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Happy Fat Tuesday, Shacknews! We hope youre warm and safe as the United States is beleaguered by winter storms across the nation. The long Presidents Day weekend is over so our livestream content is set to ramp back up into full gear. With a holiday Monday behind us, that means no Indie-licious, no Wide World of Electronic Sports, and one less Stevetendo Show! Not to fret, however, we still have more streams than any one person could reasonably consume lined up. We even have a special Guilty Ge...

Lots of people are asking how to get the Guilty Gear Strive beta, and here youll find release times for when it will start on PS4 and PS5.

Anyone on PS4 or PS5 can play Guilty Gear Strive's open beta on February 18.

Kimetsu no Yaiba Hinokami Keppuutan, the Demon Slayer game everyone’s waiting for, focusing on Tanjiro. This is direct-feed, and much more high-quality than the gameplay reveal that recently happened on stream. A new development report video was published as well, showing the developers of CyberConnect2 working on the game. As usual, the game looks incredible. The gameplay footage is amazing and shows once again how Kimetsu no Yaiba Hinokami Kepputan looks strikingly similar to an anime. Cy...

Next week, Arc System Works will start a Guilty Gear Strive open beta test for PS4 and PS5 pre-order players that will utilize new rollback netcode systems.

Top 8 you should be excited about News Highlights: Top 8 you should be excited about Regardless of which platform you play on – be it Xbox, PlayStation, PC, Switch or mobile – 2021 promises to deliver the goods. With the PS5 and Xbox Series X launches out of the way, we can all focus on the most important part of the hobby: the games themselves. While the world is still in the throes of the Covid-19 crisis, and some development times may be extended and release dates shifted, we have a lot...

RWBY Blake Belladonna Nendoroid Revealed on Her Birthday Good Smile Company revealed another RWBY Nendoroid. It did so on a rather appropriate day, too. January 19, 2021 is Blake Belladonna’s birthday and the day her Nendoroid pre-orders opened. People can place a pre-order for one for ¥4,727/$49.99. This Blake Belladonna Nendoroid is inspired by her initial appearance in the series, which means that certain spoilers can be concealed. Though, if people prefer, her bow can be removed so ever...

BlazBlue Mobile JRPG Returns With New Trailer and Japanese Release Window BlazBlue Mobile JRPG Returns With New Trailer and Japanese Release Window A long time has passed since the last appearance of BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War, the mobile JRPG based on Arc System Works’ franchise. By A long time has passed since the last appearance of BlazBlue Alternative: Dark War, the mobile JRPG based on Arc System Works’ fighting franchise. The game was initially teased in 2017 and then announced wi...

BlazBlue Alternative Dark War Will Debut in February Arc System Works announced that BlazBlue Alternative Dark War will release sometime in February 2021 in Japan. The upcoming mobile game will be something of a sequel to the BlazBlue series. The scenario will primarily take place during the “Dark War,” with the script being supervised by series creator Toshimichi Mori. [Thanks, 4Gamer!] Pre-registration for BlazBlue Alternative Dark War is open. Pre-registration rewards include an S-Cla...

There truly wasn’t a lot going on in 2020 for fighting games, whether due to competitive scenes being curtailed by the pandemic or the simple fact that many of the games that have come out are still going with expansion content. That said, there was a shining gem of 2020 and it was a fabulous blend of high-quality visuals, beginner-friendly inputs, high-skill ceilings, and so much more. We’re talking Granblue Fantasy Versus: a collaboration between Cygames and Arc System Works that would ha...