STACK #156 Oct 2017

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A 'Randal the Vandal' easter egg made its way into Destiny 2 , in the form of another high-powered Vandal. Did you know?

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Arkane's Dishonored launches on PS3, X360 and PC.

PaRappa the Rapper launches on PS1.

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out is released on the NES.

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Every month STACK takes a brief look at what’s happening in esports, both locally and overseas. esports Round-Up Junglist with R iot’s Oceanic Premier League was rude enough to at the hands of Dire Wolves, but questions remain over how Chiefs could be so dominant all season – losing just one host its grand final shortly after the last column was written, so the dust has already settled on Chiefs’ 3-1 defeat

the next match. Crimson then overreacted to two early oracles with eight corruptors, while Probe had already pivoted into archon/ zealot. Ouch. Meanwhile, Fox Sports agreed to show the AEL IeSF CS:GO grand finals, and most of the broadcast was presumably saying the acronym. Chiefs were in a close game against Kings until the latter’s defence fell apart in the tiebreaker, allowing Chiefs’ Alistair to rack up 30 kills -- double his fair share, and sending Chiefs to Busan. If you were curious as to how the fighting game scene was going, the OzHadou Nationals in Sydney is a good microcosm. Several international names like Infiltration and Nobi were flown over to take on Australia’s best, and whereas the Street Fighter area is usually packed, this time it was curiously empty. Competitive

match – only to eat failcake in the final. For the second year in a row, Dire Wolves heads to Korea to bootcamp with some of the world’s best before rotating into China for the international stages. Legacy was conspicuously absent after having reached the final in Split 1, but it could still celebrate when its player Probe defeated Crimson 3-1 in the Starcraft 2 Blizzard Cup #4. The appropriately named players were Protoss and Zerg respectively, with only two Terrans on the day. Probe managed to harass the hell out of Crimson’s mineral lines with oracles, which set the stage for

...the Street Fighter area is usually packed, this time it was curiously empty...

Street Fighter players have long lamented their latest iteration. The crowds could be found in Tekken 7 ’s area, and the player-poaching move to include Akuma looks like it’s paying off.

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