New guide helps importers get started with Million Arthur: Arcana Blood

Although the console version of Million Arthur: Arcana Blood is currently only scheduled to be released on the PlayStation 4 in Japan, a new guide can help those who plan to import the game get started with the fighter.

Visual Novel CCP's guide provides an overview of the game, story, systems and even the characters themselves, along with images and translations of the various menus. It even tells players where and how they can purchase the game if they want.

While the guide does not provide in-depth strategy on the fighters or support characters, it is a good resource for people who want to get over the first hurdles of learning the game.

Readers can check out the guide at VNCCP. Million Arthur: Arcana Blood comes to PlayStation 4 in Japan on Nov. 29, 2018.

Resident Evil, Christmas outfits coming to SFV on Nov. 27

A new batch of downloadable costumes will help players scare up some holiday cheer when they release at the end of November 2018.

 STREET FIGHTER V NOVEMBER 2018 COSTUMES

Cody, Blanka, Sakura and Falke will receive Christmas-themed attire as part of the yearly SFV tradition. In addition to the more festive clothing, the game will also be gaining three costumes that transform fighters into characters from the Resident Evil series: Urien becomes Wesker, Cammy dons Jill's fatigues and Kolin dresses up as Ada.

As always, each costume will cost players $3.99 when they release. Readers can check out the trailers for the costumes after the jump.

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Wander no more: Rurouni Kenshin joins Jump Force

Another classic series has joined the world-merging crossover of Jump Force as characters Himura Kenshin and Shishio Makoto have been added to the roster.

Himura Kenshin is the protagonist of Rurouni Kenshin, a wandering samurai who fights to protect the weak. Shishio Makoto, meanwhile, is one of the Kenshin's main adversaries, a merciless man covered in bandages who will do anything to achieve his ends.

Readers can check out more screenshots from Bandai Namco on Twitter. Jump Force releases for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam on Feb. 15, 2019, in North America.

Kokoro, La Mariposa return in DOA 6, joined by newcomer Nico

A new trailer from Koei Tecmo has revealed three more characters coming to Dead or Alive 6.

Ba Ji Quan master Kokoro and luchadora La Mariposa rejoin the cast, both having made their debuts in DOA4. The third character, however, is new addition to Dead or Alive Nico.

Nico makes her series debut as a young scientist working for the game's main antagonist, Donovan, and practioner of Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat. Her fighting style is accentuated by devices that provide electrical charge to her attacks.

Readers can check out the trailer after the jump. Dead or Alive 6 comes home to PlayStation 4, Steam and Xbox One on February 15, 2019.

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Infiltration removed from Panda Global roster, out of 2018, 2019 CPT

Esports team Panda Global and Capcom have both come to separate decisions regarding accusations leveled against Seon-woo "Infiltration" Lee, and as a result he is no longer with Panda Global and he will sit out both the end of the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour and all of 2019.

The accusations center around a post made anonymously in September 2018 accusing Infiltration of domestic violence, infidelity and fraud. An investigation by both organizations found that while some of these allegations can either not be confirmed or are false, Infiltration was charged with "violence" against his ex-wife and forced to pay a fine.

As such, on Nov. 15, 2018, Panda Global issued a statement terminating its contract with Infiltration. Capcom, meanwhile, released a separate statement announcing that "while this incident did not happen during a Capcom Pro Tour event, we do not condone any acts of violence or harassment" and as a first offense has removed Infiltration from the end of Capcom Pro Tour 2018. He will also not participate in the 2019 season.

Panda Global has released the findings of its investigation, complete with the initial charges leveled against Infiltration and the discoveries made by the organization. Readers can look over the results on Scribd.

Fighting EX Layer comes to arcade on Nov. 29, Steam on Nov. 30

Arika's successor to the Street Fighter EX and Fighting Layer games will be reaching platforms beyond the PlayStation 4 by the end of November 2018.

Fighting EX Layer will launch in Japanese arcades on Nov. 29 while the game's Steam version will arrive the next day on Nov. 30, a release schedule posted on Arika's Facebook page notes. In addition, the PS4 version of the game will be updated to match the arcade and Steam ports.

While further plans for the game's future have not been revealed at this time, Arika's schedule does note that on Dec. 14 the company will reveal FEXL's 2019 schedule which could unveil any new content planned for the title.

The Steam version of FEXL will cost U.S. players $39.99, with a 25 percent discount ($29.99) for the game's first week of release. Those interested in that release can keep watch on its official page to see when preorders become available. 

Soul Calibur VI update comes to PS4, other platforms starting Nov. 14

Some of the glitches affecting Soul Calibur VI will soon be a thing of the past as Bandai Namco's update to the game will be available in the next seven days across all platforms.

According to Avoiding the Puddle, version 1.02 will remove Tira and Voldo's ability to use metered mechanics without actually having the meter and reduce the range on both Tira and Geralt's unblockable attacks "in certain situations." The patch will also fix an error in the PC version of the game causing ranking info to show the wrong player records.

Soul Calibur VI 1.02 will launch on PlayStation 4 first on Nov. 14, with Steam to follow on Nov. 16 while Xbox One players can expect it sometime between Nov. 16-19. The SC team also promises to "continue to fix unintended effects and bugs in the game when they have been identified."

The end of Sin: Yuna joins Dissidia Final Fantasy

Square Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy X's Yuna will be the next character to join Dissidia Final Fantasy and its console counterpart.

Yuna fights at distance with powerful magic and the help of Valefor, who seems to be able to save Yuna from combo situations. Yuna's stage is the beach of Besaid, which will have both daytime and sunset versions.

Yuna is the fifth of six DLC characters coming to Dissidia Final Fantasy and joins Vayne Carudas Solidor, Locke Cole, Rinoa Heartilly and Kam'lanaut as additional members of the cast. The final character, a male character from the newer Final Fantasy games who has never been part of the series before, will be announced in January 2019.

Readers can watch Yuna's trailer after the jump. She will be added to the arcade version of Dissidia on Nov. 15, 2018, but console players on Dissidia Final Fantasy NT will have to wait until December for her release.

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New Jump Force footage shows Golden Frieza, SSB Goku, Vegeta

A new trailer for Jump Force has revealed that Goku, Vegeta and Frieza will be able to transform into their more powerful forms just like in the anime and manga.

Instead of using separate character slots as has been done in many other games, Jump Force will activate Super Saiyan Blue and Golden forms via awakening, giving each character more powerful versions of their signature attacks.

Readers can check out the trailer after the jump. Jump Force comes to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on Feb. 15, 2019.

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French Bread promises new content to come for UNIST

At the end of Climax of Night 2018, a recorded message from the main battle planner of both Melty Blood and Under Night In-Birth, Serizawa Kamone, claimed that new features will be coming to Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st].

Kamone offered little in the way of details about the new content, but said it would be "surprising" and that the company hopes to share that information "as soon as we can."

He, along with series composer Raito and lyricist, translator and liaison Ryorca, also thanked players for their continued support of the game.

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] is currently available for PlayStation 4 and Steam.

Planned Soul Calibur VI patch to fix issues, provide balance changes

The official Soul Calibur Twitter has announced that a patch designed to correct problems with the current state of the game and add balancechanges to the cast will be forthcoming.

The statement comes right on the heels of the discovery that Voldo can utilize an exploit to activate Critical Edge or Soul Charge even when he has no meter. A similar glitch has since been found with Tira as well.

In addition to those issues, the team claims that it will also fix Ranked Match's search feature, the ending of Casual matches due to "unintended circumstances" and correct "characters having more reach than intended."

No time frame for the update has been given at the time.  

Nonon Jakuzure, Hōka Inumuta spring to action in Kill la Kill the Game: IF

The remaining members of Kill la Kill's Elite Four have been revealed as characters in the upcoming fighting game based on the series, Famitsu reports.

Nonon Jakuzure looks to fight mostly a long range, using sound-based attacks and bombs. Hōka Inumuta, meanwhile, has an Analyze gauge that builds up and can be spent to unleash stronger follow-up moves.

Nonon and Hōka will join fellow student council members Ira Gamagori, Uzu Sanageyama and Satsuki Kiryūin along with series protagonist Ryuko Matoi as current members of the game's cast.

Readers can check out images of the characters from Famitsu, courtesy of Twitter user HDKirin, after the jump. Kill la Kill the Game: IF is scheduled to release on PlayStation 4 and PC sometime in 2019.

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Dissidia celebrating third anniversary, new character info to be unveiled

The next DLC addition to the cast of Dissidia Final Fantasy will be revealed during a stream celebrating the third anniversary of the game's arcade edition, Square Enix announced.

The announcement will be part of a one-day tournament and broadcast. It is unclear if one or both of the remaining DLC characters will be shown, but they will join Vayne Carudas Solidor, Locke Cole, Rinoa Heartilly and Kam'lanaut as part of the game's cast.

The unveiling will take place on Nov. 10 at 12:00 JST ( Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. PST, 10 p.m. EST) with an official broadcast from the Square Enix YouTube channel.

If the other characters are any indication, players can look for this new character to be released sometime in December 2018. Dissidia Final Fantasy is currently available in Japanese arcades and on the PlayStation 4 as Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.

Omen of Sorrow released, launch trailer reveals new characters

Omen of Sorrow's horror-themed fighting is now available, and a new trailer has unveiled two more characters in the game.

Joining the playable cast as an unlockable character is Arctorious, the headless horseman of legend. Also revealed is the game's main antagonist Thalessa, the game's main boss dubbed "the invisible queen," who "seeks to turn the world back into the place of horrors she once called home," according to a press release.

Players can check out the trailer, which shows some footage of the new characters along with the rest of the cast, after the jump. Omen of Sorrow is currently available for PlayStation 4.

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Soul Calibur VI bug grants Voldo meterless Soul Charge, Critical Edge

A recently discovered exploit in the newest Soul Calibur entry allows Voldo access to his Soul Charge and Critical Edge whether players have meter or not.

According to Avoiding the Puddle, it seems the transition to back-turned from his Caliostro Rush stance allows him to use metered abilities even when he has no meter. Some players, such as Twitter user isloudas, have already found several practical and effective uses of the glitch, leading to big damage in many situations.

Readers can check out footage of the glitch, which is apparently done by inputting QCF ~ B+K ~ A+B+K, after the jump.

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Smash Ultimate adds Ken Masters, Incineroar, Piranha Plant, DLC offerings, online options and other modes of play detailed

During the Nintendo Direct on Nov. 1, Nintendo released a multitude of details about the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Starting off, Ken Masters from Street Fighter and Incineroar from Pokémon will round out the game's base cast, with Ken joining as an echo fighter of Ryu. However, they won't be the end of the roster, as there will be post-release characters such as Piranha Plant, who will be available for free sometime after the game's release to players who register their game online before Jan. 21, 2019, and paid DLC. Each paid DLC character will come with their own stage and one music track and cost $5.99, or players can opt for the Fighters Pass and get all five of the planned combatants for $24.99. According to Nintendo, all DLC in the Fighters Pass should be finished by February 2020.

Online play too will see new features as lobbies and voice chat will be part of the Smash Ultimate experience. Voice chat will be used via phone as it is in other Nintendo Switch games such as Splatoon 2, and there will also be an upcoming service called Smash World which will allow players to post and watch videos. Both For Glory and For Fun will be gone in Smash Ultimate, as matchmaking will be based on the gameplay options players select as well as location and skill ranking.

The Direct also showed plenty of new characters—such as Guile from Street Fighter, Yuri Kozukata from Fatal Frame, Akira from Virtua Fighter—who will be making cameos in Smash Ultimate either as new Assist Trophies or via the new Spirit feature and mode that seems somewhat similar to stickers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Much more about the game's other modes, including the game's single-player "World of Light" story, can be found in the Direct, which readers can check out after the jump. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches for the Nintendo Switch on Dec. 4, 2018.

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Nintendo Direct on Nov. 1 to feature new Smash Bros. Ultimate info

Early on Oct. 30, 2018, Nintendo announced that its upcoming Nintendo Direct stream will offer the final new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate details before the game's release.

The company promises 40 minutes of coverage on the upcoming brawler hosted by the game's director Masahiro Sakurai, along with a Treehouse: Live presentation after. Nintendo did not offer any information on what will be discussed on the Direct, but if the recent roster leak has any truth behind it then some of the unrevealed characters will likely make their official debuts.

The Nintendo Direct featuring Smash Ultimate will simulcast to a worldwide audience starting at 7 a.m. PDT on Nov. 1, 2018, on the company's Twitch channel and other platforms. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launches for Nintendo Switch on Dec. 4, 2018.

View to a kill: Christie joins Dead or Alive 6, trailer released

Dead or Alive's assassin antagonist is coming to DOA6 and a short trailer has been released showing her in action.

Christie was first revealed during Paris Games Week, and appears along with a new stage that shows off a destroyed bridge complete with exploding cars. For her part, Christie looks to return to DOA with her signature fighting style and many of her old moves.

Readers can watch Christie's trailer below. Dead or Alive 6 launches for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam on Feb. 15, 2019.

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NieR Automata's 2B coming to Soulcalibur VI as downloadable content

If you are looking to get the Soulcalibur VI season pass anytime soon, the first of its three additional characters has been unveiled at this year's Paris Games Week.

Battle android YoRHa No. 2 Model B, or 2B for short, from Yoko Taro's popular action RPG NieR: Automata will be coming to SCVI as a downloadable character. 2B will bear her default outfit and weapon set from Automata. She will also receive a stage based on the universe of Automata. For those wanting to build a custom character using 2B's move set, her inclusion will allow players to use the Type-4O weapon set, her "Revealing" outfit and more.

2B is the second guest character for SCVI, with Geralt from The Witcher series being the first.

She will join Tira and two more unannounced characters in SCVI's season pass. There is currently no date for 2B's release as of this time.

You can find the reveal trailer after the jump.

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Jump Force adds City Hunter's Ryo Saeba, Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken

Fans of City Hunter and Fist of the North Star will not be disappointed by the cast of Jump Force, as Bandai Namco announced the protagonists of both games as playable characters in a trailer released for Paris Games Week.

City's Hunter's Ryo Saeba fights opponents with an array of weapons including his trademark Colt Python .357 magnum, a bazooka and his fists, while fists are the main weapon Kenshiro wields as he dismantles other fighters with his Hokuto Shinken style.

Readers can check out the trailer for both characters after the jump. Jump Force comes to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC sometime in February 2019.

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