News:: The 300 Week 9: A Brooklyn Hipster in Ulster County

Hello, chums, and welcome back to The 300, a recurring feature on my attempt to see 300 movies in theaters in 2018. I’ll be watching new releases, classics, and hidden gems as a way to explore the wide world of cinema in all of its wonderful variety. Hopefully you’ll find something worth watching as well.

As always, there are three rules for The 300:

• The movie must be at least 40 minutes long, meeting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ definition of a feature film.
• I must watch the movie at a movie theater, screening room, or outdoor screening venue.
• While I can watch movies I’ve seen before 2018, I cannot count repeated viewings of the same film in 2018 multiple times.

I am currently in the Hudson Valley rather than New York City. While it’s been good getting away for a bit, I wound up watching only handful of movies. I missed a screening back in NYC because of a major subway delay, and caught only a few movies in Ulster County because I was taking care of some other stuff up here.

Next week will also be slower than usual because of travel plans. If anything, the last half of March will be me playing catch up. A few of those catch-up movies will be at The Inaugural Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival, which runs from Wednesday, March 21 to Sunday, March, 25. Eight films will be shown at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, a new screening venue associated with Columbia University. Most of the films will be presented in 35mm.

And so, onward.

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News:: Pizza Titan Ultra is a game about delivering pizzas in a mech

Pizza Titan Ultra is a frantic video game about piloting a mech to deliver pizzas and oh my goodness, how has this not been done before? It's just one of those ideas; I immediately understand the appeal.

This is in production at Breakfall, the studio best known for the narwhal stab-'em-up Starwhal.

Aside from all the arcade-style mech action on full display in the trailer, there's also a "completely insane visual novel" aspect to Pizza Titan Ultra with characters who draw from '80s and '90s pop culture. One to watch, for sure. It's currently only planned for release on Steam.

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News:: Netflix is taking a wait-and-see approach to virtual reality

Netflix was one of the first video-streaming services to adopt VR in 2015, when it introduced a 360-degree app that let users step into a virtual room to watch movies or TV shows on a Gear VR. Then, a year later, it launched a version of that application for Google's Daydream headset, but the company has been relatively quiet in the VR space ever since. The reason for that, simply put, is that Netflix doesn't see the technology as a priority -- at least not right now. Speaking at a media event inside the company's Hollywood headquarters, Chief Production Officer Greg Peters said that Netflix is only focused on seeing how VR systems evolve at the moment.

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News:: Pinball FX3 on Switch won't be receiving a performance patch

Pinball FX3 on Switch is a pretty neat way to experience Zen Studios' classic pinball series. In addition to having the ability to play anywhere, you can also use vertical orientation to play the tables. This gives a new perspective on the action, but there is one problem the Switch version has that no other port exhibits; framerate drops. For some reason, Pinball FX3 just doesn't run smoothly on Switch, though docked play fairs quite a bit better than portable.

While plans for an update to smooth out the performance was in the works, Zen Studios has now decided to step away from fixing up the Switch port. As discovered by a Reddit user after reaching out to customer support, Pinball FX3 will not be getting updated on Switch to bump up the resolution or alter any of the performance.

Zen Studios even came in the thread to comment about the discovery, saying that performance updates would have to be on a per table basis and that they didn't posses the bandwidth to handle such an intense Q&A process. While that does make sense for such a small studio, why was this port than pushed to release on Switch? Did everyone at the company think the game was up to snuff and worth charging for?

I don't mind Pinball FX3 on Switch, but a lot of that opinion rested on how ridiculous the games industry has gotten with patches. Getting a game on day one is increasingly becoming pointless, but even horrible ports can end up becoming playable after awhile. I figured this was going to be the case for Pinball FX3, but that turned out to be wrong.

So if you haven't yet made the jump on buying the Switch version of this game, you would be better served putting it out of your mind; Zen Studios has done as much.

Pinball FX3 resolution + framerate patch CANCELLED [Reddit]

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News:: Kirby: Star Allies will have a cute cinch bag as a pre-order/launch bonus

Kirby: Star Allies is releasing next week and Nintendo has revealed a pre-order/launch day bonus for the game. US gamers who grab the game from Target and Canadian gamers who buy it from Microplay or EB Games will walk home with Kirby's wonderful pink face on their backs. The bag is also reversible and has the box art on the other side.

This may not be the best incentive to buy a game on launch (or pre-order), but I'm a much bigger fan of physical bonuses instead of digital ones. I have a decent collection of things that GameStop used to hand out (like the amazing Viewtiful Joe bobble head) and I really wish things like that would come back.

Kirby: Star Allies Cinch Bag Bonus Revealed [Siliconera]

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News:: All Rifts are offline right now as Oculus scrambles to fix the problem

There's no virtual reality to escape from real reality today -- at least not for Oculus Rift owners. Every Rift has been offline for the past few hours because of an interesting mistake on Oculus' end.

According to an update from Oculus, a lapsed security certificate is the cause for the unplanned downtime. It seems as if it simply wasn't renewed when it should've been. This is preventing all of the headsets from connecting to the runtime service, effectively keeping them offline.

In the meantime, users on reddit have found an easy and imperfect solution. Setting your PC's date backward by a day at the system level will cause the certificate to think it's still active. However, this could easily cause conflicts with certificates for other programs and that could snowball into a whole mess of problems for you. It's probably not recommended unless you really really need to do some VR stuff immediately.

A widespread outage is certainly a priority for Oculus, so Rifts should be back up and running as soon as they possibly can. For now, it's just a quirky inconvenience because of an odd oversight.

Oculus Runtime Services -- Current Status [Oculus]

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News:: The simple liberty of backlog diving

Let’s be honest, many of us have backlog problems. We’re constantly compelled to keep up with the latest gaming trends and the most exciting releases. We have a variety of reasons why we may want to buy new games now rather than waiting for sales and price cuts later. But as a result of our constant need to keep up and buy more games, we leave more and more games unfinished.

Sometimes buying the newest stuff works to my advantage, such as allowing me to join plenty of thrilling hunts with friends in Monster Hunter: World. Some other games I definitely wish I had waited on, such as Star Ocean V.  Yet whenever I step away from the most recent releases in favor of revisiting my backlog, I'm consistently able to find a certain relieving joy. That feeling of playing through a backlog, in some ways, is more satisfying than jumping right onto the hype trains.

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News:: Final Fantasy XIV's in-house band is releasing their first album soon

Final Fantasy XIV has been a sort of passion project for many members of the team, especially after it was rebooted (and saved) by way of its Realm Reborn iteration. Producer Naoki Yoshida has been said to work tirelessly on the game to deliver tri-monthly major updates, and some of the crew, including sound director Masayoshi Soke, created a band centered around the game in 2014.

They've since produced several tunes for various arrangement projects, but their debut album is going to drop in just a few months. Although the tracks aren't listed (that's "coming soon" according to The Primals' website), Final Fantasy XIV has a fantastic score, and I urge you to check out some of the choice runes from the base game below. I also had the good fortune of seeing them live at a Fanfest event, and they didn't disappoint.

If you're interested, the premiere album will run you $32.99. It's billed as a "Japanese import soundtrack disc," and will drop on May 16 according to the news reveal (though the actual pre-order page has a placeholder of May 31).

The Primals [Square Enix]

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News:: Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash PC Impressions

Boobs.

Now that I have your attention, I want to tell you what I think about the PC version of Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash, a highly sophisticated simulation representing what happens when you put a group of intricately complex, three-dimensional characters in an arena with water guns to allow them to vent their frustrations on one another. More of a psychological analysis than a video game, PBS, much like the novel Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is something of a deep character study that dissects the frailty of the human condition.

How much violence can we withstand on a psychological level before the barrier of our humanity is broken down, and we are reduced to the baseline of our carnal, primal nature? In what universe would a woman choose a bra or bikini eight times smaller than her bust size and not have it cause her breasts turn into deformed, radish shaped sacks of corn syrup? Why am I playing this game? Why am I even alive at all?

By the end of my experience, none of these questions were answered, obviously, especially the bra bit. But I did learn one thing; Peach Beach Splash is not the Splatoon clone I had assumed it was. In fact, as someone remotely familiar with the Senran Kagura games, it actually doesn’t play much differently from the main series at all. Although personally, I did find it to be less engaging and entertaining than previous titles.

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News:: Latest Call of Duty: WWII update includes returning modes

A new update has gone live Activision's military epic Call of Duty: WWII. The patch, that went live overnight has brought two modes to the game's online vs, that were previously time-limited events.

First up is Gun Game, which sees all players in a race to get a kill with a selection of different weaponry, starting out with a pistol, and then progressing through the game's arsenal. Even quirkier is the second mode to return, Prop Hunt, where players on one team are disguised as background assets, such as ammo crates, bushes and sandbags, and the other team must seek them out.

Both Gun Game and Prop Hunt  will remain in the game's online playlist going forward. For those who prefer older entries, Call of Duty: Black Ops III also saw some new content this week.

Call of Duty: WWII is available now on PS4, PC and Xbox One.

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News:: New Fortnite Battle Royale mode assembles 20-person teams

There's comfort in numbers. While I occasionally like to try my luck alone in battle royale matches, generally speaking, the anticipation is too much. Surviving against 99 stranger is stressful business. And it becomes exponentially more stressful as the match stretches on. As such, I prefer to squad up.

Epic Games is about to drop a new mode in Fortnite Battle Royale that'll speak to everyone who believes teamwork makes the dream work. The format? Five teams made up of twenty players each.

The mode will be playable starting tomorrow, March 8. Better make some new friends.

Fortnite [Twitter]

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News:: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT's next character is a 'male from the newer half of the series,' will be unveiled next week

As previously revealed, Square Enix will unveil the new Dissidia Final Fantasy NT character this week on March 9 at 19:00 JST. We already know a bit about them -- it'll be a male character from the "newer half of the Final Fantasy series."

Previously in a stream it was confirmed to be a "bad guy," though that term was ambiguously used and could refer to an anti-hero. Since it could be anyone, wild guesses are completely appropriate if you want to speculate below!

I really hope it's a villain from Final Fantasy XIV, as it needs a little more representation at the moment and there are several good "bad guys" to choose from.

Square Enix [YouTube]

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News:: For the people in the back: Video games don't cause violence

Video games do not cause violent behavior. There is no scientific, consensus-backed research supporting the idea that playing video games -- even bloody, realistic shooters -- leads to real-life acts of brutality.

However, this misguided theory prevails. After a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, left 17 people dead on February 14th, a handful of politicians decried video games for corrupting young minds and inciting violent behavior. Days later, President Donald Trump said during a meeting about safety in schools, "I'm hearing more and more people say the level of violence on video games is really shaping young people's thoughts."

Tomorrow, video game industry leaders are scheduled to meet with Trump to discuss the (non-existent, completely imaginary) problem. The Entertainment Software Association will be there and it has a clear message for the White House: "Video games are plainly not the issue: entertainment is distributed and consumed globally, but the US has an exponentially higher level of gun violence than any other nation."

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News:: Ratings board listings suggest incoming Xbox One version of Hellblade

Ninja Theory has done well for itself with Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, but there are still opportunities for the game to reach more players. The clearest path forward is probably an Xbox One port, and on that front, there's been some movement: a listing has popped up on Taiwan's ratings board website.

What's more, the Australian Classification Board has a new multi-platform listing for Hellblade.

"It wasn't easy to raise funding as this model of development isn't an established one," Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades said back in November, "but it was worth it -- because we now own the IP for a game that we've come up with and made, which is as it should be."

This is one of those games you just want to see show up everywhere. I hope the listings pan out.

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News:: Megadimension Neptunia VIIR coming to American PSVR headsets in May

Idea Factory International have announced that Megadimension Neptunia VIIR, a modified version of the 2016 JRPG, adapted specially for PlayStation VR, will be arriving on American shores in May.

VIIR is a re-release of the original Megadimension Neptunia, but includes all new features to take advantage of the virtual reality technology. This includes a mode where players can interact with the charming goddesses of Gamindustri within a "home" that can be furnished and decorated to your liking.

Megadimension Neptunia released in the West last year to so-so reviews. It is available now on PS4 and PC, with VIIR arriving May 8 in America. As of yet, no date has been announced for a European release.

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News:: Hong Kong Switch owners can finally access the eShop next month, but online play is still a no-show

Curiously, Hong Kong residents could pick up a Switch like everyone else early last year, but all of the system's online components were turned off in that region. In other words, if you lived in Hong Kong you had to create an eShop account for another region to buy games online -- it's a wacky and temporary situation that doesn't feel great if you''re trying to tie all of your purchases to one home account.

That all changes on April 3, over a year since the system launched in Hong Kong, as Nintendo just announced that the regional eShop will go live on that date. However, that's just the eShop -- online play is still a no-show. Also, to actually buy games you need to go to the Nintendo Hong Kong website, purchase a code there, then redeem it on the Switch eShop.

Yeah, it's weird. Nintendo explains that "more information" will arrive at a later time.

Nintendo Switch eShop [Nintendo via Siliconera]

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News:: Scribblenauts Showdown now available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch

For a while, puzzle-sequel Scribblenauts Showdown was one of the industry's worst-kept secrets. Now, just like that, the game is ready and waiting on multiple platforms, with publisher Warner Bros. releasing a launch trailer as a gentle reminder.

The new game, which features a lax, party style, sees players engage against each other in twenty-five fun mini-games, based around Scribblenauts trademark draw-to-life mechanics. The game also features the return of the Sandbox mode, where players must overcome obstacles with imaginative use of items which can be conjured out of thin-air.

It looks like good, clean fun for all, as exemplified in the trailer below, which features a kid who decrees a shark to be the best method for winning the 100M dash. Scribblenauts Showdown is available now in America on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The European release follows later this week.

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News:: See how action MMO Tera looks on consoles

TERA, previously known as TERA Online, is gearing up for a worldwide console release this year on PS4 and Xbox One.

The entire UI and pretty much every system has been reworked for consoles, including a revamped lock-on mechanic, class-based controls, full streaming features baked-in day one, and native voice chat. For those of you who haven't played TERA before it's an action-centric MMO with an emphasis on character movement, with the added gimmick of battles against Big Ass Monsters (BAMs) in addition to the typical dungeon run trappings of the genre.

The below video does a decent job of explaining what's been upgraded for the console edition, which is set for the "spring" of this year. I used to play TERA quite a bit, but got swept back up into World of Warcraft and eventually, the launch of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Given how few console MMOs are out there this is a great chance for me to dive back in.

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News:: Oculus Rift headsets are offline following a software error

This morning, people around the world couldn't use their Oculus Rift VR headsets. System software couldn't "reach Oculus Runtime Service" according to error messages posted to the Oculus forums, spotted by Polygon. One possible explanation is that an Oculus security certificate expired today. The company took to the bulletin board to offer a bit of an update.

Via: Polygon

Source: Oculus forums

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News:: Dragon's Crown Pro trailer takes another look at our intrepid heroes

Although the remastered version of Vanillaware's brawler-RPG, Dragon's Crown Pro, has been available on Japanese PS4 for a few weeks, Western fans are still eagerly await the localisation of the sword-and-sorcery adventure.

To help pass the time, publishers Atlus have released a new trailer taking a look at the game's six heroes. Elf, Wizard, Amazon, Fighter, Dwarf and the notorious Sorceress are all present and accounted for, as this band of warriors venture into caverns deep and dungeons dark, on a quest for justice, glory and oodles and oodles of lovely loot.

Dragon's Crown Pro takes the PS3/PS Vita adventure and gives it a fresh coat of paint. With 4K visuals, a newly-recorded score and cross-play and cross-save features with the previous generation's editions, it's a great opportunity for those who missed out first time around to see what all the fuss was about.

Dragon's Crown Pro launches on PS4 Worldwide May 15.

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News:: NieR: Automata team says there's one 'final secret' no one has discovered

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NieR: Automata is a strange and amazing game, and if you haven't played it yet, make a note in whatever note-taking software you use to eventually pick it up at a price you're comfortable with. If you have any love at all for weird projects that really show what games can do as a medium you'll enjoy it.

And enjoy it people did, as Famitsu checked back in with the NieR: Automata team (Illustrator Akihiko Yoshida, designer Takahisa Taura, producer Yosuke Saito, and famed director Yoko Taro) to see how things have been going since its launch last February, and they're still very happy with how everything turned out.

As a reminder they explained that they would have been fine just selling through one million units, but ended up being completely taken aback by two million. They also noted that they felt like they had the freedom to make the project they wanted to make, and even got to add in one kooky bugged-out mechanic into the game -- pressing the R3 button while holding the d-pad arrows -- which break the camera but felt that it was "NieR enough" to keep.

There's also one better kept secret -- something the team deems "unpleasant" -- that no one has discovered yet. They call it "the final secret of NieR: Automata, and that they aren't going to explain what it is because "problems may occur." Until folks find that hidden bit, director Yoko Taro did confirm that a new game is being proposed, and that since 2020 is the 10th anniversary of NieR, they wanted to announce "something big," possibly a new project.

A year later Automata continues to impress, and now I just want to play through it again.

NieR [Famitsu via Gematsu]

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News:: Rainbow Six Siege apocalyptic Outbreak mode is now live

Operation: Chimera, the first season in Year Three of Ubisoft's Rainbow Six: Siege is now live, meaning a selection of your favourite counter-terrorist operators can now go zombie-killing in limited-time event, Outbreak.

Outbreak is a three-player co-op mode set in a dingy little suburb that has suffered some form of mysterious viral breakout. Your team of three Operators, from a selection of the game's main roster, must pick their way through the creepy environment taking down a horde of grim creatures. You've never pulled the trigger this many times in one round of Siege -- Well, I have, but I can't aim for shit.

The mode also features the debut of new Operators Lion and Finka, who specialise in contamination scenarios. These new kids are still unavailable to play within Siege proper, but you can get a sneak peek at them in this monster-bashing side-quest. Players logging in will also receive a handful of Outbreak-themed Alpha-Packs.

Rainbow Six: Siege is available now on PS4, Xbox One and PC. The Outbreak event will run until April 3. You can check out our thoughts on the mode right here.

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News:: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is going to be $60 on Switch

Because Nintendo charged $60 for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it stands to reason that Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, with the addition of the "Funky mode," would probably be priced in that same neighborhood. Well, Nintendo confirmed that inkling this week by opening up the retailer pre-order section of the official game's listing, which denotes a pricepoint of $60.

The difference is of course we knew what Deluxe was giving us as the two DLC packs were previously available on Wii U (with extra content to boot), and we have no idea how Funky Mode is going to play out, or what extra content Tropical Freeze actually has.

While some people may respond to this news as "duh," there were a fair bit of folks I spoke to that held out hope (cue laughing .gif reactions in the comments) that Nintendo would cut the price of these Wii U to Switch ports a bit -- but in this case, no dice. While Tropical Freeze is one of the best platformers Nintendo has put out in a long while, this is probably going to be a hard sell for a lot of you out there.

As a commenter has pointed out it went for $49.99 on Wii U at launch, so Nintendo is actually charging more for the Switch port four years later.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze [Nintendo]

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News:: There's a Mega Man Battle Network fan project coming, and it has online multiplayer

Work on the fan game Mega Man Battle Network Chrono X has steadily progressed over the years, and the team is now hosting their fifth demo iteration on March 18. It doesn't just sport a ton of new content -- the big addition is online multiplayer.

Yes, there's going to be a fully-fledged Mega Man Battle Network build with multiplayer fairly soon. The team explains that they "toiled away, [and] rewrote the entire game quite a few times" to get to this point. This PVP element is called "NetBattling, but Chrono X will also have a story mode to boot.

Incredibly, a PC and Android version are planned (Android is coming later), and it will feature cross-play, in-app, without the need for a third-party tool that's typically required of smaller productions. If this all goes according to plan, that's an amazing feat! With Mega Man making a comeback (provided that 11 doesn't tank) I think we all could go for another Battle Network.

RockFlor [YouTube via Rockman Corner]

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News:: Nintendo Direct presentation happening tomorrow

Nintendo have announced that they will be hosting one of their news-filled Nintendo Direct presentations tomorrow, March 8, at 14:00PT / 22:00 GMT /23:00 CET.

Not much information was confirmed by The Big N, other than the showcase is set to run 30 minutes and will focus on Nintendo Switch and 3DS games. It has been confirmed that we will be getting more news on the upcoming Mario Tennis Aces.

Who knows what we'll see? A Shantae amiibo? A Pearl and Marina '90s arcade brawler? Be sure to tune in tomorrow for neither of these things and more!

Nintendo Direct happening March 8 [Official]

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News:: Fire Emblem Heroes goes obscure with its next Summoning Focus

Nintendo have revealed the next wave of heroes that will become available in mobile-RPG Fire Emblem Heroes, and they've dug deep into the series long history to showcase some of its lesser-known warriors.

The new Summoning Focus, scheduled for next month, will feature Nanna, Leif and Finn, stars of Japan-only release Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, which launched on the Super Famicom as late as 2000 (later making an appearance on the Nintendo Wii). Thracia 776 is also known for being the final game in the series to have direct input from original creator Shouzou Kaga.

Leif, Nanna and Finn, along with a new banner, are expected to show up in Fire Emblem Heroes in April, further information on the new content will be revealed before then.

Fire Emblem Heroes is available now on iOS and Android devices.

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News:: Overwatch League coach 'steps down' amid 0-14 season start

The Overwatch League is in full swing, and knee deep in Week 3 of "Stage 2" of four stages that lead into the playoffs and grand finals. As a recap, the top six is actually fairly close, with the New York Excelsior on top at 12 wins, followed by Seoul Dynasty at 11, London Spitfire and Los Angeles Valiant at 10, and the Houston Outlaws and Philadelphia Fusion at nine wins.

It's an interesting spread that makes for an "any given Sunday" sort of feel to it, outside of two teams that have struggled this inaugural season. The bottom two organizations are the Florida Mayhem with one win, and the Shanghai Dragons are currently 0-14.

As a result, the team sent out this news blast this week on Twitter: "Staff change: Effective immediately, Chen Congshan 'U4' steps down as the head coach of Shanghai Dragons. He will formally leave the post after a transition period of one week. Current assistant coach Sun Jun Young “Kong” will act as a stand-in coach."

Chen Congshan was wracked with controversy this season, with allegations that he wears his team out with lengthy practice sessions that can last 15 hours. The Shanghai Dragons will resume normal play tonight at 7PM Eastern against the Seoul Dynasty -- the third ranked team in the league. Famed Zarya player Geguri and several other recent Shanghai Dragons newcomers have yet to play a single game with the team, as Visa issues have held up their debut. With all the shakeups it's entirely possible they could turn things around.

Shanghai Dragons [Twitter]

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