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Yearly Archives: 2017
Pokken Tournament DX: Get Ready to Fight
Pokémon bursts onto Nintendo Switch for the first time with Pokkén Tournament DX! New Pokemon, new moves, and a new platform for the action!
Heavy Metal Machines: ESL South American Championship Signup
Attention, South American readers!
Do you love Heavy Metal Machines, and want to compete with others for a R$ 12.500,00 prize pool? All you need to have is a team of at least four players but no more than five, and have Heavy Metal Machines Steam game ID. Players will compete in 4 on 4, and are eliminated after 3 losses. All match settings will be SWISS, with a best of 1 map. SWISS mode also offers 3 lives for the game. Matches will be played on the South-America region, if not agreed to play somewhere else by both sides. The Quick Rules are as follows:
- Sign up for Heavy Metal Machines on Steam!
- Register on ESL and follow the instructions on this page.
- Make sure you confirm your participation (check-in) 30 minutes before the cup start.
- Current Hoplon employees or ex-employees for the past 12 months are forbidden to participate. Any team that have players in those two conditions will be disqualified.
No Heroes Here Announces PC Release Date
Mad Mimic Interactive announced that their “Pax 10” Best Indie Game selection, No Heroes Here is set to launch on the Steam store on October 3rd. It was named to the Pax 10 at Pax West 2017 which recognizes the ten best Indie titles overall at the event. The 2D co-op castle defense will combine crafting and platforming elements with a gorgeous Pixel Art style that takes place in the “Kingdom of Noobland”. No Heroes Here will also have a new single-player mode since being shown at Pax to compliment the already available multiplayer co-op (two-four players) and will also be coming to the Playstation 4, and Nintendo Switch in the first quarter of 2018.
Raiders Of The Broken Planet Available Now
After a week of being in Open Beta, MercurySteams most ambitious project, Raiders of the Broken Planet is now live! The studio behind Metroid: Samus Returns and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow released for PC, PS4 and Xbox One as a free download on those platforms. The Prologue available in that contains two missions, four characters, and sets the stage for the upcoming story. The first campaign of this year, Alien Myths, is available for purchase for 9.99.
“Raiders of the Broken Planet is easily the most ambitious title MercurySteam has ever produced. It has taken us three years to get here and I’m so proud to be launching the Prologue and Alien Myths campaign today! We hope players can see the amount of love and passion that has gone into this title,” said Enric Álvarez, Co-Owner of MercurySteam. “We want the barrier of entry to be as low as possible which is why we have a free Prologue, followed by individual €9.99 campaigns, as opposed to a €60 retail release. Publishing Raiders of the Broken Planet ourselves gives us the freedom to make these decisions.”
Metroid Gets Heavy With The Dark Hunter Progressive Rock Album
Materia Collective is releasing a new album, entitled “The Dark Hunter”, inspired by the Metroid franchise, featuring favorites from Super Metroid and Metroid Prime. From the lair of Kraid, to Brinstar or the battle versus Ridley, The Dark Hunter is officially licensed, and available today at the Bandcamp, iTunes and Spotify!
“The gripping atmosphere, exciting turns and twists, and of course the soundtrack from Super Metroid gave me chills,” reflects Panuganti. “Creating The Dark Hunter was fulfilling my long-running dream of focusing on one theme, one sound, and one game series and making a solid album. You’ll definitely hear influences of modern progressive artists like Periphery, TesseracT, Plini, as well as more ’90s musicians like Pantera and Alice in Chains sneaking into the tunes; interestingly I mostly listened to pop and musicals while recording it! I hope everyone who listens to The Dark Hunter feels inspired to pick up a 7-string guitar or at least Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, or the new Metroid: Samus Returns game!”
The Nature of DLC Characters in the FGC
“Back in my day, we didn’t have DLC characters.” – Anyone who played fighting games in the 80s/90s, probably.
So, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is out. We’ve known for about five months that there would be a bunch of characters locked behind a DLC paywall. In the early days, of course, there were no DLC characters/content. Back then it wasn’t possible. So the argument could be made that it’s simply a sign of the times, to continue making money after the game is released. But are these free to play games and is corporate just trying to make a fair living? Or are these 60 dollar “AAA Gaemz” where they’re already making hundreds of thousands of dollars off the game, then making more because people will buy the new characters so they can be competitive? You know the answer already. At least I can say it’s not like the Street Fighter x Tekken thing again or Marvel vs. Capcom 3 thing again. You know, where the DLC characters were already on the disc but beyond a paywall, so when it was time to release them you could spend money on them.
So, let’s look at the current (worst) offenders. Street Fighter V and Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite. As of right now, Street Fighter V has 12 DLC characters. And stages, and costumes. Now I do have to say that at least, in Street Fighter V you can unlock them with Fight Money, which comes at a less-than-ideal pace. This is a practice that would be fine if the game were free. The current plan is to keep creating content for SFV until 2020. So it’s going to have the biggest cast of a Street Fighter game ever. Can you even imagine how expensive that’s going to be? You can always buy the Season Pass, for each season that shows up. It sounds like an excuse to me though. If it were free-to-play, again, I’d have no complaints. But what Marvel vs. Capcom has done is offensive to me. We knew there’d be DLC, and people aren’t even batting an eye at it. At least six characters, but probably far more than that. That’s six characters, and the current roster is 24 characters, with an additional six on the way. So at least it has a bigger cast than Street Fighter V, huh? I just don’t understand how this pervasive mindset appeared. So I talked to someone who plays a lot of fighters, Bottom Tier’s resident FGC God, Takanub.
He put it into a bit of perspective for me. He’s not 100% sure that this is all Capcom’s fault, all these DLC things. As far as Street Fighter V goes, Sony really wanted it out the door right now, then got furious that it was performing poorly. That doesn’t change all the DLC because that appears to be the plan all along. But as far as it going out without all the features that we were promised? That’s on Sony. As far as Marvel goes, despite the rumor of “The casual fans won’t remember X-Men characters”, which is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard, just look at that cast. They’re all basically MCU characters, and with more Marvel films on the way, they need it out right damn now for all those sweet MCU tie-ins. I love Capcom, have since I first played Megaman 2 and Bionic Commando. But I feel like this is the last gasp to find some serious success. And with their decision to put Mega Man out to pasture (Why? We miss you, Megaman). However, I do feel like an incredible hypocrite. That’s okay though because we’re people. I’m fine with one or two DLC characters. I draw the line when half or more of a cast will be extra money and will be tournament legal and to keep up, you’ll have to buy more characters. Tekken 7 has two planned. Geese Howard and someone else. I know that SSGSS Goku/Vegeta are DLC for Dragon Ball FighterZ. At least DBFZ will be a full, complete game that’s insanely good when it launches. I won’t have to wait a year for Arcade Mode. Or other features. There will always be people who just buy in no matter what, and that’s okay. But it’s up to us to speak out when something feels wrong, or greedy.
The only other thing I really have to complain about is the shameful Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite Collector’s Edition. Trep, one of my good friends bought it, for the X Statue primarily. That’s the only statue that’s worth anything. Chun-Li looks like she’s strung out on heroin. Iron Man looks… kind of bronze. But the Infinity Gems are the part that upset me the most. They look like Easter Eggs filled with chocolate and candies. They are attached to the box, have a weird, pulsating glow, and don’t even look the same as they do on the box! I’ve never been more disappointed, but also glad I didn’t spend 200 bucks on it. It’s just such a frustrating economy that’s been created for AAA games. Between loot boxes that can literally have anything in them, and that whole Shadow of War debacle … greed is getting far too out of hand.
What do you guys think? Are you okay with DLC characters and loot boxes? Or do you feel like it’s a soulless cash grab? Let me know below!
Pokemon Mega Novice Pack Giveaway
We’ve partnered with Joyfun to celebrate the launch of Pokemon Mega by giving away Novice Packs!
Pokemon Mega is a turn-based game highly faithful to the details of the classic cartoon Pokemon. In this game, you are a Pokemon trainer. And your task is to capture Pokemon in the wild, train and upgrade them.
The Novice Pack contains:
- Diamond * 100
- Upgrade Orb * 100
- Evol. Orb * 100
To Redeem Your Code:
- Get and copy the gift code
- Visit the Redemption Page.
- Click play game to enter game and click the header image.
- Input gift code
- Confirm Input to claim the Novice Pack
NOTE: Each account can claim only one Novice Pack.
Official Call of Duty: WWII – ‘Brotherhood of Heroes’ Documentary
Get a peek at how Sledgehammer Games pays homage to the men and women who answered history’s call through a gripping Campaign Mode that aims to redefine World War II for a new generation of gamers in Call of Duty: World War II. The journey begins on November 3.
Elevate Combat League Trailer
Atomicom announces its sci-fi sports arena shooter, Elevate Combat League, for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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