What’s really good? Dandy J’s KoF Tutorial that’s what! With The King of Fighters XII weeks away, KoF98: Ultimate Match on XBL already and KoF2002: Unlimited Match out in japan with an arcade update already; what a perfect opportunity to get a head start on learning how to play KoF. For the cultured few most of the things covered will be familiar however for the rest of us this tutorial will decipher the intricacies’ of KoF in order to give you a better understanding of how to play properly.

Speaking from personal experience it has helped me a lot in variety of ways, in particular defence which I lacked a lot against the pros. Now I can play with a bit more confidence and you can too with this wonderfully presented tutorial.

KoF Tutorial Discussion <<

It’s almost a shoe-in that the game with most participants at this year’s SVB will be Capcom’s Street Fighter IV.

And that’s already leading to some heavy debate as to which version of the game we should use, Xbox 360 or PS3.

(For those smart-alecs amongst you, PC is not an option due to the impracticality of running a tournament this large on so many non uniform PC’s).

Neo Empire has thus far used Xbox 360’s for most of our SF IV competitions. However, this has been because of regulations forced upon us (the UK Qualifier was exclusive to Xbox, and London Ranking Battles were on 360 because Gamerbase had an exclusive deal with Microsoft at it’s Trocadero store).

So for that reason, we are putting the decision out to the masses, you guys! Which version would you like to see at SVB?

Place your vote here!

Early registration for Super VS Battle 2009 is at its cheapest right now and will stay like this right up till 18th July 2009. After this time, registration prices will go up. So if you want to get the best deal possible, please make sure you register before this date (18th July 2009).

SUPER VS BATTLE 2009 REGISTRATION PAGE<<<<

We will also have a Super VS Battle 2009 registration desk open at our 1st London based “Dramatic Battle” on the Sunday 12th July 2009 in Area 51. This “Dramatic Battle” will have tournaments for Street Fighter 4 and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix (both XBOX 360).

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To clear up any confusion, you can pay for your registration with all major credit and debit cards as well as PayPal. Register as soon as possible and save ££’s

HUGE Congratulations to Neo Empire forum member and stalwart of the UK fighting game community, Ryan Hart, who is Capcom’s official European Street Fighter IV Champion!!!

^ Capcom’s Street Fighter IV Official European Champion, Ryan Hart!

^ The fatal four-way determined after a series of round robin matches between each of the 5 champions.

Here’s the final match between Alioune Camara, French Champion, and Ryan Hart, UK Champion. Footage has kindly been captured for Neo Empire by forum member Random Hajile. Thanks Random!!!

Check out the official Neo Empire thread for more pictures and comments. Oh and on behalf of Capcom and Neo Empire, massive thanks to the masses of Neo Empire forum members who came to make the crowd atmosphere so brilliant!

Capcom Street Fighter IV European Championship Finals Results

(sorry for the late update)

Thanks again to all the players that turned up to attend the second King of Fighters XII ranking battle in Casino arcade London (20/06/2009). Again, Kusogaki ran a great event, and unlike last time, he actually settled down and managed to win. Its never easy running a tournament and wanting to play at the same time. But he managed it well.

A french player called MichelS entered this time and he was good. He beat most of the best players in casuals match-ups several times, and it even looked like he might win.  Unfortunately, he ran into a fellow french player Dobiqwolf in the semi-finals, and was shown Duo-Lon and Joe Higashi. _OFFed_

Shin_Dragon did very well. Nothing to be ashamed of since he was knocked out by the RB winner. He came up short against MichelS’s Leona, Kensou + Joe and came in at 4th place. Looks like Shin_Dragon still has a bit of KOF fight left in him…………….. (make sure you look at the END of the 3rd place match video for his personal response… lol)

KOF XII Ranking Battle 3 will be on Sat 11th July 2009 in Casino arcade London. So be there and don’t miss it.

Results and Finals video below:

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KOF 12 RB3 THREAD<<<<

Dramatic Battles are build up tournaments fro Super VS Battle 2009. Helping us find regional champions and giving “Gold Tickets” to winners so they can enter SVB for free.

Dramatic Battles will take place in several locations throughout the UK, and possibly Europe.

DRAMATIC BATTLE 1: Sunday 12th July 2009 @ Area 51
Westminster Uni Harrow • Watford Road • Northwick Park • Harrow • Greater London • HA1 3TP.

Versions used:
SF IV: Xbox 360 [Pal] // SSF2T HD:R: Xbox 360 [Pal]

Regular Neo Empire rules apply

Doors open: 12 midday
Entry: £5
Please bring you own controller

London DB1 discussion thread <<

Presenting on Saturday, 27th June, an amazing day of Street Fighter IV Madness!!!

This Saturday is going to be one to remember! First up, for those lucky souls that are on the Guest List, it’s the finals of the European Street Fighter IV Capcom Championship!!! Doors open at 3PM.

But that’s not all! Neo Empire are going all out to then put on the Street Fighter IV After Party!!!

Starting at 8PM in Yates, Harrow, we will be taking over the entire upstairs area to put on a plethora of setups. As well as running a Street Fighter IV 3 on 3 Team Tournament, we will also be inviting the official Capcom champions from the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy over as special guests, and you guys will get the chance to take on the best Europe has to offer offline in one place at the same time!!!

Find out more about one hell of a day for Street FIghter fans over on the Neo Empire forum!

European Street Fighter IV Finals + After Party

Garou – Mark of The Wolves has finally dropped on XBL today worldwide at the cost 800ms points, bundled with online play and the usual game fighting game modes ported from the PS2 version. Being the ninth iteration in the series at the time SNK had made a bold decision to scratch the traditional Fatal Fury system and cast (baring Terry) in favour more a complex game and creative line up. And Garou – Mark of The Wolves is the product of that decision with the inclusion of Just Defense, Guard Cancelling, Feints, Break Moves and many more system mechanics as well as an almost completely revised rooster. To find out more check out my Garou System’s Guide in the Garou section. Also fellow NE Member Tizoc the Griffon has made some combo videos for each character detailing all the practical combos as well as a few stylish ones. For high level play check out the Garou Video Thread which I try to update as much as possible with the latest RBs from Game Plaza Softem in Osaka and TRF Arcade in Tokyo.

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Alright dudes this is your ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE to get tickets for Saturday’s Street Fighter IV European Finals. Most of you have gotten back to me, but not all of you have. If you applied for a ticket, please check the official thread and make sure you EMAIL me your details by the end of today please!

And as some people have already dropped out, I have a few more tickets to give out. So if you want one, post on the forum and email me your details.

Capcom Street Fighter IV European Championship Tickets up for Grabs!!!

Courtesy of Games Radar, here’s the expose of the Capcom UK Finals that took place last week at the Truman Brewery:

And check out the rest of the footage over on the official results thread.

Capcom Street Fighter IV UK Championship Results