31st May2013

Rich “FilthieRich” Bantegui Announces His Departure from Namco Bandai Games

by Rip

Today on Facebook, Rich “FilthieRich” Bantegui announced his departure from Namco Bandai. Rich has been the Community Manager since just after the MLG 2010 season for Tekken 6 came to an end and has basically been with Namco through the development and release of TTT2. It was definitely nice having someone from within the fighting game community be represented within the corporate walls of Namco Bandai and Rich has left some big shoes to be filled.

Here is his announcement in its entirety (very well written and I think everyone involved in their gaming community should read it):
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04th Sep2012

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – Combo Mastery Video by Namco

by Rip

Check it out! Awesome new Tekken Tag Tournament 2 combo video from Namco! Lots of new character awesomeness as well as old character awesomeness. And the creator of the combos is probably someone who posted news on the LUYG site before.. just sayin..

10th Aug2012

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – Tutorial Video #2 – Intermediate 1 of 2

by Rip

Continuing on with our tutorial series for Tekken Tag Tournament 2, this time we go into some intermediate topics with zoning in 3D, the throw system, and advanced movement with topics such as backdash cancelling, wavedashing, snake dashing, and more. We bit of more than we could chew with this episode, so we had to cut it up into two pieces. Second half should be up early next week with combos from some of the new characters.

02nd Aug2012

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – Tutorial Video #1 – The Basics

by Rip

Namco Bandai Games of America has partnered up with Level Up Your Game to produce a brand new introductory series for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 aimed at teaching new and returning players everything they need to know to hit the ground running when the game hits store shelves the week of September 10th worldwide. This four part series will be released weekly and cover all of the basics of the game. Leave any feedback below in the comments and thanks for watching!

10th Jul2012

Kane’s TTT2 Combo Vid From Evolution 2012

by Rip

Remember that combo video that they showed at Evo 2012 to show off the Tag Assault combos with the DLC characters? What they didn’t tell you was that Kane was the person who performed the combos and Namco who put it together! The video is now on Youtube so you can check it out in full HD below. Shoutouts to Kane, and if you’re interested in checking out other Kane combos for TTT2 click here and here.

18th May2012

HelpMYK Raffle Winners

by Rip

Hey everyone, sorry this took longer than expected to put together, but I finally have all of the prizes in front of me and ready to send out. A big thanks once again to Mad Catz, EightArc, Capcom, and Namco Bandai Games for their donations to the raffle, and of course another big thanks to everyone that donated. MYK has a thank you he’ll be posting on the website in a few hours, but I wanted to announce the winners as soon as possible. All winners, an email has been sent to the email address you donated from, please reply with your shipping info. Thanks!

4x Mad Catz SFxT FightStick Pro – C. Dinkins, A. Tralare, A. Nguyen, F. Febles
Mad Catz Soul Calibur V PS3 Stick – R. Nguyen
Hori Soul Calibur V PS3 Stick – F. Reyes
EightArc Fusion – S. Johnson
Pac-Man Belt Buckle – E. Ma, J. Jip
Street Fighter x Tekken Special Edition – PS3 – J. Stuckey
Street Fighter x Tekken Special Edition – XB360 – I. Mundy
Street Fighter x Tekken – XB360 – D. Ball
Street Fighter x Tekken – PS3 – D. Daniels
Soul Calibur V – Collectors Edition – XB360 – R. Ebanks
Tekken Hybrid Limited Edition – PS3 – D. Murat