It’s been a while since the last update, I know. But I think the wait was worth it, because I’ve got a couple of great-looking pieces of art from the game – the beautiful but deadly Cammy, and mighty Bison. I’ve posted them as transparent gifs in case you want to paste them in and make some new mock-ups of in-game screens.

In Rey’s update, he also talks about the netcode they’re working on for the game, which I know is something a lot of you are anxious about.

Click through to read the update and see the pretty new pictures.

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Hi guys, sorry for not updating for so long, but I’ve been pretty busy for the past few weeks.

I know a lot of you guys are concerned about the netcode in the game. We’ve been doing a lot of work on netcode lately and it’s really working well. I can honestly say since the ‘first pass’ of the netcode, it’s been playing better than I’ve ever seen Hyper Fighter for XBLA. And this netcode hasn’t even been fully optimized yet. Also, that’s only with one out of the 2 network layers functioning. If everything goes as planned and the second layer comes online, there should be further improvement to the online play.

There are also some really cool features cooking for the online portion that I think you’ll guys really like, but I can’t talk about them just yet.

It was my plan to show some screenshots today, but PR unfortunately canned that idea and our PR girl is not one to be messed with =P. We have an event coming up and PR wants to hold off the “big stuff” until then. But, the event is fairly soon, so I hope you guys can wait just a little longer. That being said, I didn’t want to do this update empty-handed. So I have a little something for you. Two more characters from the game.

Here’s a quick shot of Cammy.

And here’s Bison in mid-Psycho Crusher. I would like to note that the Bison shot is a work in progress.

You’ll notice a blur effect going on. We’re still determining on whether or not it will stay. We’re working on it, but we’re not sure how well it’s going to work with the pallet swapping tech we’re using.

The original image doesn’t fit in the width of the column,
so click on it to see the full version.

I’m pretty sure there’s a ton of questions since my last update, but I’m sorry to say that I won’t be able to get to them today. I will say though that we’re still only announced as a winter release. Sorry I can’t give you a better date than that, but PR will have my hide if I give you a more specific date. Until then, take care guys.

—Rey

I’ll keep bugging Rey so hopefully I’ll have some more stuff to show and share sooner than later. :D

—Brian