In a shorter yet still action-packed conference, the twelve Tekken athletes of The Nationals pushed their skills to the limits for a chance at this season's title. Ten grueling days of matches later, and the eight athletes making it to the playoffs has been decided. https://www.facebook.com/PHNationals/posts/540673153448656 Out of the six teams who took part in... Continue Reading →
The leading fighting game figures and producers of Japan are gathering for a round table discussion this August 1. Katsuhiro Harada (TEKKEN) and Motohiro Okubo (Soul Calibur) will be joining the Japan Fighting Game Publishers Roundtable to talk about the latest happenings in their respective communities, along with staff from other video game companies such... Continue Reading →
Do it again! But not this year. Just like most gaming events in this pandemic, REV Major is now officially cancelled. https://www.facebook.com/PBEsportsteam/posts/1235704020125678 To ensure the safety of everyone involved in the event, from guests, players, staff, and the audience, the team behind the biggest fighting game event in the Philippines has decided not to hold... Continue Reading →
After the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, esports athletes get another chance to gain glory and medals for their respective countries in the upcoming Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. The sixth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) which is to be held in Thailand in May 2021 will be featuring six different video game... Continue Reading →
The online incarnation of this year's EVO tournament series has been cancelled after the now ex-CEO Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar was accused of sexual misconduct. https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1278859734099963904 Fighting Game Community regular Mikey "CrackPr0n" Pham tweeted out a testimony recounting events from 2001, when Mr. Wizard allegedly made him show his penis. After the story went viral,... Continue Reading →
With EVO 2020 hard blocked by COVID-19, the organizers behind the biggest fighting game series has opted to move all the fighting game action onto the web with EVO Online. In a recent tweet by their official twitter account, EVO has announced that registrations for their online event will open this Friday. https://twitter.com/EVO/status/1268263493167230982 Not everyone... Continue Reading →
With half of the year shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. has made the decision to cancel official support for all remaining physical events in the 2020 season of the TEKKEN, Soul Calibur VI, and Dragonball FighterZ World Tours respectively. Numerous fighting game events that were scheduled earlier in the... Continue Reading →
Earlier this month, Joey "Mr. Wizard" Cuellar officially announced the cancellation of EVO 2020. This of course was due to the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to affect countries all around the globe. However, the fighting game festivities will be continuing with EVO Online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l63vlqhGMI Over the course of five weekends, EVO Online will be hosting... Continue Reading →
In attempts to help slow down the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizers have decided to put their respective events on hold. With the same intentions in mind, the biggest fighting game tournament series has decided to follow suit. On Facebook and Twitter, the offical EVO accounts have announced that EVO 2020 will no... Continue Reading →
Bandai Namco Entertainment has decided to remove several events from the TEKKEN World Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Joining the first-to-be-cancelled Tokyo Tekken Masters, The Mixup, and NCR 2020, are six (6) challenger tier events and three (3) master tier events scheduled between April 25 and June 21. The rest of the events of... Continue Reading →
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