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Smash Ultimate Tops Evo 2019 Registration; Dope Anime Fighter Under Night (UNIST) Going Strong
The annual fighting game tournament extravaganza known as the Evo Championship Series, a staple of the fighting game community (FGC), has unveiled how this year’s roster of games is performing based on current registration numbers. Evo president Joey Cuellar tweeted the rankings for the nine games featured on the main stage this year, and it comes with a few surprises (see below).
Perhaps the biggest surprise is the fact that Under Night In-Birth: Exe Late[st] stands tall with the fifth-highest registration. Although the core game of Under Night has been in arcades since 2012 and consoles since 2015, this year is its debut at the Evo main stage. This is in part thanks to Exe: Late[st] being the definitive version of the game which hit the PC, PS4, and PS Vita in 2018 for North America. The smooth, stylish 2D anime fighter comes from the relatively small developer French Bread (makers of the cult-classic Melty Blood series) who worked with Arc System Works for a few aspects of the game. As of now, Under Night even tops ArcSys’ Dragon Ball FighterZ, which had the highest registration at Evo 2018.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate topping the list doesn’t come as much of a surprise, however, considering the wide appeal, its recent release, and the retiring of both Smash Bros For Wii U and Smash Bros Melee. Tekken 7 is having a strong showing in its second year at Evo, followed by the long-timer Street Fighter V and the upcoming Mortal Kombat 11. Despite not launching until June 2019, the reboot of the SNK classic Samurai Shodown currently sits in 7th.
Evo 2019 Registration Scoreboard April Edition!
1st – Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
2nd – Tekken 7
3rd – Street Fighter V
4th – Mortal Kombat 11
5th – Under Night In Birth
6th – Dragonball FighterZ
7th – Samurai Shodown
8th – Soul Calibur 6
9th – Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle#Evo2019— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) April 2, 2019
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle has been sitting at 9th, but the crossover fighter has a large update for spring this year. We got our hands-on four of the new characters on the way, which you can see in the video above. The game unites the casts of BlazBlue, Persona 4, Under Night, and the animation series RWBY in a 2D tag-team fighter, and we awarded it a 9/10 in our review commending its exciting and deep, yet accessible mechanics.
Registration for each game will remain open until July 14; Evo 2019 will take place in Las Vegas, NV at the Mandalay Bay between August 2 and 4.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/smash-ultimate-tops-evo-2019-registration-dope-ani/1100-6465996/
Civ 6 Now Supports Cross-Saves Between PC And Nintendo Switch
In a round of unexpected and excellent news, Firaxis Games announced today that Civilization VI now supports cross-platform saves for PC (via Steam) and Nintendo Switch. The functionality arrived in the game with the newest update.
To make it work, you need to link your 2K Account and select the “multi-platform cloud save” box in the options menu. You can sign up for a 2K Account here on 2K’s website. For now, cross-platform saves only work across PC and Nintendo Switch, and there is no word on if it’ll ever be supported with Civ 6’s iOS edition.
Here’s a handy video that to help you understand what cross-platform saves are and how to enable them in Civ 6:
Civilization VI now supports cross-platform cloud saves on Steam and #NintendoSwitch. Link your @2K Account, tick the multi-platform cloud save box in options, and you’re good to go!
Get your 2K Account: https://t.co/HX0bxwgmnt pic.twitter.com/LxYdxG7hbp— Civilization VI: Gathering Storm (@CivGame) April 2, 2019
Civ 6 launched in October 2016 for PC before coming to iOS about a year later. The . Nintendo Switch version launched in November 2018.
Civ 6’s latest expansion, Gathering Storm, launched in February. We scored the expansion a 9/10, and you can read our full Gathering Storm review here.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/civ-6-now-supports-cross-saves-between-pc-and-nint/1100-6466000/
Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Is Opening A Merchandise Store
CD Projekt Red has announced that it is opening a merchandise store in the coming weeks. However, CD Projekt Red has not yet revealed the exact details about what the store will sell, only promising the information is “coming soon.”
The studio is best known as the developer behind the games in The Witcher series–The Witcher, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt–as well as spin-off titles The Witcher Battle Arena, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, and Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. The studio’s next game takes a break from the magical lands of fantasy for a more technological one of science fiction in Cyberpunk 2077.
We’ve been waiting for #AprilFools to be over to share this good news with you — we’re opening CD PROJEKT RED Store in the following weeks!
Keep your eyes open for updates!— CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) April 2, 2019
Already playable from start to finish, Cyberpunk 2077 has no scheduled release date, but is expected to launch on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. A first-person shooter taking place in a futuristic city that’s divided into six districts, Cyberpunk 2077 allows you to customize your character, from their appearance to their wardrobe, weapon loadouts, and various cybernetic abilities. CD Projekt Red aims to have Cyberpunk 2077 be as “refined” as Red Dead Redemption 2.
Not many details about Cyberpunk 2077 have been revealed, but CD Projekt Red did release a 48-minute gameplay trailer for the game that teases out many of the mechanics and the features that players can expect to see. The full video can be watched above. In it, you see a healthy dose of both exploration and combat–the latter of which is partially inspired by The Witcher 3. Near the end of the trailer, Cyberpunk 2077’s more intensive combat was shown, as well as several high-level abilities and a boss fight.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-dev-is-opening-a-merchandise-store/1100-6465999/
