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Source: @tempusrob    The Fighting Game Community has always been largely intertwined with local play, especially with the scene being born in the 90s arcades. In-person competition has been a defining aspect for the genre and local venues played an extremely vital role in fostering the player base of fighting games. The FGC has helped people meet others, compete, and grow in both their skill and appreciation for the games that they play.       However, our world has dramatically changed in a way that has forced everyone, including the FGC, to adapt amidst the outbreak of COVID-19. Both major tournaments and local venues have been forced to close their doors, with players having to find ways to keep the scene alive and healthy in an online-only environment. The challenges that ...

The developers at Arc System Works have proven throughout the last few years that nobody makes anime fighting games quite like they do with their flashy and over the top style and in-depth, rewarding combat. Similar to their attempt to turn Dragon Ball into a 3v3 fighter in Dragon Ball FighterZ, their newest title "Granblue Fantasy Versus" sets out to give the juggernaut of a Japanese mobile game a 1v1 fighting game adaptation. While many in the West may not be deeply familiar with the series in which it's based on, Granblue Fantasy Versus is yet another exciting addition to Arc System Work's lineup of 2D anime fighters. Arguably the three most important aspects of fighting games are its characters, combat, and presentation and Granblue Fantasy Versus manages to go above and beyond with each one. Versus looks stunning with its highly stylized anime aesthetic with a similar 2D/3D animation style that has been honed since Guilty Gear Xrd and Dragon Ball F...

With Xenoblade Chronicles being one of my favorite games of all time, I am over the moon about the Definitive Edition coming to Switch next year. Not only is the game getting a major graphical facelift but new content will be coming to the game in the form of Bionis’s Shoulder which was a cut area that players found after data mining the game. I believe that we will be getting a lot more new content than just one area so here’s 10 of my hopes for additions and changes in Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition. Event Viewer Many of the changes that I wish to see come from additions that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 implemented and this first hope is one of them. Event Viewer was added in a patch in Xenoblade 2 and it allowed players to rewatch any of the full-motion cutscenes from the story. The mode also lets players change the ti...