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General: Indie Game Devs Invited to Submit Games at AGC

During this year’s Austin Game Conference, indie developers of PC games or PC VR games are being invited to submit their title for consideration at the Intel Game Developer Showcase at a nearby venue. Ten finalists will be selected and given five minutes to present their game to the special judges panel and the attendees in the audience. Afterward, attendees will be able to demo the games on the show floor.

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SNK is Hosting a King of Fighters XIV “Dream Match” with EG|Justin Wong, HORI|Sako, Ogawa, and GO1

With SNK’s King of Fighters XIV almost upon us, one question on many people’s minds is if any top players from other series will be picking the game up. To help address this, SNK will be holding a special stream featuring some of these top players from other games.

On August 19, SNK will be hosting a special “Dream Match” event, featuring top players EG|Justin Wong, Ogawa, GO1, and HORI|Sako.  Known for playing other titles–Ogawa mainly plays Guilty Gear, and the rest have been focusing on Street Fighter V–this gives us a chance to see how non-KOF players of this caliber will fare in the King of Fighters XIV.

Additionally, this isn’t the first time some of these players have switched games. GO1 was primarily known for BlazBlue before Street Fighter V, and Sako made a name for himself in Vampire Savior before becoming a Street Fighter player. Meanwhile, Justin Wong has been known to balance multiple games in the past, and has played King of Fighters ’98 in regional tournaments before.

SNK’s King of Fighters XIV Dream Match will take place on August 19 at 7:00 PM JST (6:00 AM Eastern, 3:00 AM Pacific). In the meantime, check out this trailer for the event.

Source: SNK

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Panda Global Begins Its Own Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Tournament Recap Series, featuring PG|MVD

To compliment their Super Smash Bros. Melee recaps hosted by their resident analyst and Ice Climbers main, PG|Wobbles, Panda Global has kicked off an equivalent series for Smash 4, where players come on to walk through the main events of big tournaments. As their pilot episode, Panda Global has drafted in barrel technician MVD to recap the top 32 of this year’s Evo.

The presentation of this series is a cut above the Melee pilot, complete with short clips from select games and full screen graphics showing each individual player, their character, and who they lost to during top 32. Every player gets their moment of analysis, which is a welcome touch–as most recaps tend to solely focus on the top 8, as that is where most of the excitement takes place.

A potential criticism of this pilot is that PG|MVD sounds like he’s just reading off a script, which makes him seem strangely distant from the information being presented–this man is incredibly knowledgeable about the game already, and had firsthand insight of the tournament. Make sure to leave your own thoughts and constructive criticism in the comment of the video, to help improve the series.

Source: Panda Global