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Terry Bogard is Available Now in Smash Ultimate

Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury is now available to download and play in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director, Masahiro Sakurai, held a 45-minute livestream showcasing Terry’s moveset and stage – which also revealed 50 tunes from SNK’s library that will be added to the game as part of Challenger Pack 4.

Terry’s moves are inspired by his many appearances in SNK fighting games, and his kit brings a number of unique mechanics to the roster. Similar to Street Fighter’s Ryu and Ken, Terry automatically turns to face his opponent in one-on-one matchups to make it easier to use his classic fighting game command inputs. He has weak and strong versions of each of his special moves, and the strength is determined by how long you hold the button.

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The Best Essential Tech Gifts 2019: SD Cards, SSD and More

The holidays are the perfect time to get someone the best possible tech gift, whether it’s upgrading their PC storage with a spacious SSD, giving them a little more play room on their Nintendo Switch with a micro SD card, or getting them the ease and convenience of an Apple iPad. We’ve got plenty of great tech gift ideas to give this season, so you can make sure everyone is up to date with the latest and greatest electronics.

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AEW Full Gear: Match Card, Date, And How To Watch

The final AEW PPV of the year is arriving this Saturday. All Elite Wrestling’s Full Gear will finally give fans the match they’ve been waiting for: Hangman Adam Page vs. Pac. This All Elite Wrestling bout was supposed to happen earlier this year at Double or Nothing, but plans changed, and now, fans will finally get this fight in an official AEW match.

And yes, Page did face Pac at WrestleGate Pro back in May to make up for the cancellation, but it didn’t feel official, as the YouTube series Being The Elite spent months building up the “Full Gear Challenge” for Hangman Adam Page. Well, it’s happening this Saturday–November 9–at AEW’s Full Gear.

AEW’s Full Gear start times:

  • 5 PM PT
  • 8 PM ET
  • 1 AM GMT (November 10)
  • 12 PM AEDT (November 10)

The PPV event is taking place at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. If you’re looking to attend, tickets are still available for as little as $30 a seat. There are still a few ringside seats available, but you’ll be spending over $1,000 for each one.

If you’re not planning on attending, you can still watch Full Gear from the comfort of your own home. For those living in the United States, the AEW PPV can be purchased on B/R Live for $50. You can them stream it to your TV using Apple TV, Roku, or Fire TV devices.

Outside of the US, you can watch the AEW event on Fite.tv, and over in England, you’ll be paying £15 for the show. It’s also available on ITV as well.

Below, you’ll find the confirmed matches for the All Elite Wrestling PPV. As of this writing, there are only four matches on the card, but expect that number to change in the next day. Surely, there will be more added this evening after the November 6 episode of AEW Dynamite on TNT.

Full Gear match card:

  • Hangman Page vs. Pac
  • The Young Bucks vs. Santana & Ortiz
  • Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley (Unsanctioned Lights Out Match)
  • Jericho (c) vs. Cody (AEW World Championship)

AEW’s Full Gear can be watched on B/R Live in the US, and the show begins at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT.

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We’re Giving Away A Death Stranding Limited Edition PS4 Pro

Get ready to rebuild America with a Limited Edition PlayStation 4 Pro console inspired by Death Stranding, a game developed by Kojima Productions that will be released this coming Friday, November 8, 2019. You can check out our full review to get a deep dive on the gameplay and storyline.

How can you enter the giveaway? You need to make sure that are following GameSpot on Twitter and like and reply to tweet below. One (1) winner chosen. UK only, no purchase necessary, ends November 10, 2019. See rules for details.

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Amazon Black Friday 2019: What Deals To Expect

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There is one undisputed king when it comes to Black Friday, and its name is Amazon. During last year’s Black Friday period, Amazon took a massive 26% share of the total retail industry in the UK. That is a staggering cut, and means that over a quarter of the UK’s Black Friday shopping took place on the online marketplace in 2018.

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Bad Boys For Life: Everything We Know About The Action Sequel

The 1995 action hit Bad Boys was an important movie for several people involved. It was the directorial debut of Michael Bay, who would go on to become one of the most successful directors of the following two decades, with films such as Armageddon, The Rock, Pearl Harbor, and no fewer than five Transformers movies. It was also the film that made Will Smith a movie star.

While Smith was known for both his music and TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air prior to Bad Boys, he was yet to break into movies. In fact, co-star Martin Lawrence was arguably a bigger name at the time, with his sitcom Martin a huge ratings smash for Fox. But while Lawrence continued to make popular movies in the following years, Bad Boys helped catapult Smith into the top tier of Hollywood stars. The pair played rule-breaking Miami cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, and the mix of wild, kinetic action and wisecracking foul-mouthed humor helped helping it make the movie a box office smash.

By the time Bad Boys II rolled round in 2003, the high profiles of Smith, Lawrence, and Bay ensured a bigger budget and an even more spectacular film. It’s one of the wildest action movies of the decade, and while some critics objected to the levels of violence and general bad behavior, audiences loved it. The film made $273 million worldwide, and many expected a third movie would follow.

Except it didn’t. Both stars and the director moved onto other projects, and nothing more was heard about the series until 2014, when Lawrence revealed that producer Jerry Bruckheimer was developing a script for Bad Boys 3. A year later, the film appeared on Sony’s release schedule with a 2017 release date, and shortly after, The A-Team’s Joe Carnahan was hired to direct. But still the movie stalled; Carnahan left the project in March 2017, and a series of delays led Lawrence to state that he didn’t think it would happen after all.

But thankfully, it has. In May 2018, the film–titled Bad Boys For Life–was given a new release date of January 2020, and this was followed by the first video of Smith and Lawrence, finally reunited on set. So with the movie now only two months from release, here’s everything we know so far about Bad Boys For Life…

Smash Bros. Ultimate 6.0 Update Patch Notes: Terry Bogard And Balance Changes

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting even bigger again, with a new fighter and a new patch to come along with him. This update adds Terry Bogard from the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters series to the smashing mix, and Nintendo has now released official patch notes with a smattering of other changes and updates.

The patch notes (below) bring a dozen new Spirits to the Vault shop, slips more features to the Battle Arena, and prepares for the upcoming Simon and Incineroar figures, among some other tweaks. There have also been a variety of balance changes to fighters, with adjustments made to Donkey Kong, Kirby, Jigglypuff, Robin, King K. Rool, Incineroar, and Hero. These fighter updates have been given their own dedicated section.

As a fighting game character, Terry largely imitates a move set familiar from his own games, from a parry counter to special cancels. His Final Smash combines three special moves–the Triple Geyser, Power Dunk, and Buster Wolf. The DLC that includes him also includes a number of alternate outfits, as shown in the patch notes below.

The Terry Bogard Challenger Pack is available for $6 a la carte, or as part of the $25 Fighter’s Pack. That pack still has one more fighter to reveal–but Nintendo has already announced that more are on the way afterwards.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Ver. 6.0.0 Update (November 6, 2019)

  • Offline
    • The following spirits will appear in the Shop on the Vault menu:
      • Andy Bogard
      • Joe Higashi
      • Kim Kaphwan
      • Geese Howard
      • Ryo Sakazaki
      • Kyo Kusanagi
      • Iori Yagami
      • Haohmaru
      • Nakoruru
      • Athena Asamiya
      • Ralf & Clark
      • Tockles
        • The Tockles spirit will appear on the DRAGON QUEST Spirit Board in the DLC Spirits menu.
          Note: To play on a Spirit Board in the DLC Spirits menu, you must purchase the appropriate downloadable content.
  • Online
    • The following features have been added to Battle Arena mode:
      • The arena type “Elite Only” has been added.
      • Arenas that a friend has created can now be found by going to Join Arena → Friends’ Arenas, regardless of visibility.
      • The host player can now change some rules without having to shut down the arena.
      • The option “Random Battlefield and Ω Form” has been added to the stage settings.
      • You can now send set messages to each other inside an arena.
  • General
    • Added support for the upcoming Simon and Incineroar amiibo figures.
    • The following downloadable content will be usable after purchase:
      • Terry + King of Fighters Stadium
      • Ryo Sakazaki Wig + Outfit
      • Nakoruru Wig + Outfit
      • Iori Yagami Wig + Outfit
      • Akira Wig + Outfit
      • Jacy Wig + Outfit
    • You cannot make videos of replays that contain DLC you have not purchased (fighters, stages, music, Mii Fighter costumes, etc.).
    • Game balance adjustments have been made.
    • Several issues have been fixed to improve gameplay experience.
    • Fixes and changes to fighters have been made.

Fighter Adjustments (Update 6.0)

Fighter Move Change
Donkey Kong Side Tilt Attack Extended launch distance.
Donkey Kong Neutral Air Attack Increased power.

Increased attack range.
Donkey Kong Neutral Special Extended fully charged launch distance.

Shortened the charge time until reaching max charge.
Donkey Kong Up Special Increased the speed that super armor activates when using the move on the ground.

Made it easier to hit multiple times when hitting an airborne opponent when using the move on the ground, and extended the last attack’s launch distance.
Donkey Kong Down Special Increased attack speed when using the move on the ground.

Reduced vulnerability when using the move on the ground.
Kirby Neutral Attack 1 Increased attack speed.
Kirby Up Smash Attack Extended launch distance when hit in the low-damage range.
Kirby Neutral Air Attack Increased attack speed.

Extended launch distance when hit in the high-damage range.
Kirby Up Air Attack Increased attack speed.

Increased power.

Extended launch distance.
Kirby Neutral Special Reduced start time for Inhale.

Made it harder to disrupt Kirby’s Copy Ability.
Jigglypuff Air Dodge Reduced vulnerability.
Jigglypuff Moving Air Dodge Reduced vulnerability.
Jigglypuff Down Air Attack Shortened the landing time after using the move.

Reduced vulnerability when landing after using the move.
Jigglypuff Forward Throw Adjusted launch angle.
Jigglypuff Neutral Special Shortened the charge time until reaching max charge.
Jigglypuff Side Special Increased the duration of the damage animation when the move hits.

Increased the opponent’s downtime when shielded.
Robin Side Tilt Attack Extended launch distance.
Robin Neutral Air Attack Increased attack speed.
Robin Neutral Special Shortened the time it takes to change to a more powerful spell.
Robin Side Special Extended the duration of the fireball.

The duration of the pillar of fire is not affected.
Robin Other Increased the recharging effect smash attacks have on the Levin Sword.
King K. Rool Neutral Air Attack Reduced vulnerability when landing after using the move.
King K. Rool Forward Air Attack Increased power of the high-damage range.

Increased attack range of the high-damage-range attack and increased the duration.
King K. Rool Up Air Attack Increased the amount of time hit detection lasts.

Extended launch distance for the high-damage range.
King K. Rool Neutral Special Increased attack speed.

Made it easier to vacuum up the Kannonball.

Shortened the time needed to shoot out the vacuumed Kannonball.

Extended launch distance when hit with the Kannonball.
King K. Rool Down Special Reduced vulnerability when the counter succeeds.

Increased the range the counter counts as a success.

Increased the high-damage range.
Incineroar Neutral Attack 3 Increased power.

Extended launch distance.
Incineroar Forward Air Attack Increased the amount of time hit detection lasts.

Decreased power for the latter half of the time hit detection lasts.
Incineroar Down Air Attack Made it easier to trigger a meteor effect when you hit with the high-damage range.
Incineroar Neutral Special Increased the power at the beginning of the move.

Increased the range at the beginning of the move and increased the duration of the move.
Incineroar Down Special Increased the amount of time the damage-reducing pose is effective.

Extended launch distance of the flames after receiving an opponent’s attack.

Reduced vulnerability when receiving or not receiving an opponent’s attack.
Hero Neutral Special After Kafrizz hits a fighter or the stage and explodes, Gravitational Pull or Pocket will have no effect on the explosion.

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Terry Bogard Is Out Now In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In a recent Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation, series creator Masahiro Sakurai revealed that DLC fighter Terry Bogard is out today, November 6. He’s out now for the game on the Nintendo Switch Eshop alongside a new Smash Ultimate update that makes balance changes and more.

Terry Bogard joins Ultimate after originally appearing as the brawling protagonist in 1991’s Fatal Fury for Neo Geo. Much like Street Fighter‘s Ryu, Terry fights a lot like a traditional fighting game character compared to the rest of Ultimate’s roster. He always faces his opponent, and special moves like Burning Knuckle, Crack Shoot, and Rising Kick can even be performed using their original command inputs for greater strength, benefiting those who still maintain that muscle memory.

The rest of Terry’s moveset will be familiar to anyone who’s ever played with the blonde fighter in any number of Fatal Fury and King of Fighters games before. The Somersault Kick is a new move for Ultimate, but everything else will be instantly recognisable. He can even parry into a counter attacking uppercut, and cancel into special moves that lead to devastating combos. There’s also a shorter range Power Wave that he can use when airborne.

Terry’s Final Smash begins with Triple Geyser before transitioning into Power Dunk and Buster Wolf, combining three special moves into one powerful attack. He also adopts a new mechanic for Ultimate, whereby a “Go!” icon will appear next to his attack damage once it rises above 100%, allowing him to use more powerful versions of Power Geyser and Buster Wolf as super special moves that are high risk, high return.

There are also numerous color variations, and Terry has taunts that use both old and new voices. A new King of Fighters coliseum-style stage is also introduced as part of the character pack. The edge of the screen is walled off in this stage, forcing you to break through in order to knock your opponent off, making it much more like a traditional fighting game stage. There are a total of 20 cameos included in the background of the stage, too, pulling from Fatal Fury and other Neo Geo titles, with characters like Terry’s arch nemesis Geese Howard appearing, as well as the likes of Andy Bogard, Billy Kane, Athena Asamiya, and Goro Daimon. Sakurai noted that Mai is not included because “Smash is for good boys and girls of all ages.”

On top of all this, there are 50 tracks worth of music included that pulls from SNK’s entire library of video games. Sakurai also revealed that Simon, Chrom, and Incineroar Amiibo are launching on November 15, and update 6.0 for Ultimate adds Battle Arena improvements–including the option to send pre-set messages to opponents–and an added option to play Battlefield/Final Destination form randomly.

Terry Bogard’s Challenger Pack launches today, November 6, for $6. He’s also included as part of the $25 Fighter’s Pass, which still has one more unrevealed fighter to add to the game.

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Yooka-Laylee Dev Isn’t Making A New Banjo-Kazooie Game

Over the past few days, rumors and speculation have been swirling around developer Playtonic Games, the creators of platforming series Yooka-Laylee. The indie studio is, of course, comprised of numerous ex-Rare employees who previously worked on the Banjo-Kazooie games.

The rumors speculated that the studio was either making a new Banjo-Kazooie title, or that it had been acquired by Microsoft. As it turns out, neither of these is true.

Playtonic did recently hire ex-Rare artist Ed Bryan, and he did tweet a picture of a Microsoft bag with the caption: “Well, I never really had any plans to use this again.” But the rumors spiralling out from this tweet were overblown.

The Yooka-Laylee creator has set the record straight, releasing a statement to assure fans that Playtonic isn’t making a new Banjo-Kazooie game, and that it remains an independent studio.

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So there you have it, there will be no new bird and bear game from Playtonic. The studio did, however, recently release Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, a 2.5D platformer that changes the formula of its 3D predecessor. In GameSpot’s Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Layer review, Allesandro Barbosa said, “The Impossible Lair is definitely a better attempt at capturing the magic of platformers than Yooka-Laylee’s first crack at it, but it’s still not remarkable. If you’re itching to return to a bygone era, then The Impossible Lair might scratch it. Just don’t expect much beyond that.”

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