Red Bull Conquest circuit to feature Guilty Gear, Tekken, Street Fighter

Red Bull has announced a new tournament circuit that will feature Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, Tekken 7 and Street Fighter V.

Red Bull Conquest will feature 15 qualifiers, named Rally events, all around the United States, culminating in a grand finals tournament in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 16-18, 2018. The winner of each qualifying event, including a last-chance tournament, will be put into a final 16-person bracket to decide the champion for each game.

Conquest events will be held in "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle," with the first taking place on April 28 in Chicago, Illinois.

For more information or to register for Red Bull Conquest, readers can check out the official Red Bull website.

Capcom Pro Tour 2018 schedule, details unveiled

Capcom has revealed the dates and rules of the upcoming Capcom Pro Tour 2018. As has become the standard, 32 players will qualify for Capcom Cup, with the tour starting at Final Round.

Qualification for Capcom Cup is much like it was in 2017: only six spots at are guaranteed, with four going to regional finals winners, one to a last-chance qualifier at Capcom Cup and the final spot going to reigning champ Mena RD. The other 26 competitors will be decided by the global points leaderboad.

Regional Finals events will see a change in 2018, however, as they will now be broken down into two events: an open-entry tournament that will grant points toward the global and regional leaderboards, as well as a location-restricted Regional Finals Top 8 that will see the players with the highest point totals in that region compete for a spot at Capcom Cup. 

Players can view Capcom's season teaser trailer after the jump, and can find a full breakdown of the 2018 system at the Capcom Pro Tour website, along with the schedule of offline events.

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Chun-Li dons Star Gladiator attire as new Extra Battle costume

The next crossover costume has been revealed for Street Fighter V and it sees Chun-Li dressed as Star Gladiator's Jun Lin Milliam.

Star Gladiator was a 3-D fighter first released by Capcom in 1996. It spawned a sequel, Plasma Sword, and most fighting game fans will remember its main protagonist, Hayato Kanzaki, from Marvel vs. Capcom 2. As with other Extra Battle costumes, players will have to complete four weekly challenges to unlock Chun-Li's new costume in SFV.

The Jun costume Extra Battle Challenges start on Feb. 15, and there will be additional Shadaloo soldier challenges to help players gain Fight Money or level up a character. Readers can head to Capcom Unity for more information including specific challenge time frames.

Welcome to the jungle: Blanka joins Street Fighter V on Feb. 20

Capcom has unveiled the trailer and release details for the second of SFV's Season 3 DLC characters, Blanka.

Blanka returns in Street Fighter V appearing similar to his SFIV incarnation, but he has one major tool added to his arsenal: a command grab. Blanka's V-Skill is his Coward Crouch, which now has two follow-up abilities that can be used to either attack or advance on his opponent. His first V-Trigger, Jungle Dynamo, powers up his ball and electricity so that they do more damage and create juggle states for additional hits. His second V-Trigger, Lightning Beast, gives him the ability to follow any ball with a new move, Rolling Cannon, that can be angled in any direction. It is very reminiscent of Jon Talbain's Beast Cannon from the Darkstalkers series.

Blanka will be available separately or as part of the Season 3 Character Pass. Readers can check out his trailer after the jump.

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Evolution 2018 lineup announced

In a sit-down interview with Mark Julio on Red Bull eSports, Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar revealed the games that will be part of Evo 2018.

The Evolution staff has chosen eight games for competition at this year's Evo: Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev. 2, Injustice 2, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Dragoin Ball FighterZ.

Cuellar also revealed that Rev 2, Melee, T7, SBFZ and SFV will be the five games that are featured in the stadium during Evo Sunday finals.

In addition, Arc System Works made two announcements in videos. The first showed BBTag's Toshimichi Mori revealing that RWBY's Yang Xiao Long will be coming to the game and that both her and Blake Belladonna will be free DLC coming out soon after the game's release. The second featured Guilty Gear's Daisuke Ishiwatari saying that the game's new balance patch will be coming to the PC and console platforms in March 2018. 

Registration for Evo 2018 starts on Feb. 15 at 12 p.m. PST on the official Evo wbesite. Evolution 2018 is coming Aug. 3-5 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevadad.

Capcom Pro Tour 2018 schedule coming Feb. 19, two dates revealed

Capcom has announced the first two Premier events for 2018's Capcom Pro Tour, along with a date when the whole schedule will be available.

The pro tour will once again start with Final Round, as 2018's iteration of the Atlanta major happens on March 16-18. NorCal Regionals will be the second Premier event, taking place from March 30 to April 1 in Sacramento, California.

The rest of the tour's schedule will be released on Feb. 19, and Capcom looks forward to "another year of high level competition on the Capcom Pro Tour with Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and Season 3."

Capcom announces fixes coming to next Street Fighter V update

A number of gameplay-related bugs have been discovered by Capcom in the time since the release of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, leading to future corrections by the developer.

These fixes will include small changes like combo scaling alterations for Laura, Ibuki and Urien but also much larger ones like the removal of Uriens accidental Tyrant Blaze invulnerability after armoring a hit using his Metallic Sphere V-Skill. Abigail, meanwhile, will no longer be able to activate V-Trigger on the first hit of Abigail Punch and his Metro Crash will have its armor reduced to two hits.

Capcom says these changes will be in the game's next update, but does not have a release date announced at this time. Readers can head to the Capcom website for the full list of changes.

Monster Hunter costumes coming to Street Fighter V

Ken, Ibuki and R. Mika will be getting new skins from Monster Hunter in February 2018 as part of the game's Extra Battle mode.

Ken will sport Rathalos armor, R. Mika will don the claws of Zinogre and Ibuki will fight with the power of the elder dragon Kirin after these costumes are unlocked. These costumes are obtained after completing four Extra Battle challenges, each of which will cost 2,500 Fight Money to attempt.

The Monster Hunter costumes are time exclusive and for now will only be available as part of the Extra Battle challenge in February. Readers can check out Capcom Unity for more information.

Official patch notes reveal changes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Street Fighter V's major update arrives on Jan. 16, 2018, and Capcom has unveiled that changes that will be coming to the game's system and each individual character with that patch.

In terms of the game's system, Arcade Edition will give a general buff to regular throws by increasing their active frames from two to three frames and hopes to reduce the usefulness of V-Trigger activation combos by increasing the damage scaling. There will also be added recovery to command throws, and more alterations to jump-ins and moves used to anti-air opponents.

Individual character changes are numerous in Arcade Edition, and while damage and recovery values are mentioned with concrete numbers there are plenty of moves that have received more vague mentions of hitbox or hurtbox "changed." In this way it will be harder to gauge the depth of many character tweaks until players have Arcade Edition in their hands.

Arcade Edition will also include frame data in training mode when players turn on Attack Data, and players can also have it shown on the characters by having the fighter with advantage turn blue while the one with disadvantage turns red. Readers can find the patch notes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition at Capcom Unity.  

Sakura graduates to the Street Fighter V roster on Jan. 16, 2018

Capcom has released the gameplay trailer and information about Sakura, who will launch as the first DLC character of Street Fighter V's Season 3 on the same day that Arcade Edition becomes available to the public.

Sakura retains most of the same moveset she wielded in Street Fighter IV, but has gained the Tengyo Hadoken, a fireball shot diagonally upwards that can be used as an anti-air. Her V-Skill is Haru Kaze, which functions almost like a demon flip and grants her a throw, a divekick or her signature Sakura Otoshi. Her first V-Trigger, Haru Arashi, powers up her fireballs by giving them both an additional hit that leaves opponents in juggle state, and her second trigger, Sakura Senpu, allows you to follow up her Shouoken and Shunpukyaku with her V-Skill for more damage.

As with previous seasons, players will be able to buy Sakura separately or as a part of the Season 3 Character Pass. Readers can check out the Sakura trailer after the jump.

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Blanka, Cody, Sagat, Sakura & two new characters coming to Street Fighter V season three

With Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition on the horizon, the characters of season three have been announced.

Capcom's Yoshinori Ono presented a video at the end of Capcom Cup 2017 with Sakura coming to SFV. The trailer shows off a new look for Sakura and reintroduces her stage from Street Fighter Alpha 2. She will also have three additional costumes including her iconic legacy outfit. 

In addition, Ono showed off the opening video of the upcoming story mode for SFVAE which also featured Blanka, Cody and Sagat returning. New characters Falke and G have been featured as well.

You can get access to all six characters with the season three pass, starting with Sakura, on January 16, 2018, the same day as Arcade Edition's release.

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New Christmas, nostalgia costumes arrive for SFV on Nov. 29

A new batch of costumes is coming to Street Fighter V at the end of November to help celebrate the holidays and bring back memories of the series' past.

STREET FIGHTER V NOVEMBER 2017 COSTUMES

The 10 costumes are split into three themes: four are Christmas costumes for Menat, Alex, Kolin and Cammy; four bring back classic looks for Chun-Li, Birdie, Balrog and Karin; and two are "combat" costumes for Chun-Li.

In addition, last year's holiday pack, consisting of costumes and the "Frosty Blvd." stage, will return at a discount of 50 percent off the original price. 

The new costumes will cost players $3.99 each.

SFV Arcade Edition trailer shows off new V-Triggers, playable at PSX

A new trailer for Street Fighter V Arcade Edition was revealed at Red Bull Battlegrounds, and with it came the news that the title will be playable at PlayStation Experience on Dec. 9-10, 2017.

Arcade Edition will feature new V-Triggers for the cast, from Ibuki's giant shuriken to Nadeshiko attacking opponents with a steel chair.

In addition, Capcom dropped a hint that there may be more news coming at the Capcom Cup grand finals during PSX. Sakura petals floated in front of the Capcom Cup logo and the pink confetti rained down at the event hall, suggesting that the familiar shoto-in-training may be part of the Season 3 DLC.

For now, however, readers can check out the V-Trigger trailer after the jump.

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New sports costumes coming to Street Fighter V on Oct. 24

New outfits for Zangief, Kolin and Karin will be available when Zeku joins the SFV cast at the end of October.

These new sports costumes reimagine Karin as a jockey, Kolin as an ice skater and Zangief gets another pro wrestling variant.

Prices were not revealed but it is assumed that much like all other DLC costumes each outfit will cost players $3.99.

Gameplay details reveal the secrets of Zeku's ninjutsu

Capcom has posted gameplay details on Zeku ahead of his release in Street Fighter V on Oct. 24, giving players more information on the character's moves and abilities.

Zeku's ability to switch from his older form to his younger comes from his V-Skill, which also teleports him either in front of or behind his opponent depending on the input. Zeku's two forms are very different: in his older form Zeku has slower moves but retains a flip move similar to Guy's for mixup opportunities, while in his younger form he is much quicker and has a short run like his student.

Zeku's V-Trigger, meanwhile, is a special dash that allows him to follow up with a "custom combo that deals additional hits." His V-Trigger does not change depending on whether is he young or old.

As with other characters, Zeku will release with both a Story and Battle costume but he will have a Nostalgia costume as well. For more information, including pictures and gifs of Zeku's abilities in action, readers can head over to Capcom Unity.

Zeku springs into action for Street Fighter V on Oct. 24

Guy's former teacher will make his first playable appearance in a Street Fighter games as the last DLC fighter in season two.

Zeku fights with an array of special kicks and a bushin flip move similar to that of Guy. He can also transform into a younger version of himself, but at this time it is unknown how that affects the character outside of appearance.

Zeku will be available for players to purchase on Oct. 24, 2017. Readers can check out the character's trailer after the jump.

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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition announced, coming Jan. 16, 2018

The reveal trailer to not only new content for Street Fighter V but also a new retail edition can be found after the jump.

STREET FIGHTER V: ARCADE EDITION SCREENSHOTS

Aptly named Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, the brief video announces that current Street Fighter V owners, through update, as well as those looking to buy AE will get free access to the long-awaited Arcade mode. The patch will also bring in another mode called Extra Battle and a second V-Trigger for every character. Aspects of the user interface found not only in the menu but also in-game have been redesigned. You can check out screenshots of the UI changes and some of the new V-Triggers at the link above!

To those looking to buy AE will get access to both Season One and Two downloadable characters. AE will be available on Jan. 16, 2018, for $39.99 for both PlayStation 4 and PC through Steam. Current SFV owners should expect the patch to be available sometime around AE's release.

Prior to announcement, Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition was listed on various online stores including ShopTo and Amazon.

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New Street Fighter V costumes, stage, music arrive on Sept. 26

With October 2017 fast approaching, Capcom has readied a second wave of Halloween costumes for download in Street Fighter V characters along with other costumes, a new stage and more.

STREET FIGHTER V FALL 2017 COSTUMES

There are a lot of new costumes coming to SFV in the update. First are the new Halloween costumes, with outfits for Urien, M. Bison, Birdie, F.A.N.G and Dhalsim. Then there are new school clothes for Menat, Cammy and Ed. There are also two more outfits for Cammy—Shadowloo doll and SFIV nostalgia costume—and three for Chun-Li—Interpol agent, sleepwear and a "relaxing outfit."

The new update will include a new stage—English Manor—that seems like it may be a callback to Cammy's stage in Super Street Fighter 2, along with new background music packs for people who want to change how SFV sounds.

The new costumes will cost players $3.99 each, while the new stage will cost either 70,000 Fight Money or $3.99. Capcom will also be making 2016's Halloween costumes and stage available as a bundle for players who missed out.

Capcom releases gameplay details on Street Fighter V's Menat

Additional light has been shed on how SFV's apprentice fortune teller will play right before her release on Aug. 29.

Menat's V-Skill is named Soul Reflect - Kamal and is an ability that normally deflects normal fireballs but once her crystal ball has been set it will simply absorb the projectile, giving Menat more V meter. Kamal can also be used to "launch the opponent into the air to help extend combos."

Menat's V-Trigger, Wisdom of Thoth, offers some interesting possibilities. The orbs that surround her are each controlled by a normal attack, and "pressing and releasing of [a button] sends the sphere linked to that attack flying at the opponent." From the wording it's tough to tell whether players will be able to use an attack but continue holding down the button until they choose to release and let the orb fly. If so, Menat will have some interesting combo and pressure setups that seem reminiscent of Zato-1 from the Guilty Gear franchise.

As with all other characters, Menat will release with both a Story and Battle costume. For more information, including pictures and gifs of Menat's abilities in action, readers can head over to Capcom Unity.

The future is now: Menat comes to Street Fighter V on Aug. 29

Capcom has released a new trailer for DLC character Menat just days ahead of her release to the public.

Menat is a fortune teller that has previously appeared as a character in Ed's story mode. In Street Fighter V she fights with the aid of her crystal ball, using it as a projectile then calling it back to pull enemies closer to her. The ball is also part of her normal attacks, which may create different hitbox properties depending on whether she has the ball equipped or not.

While it is unclear from the trailer what her V-Skill is—it could simply be sending the ball out and then retrieving it—, her V-Trigger generates a field of six orbs around that can be used to continue combos much like Batman's bats in the Injustice series. Her V-Reversal, meanwhile, is a teleport that goes behind the opponent.

Readers can check out the Menat reveal trailer after the jump.

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