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May
25th, 2022
Guilty
Gear -STRIVE- Balance Update Coming June 10th, Crossplay Beta Begins
This Summer
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During
Arc System Works' 1st year anniversary stream for Guilty Gear -STRIVE-
today, the company announced
a "large scale" balance patch for the game will be releasing on June
10th. Furthermore, a beta test for Steam to PS5/PS4 crossplay will begin this
Summer. Also coming this Summer, Guilty Gear -STRIVE- Starter Edition 2022
was announced and will include all Season 1 DLC characters.
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May
25th, 2022
Skullgirls:
2nd Encore Black Dahlia First Look Gameplay
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Autumn Games released a first look
"Alpha" gameplay
trailer for Black Dahlia, the next DLC character coming to Skullgirls: 2nd
Encore. Additionally, new details about her gameplay style and moveset were
revealed. The early gameplay footage shows how Black Dahlia can use her grenade
launcher arm.
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May
20th, 2022
Elena 1:4 Statue
by Premium Collectibles Studio Announced
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Premium
Collectibles Studio announced
an impressive 1:4 scale Elena statue that will set you back $650. The Street
Fighter III Capoeira icon is captured doing a stylish handstand resembling
one of her recognizable win animations and taunts. This master-crafted polystone
statue stands 24" tall, is 11.5" wide, and the exclusive edition even
includes a 11x17" art print measuring by artist Edwin Huang, making for a
perfect display pairing.
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May
20th, 2022
DNF
Duel Practice Mode Trailer
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The
latest Dungeon Fighter Duel trailer
is live and provides a first look at the game's Practice mode. Another short
trailer (47 seconds in length), the video previews some of the game's various
Practice mode options and menus. Practice options include Quick Character
Change, Record / Playback settings, and Info Display.
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May
19th, 2022
KOF
XV Official Online Tournament Announced
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Today,
SNK announced an official King
of Fighters XV weekly online tournament slated to begin next week on
Thursday, May 26th, 2022. The KOF XV ICFC Weekly Series online tourney
will be held every Thursday in three regions: Asia, North America, and Europe.
Regional champions will be determined through a series of 9 rounds in each
region...
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May
18th, 2022 
DNF
Duel Story Trailer Reveals Glossary and Gallery
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We've
got a second new DNF Duel trailer this month from the game's publisher,
Nexon, this one focusing on Story Mode. While the trailer is quick, you might
want to slow it down (or even pause) to appreciate some of the snazzy artwork.
In addition to Story mode, the trailer shows a quick glimpse of Gallery and
Glossary modes. Yeah, it's another 45-second trailer...
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May
17th, 2022
IGN Looks Back at Daigo
Umehara's 25-Year Career
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IGN
recently published a short video
documentary all about Daigo "The Beast" Umehara. As most fighting game
fans know from watching "EVO Moment #37" at least 1,000 times by now,
Daigo Umehara has been a legendary Street Fighter competitor with many
exciting wins under his belt over the past two decades — including back to
back EVO championships.
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May
16th, 2022
KOF
15 Team Southtown Story, New Screenshots
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SNK
shared the official King of Fighters XV storyline for Team Southtown's
Geese Howard, Billy Kane, and Ryuji Yamazaki. Additionally, we've got some brand
new official HD screenshots
showing both the default and extra costumes for the veteran villains of
Southtown.
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May
12th, 2022
KOF
15 Team Southtown Trailer, Available May 17th
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Today, SNK unvieled
the official King of Fighters XV gameplay trailer
for Team Southtown's Geese Howard, Billy Kane, and Ryuji Yamazaki. To coincide
with the
new trailer, SNK finally announced the release date for Team Southtown — May 17th,
2022. SNK also shared several new screenshots for each Southtown team member.
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May
12th, 2022
Guilty
Gear -STRIVE- First Anniversary Stream Revealing Season 2 News May 25th
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Arc System Works
announced an upcoming Guilty Gear -STRIVE- 1-year anniversary stream on
May 25th. The stream will feature discussions with the development team,
exhibition matches, and will reveal new information about Guilty Gear
-STRIVE- Season 2 content.
In March, the company announced four new characters along with crossplay between
the PC and PlayStation versions.
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May
12th, 2022
Skullgirls:
2nd Encore Black Dahlia to be Playable at Combo Breaker 2022
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During CEO '21 this past
December, Autumn
Games revealed Black Dahlia as the third DLC character coming to Skullgirls:
2nd Encore's Season Pass 1. On Twitter, Autumn Games announced
that attendees of Combo Breaker 2022 (May 27th-29th) will be getting "world
exclusive" early access to the first playable version of Black Dahlia.
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May
11th, 2022
Maximilian Hosting KOF
15 Team Southtown Preview
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Team
Southtown is the second Team DLC coming to The King of Fighters XV. Later
this month, Geese Howard, Billy Kane, and Ryuji Yamazaki will join KOF XV's roster,
bringing the total number of playable characters up to 44. Tonight, SNK
confirmed that YouTuber Maximilian Dood will be hosting a special preview
of KOF XV's Team Southdown on Thursday, May 12th.
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May
11th, 2022
Combo Breaker 2022 Registration
Closes with 1000+ Guilty Gear
-STRIVE- Competitors
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Coming
up on May 27th-29th (Memorial Day Weekend), Combo
Breaker '22 will host thousands of fighting game players at one of the
largest live events of the year. Rick "TheHadou" Thiher announced the
player registration for the event has closed and revealed the final count for
each tournament game. Guilty Gear -STRIVE-, The King of Fighters XV,
and TEKKEN 7 take the lead as the TOP 3...
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May
10th, 2022
Side-by-Side
Graphics Comparison of TEKKEN Tag
Tournament 2 and TEKKEN
7 Character Models
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Originally released in
arcades in 2011, and in 2012 on consoles, TEKKEN Tag Tournament 2 was one
of the most impressive, diverse, and open-ended 3D fighting games of the era.
From the 100's of team possibilities, to the multitude of creative combos, to the
highly-polished visuals and character models, TTT2 still holds up today as
one of the best and most interesting installments of the franchise. In a new video
comparison...
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May
10th, 2022
Rare Street
Fighter Alpha 2 Combos by Desk
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Regarded by fans as one
of the most polished, fun, and competitive 2D fighters of all time, Street
Fighter Alpha 2 is a beloved and influential installment in the series' 35+
year history. Even though SFA2 remains a widely-respected competitive
classic, known for its unique mechanics (such as the Custom Combo system), there
are still some very "broken" combo possibilities that exist. In Desk's
latest combo video...
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May
9th, 2022
The King of
Fighters: The
Ultimate History by Bitmap Books Now Available to Pre-order
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Bitmap Books is an
award-winning independent publisher of retro gaming books, celebrating the rich
history of software, hardware, developers, and influential series of gaming over the
decades. Now available to pre-order,
Bitmap's latest tome features 544 beautiful pages and tons of history all about
SNK's icoic
King of Fighters series.
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*PINNED
- March 2022
The Fighters Generation
Discord Server Now Live!
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As part of TFG's 20th
Anniversary celebration this year, we've opened up an official Discord
server as a new way to connect the community and fighting game fans. If you're
on Discord, consider joining Fighters Generation's official
server —
featuring a wide range of fighting game-related forums and other topics as
well. In addition, TFG's Discord server is also now integrated with Twitch and
Patreon.
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