Month: March 2016

During the Street Fighter V tournament at Final Round XIV, Razer competitors Xian and Fuudo experienced a number of issues with their Razer Atrox arcade sticks, some of which may have even contributed to their elimination from the tournament. Unfortunately, these occurrences aren’t uncommon, and Atroxes used by Razer or other teams sponsored by them have often failed during major tournaments, the most famous example being Evil Geniuses’ Momochi experiencing a failing stick during Evo 2015’s grand finals.

In light of these issues, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan recently issued a statement addressing the situation. According to Tan, the reason Xian and Fuudo’s arcade sticks failed was due to the fact that they were prototypes that were being field tested in actual competition. These prototypes have supposedly worked fine during internal testing, but a glitch in the latest PlayStation 4 firmware caused the malfunctions.

While this is exactly what testing is for, the decision to do so during high-stakes tournaments is nothing short of mind-boggling.

In response to the issues, Tan has stated that Razer will be suspending any future fighting game community support until the issues with the PlayStation 4 sticks have been sorted out and are ready for production. Their existing sponsorships however will remain unaffected.

The unveiling of these prototypes indicates that Razer is likely moving forward in their efforts to develop PlayStation 4 peripherals; as recently as The Fall Classic, Razer players were still using Xbox Atroxes modded with parts from the Hori Pad FPS+, as seen in this image of Perfect Legend’s stick from Matthew Gummo.

Here’s hoping Razer irons these issues out soon so that these prototypes stop affecting their players so negatively in tournament.

Source: Min-Liang Tan

South Korea is a country that’s known for pioneering eSports on live television. More than a few well respected games are broadcast over the nation’s airwaves, and now, Street Fighter V is set to join that list.

SPOTV Games recently announced a new show called Street Fighter V Crash. Similar to Tekken Crash before it, this program will focus on team tournaments for groups of three players, broadcast both over South Korean television and the internet.

Street Fighter V Crash will start run from April 10 to June 5 at Seoul’s Nexon Arena. A double elimination format will be in effect until top 16, where things will change to single elimination.

For those interested in joining, IPLAYWINNER has a copy of the registration form available for download that you can fill up to send to the SFV Crash directly. Take note that registration is open until March 31.

Source: IPLAYWINNER via Infiltration