Capcom Pro Tour Online 2020 Asia East 2 live stream ft. Tokido, Fuudo, Bocnhan, Momochi, Ryuusei, Sako, Moke, Mago, Gachikun, Machabo, Itazan and more
One of the most anticipated stops of the Capcom Pro Tour Online is happening this week, namely the second installment of the East Asia region's events.
Notable players set to participate include BST|Fuudo, Rohto|Tokido, RB|Bonchan, Victrix|Momochi, FAV|Ryuusei, FAV|Sako, GyoGun|Moke, GyoGun|Mago, RB|Gachikun, GyoGun|Machabo, DNG|Itabashi Zangief, KFGC|Verloren, AXIZ|Shuto, Youshikibi, YHC-Mochi, DeadlyPoison, SNB|Johnny, AE|Kosaku, SandBag and countless more.
Street Fighter 5's director wanted the roster to be similar to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Everyone is Here approach including all legacy characters
Street Fighter 5's more than doubled its launch roster of 16 characters over the past four years, but there was apparently once a chance that number could have been much, much larger.
Takayuki Nakayama, SF5's director, recently took part in an interview with Spin alongside producer Shuhei Matsumoto where he revealed they thought about beating Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to the punch with the 'Everyone is Here' approach to include all characters from the series' long history.
ArcRevo Japan Online 2020 live stream ft. Gouda, DoraBang, Fenrich, Pizamayo, Ryouta, Domi, Noble, Abegen, KojiKOG, Tsujikawa, Chou, Mabushin and more
Update: This story has been updated with day 4 results.
The Japanese portion of ArcRevo Online begins this weekend and will continue for the next few weeks.
Notable players participating in this third week include iXA|Gouda, GRPT|DoraBang, CO|Fenrich, Pizamayo, LGK|Ryouta, Domi, ExE|Noble, GPG|Abegen, AMTRS|KojiKOG, Tsujikawa, Chou, Mabushin and many, many more.
Will you need to buy yet another new arcade stick to play next gen fighting games on the PS5? Sony offers an answer
The launch of the new console generation is just a few weeks away at this point for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, but there's still plenty of questions people have about the upcoming hardware with one in particular sticking out for the fighting game community.
Arcade sticks are huge monetary and time investments for fighting game players, so of course there'd be concern about whether or not existing PS4 sticks would work on next gen titles like Guilty Gear Strive and Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate on PS5. There's a fairly concrete answer to that.
Street Fighter League Pro-US Season 3 week 3 results ft. Punk, iDom, Smug, Big Bird, Oil King, Hotdog, Xian, GamerBee, and others
Update: This story has been updated with week 3 results and you can view them after the jump.
Earlier: It's been a little while since the conclusion of Season 2, but Street Fighter League action is picking back up in North America as Season 3 is slated to kick off today, October 8, and continue every Thursday at 4 p.m. PDT for the next 16 weeks.
Six teams of three will be facing off as they strategically manipulate both the order in which they'll compete as well as which characters will be banned from play. Players involved include team All In's iDom, SKZ, and 801_Strider; team Alpha 3's PG|Punk, Nephew, and CJ Truth; team Dynamite's Rise|Smug, Bandits|MenaRD, and GamerBee; team NASR eSports' NASR|BigBird, NASR|AngryBird, and Samurai; team Psycho Shinobi's Hotdog29, Bandits|Caba, and RZR|Xian; and team UYU's Oil King, JB, and Kami.
Karin's final crossover colors for the Hokuto Fighting EX Layer costume are now available and here's how to unlock them in Street Fighter 5
Capcom's certainly been shaking things up with their recent crossover costume releases in Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition from how much Fight Money players need to spend to how extra colors are obtained.
Karin's special Hokuto costume from Fighting EX Layer hit SF5 last week though it didn't come complete with all of the colors. That's no longer the case, however, as the final unlock missions are now available.
Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath gets four Reptile skins that can be earned through Kombat League
Mortal Kombat 11 is less than one month away from its next big expansion to become the Ultimate version which will bring Rain from the heavens along with Mileena and Rambo though there's still activities to do now to hold us over until the new fighters and content drops.
The 15th season of Kombat League is now live in MK11 called the Season of Saurian Rebirth which brings with it the chance to earn four new skins that transform some of the ninjas and other characters into Reptile.
Dragon Ball FighterZ National Championships early results, stream ft Go1, Fenrich, Kazunoko, HookGangGod, Wawa, Shanks, Dekillsage, Supernoon and more
Update: This story is being updated periodically with week two results.
This weekend will see a series of Dragon Ball FighterZ events across some of the strongest regions for the game where eight players per region will be battling it out to prove who is the strongest in Dragon Ball FighterZ for their area right now.
Some of the biggest names set to compete are CO|Go1, CO|Fenrich, BC|Kazunoko, PG|HookGangGod, Wawa, VGIA|Shanks, EG|Dekillsage, Supernoon, BC|Tachikawa, Oplon|Noka, PG|BNBBN, Cloud805, ApologyMan, Maddo, BC|LordKnight, B, Matoi, Kyden, KK|Calbu, Wizards|GenisGod, KnowKami and BD|SubatomicSabers, though there are many more participating as well.
Here's how Xbox's Phil Spencer reacted to Minecraft Steve's NSFW victory animation in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
When Steve from Minecraft joined Super Smash Bros. Ultimate last week, he made quite the stir. Not only were fans feeling like he was a very strong character right out of the gate, but his victory screen animation turned a lot of heads due to the unfortunate placement of the meat that he holds in his hand after winning the match.
The unintentionally NSFW pose quickly got people talking, and even Head of Xbox Phil Spencer chimed in on the matter. His reaction was shared by Kotaku editor-in-chief Stephen Totilo, coming from a recent interview Totilo conducted with Spencer.
Christopher 'NYChrisG' Gonzalez drops out of Dragon Ball FighterZ National Championship, Bandai Namco Esports announces replacement
Update: Bandai Namco Esports has clarified that CientifiKOF will replay the set with Reynald to keep things fair to both players. Reynald will choose when this set will take place.
Last weekend, Christopher 'NYChrisG' Gonzalez took to Twitter to announce that he was pulling himself out of the Dragon Ball FighterZ National Championship tournament following a bad experience with poor connections. Today, Bandai Namco Esports has announced that the departure is official and revealed who will be taking Gonzalez's place.
Street Fighter League Pro-JP 2020 early results, stream ft. Daigo, Tokido, Momochi, Nemo, Fuudo, Mago, Fujimura, Sako, Moke, Dogura, Machabo and more
Update: This story has been updated with week 5 results.
The Japanese Street Fighter League is back again for the coming months and will feature six teams, each with four members, battling it out for glory and the cash prize at the end of the tunnel.
Players set to compete are the Umehara Gold team featuring BST|Daigo, GyoGun|Machabo, Kawano and DNG|Nauman, the Tokido Flame team consisting of Rohto|Tokido, DNG|Itabashi Zangief, FAV|Ryuusei and iXA|StormKubo, the Momochi Splash team which is built up of Victrix|Momochi, SNB|Fujimura, SNB|Haitani and SNB|Johnny, the Nemo Aurora team which has Liquid|Nemo, FAV|Sako, RB|Gachikun and AZ|Kichipa-mu, the Fuudo Gaia team made up of BST|Fuudo, CO|Dogura, GRPT|Pugera and AXIZ|Shuto and finally the Mago Scarlet team which includes GyoGun|Mago, GyoGun|Moke, GyoGun|Mizuha and GRPT|MOV.
Street Fighter's Cammy becomes Marvel's Rescue in this beautifully detailed mod from Mohamedelkordy129
There are a ton of mods created by excited fans for Street Fighter 5 these days, but one in particular recently caught our attention thanks to its sleek design and captivating detail.
Move over, Pepper Potts, Cammy White is trying on Marvel's Rescue suit (of Iron Man fame) thanks to wonderful work of Mohamedelkordy129.
Rain is more arrogant than ever and uses a weapon from India; Mortal Kombat 11 developers have updated the character in more ways than one
We got our first in-depth look at Rain in Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate thanks to this week's Kombat Kast, and it's become apparent that the Prince-inspired prince has been updated quite a bit for his latest MK appearance.
Senior QA Analyst at NetherRealm Studios, Stephanie "16-bit" Brownback, gave us both a gameplay showcase and spoke a bit about Rain's personality, story, and arsenal... some of which have evolved since we last saw him.
Here are three of the most stylish and jaw-dropping Beerus combos you've never seen in Dragon Ball FighterZ
When you're not the greatest character amid a roster filled with plenty of heavy hitters constantly distracting audiences with their frustratingly powerful fireworks, it can be a real climb to get people to take you seriously again... even if you're a god of destruction.
Enter Beerus in Dragon Ball FighterZ, (yes, he's still in the game) who has garnered new faith from EG|SonicFox thanks to a handful of buffs in Season 3. It seems the purple cat is getting a second chance by more and more members of the community, and a user by the name of TaliosDrakei has come up with a few exceptionally stylish combos that, while perhaps not the most practical, will certainly get Dragon Ball FighterZ fans on the edges of their seats.
The Phantom of the Opera isn't the most popular Universal Monster but he would make a great fighting game character
Dracula, the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's monster, the Mummy, and other popular Horror movie tropes have found their way into fighting games over the years in one way, shape, or form. They're strong choices due to their high recognition, and if you're not going straight for the most famous slashers like Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, or Leatherface, a good option for a fighting game is to create a new character based on a Universal classic monster.
Making my way back through the Universal Monster films in time for Halloween brought me to a trope I don't think I've ever seen represented in a fighting game. Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, is a trickster, a fighter, a maniac, and has supernatural powers at his disposal, and though he typically isn't the most popular of the Universal bunch, I think he would make a great fighting game character if he were the basis for a fighting game combatant.
Street Fighter 5 developers: There are still undiscovered secrets regarding Zeku, G, and Byron Taylor
Capcom is continuing its updated communication practices with fans of Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition as director, Takayuki Nakayama, and producer, Shuhei Matsumoto took some time to chat with Spin in an interview that released just today.
From reflections on SF5's turbulent beginnings to general approaches in connecting the dots in terms of this portion of the franchise's story, there's plenty of interest for fans of Street Fighter 5 here. That said, one part stood out to us as particularly intriguing as Nakayama directly shared the fact that there are undiscovered secrets still waiting to be discovered, and he gave us three places to look.
The first Krushing Blow in Rambo's Mortal Kombat 11 gameplay trailer is a direct homage to a scene in First Blood
Mortal Kombat 11 fans got their first look at an extra buff armful of Rambo's attacks today thanks to the incoming DLC character's gameplay trailer, and while there's plenty to appreciate on the surface level with beautifully animated attacks and gruesome kill moves, we'd be remiss if we didn't keep a keen eye out for clever references to the source material.
NetherRealm Studios has become increasingly liberal with such references with their DLC guests, and while just over 30 seconds into today's showcase we got a direct callback to the police station scene from First Blood. Minor spoilers ahead for First Blood.
