Virtua Fighter 5: R.E.V.O. is an update that builds off of PS4’s Virtua Fighter5: Ultimate Showdown with various tweaks and fixes.
No release date yet, but expect it probably within the next few months.
Opening cinematic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=einEYdj3nAQ
VF 5: US on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=1321
On November 21, Dragon Ball: XenoVerse 2 will add three additional characters via DLC, in addition to the usual Create-A-Character, Parallel Quest, and Loading Screen increases:
*Jiren (Full Power, Ultra Supervillain) – A game exclusive variant of Jiren, powered up and mind-controlled by Fu.
*Belmod – The clown-themed God of Destruction from Universe 11.
*Goku (Mini) – The smol protagonist of the newest anime, Dragon Ball Daima.
Launch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnGYJWArvUs
XV2 on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=1035
Rage of the Dragons was a Neo-Geo fighter that was loosely based on the Double Dragon series. Reportedly, it was supposed to be an actual DD game until the licensing fell through, and rather than scrap their work, Noise Factory just filed off the serial numbers and went ahead with a “tribute” sort of game.
Rage of the Dragons Neo is out now on PC (Steam), Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypPt0ngkuEM
RotD on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=127
Ghostface from the Scream movie series is coming to Mortal Kombat 1 next week, and although the “main” Ghostface is said to be one from the movie universe, he’s hired a couple of Black Dragons to help him out, who you might be able to identify based on their unique specials….
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESJ8p0uXeGM
MK1 on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=1427
Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, aka “Nel”, the former Espada member who ended up siding with the Soul Reapers, has been announced as a plauble character in Bleach: Rebirth of Souls.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfFGVNIWBf0
Rebirth of Souls on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=1482
Passion Republic games has teased that some kind of content will be revealed soon for their kaiju-battlin’ arena fighter Gigabash, that is based on the kickass Netflix movie Ultraman: Rising.
Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjEBalaCHEg
Gigabash on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=1417
Another thing that I’m pretty sure nobody had on their bingo cards for this year: 1997 comedy MS-DOS fighter Fight ‘N’ Jokes, which did get a small revival of sorts in the last few years to the tune of upgraded ports to consoles, is getting an adventure spin-off based on the game called Fight ‘N’ Jokes: Storylines. The game is episodic, and the first chapter will focus on Miopinja.
For those unfamiliar, Fight ‘N’ Jokes was released by Nasty Brothers on DOS 27 years ago and was an early attempt at skewing other fighting games and popular culture in general. It is often compared to as “ClayFighter without the clay” but that feels kind of reductive, given that it stands on its own and there just wasn’t too much like these titles already on the market; most comedy fighters were self-referential or just had humor elements as opposed to parodying specific tropes. Furthermore, Fight ‘N’ Jokes poked more fun at the genre than ClayFighter did.
The 2021 revival and this subsequent spinoff come after a series of failed attempts by Mental Drink to revitalize the brand as ToonFighterZ back in the early-mid aughts, with DSiWare and iPhone versions that were announced and had evaporated.
Fight ‘N’ Jokes Storylines on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2835210/FightNJokes_Storylines
Fight ‘N’ Jokes on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=713
In exchange for letting Capcom use their own blonde dude and Asian gal, SNK will be adding Ken Masters and Chun-Li as DLC to City of the Wolves!
Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfiF8Guf1bA
CotW on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=1436
Here’s your final additions to the Sparking! Zero character roster at launch:
*Android 13 (Base, Fusion)
*Bojack (Base, Full Power)
*Broly (Z) (Base, Super Saiyan, Legendary Super Saiyan)
*Cabba (Base, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2)
*Cooler (Base, Final Form, Metal Cooler)
*Dr. Wheelo
*Frieza Force Soldier
*Frost
*Goku (Teen)
*Hirudegarn
*Janemba (Base, Super)
*Lord Slug (Base, Giant)
*Super Garlic Jr.
*Super Gogeta (Z)
*Tapion
*Toppo (God of Destruction)
*Turles
Additionally, Goku from the upcoming anime Dragon Ball Daima will be a pre-order bonus
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORNt0DOcabQ
Sparking! Zero on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=1423
Rivals of Aether II (formerly Rivals 2) has a launch date trailer, and additionally confirms Forsburn is returning. The game launches with 10 characters and all additional characters will be completely free!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Ub4_8qZBY
Rivals of Aether II on FaB: http://www.fightabase.com/gamesMain.aspx?id=1370
