Red Bull Conquest wrapped up its team-based fighting game competition in Washington, D.C., this past weekend, bringing Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 competitors together to decide which American city is the strongest.
Victor “Punk” Woodley, who famously placed second at Evo 2017, ending up winning the Street Fighter V tournament for New York City, but not before playing the heel against his grand finals opponent by opting to use the same character.
At first glance, the PC game Black Future '88 looks like too many other indie games, with its pixel art, synth music, and neon-infused cyberpunk aesthetic. But below the familiar surface is a well-defined roguelike with a surprisingly distinct identity forged in large part by the sheer force of creative will imposed by its maker, Don Bellenger.
The only true way to resolve a trivial spat in the fighting game community is by squashing the disagreement in-game, with the defeated opponent getting trash talk rained upon them after.
Victor "Punk" Woodley has had a tough week. After months of first-place finishes on the Street Fighter 5 competitive circuit, most notably the $US150,000 ($188,533) top prize in the Eleague SF5 invitational, Punk experienced serious heartbreak in the Evo 2017 finals this past Sunday.
Two titans of Street Fighter 5 clashed in Mandalay Bay, one on an undefeated streak and the other pressing on through the gauntlet of the loser's bracket. After a bracket reset, longtime Street Fighter pro Tokido beat Punk 3-0 to take home the Evo 2017 championship trophy.
After falling to Arman "Phenom" Hanjani in the winner's finals, Victor "Punk" Woodley ran it back through the loser's bracket to win the Eleague Street Fighter V Invitational 4-2.
Kicking off at 7:00AM today, eight Street Fighter 5 pros will face off in the Eleague play-offs and finals, which you can watch via live stream on YouTube Gaming, Twitch or ELeague Live. There are also two other Street Fighter 5 competitions happening this weekend as well -- Combo Breaker 2017, a premier tournament in the Capcom Pro Tour series, and Red Bull Kumite 2017, an SF5 invitational featuring two of Eleague's finalists in the lineup.
Has a song ever made you buy a video game? I might have never picked up Nippon Ichi Software's 2003 tactics RPG Disgaea: Hour of Darkness if not for the punk rock tune Atlus decided to use for the English translation.
