over a month (at least) before we see the game on the Evo 2019 main stage. It will arrive on Switch and PC sometime later.
As gorgeous as the game is looking in the trailer, the gameplay is where it counts — and multiple sources are starting to provide video of exactly that. Here is 12 minutes of gameplay from IGN:
We can see that the game’s spirit seems to be intact: careful neutral game is required because of huge punishes on mistakes and whiffs. Here’s some more from LI Joe:
Or, how about a whopping 44 minutes of gameplay from Gematsu…?
The game is set very early in the franchise timeline, will have 16 fighters in the roster at launch (including three newcomers) and will feature an A.I. training system. From the press release:
Once again set in the late 18th century, after the events of Samurai Shodown V and prior to the events of the original game, Samurai Shodown will see the return of thirteen classic characters, including Haohmaru, Earthquake and Galford, who will be joined by three brand new characters to the series. Additional characters will also be available via post-launch DLC.
Developed in-house at SNK by the same team that brought us King of Fighters XIV, Samurai Shodown features a host of modes, such as Story, Practice, Online Battle and multiple offline battle modes. The new game will also debut an innovative new asynchronous online mode called “Dojo” that uses deep machine learning to create a CPU-avatar that learns from players’ actions during offline modes and creates a Ghost AI character. Players will be able to upload their Ghost to the leaderboards and also download Ghost data from other players. Players can take on Ghosts in 1v1 battle, or take on the Ironman Challenge and attempt to take down up to 100 ghosts in one go.
The game will be published in North America and Europe by the Los Angeles-based Athlon Games. We’re definitely looking forward to “embracing death” this summer!
Sources: Samurai Shodown; Athlon Games [press release]; Long Island Joe; IGN; Gematsu