Month: February 2015

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Evo 2015 Receives Premier Event Status, $50,000 Pot Bonus from Capcom Pro Tour 2015

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Capcom’s Peter “Combofiend” Rosas and Twitch’s Mike Ross recently sat down to discuss the big plans that their respective companies have in store for this year’s Capcom Pro Tour. A full rundown can be found here, but a few notes in particular regarding the largest fighting game tournament in the world definitely deserve their own spotlight.

Evo 2015 will once again join the Capcom Pro Tour as a premier event, giving the overall Ultra Street Fighter IV champion automatic entry into Capcom Cup 2015. Furthermore, due to its importance in the fighting game community and the level of skill that generally comes with that, Evo has been granted its very own tier in terms of the ranking points that will be doled out to high-placing competitors. While first place is obviously the goal for many players, this makes it so that the accomplishment of reaching the later stages of the event are rewarded handsomely as well.

And, to make things a little sweeter from a monetary perspective, Capcom has given Evo 2015’s Ultra Street Fighter IV prize pool a bonus of $50,000, awarded in the following amounts:

  • First place – $20,000
  • Second place – $10,000
  • Third place – $7,000
  • Fourth place – $5,000
  • Fifth place – $2,500
  • Seventh place – $1,500

Evo 2015 is scheduled for July 17-19. More details can be found through the official website.

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Capcom Pro Tour 2015 Details Being Revealed…Right Now!

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UPDATE – Capcom Pro Tour 2015’s scheduled has leaked ahead of time. Check it out below!

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While we’ve already received a taste of what Capcom Pro Tour 2015 will include thanks to a few leaks from tournament organizers, Twitch’s Mike Ross and Capcom’s Peter “Combofiend” Rosas are set to reveal all the details competitors will need to know for the upcoming season during a special live stream.

You’ll find the broadcast below, but you can also head on over to Twitch to join the chat. What surprises will this show hold? You’re gonna have to tune in to find out!

If you miss the program, stay tuned, because we’ll have an outline of all the details available shortly after it concludes.

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

Source: Capcom Fighters

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Even Matchup Gaming Highlights the Best Plays from Apex 2015

Even though Apex 2015 come to a close over two weeks ago, we keep seeing resurgences of hype surrounding what ended up being the tournament with the largest Super Smash Bros. presence in the history of the series.

Part of keeping the event fresh in our minds can be attributed to the folks at Even Matchup Gaming, who have been putting together some of their favorite hype-filled tidbits from across the tournament. These clips span both singles and doubles and cover Super Smash Bros. Melee as well as Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. They’ve even show a little love for the game that started it all: Super Smash Bros. 64.

They recently uploaded the third video in the series of five, which opens with a kill combo from Boss’ Luigi during a doubles set and moves on to feature players like VGBC|aMSa, a|Armada, and plenty more.

If you didn’t catch the first two, we’ve included them below as well.

Source: Even Matchup Gaming via Smashboards