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Are you looking for a Multiversus tier list? The Warner Bros fighting game is still in open beta with its release date delayed for the foreseeable future, with many players gaining access to its colourful cast of characters for the first time. Soon, we will know who the most powerful characters are, from DC Superheroes such as Batman and Wonder Woman to Cartoon Network favourites like Finn the Human and Steven Universe. We even have throwback characters from Warner Bros’ back catalogue of shows acquired over the years, including Shaggy and Velma from Scooby Doo.
With such an illustrious gathering of fighters, a Multiversus tier list was inevitable. Judging by other competitive multiplayer games, ranking these fighters goes beyond looking at their individual abilities. Multiversus focuses on team-based combat, with each fighter broken down into roles such as Bruiser and Tank. In order to create the definitive Multiversus tier list, we looked at how well each fighter interacts with their partner and how good they are on their own.
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A new era for Capcom’s iconic fighting game series will begin in 2023, as Street Fighter 6 is in development for PC, PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series X|S. The latest chapter in the series is aiming to be its most approachable version yet, while still catering to veteran fans who have grown up with the franchise over the years.
For the roster, Capcom has gone with a mix of new and old faces for Street Fighter 6. While the company did acknowledge a recent leak of all the characters that are alleged to be in the game, it didn’t exactly confirm the authenticity of the leak either. We’ve gathered up the confirmed faces for Street Fighter 6 that have been revealed so far, which include series stalwart Ryu, drunken boxing master Jamie, and the ever-popular Chun-Li.
The most obvious change is in Street Fighter 6’s graphics, which uses a combination of high-energy graffiti and hard-hitting color from the RE Engine to deliver a good-looking game. Internally, the action revolves around the Drive System, a system of five special moves that players can experiment with to create interesting combos, defensive options, and special attacks.
Drive Parry reflects an attack and refills your Drive gauge, Drive Impact absorbs an attack, and Drive Reversal provides counterattack techniques to your arsenal when you’re back into a corner. On top of that, there’s Drive Rush that helps close the gap between fighters and an Overdrive Art that is similar to EX Moves from past games.
Brand-new modes called World Tour and Battle Hub are included, and Street Fighter 6’s two control schemes cater towards newcomers and experienced players. While the Classic Control scheme uses familiar inputs with its six-button layout, the Modern Control setup allows for easier inputs so that a special move can be performed by combining a special move button with one directional input.
Read on for a look at all the confirmed fighter so far in Street Fighter 6.
Ryu hasn’t changed too much over the years, but in Street Fighter 6 he has taken on more of a sage-like role and has begun to resemble his martial arts master Gouken with how he dresses. Still searching for a good fight, Ryu overcome the Satsui no Hado–also known as the Dark Hado–and continues to pursue improvement.
His special moves include Hashogeki, which allows him to concentrate ki in his palms and unleash it a short distance forward, and Denjin Charge, in which he envelops his fists with the Power of Nothingness and enhances his special moves.
Having retired from the International Criminal Police Investigation, Chun-Li teaches kung fu classes and watches over Li Fen, a victim of the Black Moon Incident from Street Fighter V. Her special moves include Tensho Kicks, an airborne flurry of kicks that can counter jump attacks, and Serenity Stream, in which she switches to a low stationary fighting stance that has unique attacks.
A mixed martial arts instructor for a private military company, Luke first appeared in Street Fighter V and was described as the final DLC character. In Street Fighter 6, Luke can use a DDT special throw attack to inflict extra damage, and Fatal Shot fires an additional shockwave after an Overdrive Sand Blast attack to deliver more damage after trading projectiles.
A Chinatown peacekeeper who looks up to Yun and Yang, the Twin Dragons, Jaime uses a mix of drunken boxing and breakdancing to maintain law and order. The Devil Inside lets Jaime consume a ki-unleashing drink to raise his Drink Level and unlock extra moves such as Luminous Dive Kick, a forward-jumping quick attack that can close the gap between him and an opponent.
America’s hero, Guile’s mission to dismantle Shadaloo may be over but he’s still ready to take on a new mission for world peace. Described as a powerhouse who keep opponents at a distance, Guile can use Sonic Blade as a two-hit projectile if combined with Sonic Boom and Somersault Kick as an instant upwards move to counter jump attacks. For Super Attacks, he has Sonic Hurricane for anti-air options, Solid Puncher that unleashes a flurry of small Sonic Boom projectiles, and Crossfire Somersault that fires a massive aerial slash at an opponent.
A ninja rookie obsessed with the ’80s, Kimberly has tremendous physical strength which she uses to open up opponents and move in for the kill. Her special move Genius at Play lets her stock up on a spray can which can then be thrown to the ground as a Shuriken Bomb, while Hidden variable cloaks her in colorful smoke before she reappears for a surprise attack. Kimberly can also use Ninja Sprint to follow up with deadly kicks and an arc step move to launch herself off of an opponent.
The sadistic brawler Juri is back, and she’s hitting harder than ever before with a familiar but updated moveset. Juri’s Fuhajin attack makes a return and and stores a stock of Fuha when it connects, which allows for attack chains using her new special moves. Similar to her low projectile and jumpig axe kick attacks, Saihasho, Ankensatsu, and Go Ohsatsu can also be performed without having to expend Fuha stocks for quick single strike options.
Arc System Works has announced Guilty Gear Strive Season 2 at Evo 2022, with the first character of the four Season 2 additions was also announced: Bridget, who hasn’t been playable in a Guilty Gear game since 2008’s Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus.
Bridget marks the sixth addition to Guilty Gear Strive since its 2020 launch, preceded by Goldlewis Dickinson, Happy Chaos, Jack-O, Baiken, and Testament. They wield a giant yo-yo as a weapon, while also carrying a plush teddy bear that will throw out a few attacks of its own.
Guilty Gear Strive Season 2 was announced during the Evo 2022 Guilty Gear Strive tournament, which led all other games at the event with over 2,100 entrants. The season will include four characters, multiple stages, and more. A season pass will be available for $25 which will give access to all of the content as it releases, beginning with Bridget, two stages, and the second color pack on August 8.
It’s fair to say that Deck Nine had a lot to prove with Life Is Strange: True Colors. While it wasn’t their first Life Is Strange – the Colorado studio released the spin-off game Before The Storm in 2017 – it was the first time they were tasked with creating their own world and characters, instead of inheriting Dontnod’s creations.
Fortunately Deck Nine successfully managed the tightrope walk of honouring the series’ existing DNA, while still taking the Life Is Strange world in new directions. To find out more about how it was done, I sat down with Philip Lawrence and Sarah Van Rompeay, respectively the Senior Narrative Designer and Senior Producer at Square Enix External Studios.
The Lord of the Rings TV show, Rings of Power has a pretty massive cast, to say the least. There are over twenty characters being introduced in the first season alone, some familiar, many original to the show. And even the characters you might recognize–like Elrond and Galadriel–are being placed in wildly different contexts that we saw in the Peter Jackson trilogy. Afterall, this story is set hundreds of years before the events of Fellowship and during a period where even the source material is sometimes wildly vague.
Luckily, as the show’s premiere date looms closer and closer, we’ve been given more opportunities to finally put together just who some of these characters are, thanks to the countless teasers, trailers, and posters Amazon has released to promote the project. Finally, during San Diego Comic-Con, GameSpot was able to catch up with some of the actors and get the scoop about their characters directly from them. We’ve rounded up everything we know about the cast of Rings of Power, complete with descriptions from the actors–or, failing that, information we’ve gleaned from the trailers–to help you navigate the weird, wonderful world of Middle-earth’s Second Age.
Of course there are still some major unknowns in the mix, too–there’s the guy who may or may not be Sauron, a handful of new characters who remain extremely mysterious, and even a guy who is literally named The Stranger, so don’t expect us to have all the answers just yet. For that, you’ll have to wait until the show’s premiere on September 2 on Prime Video.
Morfydd Clark plays Galadriel in her younger years. Clark has explained this version of the character as a Amazon-like fighter who is still a ways away from becoming the “elder stateswoman” we see in Fellowship. In the trailers, we see Galadriel clad in armor, going on all kinds of adventures. She and Elrond are friends, too, or at least friendly.
Speaking of Elrond, Robert Aramayo plays this version of the character. During SDCC Aramayo said, “he’s young for an elf, he’s a thousand years old but he’s young for an elf in terms of what he’s experienced. He’s got a lot of curiosity, he’s very excited to learn about different cultures in the world. He’s a servant of the king, a very loyal devoted servant. He’s making his way, but he’s not lord of anything yet.”
The infamous forger of the rings of power is an elf named Celebrimbor, who honestly hasn’t had all that much written about him in Tokien’s canon. He’s played by Charles Edwards in the show, who described him like this: “As we will see, he goes down a path that he shouldn’t go down. But as we see him now — and Tolkien says this — the Elves were not at peace in their hearts, which suggests an unrest, a restlessness, which I really liked and picked up on because Celebrimbor is not hugely written about. But I liked to pick up these little nuggets of helpful things for character. So yeah, he’s a little lost when we discover him.” […] “To have just a few little nuggets from Tolkien himself, which contradict each other, that’s even more exciting because you can tell ‘oh, he never really made his mind up,’ so you go ‘okay, we can work on this together.'”
A newly created character for the show, Bronwyn is a human played by Nazanin Boniadi. At SDCC, she described her as “[…] from the South Lands. She’s a healer, she’s the mother of a rebellious teenage son [Theo] and she’s in a forbidden romance with a gorgeous elf, Arondir. But she’s also trying to redeem herself, her people, her ancestors, choose evil over good and were banished to a barren land and had to rebuild and prove they could be trusted again. So she’s in that process of trying to help her people find that freedom, autonomy, and respect that they lost during that process.”
A newly created Elf character is Arondir, played by Ismael Cruz Córdova. We don’t know much about him just yet, only that he’s going to be in a forbidden romance with Bornwyn. We’ve seen several clips of him in battle, too, showcasing his skills as a fighter and an archer.
Another new character is the human Halbrand, played by Charlie Vickers. Vickers told GameSpot that “[…] he’s from the South Lands. We meet him in the middle of the ocean, actually. He’s moving on from his past, actually, but at this time the less said about him the better, I think. Because at this point, things sort of unfold as the show progresses.”
Most mysterious of all is a character who is known only as The Stranger. He’s played by Daniel Wayman, who teased some of the mystery. “I think he’s driven by a source of purpose deep, deep inside him. We don’t know what his intentions are going to be and we don’t know how that’s going to impact the world around him.”
Owain Arthur plays the Dwarven prince Durin IV, who we’ve seen finding mythril in the trailers for the show–a move that will prove disastrous for the Dwarves and their kingdom. Durin is married to Disa, the first female Dwarf we’ve ever seen. Arthur explained their relationship to GameSpot. “[Sofia] is a force of nature as is her character, Disa, actually. There’s a lot of similarities to mine and Sofia’s relationship, to our characters’ relationship. […] We just hit it off.”
Speaking of Disa, she’ll be played by Sofia Nomvete, who assured us that yes, Disa will have a beard. “Disa very, very much has a beard and I cannot wait for the audience to see it. There is some amazing shots this season where I think there’s going to be this collective ripple of ‘Ah! There it is!’ You know, we were establishing female dwarves for the first time so there were many collaborative decisions about how that was going to work but I think the version we found, you guys are going to love.”
She also won’t be the only female Dwarf in the show–just the most prominently featured one.
Yet another new human, teenager Theo is Bronwyn’s son. We don’t know who the father is–but according to actor Tyrone Muhafidin, he’s human and didn’t require any fancy make-up, so it’s unlikely that his father is Arondir. We see him a few times in the trailer, once with a mysterious and magical-looking sword, but other than that, he remains an unknown.
Next to Galadriel and Elrond, Isildur’s name has the highest chance to be recognized by just about everyone. Played by Maxim Baldry, Isildur is infamous for being the guy who could have destroyed the one ring but didn’t. Baldry explained him like this: “It’s a tragic ending for this guy. We start off a little bit before that, we start off with him at home, with his friends and family, and he’s at a bit of a crossroads. He’s trying to make sense of the world. On one hand, he wants to fulfill his fathers legacy, become a sea captain like him, and on the other hand he wants something else, he wants to travel, he wants to explore. He’s a relatable guy! I feel like [viewers] will see themselves in him.”
An “advisor” to the queen of Numenor, Tar-Miriel, Pharazôn will be played by Trystan Gravelle. In Tolkien’s canon, he became corrupted by Sauron and eventually played a major role in Numenor’s downfall. He also forced a marriage between he and Miriel–though we don’t know if that will be happening here or not.
Leon Wadham plays Kemen, the son of Pharazon. Wadham describes Kemen as a man who was “born into immense privilege and he’s having a great time with it.” Kemen is original to the show but knowing what we do about his father, we can assume a villainous turn is in the cards for him.
Played by Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Miriel, or Tar-Miriel, is the human queen regent of Numenor–a pretty precarious place to be in with Sauron skulking about and Pharazon potentially in league with him. We’ve seen Miriel a handful of times in the trailers, sometimes even working with Galadriel, but otherwise we don’t know a ton about her role in the show.
Benjamin Walker plays Gil-galad, the High King of the Elves and ruler of Lindon. He actually has quite a bit written about him, comparatively, but a lot of it is prose or poetry written in-universe as history. Here’s a poem Sam recites about him:
Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
The last whose realm was fair and free
Between the mountains and the sea.
His sword was long, his lance was keen.
His shining helm afar was seen.
The countless stars of heaven’s field
Were mirrored in his silver shield.
But long ago he rode away,
And where he dwelleth none can say.
For into darkness fell his star;
In Mordor, where the shadows are.
No, the plural of “Harfoot” isn’t “Harfeet.” We’ve got a whole slew of Harfoots joining the show–all of them brand new and original to the series. The existence of Harfoots isn’t an invention of the show, however–they’re the ancestors of the Hobbits and from what we have seen in the show, there will be a lot of similarities. One marked departure, however, is the fact that they’re nomatic and live in caravan-style wagons that travel around.
In the show, we have Megan Richards as Poppy Proudfellow, Markella Kavenagh as Eleanor Brandyfoot, Lenny Henry as Sadoc Burrows, and Dylan Smith as Largo Brandyfoot.
Emma Horvath plays Earien, Isildur’s sister who was invented for the show. We don’t know much about her beyond this fact–but we can assume things are going to get very, very interesting for her given Isildur’s ultimate path and the results of his actions.
Lloyd Owen plays Isildur and Earien’s father, Elendil, who is described in Tolkien’s words as a biblical, Noah-like figure who ruled over a kingdom within Numenor and eventually escapes as it falls to become the first king of Gondor.