Month: January 2016

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Kazunoko and Keoma Join the Red Bull Kumite 2016 Bracket

Ryota “Kazunoko” Inoue and Keoma Moutsatsos Pacheco have been chosen to take part in this year’s Red Bull Kumite. The two players join the battle alongside Evil Geniuses’ Justin Wong and Yusuke Momochi, AVerMedia’s Bruce “GamerBee” Hsiang, and Lee “Poongko” Chung-gon.

After proving himself to be the best Ultra Street Fighter IV player in the world at last year’s Capcom Cup, Kazunoko will certainly be looking to make an impression on Street Fighter V viewers at this event so early in the life of the game. And while Kazunoko’s inclusion is certainly exciting, seeing someone like Keoma, a player largely unknown in the global Street Fighter scene until he made waves during last year’s Capcom Pro Tour, joining the fight shows that we truly are moving into a new era for the series.

Red Bull Kumite 2016 is scheduled to take place April 23-24 in Paris, France. For more details, follow this link.

Source: Red Bull, tip via Aurélien Laureau

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PAX Arena feat. Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Streaming Live

This weekend, Twitch will be hosting PAX Arena, a Smash event at PAX South in San Antonio, Texas. Competition will be held in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, featuring some of the best players in both titles.

Some of the bigger names set to compete for the $10,000 prize pool include Liquid’s Hungrybox, Cloud9’s Mango, MVG’s Mew2King, Tempo Storm’s Westballz and Axe, Winterfox’s Shroomed, Team SoloMid’s ZeRo, Panda Global’s Wobbles, and many more. The full list of attendees can be found here.

The entire competition will be broadcast live through PAX Arena, so check it out below or head on over to Twitch if you prefer to chat, and be sure to follow the official schedule so you don’t miss out on anything important.

Watch live video from PAXArena on www.twitch.tv

Source: PAX Arena