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Hosted by Ilan Raschkovsky, and featuring panelists DaPurpleSharpie and Steve “AceKingOffsuit” Jurek.
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/960664191 and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/hwZJdjC9gqI. --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 0:55 - Tekken 7 King of the Hill Finals results 2:38 - WePlay reveals Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate lineup for Ultimate Fighting League 4:39 - PGStats reveals its list of the top 20 Street Fighter V players of all time 13:00 - Capcom announces schedule and format for Capcom Pro Tour 2021 20:59 - Sony partners with RTS to acquire Evo 35:43 - Evo 2021 Online to take place in August; First four games in the lineup announced 44:35 - Riot Games may be ready to play test "Project L" 53:15 - Bandai Namco releases launch trailer for Lidia 57:39 - King of Fighters XV's next character: Terry Bogard
Note: We ran into technical issues during the recording of this episode that impacted the quality of the audio. We apologize for the issues. The remainder of the March 16 episode will be uploaded at a later date. This episode can be viewed on YouTube at https://youtu.be/bp0abwS5ZMU --- We are joined this week by a couple of members of Mane 6, the team behind Them's Fightin' Herds. President and Production Manager Aaron and QA tester Oreo join us to discuss the game's upcoming 2.0 update; their first DLC character, Shanty; and more.
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/943510606 and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/EEYrcfzYS7M. --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:12 - Topanga League X Tekken - Day 1 results 3:54 - Dragon Ball Battle Hour results 7:48 - What to watch this coming week 9:30 - Guilty Gear Strive release postponed from April to June 19:18 - Bandai Namco announces launch date for Gogeta (SS4) 28:49 - Eustace is Granblue Fantasy Versus' next character 31:11 - Shanty coming to Them's Fightin' Herds on March 25th 35:32 - King of Fighters XV character #8: Andy Bogard 39:50 - Sharpie Says: How can we be more welcoming to women and fems? 43:50 - PG Stats is ranking Street Fighter V's top 50 players of all time 45:18 - Steve's Bestie of the Week: Our host, Ilan 47:35 - Which fighting game character would Steve add to Smash? 51:08 - Which non-fighting game series should get a fighting game?
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/934787320 and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/RfwhgNT2-fQ --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 4:18 - Skullgirls announces full details of its first ever Season Pass 14:54 - SNK working on rollback for King of Fighters XV, but "can't make any promises yet" 24:19 - Guilty Gear XX AC+R adds a new training mode option: "Take Control" replay 33:46 - Sharpie Says: Let's give smaller games a chance 47:37 - Sharpie Speaks: We need to expand our fighting game horizons 55:10 - Steve's Bestie of the Week: Thomas
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/926002824 and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/VaGR3FAjVzk --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 3:50 - Capcom Pro Tour Season Final results 12:55 - Capcom Pro Tour Season Final prediction contest results 18:54 - New online team competition announced for Dragon Ball FighterZ 29:31 - Street Fighter's Ryu and Chun-Li added to Fortnite 32:13 - WePlay Esports announces first season of Ultimate Fighting League as part of $25 million investment 47:44 - Guilty Gear Strive's open beta took place 1:06:08 - Japanese Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable reaction 1:10:32 - Granblue Fantasy Versus update released 1:11:50 - Teaser released for a new Tekken 7 character 1:12:41 - Kyo and Chizuru announced for King of Fighters XV 1:15:05 - Samurai Shodown news: Cham Cham trailer, Guilty Gear character, Xbox Series X/S compatibility coming 1:17:03 - I-No announced as final launch character for Guilty Gear Strive 1:18:16 - Breaking live: Skullgirls 2nd Encore announces its first Season Pass 1:19:15 - Arika announces new version on Fighting EX Layer called Another Dash 1:20:48 - More details on the Skullgirls Season 1 Pass
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/917008420 and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/xLHuszJ7I6g --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 5:58 - Street Fighter League US Playoff results 8:32 - What to watch this coming week 11:08 - Capcom Pro Tour Season Final contest 16:04 - Joe Higashi announced for King of Fighters XV 18:35 - Capcom, ArcSys, SNK & others to gather for second Japanese Fighting Game Developers Roundtable 24:47 - ArcSystemWorks gives several FGC figures early access to Guilty Gear Strive beta 33:24 - Capcom reveals a ton of new things for the SFV Winter Update
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/907866391 and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/JjwU4N10RzI 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:10 - Street Fighter League US results 4:57 - Street Fighter League JP Finals results 6:42 - PlayStation FGC Arcade results 8:57 - What to watch this coming week 10:15 - Iori announced as King of Fighters XV's next fighter 20:17 - Street Fighter V Winter Update details coming this week 42:32 - Details and schedule for next week's Guilty Gear Strive beta revealed 50:30 - ArcSystemWorks releases some high-level Guilty Gear Strive gameplay footage 1:05:12 - Bandai Namco announces more Community King of the Hill events in the US and Latin America 1:12:39 - More characters coming to Fight of Animals 1:14:54 - DaPurpleSharpie recently featured in Vice's FGC-focused episode of Reset
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/898687093 and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/jf1GeguBnMA --- 0:00 - Intro and rundown 5:00 - Street Fighter League Week 14 results 6:53 - Frosty Faustings results 12:46 - KI Lives results 16:59 - What to watch this coming weekend 19:30 - Sony announces FGC Arcade exhibition event 21:09 - There's a totally real new character coming to SoulCalibur VI 23:25 - Sony announces FGC Arcade exhibition event (continued) 26:59 - Benimaru rounds out King of Fighters XV's Hero Team 29:19 - Skullgirls is going to add Annie... and another character!? 31:32 - Capcom announces plans to replace Capcom Cup 37:04 - Capcom to show off Street Fighter V's Winter Update next Thursday; will allow co-streaming 49:38 - Gamestop stock price goes to the moon 1:01:42 - Several Street Fighter II development pillars discuss possibility of making a new fighting game 1:06:18 - Queens of Quarantine goes dark after founding member's racially-charged tweets 1:14:55 - New anime announced about a girl who plays fighting games
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/889410464 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:59 - Street Fighter League Week 13 results 10:03 - What to watch this coming week 18:26 - Bandai Namco announces "King of the Hill" community tournaments 22:42 - Capcom announces cancellation of offline Capcom Cup 38:38 - Combo Breaker cancels 2021 offline event; announces 'digital festival' 49:05 - FGC CoC Panel unveils Code of Conduct 1:13:13 - SNK reveals first two King of Fighters XV character trailers: Shun'ei & Meitenkun 1:15:46 - ArcSys reveals available modes in Guilty Gear StrIVe 1:20:30 - Steve's Bestie of the Week: Fake Moves Team, for raising $150k for TheBadGuY's family
This episode can be viewed on Twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/videos/871436886 0:00 - Intro and rundown 2:45 - Street Fighter League Week 11 results 4:05 - First KI World Cup results 7:11 - What to watch this coming week 9:57 - TheGrefg shatters Twitch's concurrent viewership record 20:01 - Twitch drops PogChamp emote after Gootecks tweets support of US Capitol storming 34:17 - SNK shows first footage of King of Fighters XV and announces Ultimate Edition of KOF XIV 42:51 - SNK reveals first two characters of Samurai Shodown's third season 47:47 - Granblue director notes dates to look forward to for new Granblue Fantasy Versus information 49:30 - Bandai Namco shows off Super Baby 2 in Dragon Ball FighterZ showcase 56:46 - Capcom provides content and monetization guidelines for streamers 1:14:45 - More Capcom employees impacted by ransomware leak 1:17:52 - New Street Fighter V costume for Akuma: Fighting EX Layer's Garuda 1:19:54 - Frosty Faustings schedule details revealed 1:23:10 - Steve's Bestie of the Week: Cooperation Cup organizer Matsuda
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