Tag: Evo 2019
News Samurai Shodown Director Says A Perfectly Balanced Fighting Game Would Be Boring
"we're never going to make it completely flat"
While games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate strive to be as balanced as possible, one fighting game not as concerned about keeping the playing field level is the Samurai Shodown reboot, coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. Following on from six Genjuro Kibagami players making the finals...
News SNK Announces A Second Season Of DLC For The Samurai Shodown Reboot
Game arrives on Switch later this year
In case you forgot, the Samurai Shodown reboot slashes its way onto the Switch in the fourth quarter of 2019. Despite the fact Nintendo fans are still waiting for the base game to be released, SNK at EVO 2019 announced a second season of DLC for the game. It includes four additional characters and will arrive...
News BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle 2.0 Update Adding Nine DLC Fighters This November
They got a tank!
Following the conclusion of the EVO 2019 Grand Finals for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Arc System Works announced its popular fighting game would receive a sizable free update on 21st November and a paid add-on pack including nine DLC characters. Version 2.0 will include balance adjustments for each character already in the game's...
News Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] Announced At EVO 2019
The cult 2D fighting favourite rebalanced and optimised
At the EVO 2019 Championship Series, currently taking place in Las Vegas, Aksys Games and Arc System Works announced Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late would be released in North America in early 2020. This is a revision of Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late and was previously rated for the Switch and...
News Janemba Joins The Battle In Dragon Ball FighterZ Next Week
Gogeta coming soon
After a leak in May, Bandai Namco has now officially confirmed the next DLC character coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ is the sword-wielding antagonist Janemba, who debuted in Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn. Fans got their first look at this fighter at the end of the game's EVO 2019 Grand Finals, currently taking place in Las Vegas,...
Reminder Now Is Your Last Chance To Register For The Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Open
Fight your way to EVO 2019
Earlier this month, Nintendo of America's president Doug Bowser announced Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players located in the United States, Canada and Mexico would be able to keep on smashing following the World Championship, in the Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Open. Registration is closing soon, so if you would like to...
News North America's Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Open Starts Later This Month
Smash your way into EVO 2019
During the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate World Championship, Nintendo of America's newly-appointed President Doug Bowser announced players located in the United States, Canada and Mexico would be able to keep on smashing in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Open. The event starts in June (aka. this month) and...
News EVO 2019 Drops Super Smash Bros. Melee
Thanks for the memories
In a surprising but inevitable move, Super Smash Bros. Melee has finally been dropped from the world's biggest fighting game tournament. After nearly two decades dominating global fighting game events, the 2001 GameCube release will not be featured at this year's EVO, with organisers opting to fill the 2019 line-up with much...