Monday 30 July 2012

Results for London Training Grounds 8


Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend:

1st: ngi|LMH.Firei (Noel Vermilion)
2nd: Bowser (Hazama)
3rd: Raident Roar (Ragna)
4th: Moko (Iron Tager)

Brackets Here!

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown:

1st: Jide (Goh)
2nd: MarlyJay (Elieen/Vanessa)
3rd: ZeroEX (Pai Chan)
4th: Sir Fratley (Sarah)

Brackets Here!

Arcana Heart 3:

1st: Pawndriver (Schar)
2nd: Spam (Maori)
3rd: Tu101uk (Fiona)
4th: ngi|LMH.Frost (Clarice)

Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code:

1st: Spam
2nd: ngi|LMH.Firei
3rd: AngelDarkSong
4th: Moko

LTG: Battle Arena League with Week 1 Details

Nth Gen Interactive will now be hosting a special league format tournament for fighting game fans over the summer at the Walthamstow Games City Project across four weeks. The games that have been chosen are:

Arcana Heart 3 (PS3/Examu-Arc System Works)
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (PS3/Sega)
King of Fighters XIII (PS3/SNK Playmore-Rising Star Games)

Week 1 would be on the 2nd of August (Thursday evening) and entry fee will be £5.


Opens: 5pm & Closes: 9:30pm



Player Focus Episode 4: Jide

Episode 4: Jide

Speaking with after his win at LTG 8 on Virtua Fighter 5: FS, we talk about the changes in the game and the different way he has to approach the game from Virtua Fighter 5 Ver.C. Also talks about his favorite game which is Virtua Fighter 4. We also talk about about his trip to Evo and how he got into top 16. Also we talk about the evolution of the game becoming more mainstream and improving the stream.

Player Focus Episode 3: Pawndriver & DBlanks

Episode 3: Pawndriver & DBlanks


Rayokarna managed to catch two well known players from the anime fighting game community. Pawndriver well known for his Johnny play in Guilty Gear and Schar in Arcana Heart 3 and DBlanks for his Platinum in Blazblue and Petra in Arcana Heart 3. Both players speak about previous successes in tournaments and various aspects of Guilty Gear AC +R. Further on we talk about games in general were looking forward to. Defiantly a good listen if you keep up with the scene.

Video is after the jump.

NGI Plays Persona 4 Arena

Frost, Jide and Rayokarna decided to play a few games of Persona 4 Arena to test the game out.




Saturday 14 July 2012

Player Focus Episode 2: HexaNoid

Player Focus Episode 2: HexaNoid

Rayokarna was able to catch an interview of the Blazblue technician himself HexaNoid and pick his brains about he plays that game. He also asks towards the future about what he's interested in the coming months and his new Lambda-11 Tutorial he worked on for DustLoop

Player Focus Episode 1: MyNameIsE

Player Focus Episode 1:  MyNameIsE

A telling interview with E which discusses different Aspects of fighting games that he enjoys and talks about his team of Captain America, Spencer & Doctor Doom and the strategies he's learnt since the EU Shadowloo Showdown qualifier. It's a good incite to how he thinks as a player and also talk about games he's looking forward too.

Friday 6 July 2012

London Training Grounds 8



It's about time this got announced but after fixing up all the ends we have it again.

Date: Sunday July 29th 2012, 1pm to 7:30pm
Entry Cost: £5
Nearest Station: Blackhorse Road (Victoria Line/Zone 3)
Nearest Buses: 158 (Towards Chingford Mount from Blackhorse Road Station)

Games List:

Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend (PS3)
Arcana Heart 3 (PS3)
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code (PC)
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (PS3)
Skullgirls (PS3)
Catherine (PS3)

Agarest and Phantasy Star Online 2 Rundown


A bit of an impulsive action by me but after playing Agarest, Generations of War (A challenge by other NGI member Frost), I wanted to talk about why the game is so bad in general and also throw in me and other people's experiences playing Phantasy Star Online 2. IT's not really informative, but it's a good laugh about how we feel about modern day JRPGs, check it out if your bored.

Videos are after the break.


Astral Heat 11 Videos


Here are the videos from the archives from Astral Heat 11, the last one of the summer. Hit the jump to see more details.