Evo Japan 2024 champion MenaRD gets new Street Fighter 6 Blanka-inspired hairdo in honor of character he won the tournament with
Bandits|MenaRD made history late last month by taking 1st place in Street Fighter 6 at the giant major fighting game tournament, Evo Japan 2024. Using a combination of Luke and Blanka throughout the event (though he closed grand finals out with the latter), Mena became one of the only players to ever win both Capcom Cup (he won it twice) and an Evo event.
In the past, the Dominican champion has been known to get his hair styled in a way that is relative to his fighting game career. This time, Mena has returned with a fresh cut that is meant to resemble Blanka's own hair in Street FIghter 6 — and it looks clean as hell.
Here's a friendly and terrifying reminder why you should never let yourself get burnt out against A.K.I. in Street Fighter 6
A.K.I. isn't considered one of the stronger characters here in the current version of Street Fighter 6, but that doesn't mean she can't be effective in the right hands. Some of her tools, when utilized in certain ways and situations, can actually be absolutely devastating, and there is probably no better player who frequently puts this on display than content creator and pro competitor Broski.
He recently posted a Street Fighter 6 clip on Twitter that features the "new world record" for what he calls a "ggs" scenario, which essentially refers to the moment A.K.I. has her opponent burnt out and they no longer have any super meter. Once those criteria are met, A.K.I.'s win is basically guaranteed, and with this footage Broski gives us all a reminder of why it's incredibly important to never let yourself get burnt out against her if you don't have super meter.
Nic The Pixie boldly poses from all the best angles as Cammy White during cosplay
Cammy White has become a gaming icon since her debut in Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers back in 1993 for the arcades and 1994 for the home consoles of that era. Funnily enough, Cammy has become the most prominent over the other "new challengers" (Fei Long, T. Hawk, and Dee Jay) with the most appearances in the mainline series even though Cammy was traditionally one of the weakest characters throughout most versions of Street Fighter 2.
Luckily for Cammy fans, she's traditionally been a top tier or high tier combatant in her most modern appearances in the Street Fighter series. This is typically due to her speedy attributes, mobile approach options, and flexible frame data, though she often has below average vitality as a tradeoff.
The Joker from the Batman series revealed for MultiVersus
The Joker, archnemesis of Batman, has been revealed as a playable character in MultiVersus. Player First Games has treated fans to a spiffy new cinematic to commemorate the Joker's announcement.
During this cinematic, Batman can be seen walking past Bugs Bunny, Shaggy, and Arya. It seems that they've all taken a beating. Once again, this is an opponent that only Batman can truly stand against.
This might be the first triple perfect I've ever seen in Street Fighter 6
By this point, many of us have likely seen (or been the victim of) a double perfect in Street Fighter 6. Look, sometimes things just don't go your way and you just can't get a hit in. It happens.
With all of the Street Fighter 6 matches I've played and watched, I don't think I've ever seen a triple perfect, though. This isn't one player winning three rounds in an extended match or extra battle or something, oh no. What we have here is two top notch, top ranked players throwing down in a standard online match where the entirety of the match was literally perfect rounds.
Andrew Bowen clears up misconception that he's voicing Homelander in Mortal Kombat 1, revitalizing the mystery
We recently got a sneak peek at Homelander in Mortal Kombat 1, though we've yet to see any of his actual gameplay. Since then, fans have been trying to figure out Homelander's voice actor.
For some time, it was believed that Andrew Bowen, the voice actor for Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 1, was portraying the character due to comment he made on Instagram shortly after the trailer dropped. Later, Bowen made sure to clarify the misconception.
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite's graphics overhaul mod is progressing beautifully but 1 character's face may be so bad that it may not help
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite was basically abandoned by its creators just around six months after it launched back in 2017, but fans are attempting to give the crossover a new shot at life.
A new project aptly being called MvC Infinite & Beyond is in the works attempting to completely overhaul the game's graphics and more though some aspects may need more work than just shaders, colors and lighting.
MultiVersus is giving the internet coded mysteries to solve for a reveal that's 'worth it'
After being gone for almost a year, MultiVersus is coming back in full force later this month, and while they haven't showed much for new content yet, that may very well be changing very soon.
PlayerFirst Games kicked off an interesting campaign today to get the internet involved with solving mysteries leading up to some sort of reveal that'll be "worth it."
Akuma's official theme released for Street Fighter 6 so come listen to the demon's beats
It's been nearly a year-long wait, but the demon is about to awake finally and take over Street Fighter 6 as we know it.
Capcom just dropped the official character theme for Akuma in SF6 for fans to get a listen in early.
Tekken 8 server maintenance happening tonight for Version 1.04 balance update
Tekken 8 is entering its fourth month since release, and it's about to see quite a few changes take place that'll likely have a fairly notable impact on the gameplay.
Bandai Namco is just about to drop the Version 1.04 update for Tekken 8 that includes the game's first wide-ranging balance patch with server maintenance taking place soon to get it implemented.
This Illaoi and Darrius tag combo gives us a sneak peek at just how much damage combos will dish out in 2XKO
Thus far, we've seen gameplay for Darrius, Ahri, Ekko, Yasuo, and Illaoi in 2XKO. Darrius and Illaoi appear to be the big-bodied characters of the game so far, but how would they fare in a team together?
Unsurprisingly, this type of team is good for players that like to dish huge amounts of damage to the opponent's health bar. 2XKO on Twitter recently posted a clip of a combo with Illaoi and Darrius on the same team that gives us an idea on what type of damage we should be expecting in this game.
Top King of Fighters 15 competitor shares final Season 2 tier list
Although there's still no confirmation yet on a Season 3, The King of Fighters 15 still has at the very least one more year of competition ahead of it until Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves launches with a lot of tournaments to be played.
One of those competitors for the game who's topped more consistently than almost anyone in North America, TNS|Yurikov, recently dropped what will likely end up as his final tier list for Season 2.
Mortal Kombat 1 Mavado Kameo update patch notes
Mavado has been added to Mortal Kombat as a new Kameo fighter. For Mavado to be accessible, NetherRealm Studios has updated the game.
As a result, Mortal Kombat 1 patch notes are now available to review.
Mortal Kombat 1 servers now down for maintenance in preparation for Kameo Mavado DLC
It's been announced that Mortal Kombat 1's online servers are now offline to prepare for Mavado's release as a Kameo character. Once the servers are back online, the Kameo roster count will be expanded to 19.
As previously noted, Mavado is intended to function as a Kameo that's most effective for set ups, defense, and combo extension. Based on what we've seen from the trailer and Kombat Kast, Mavado has plenty of actions that behave as "ambush assists," which are typically very strong in Mortal Kombat 1.
Nintendo President outright confirms that the Switch successor will be revealed this fiscal year but it'll be absent from the next Direct
Seemingly for the first time ever, Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo President, directly acknowledged Nintendo's worst kept secret, the Switch successor. According to Furukawa, the Switch successor's announcement is slated to happen within this fiscal year.
Furukawa also noted that the company is preparing for the next Nintendo Direct in the month of June. However, it's outright confirmed that this Nintendo Direct will be focused on the Nintendo Switch software for the latter half of 2024, and that there will be not even a mention of the Switch successor during the presentation.
One of Mortal Kombat's most unloved characters is about to make his shot at a comeback though it's looking like an uphill battle
With over 30+ years of history to pull from, there's more than a couple handfuls of iconic characters that fans will often call their favorites whether that be Scorpion, Mileena, Sub-Zero, Kenshi, Goro, Shao Kahn, and many others.
We're not sure that anyone has ever named Mavado as their number one since his creation though he's finally attempting to make a comeback after 17 years, which may be his last good shot at gaining any real popularity.
Tekken 8 snatches top spot with most entrants at Combo Breaker 2024 but Mortal Kombat 1's numbers aren't looking hot at all
Tournament season is fully underway in the fighting game community, which means there's a ton of exciting action hitting the stage in the coming weeks and months with a handful of new titles showing up for the first time.
The organizers for Combo Breaker 2024 just released their final registration numbers for the massively stacked event with some very interesting results and seemingly the biggest year to date.
