The world's largest international fighting game tournament, Evolution (better known as Evo) will feature eight games in its competition lineup, Evo's Joey "Mr Wizard" Cuellar announced on a Twitch TV stream today.
Seven of the eight games have already been decided with the eighth game open for voting via charitable donations. The game's that will be played in the competition include:
1. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 32. Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Ver. 20123. Tekken Tag Tournament 24. Mortal Kombat 95. Street Fighter X Tekken 2013 Edition6. The King of Fighters 137. Persona 4 Arena8. Player's Choice
Any game that received more than 500 votes in the Facebook poll from 2012 will be up for a new round of voting for inclusion in the 2013 Evo lineup. In order to prevent cheat...
Street Fighter X Tekken will receive an update on Jan. 29, 2013 that will introduce changes like slower health recovery, more obvious gem effects and a host of character tweaks, Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono announced today at the Street Fighter 25th Global Tournament Series Grand Final in Northern California.
Some of the changes that the update will introduce include fights starting when the word "FIGHT" disappears from the screen, recoverable damage now being shown in red instead of yellow to make it easier to see, slower recovery damage speed for quicker-paced matches, faster throws, activated gem effects and the elimination of close-ups to speed up battles and combos.
The game's characters are also being updated so that Ken's Shippu Jinraikyaku range and damage is increased,...