Month: October 2016

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Fighting Game Community Nominated for Multiple Categories at Esports Industry Awards

This year has seen of rise of fighting games in the general esports scene. We have transcended previous highs with larger events, more exciting results, and even seeing partnership with major media channels such as ESPN and Yahoo!

In order to commemorate such accomplishments, the Esports Industry Awards has nominated Fighting Game Community events and alumni for various categories in their upcoming awards ceremony.

The most prominent one would most certainly be Evolution 2016 being nominated for Live Event of the Year. The event, which garnered over 5,000 entrants in Street Fighter V alone, a near sellout at Mandalay Bay Events Center, and 200,000 unique viewers on ESPN2, has a formidable chance of winning the award.

Other notable nominees are in categories such as New eSports Game of the Year (Street Fighter V), eSports Publisher of the Year (Capcom), eSports Game of the Year (Street Fighter V and Super Smash Bros.), Console Player of the Year (Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios, Adam “Armada” Lindgren, Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma, Nathan “Mister Crimson” Massol, and Justin Wong), and UK Player of the Year (Ryan “Prodigal Son” Hart and Benjamin “Problem X” Simon).

Source: Markman (Twitter)

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Get More of Xyzzy’s Amazing Birdie with This Street Fighter V Ranked Match Compilation

If there’s one new name that’s caught the eyes of many these past few weeks, it has to be Xyzzy. The Korean newcomer put on an amazing show with Birdie at both South East Asia Major’s main and amateur tournaments before doing it again at SoCal Regionals this past weekend.

That said, before this, Xyzzy was already dominating online, even making an appearance in top 8 of the online qualifiers for ESL’s Brooklyn Beatdown. More recently, he’s been on a tear through ranked where he now sits at #2 right behind Evil Geniuses’ Momochi.

For those wanting to see more of Xyzzy’s Birdie, RektScrub has put together a compilation of some of his matches online from the past few months. These include matches against other top players, including the angry one himself, Team Secret’s Poongko.

Source: RektScrub