October 9, 2015

Sunrise will Dub Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and Release Gundam Build Fighters in US


Posted on October 9, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Sunrise has announced several things today at their NYCC panel today in NewYork. Major announcements included a full dub of the newest Gundam series. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, as well as a release on physical media for several series: Gundam Build FightersGundam Build Fighters Try, and Mobile Suit Gundam – The Movie Trilogy.  Neither of these series have had physical releases in the west. 

 

The series had its premier in Japan on October the 4th and was simulcast on simulcast on Daisuki, Gundam.info and Hulu for international audiences. Crunchyroll and Funimation will begin streaming them as of October the 11th as well. All of the sites will carry the currently airing Iron-Blooded Orphans, and add the back content of the movies and Build Fighters. Additionally , Sunrise announced that it plans to release Gundam Build Fighters, Gundam Build Fighters Try, and Mobile Suit Gundam – The Movie Trilogy on home video.  The release is slated for 2016. Gundam: Reconguista in G is also slated for spring 2016. They will be published by Rightstuff in the US.


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New Street Fighter V Media & Announcement: Laura


Posted on October 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

CapCom unveiled a brand new character for their upcoming fighting game Street Fighter V at the Brazil Games Show. Laura Matsuda joins the frays the fray with her Matsuda Jiu-Jitsu style.  Her story-line features sees her wanting to find a protégé and spread her unique fighting style throughout the world.

So how does she fight? Up close and personal with grapples and methodical quick movements. Check out her first trailer and screenshots below and don’t forget that Street Fighter V’s next beta will take place on October 24th and 25th and will feature cross platform play!

Here’s a small breakdown of the upcommign beta’s features:

PC Play

We’re opening up beta access to PC users for the first time. Please check the minimum specs post here to make sure that your PC is able to run SFV properly. Although the minimum specs will allow you to run SFV on your PC, the recommended specs will ensure you have an optimal SFV experience. PC users gain access to the beta starting October 24th.

PS4 to PC Cross-Platform Play

We will be testing out PS4 to PC cross-platform play functionality on October 24th and 25th. This is a first for us and we are very excited for players across both platforms to finally have a chance to battle one another. Make sure to bring your best strategies as the number of people that you can fight against will be that much larger this time around.

Characters

Since the last beta, we’ve announced quite a few new characters and I’m pleased to confirm that they will be selectable during the beta. When the beta launches, Ken, Necalli, Vega and R. Mika will be selectable. As we’re still reviewing our content delivery system, Rashid will be added in on day two (October 23rd) and Karin added on day three (October 24th). The characters from the previous beta: Ryu, Chun-Li, Cammy, Birdie, Nash and M. Bison will not be selectable this time around.

For more details there is a full beta breakdown on CapCom’s official blog.

Brand New Media:

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Tekken 7 World Championship Qualifiers Coming To Europe


Posted on October 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Did you know that Tekken 7 is getting its own World Championship tournament? The European qualifying rounds will be happening during Paris Games Week on October 29th!

The top 16 players from the qualifying rounds will battle it out for the 3 spots – who will move on to the finals in Japan this December. Whomever takes the top spot will also win a paid flight to the Japanese finals and 1500 Euros. This whole thing sounds pretty sweet – winning money for playing a game that hasn’t even seen a commercial release yet? Sign me up!

Bandai Namco had this to say about the European qualifiers:

With the EU qualifiers for the TEKKEN 7 World Arcade Championship, we wanted to offer a chance for our very own TEKKEN players to take part in the biggest TEKKEN tournament to date! With a total of 10,000,000 JPY in the prize-pool, the chance to fight against the best players out there and a shot at the World Champion crown: we are sure that our fans will love the idea and give their all!”

If you can’t be in Paris at the end of the month don’t worry the whole even will be live-streamed on Bandai Namco’s Twitch Channel.


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Xbox Live is Free!!!! (for this weekend only)(and only on the 360)


Posted on October 9, 2015 by Fionna Schweit

Microsoft has always been pretty firm in their mission with Xbox Live, Create the best content, curate it well, and charge a small fee for that. This however creates a barrier to entry that (At least on the Xbox 360) it seems Microsoft is working to remove. This weekend only, Xbox 360 owners will be able to access Xbox Live services. These services will not come with the other benefits that Xbox Live currently offers (free games with gold, and deals with gold) but it will get you online and playing. The free weekend extends through October the 8th.

This is the first time that Microsoft has ever done such an event, and I hope that it signals a willingness to allow the non gold subscribers to test out the online services prior to forking over the $60 necessary to usually access it.


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New Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Live Streams Every Friday!


Posted on October 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision has announced a series of live streams that will feature never before seen content leading up to the November 6th release of the game on Windows PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS3 and Xbox 360.

The first live stream will take place today at 3PM on the official Call of Duty YouTube channel. You’ll be able to watch a new stream every Friday from now on until the game hits retail.

If any major news is announced during today’s stream we will bring it to you!


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