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Aksys Games’ Tournament “Anime Ascension” is Coming Back in February

The air-dasher scene in the West Coast is due for a treat this coming February. Aksys Games, the publisher of anime fighting games like BlazBlue: Central Fiction and Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- are hosting a sequel tournament to their event from earlier this year.

“After a low-key, but mostly successful first year, we’re back and bigger than ever!” states the new website for Anime Ascension. This time, it will be a two-day event, from February 18th until the 19th. Five games will grace the main stage:

  • BlazBlue: Central Fiction
  • Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-
  • Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late
  • The King of Fighters XIV
  • Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

Indeed, Atlus USA and Koei Tecmo America teamed up with Aksys to make The King of Fighters XIV and Dead or Alive 5: Last Round mainstage games. Furthermore, side tournament announcements are coming. Just like last year, the tournament takes place at the University of California Irvine Student Center Pacific Ballroom.

With a tweet, Aksys teases another announcement coming soon, which sounds likely to be about pot bonuses:

Sources: Aksys Games; Anime Ascension

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– Intershelter Beta Key Giveaway!

MMORPG.com has been given beta test keys for Intershelter – the all new post apocalyptic MMO from Eforb! This special Steam key will get you access to the beta until Nov 20th. As a special perk, the top 100 players in rating will get this game for free! Get your key now!

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Rommaler Breaks Down Ibuki’s Neutral Step by Step in This Mammoth Street Fighter V Tutorial

Known for her tricky V-Trigger setups and wild mix-ups, Ibuki’s more unpredictable tools don’t mean much if you cannot hold the neutral for very long. To teach Ibuki mains how to approach the neutral and play an effective footsie game with her, Rommaler has created a 40-minute tutorial, covering many of the aspects of Ibuki’s neutral game.

How to move around the stage, controlling space with pokes, knowing what are the best ways to whiff punish with Ibuki; all these things and more are covered by Rommaler in his tutorial, making it required viewing for anyone looking to main this teenage ninja. I’d even recommend having Training Mode open at the same time, in order to practice certain options Rommaler suggests you learn.

Source: Rommaler

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Capcom May Remove Auto-Qualifier Spots in Next Year’s Capcom Pro Tour

One of the main criticisms about this year’s Capcom Pro Tour has been how confusing it has been, in terms of qualifying forthe Capcom Cup. Well, it seems that Capcom has been listening to the complaints, and we may get a much more simplified tour next year.

In a recent interview with PVP Live, Capcom’s Neidel “Haunts” Crisan talked about one major change that they are considering for next years Pro Tour–removing any auto-qualifying spots. According to haunts, if they implement this change, everyone will have to qualify through points alone. The only exceptions would be Regional Finals, the winners of which would still qualify for Capcom Cup. As part of this, Haunts stated that the potential format that they’re looking into would still allow for global and regional leaderboards.

Other changes that Capcom is looking into is reducing the number of events on the Pro Tour calendar and increasing the number of points acquired from online tournaments. On the former, Haunts stated that there were far too many events this year. As for the latter, they want to give more players the chance to compete.

Source: PVP Live