In Regards To The Evo 2013 Drama

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Written By: Edfig81

Hey everyone, I wished to touch on a few things in the fighting game community (FGC) that has occurred on twitter this past weekend. To those that say who the fuck am I, please read the last paragraph at my conclusion of this article.

Anyway The On Blast Show host James Fink (@jamessmk on Twitter) recently took his grievances/issues to twitter in regards to Evolution 2013 (aka as Evo) tournament that is being hosted in Las Vegas this coming July. Continue reading

The Future Of Gaming…

Day by day, as time goes by, we are heading deeper and deeper into the digital age. In this age, physical media such as DVD or Blu-Ray’s will be obsolete. And with this comes a great burden to the consumer. Continue reading

Evo 2012 July 6-8 Information Hub (Day 2)

Update: Added more links for streams

Update 2:  Day 2 of pure hype, now with stream schedules

Update 3:  Added more links for streams

What is Evolution Championship Series?  I like to think of it as the World Series, the World Cup, the Super Bowl of fighting games.  Every summer, players from all over the world head to Las Vegas to compete in the biggest fighting game tournament in the world.  This year, just as past years, is the biggest attendance since its inception.

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Mind-Blowing Combos 5/18

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Sorry for missing last week’s edition of Mind-Blowing Combos.  I’ve been really busy lately but I plan to make it up.  I wanted to choose a game with non-stop mind-blowing madness.  This week’s video is from Hokotu no Ken or as we Americans know it, Fist of the North Star.

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Mind-Blowing Combos 4/20

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Shout outs to Ryukenden over at www.iplaywinner.com.  He gets today’s “4/20″ salute for finding this mind-blowing video below.  A compilation of raging demon awesomeness, shows the super move performed in not only in Street Fighter games, but in various fightings in general.

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Mind-Blowing Combos 4/13

Starting today and all weekend, is the 3rd annual PowerUp tournament.  A Road To EVO 2012 event, PowerUp will be hosting a massive lineup of games and the list of AAA players keeps growing. Continue reading

Mass Effect 3 DLC Get!

If you’re like me and wished the Mass Effect saga has never ended, than you’re in luck.  New DLC for ME3 has come out today and its free!  The Resurgence Multiplayer Expansion adds a little bit more life into ME3 with two new multiplayer maps, six new classes, four new weapons, and 4 new equipment items.

For those how are stuck at work or not home yet, you can que up the download here.

Written by:  Fermbiz

Capcom, Exposing Itself Some More

Capcom has once again screwed over it’s Street Fighter x Tekken fans of both Xbox 360 and PS3 owners, but more so Xbox 360.

Their list includes minor upset over PS3 exclusive characters, inconsistent PR lies for the lack of same system co-op mulitplayer for the Xbox 360, and it’s big controversy over downloadable content that’s already on the disc. Continue reading

Mind-Blowing Combos 4/6

None other than Cheese Monster Poongko takes top pick with his insane skills,  über trolling, and mind-blowing combos.  The featured video up top shows Poongko dominating the online competition, but the most entertaining part of the video doesn’t start till the 10:55 mark.

Next video is VSM DarKNaTaS, the best Freddy Krueger player in MK9, showing off his mind-blowing combo video. Continue reading

Mind-Blowing Combos 3/23

Yup Its Friday.  This weekend is pretty damn serious with two major tournaments.  NorCal Regionals and MLG will be live and the stakes are high.

This year will mark the 10th Anniversary for NorCal Regionals.  A Road to EVO event, NCR will be supporting the official game roster of EVO 2012 and will be the first major to include Street Fighter x Tekken.

A big weekend in #esports with MLG officially supporting Mortal Kombat 9, King of Fighters 13 and Soul Calibur 5.  Not only that, but there is a big money payout with over $16k in prize pool for each game. Continue reading