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Bayonetta Players Battle Through The Boos At Evo 2018’s Smash 4 Finals
Several Bayonetta players made it into the Super Smash Brothers 4 finals at Evo 2018 this year, although surprisingly, last year’s Evo winner and Bayonetta player Saleem “Salem” Akiel Young wasn’t one of them. Salem’s upset last year coincided with the longstanding debate over whether Bayonetta’s combo-linking abilities make her an unfair opponent, and after…
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Arc System Works announced nine new characters for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle after the game’s finals concluded at Evo 2018. BlazBlue’s Nine, Izayoi, and Mai; Under Night In-Birth’s Yuzuriha, Mika, and Merkava; and Persona’s Akihiko, Mitsuru, and Labrys will be available on August 6.
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UncategorizedTwo ‘Gods’ Of Melee Get Hit Hard By Mere Mortals In Evo 2018 Pools
On a good day, Super Smash Brothers: Melee champion Adam “Armada” Lindgren seems unbeatable. Last year, at Evo 2017, he took home the top prize for the second time at the world’s biggest fighting game event. This year, long before Top 8, he got knocked into the losers bracket by Melee up-and-comer James “Swedish Delight”…
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Evo Sidelined Marvel Vs. Capcom Players But They Killed It Anyway
This year’s Evolution Championship Series is almost the same as last year: the Mandalay Bay Convention Center is still packed with countless setups, players reigniting friendships and rivalries, and clusters of attendees erupting into screams during exciting matches. But Evo 2018 has one glaring omission in its lineup of official events: Marvel vs. Capcom Marvel…
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UncategorizedDead Or Alive 6 Is Less Sexualized, And More Esports
Despite offering a unique take on 3D fighting focused on counters and holds, the Dead or Alive franchise has never quite taken off within the fighting game community. It has a small but dedicated fanbase, but the game also struggles with public perception as the genre’s “boobie fighter” (probably thanks to old but memorable commercials…
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Valve Finally Confirms Dota 2’s Latest Loot Box Was Bugged
After days of players complaining of a rare item not dropping in Dota 2’s latest loot box, Valve put out a statement overnight confirming that they were right: Theories that the loot box was bugged weren’t sour grapes, but actually true. On July 31, Valve released “Immortal Treasure III,” the newest Dota 2 loot box…
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Black Ops 4‘s Beta Is Fast-Paced, Frantic Fun
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is now in closed beta for PlayStation 4, and it’s an addictive, fast-paced, fresh change to the formula. 2016’s Infinite Warfare’s high-speed jetpacking catered to a newer generation of Call of Duty players but isolated many old school fans of boots-on-the-ground gameplay. 2017’s WWII brought the franchise back to…
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EsportsThe Weekend In Esports: Evo 2018, StarCraft II, And More
With the Overwatch League’s inaugural season firmly in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to move on to the fighting game world. This weekend’s Evo is the biggest tournament of the year, starring street fighters, smash brothers (and sisters) and a crap ton of Gokus Evo 2018 will be home to a number of heated rivalries…
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I’m Back
Back in March I suffered a devastating injury and was rushed to the hospital for emergency open heart surgery. Since then I’ve spent every waking hour working my way back to you folks. Hi. As our Editor-In-Chief documented in an April post filled with comments I cannot read without tearing up, on March 22 I…
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UncategorizedFour Years Later, Players Found A Metroid Hidden In Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze
There’s a metroid in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and someone finally found it. The search took four years, but it turns out it’s actually not that hard to find once you know where to look. Players have long suspected there might be more Metroid-themed easter eggs hiding out in Tropical Freeze after seeing Samus’…
By Ethan Gach
