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The State of Fighting Games

It’s been a pretty good year for fighting games, and really games in general. We had the release of Street Fighter 6 & GBVS: Rising, betas for SamSho, UNI2 and DBFZ rollback, a beta for Tekken 8, some cool DNF Duel & KOF XV character releases, and a bunch of cool events. The Quality of Releases Now SF6 did a lot of good things in its release. It’s got a godlike training mode, a decent single player mode that lets people learn more about their favorite fighters, some sc-inspired character customization, the works.

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Playing Fighting Games in the Pandemic

Unlike the rest of the world, this pandemic has mostly been a time for me to step up my involvement with fighting games rather than take a step away from them. Being stuck at home meant I had access to a wired connection instead of dorm WiFi, so I’ve netplayed a lot over the course of the pandemic. Most people took the absence of offline events as a hit to their motivation to play the genre.

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The DNF Duel Beta

This past weekend was the Playstation beta test for DNF Duel, a new fighting game being developed by Arc System Works & 8ing, of Guilty Gear and Marvel 3 fame, respectively. Everybody Was Dungeon Fighting DNF Duel is based off the very popular(primarily in Asia) Dungeon Fighter Online MMO. The game is essentially a grindy beat-em-up that also serves as a love letter to fighting games, with several character designs and moves paying homage to games like Street Fighter and Guilty Gear.

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Me At Fighting Game Events

I know my camera sucks. Leave me alone, hoe. Red September Red September was a regional here in MS that ended up closing its doors in 2019. I was lucky enough to go in 2018 & 19. Red September 2019 with the homie Jamal Red September 2018 Climax of Night Climax of Night is a French Bread focused-major. I went 2018 & 19 for BBTAG and Under-Night. Climax 2018 Climax 2018 Climax with 2019 with my buddies Nait and Rex Frosty Faustings Last event I got to before the world went to shit lmao.

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