Month: July 2015

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Next Level Battle Circuit #130 feat. Ultra Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat X Streaming Live

This week’s installment of Next Level Battle Circuit is now streaming live courtesy of Team Spooky. As usual, the event is being broadcast from its namesake, Next Level Arcade, in New York City. Tonight, they’ll be running Ultra Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat X, featuring some of the best players on the east coast.

If you would like to check out these weekly tournaments, be sure to head on over to Next Level Arcade and take part every Wednesday. The address has been included below.

4013 8th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11232

The stream is currently live below, but you can also visit Twitch to join the chat. Full brackets will be made available through Challonge.

Watch live video from TeamSp00ky on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Team Spooky

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Red Bull Gives Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis Wings

snakeeyez-redbullAfter a seemingly endless string of promotional work for the energy drink company, Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis was officially made part of Red Bull’s competitive gaming roster earlier today. The news was shared by Lewis himself, who also contributed an image of the contract signing, pictured to the right.

As the world’s preeminent Zangief player in Ultra Street Fighter IV, Lewis has continued to ride the grappler to victory at events like SoCal Regionals, Winter Brawl, and The Fall Classic despite diversifying with Evil Ryu to cover his bad matchups. He placed just outside of top eight at this year’s Evolution Championship Series due to an early quarterfinals loss to Razer’s Keita “Fuudo” Ai and elimination at the hands of Daigo Umehara of Mad Catz.

With this signing, Lewis joins a growing number of gamers to be sponsored by Red Bull, a group that includes fellow fighting game player Marie-Laure “Kayane” Norindr. The organization has also made previous forays into the fighting game community with events like Red Bull Kumite, a prestigious invitational that saw some of the world’s strongest players–Snake Eyez included–travel to Paris, France to compete.

Regularly regarded as the strongest Zangief in the world, this sponsorship will hopefully give Lewis the opportunity to travel the globe and prove it.

Source: Snake Eyez