Month: September 2016

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Rumble in the Tundra, Buffalo’s Annual Major, to Play Host to Big Names and Pot Bonuses This Weekend

Brian “Cha Cha” Stone–upstate New York’s premiere tournament organizer–is in the throes of getting everything prepared for Rumble in the Tundra, Buffalo’s annual major. And with the two-day event scheduled to take place this weekend, it is shaping up to be quite the draw.

While the anime players will be converging on CEOtaku in Orlando, and Street Fighter V heads will want to head to ESL’s Brooklyn Beatdown this weekend, Rumble in the Tundra will still feature more than enough action for you to want to be watching. Already promised is a $1000 pot bonus for The King of Fighters XIV, as well as a $500 pot bonus for Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-. They further have $300 pot bonuses for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and $250 pot bonuses for Street Fighter V, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Mortal Kombat XL, and Pokkén Tournament.

To top this all off, there will be a multitude of high level King of Fighters veterans making the trek to the East coast to the event, including the West coast’s best players such as Romance, Luis Cha, Kanibalito and TC|Yoshi. That’s not to say that the East coast will just lay down to the West coast, as they will be sending Coach Steve and A3 Religion to defend the Atlantic.

Taking place on October 1st or 2nd with four separate streams, this is the perfect tournament to pay attention to. Streams for The King of Fighters XIV and Pokkén will take place on Kick-Punch-Block’s Twitch channel; Toronto Top Tiers will be covering Street Fighter V and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3; NeoRussell will be hosting Guilty Gear, Tekken, and Mortal Kombat; and Bifuteki will be running both Smash events. Further, should you want to take part in the event, there will be emergency $40 passes available at the venue–in which you’ll be entered into the “pools of death” for the games you register for.

Sources: Brian Stone (Facebook); smash.gg

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Big Names, Big Bonuses: Get Ready for Canada Cup 2016 with These Hype New Trailers

Lap Chi Duong and his crew behind Canada Cup have always tried their best to put on a great show every year. This year’s incarnation of the event looks to be no different, with a stacked lineup making it arguably the biggest Canada Cup yet.

As one of the last Capcom Pro Tour Premier events in this years calendar, the Street Fighter V tournament has attracted some big names including BST|Daigo, MJS.YD|Haitani, RB|Luffy, Liquid|Nuckle Du, EG|Justin Wong, EG|PR Balrog, EG|K-Brad, and EG|Ricki Ortiz.

However, Street Fighter V isn’t the only tournament getting big names. Liquid|HungryBox, Alliance|Armada, C9|Mango, and FOX|Mew2King will be competing in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Meanwhile, Mattsun, Shogatsu, and Kusumondo will be flying over from Japan to compete in Super Street Fighter II Turbo against North American players such as El Trouble, Jimmy Bones, Rizone, Miller Time, and of course, Justin Wong.

Part of the reason these big names are coming to Canada Cup is due to the generous prize pool bonuses; Street Fighter V alone has a bonus of $15,000. Meanwhile, Canada Cup Gaming will add a $500 prize pool bonus to each game for every 50 players that join in that game. Finally, the Tekken 7 tournament will have a $3,000 prize pool bonus courtesy of Bandai Namco, but it’ll also be free to enter.

 

With all this and more, Canada Cup is bound to bring tons of hype once again. You can get a taste of that hype in this recently released trailer for the event.

In addition to this, they’ve also released trailers for the Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Street Fighter II Turbo tournaments.

Canada Cup 2016 takes place on October 28 to 30 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Sources: Canada Cup Gaming; 613Smash; Atari FGC