Month: March 2017

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Braver’s Revel 2017, a BlazBlue: Central Fiction 2v2 championship, is this weekend in Japan

A series of qualifiers is leading up to a grand 2v2 BlazBlue: Central Fiction national tournament called Braver’s Revel 2017. Players from various regions in Japan fought for 30 qualifying spots in these team qualifiers. The culmination of the event is March 19th, this Sunday (effectively late Saturday/early Sunday in some Western countries). Toshimichi Mori, the producer of the BlazBlue series, will be there, as well as Bullet’s voice actress, Toa Yukinari.

Organized by Taito, the event takes a whole day. While we already know most of the participants, one of the last two teams will be decided with a last chance qualifier. Team number 32 are the winners of the last year’s Braver’s Revel: Matsumoto and Nakao.

Arc System Works provided a useful image that breaks down which fighter came from which region; the chart on the right tells how many of each character will we see in the tournament.

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We don’t have exact streaming information just yet–it’s possible that a Twitch account will be created specifically for the event. You can view more information about the event and who’s participating by visiting the Taito BlazBlue Braver Revel page; there are photos below of all the teams who qualified, and what characters they use, among them famous players like Fumi, Ryuusei, Koike, Fenrich, Ito Sae, Matoi, Gackt, and so on.

To get warmed up for the action, however, there’s footage of some of the qualifiers:

A-cho January qualifier:

A February qualifier, there are four parts to this video:

February Athena Nipponbashi:

March Central Hachiouji:

March Playspot Big One:

Big thanks to alupin for the tip and collaborating with info.

Sources: Taito; GAMEacho; ラッキー中央店フェリシダ; Jourdal

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Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade – Free to WAAAGH Goes Live

If you’ve been waiting to try out Warhammer 40K: Eternal Crusade, you have your chance now that Free WAAAGH has gone live. Players will be able to take part in faction game play. Four out of five of the factions are available along with normal progression. Players who purchase a copy of the game will keep all progress earned during the free version.

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Dark and Light – Beta Delayed, Though How Long Remains Unknown

The Dark & Light team has posted a note on the games Chinese site that announces a delay to the start of the beta. While originally slated to begin beta testing in Q4 2016, a delay was implemented for Q1 2017. That has again been extended. If you use Google Chrome’s in-built translator, you can read the announcement for yourself.

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Prove yourself online: Red Bull Proving Grounds 2017’s online qualifier now open for registration

Want in on Proving Grounds, but too far from a regional qualifier? Here’s your shot.

As was the case last year, Street Fighter V competitors that want to join the fight in Red Bull’s Proving Grounds series–but don’t have ready access to one of the eleven regional qualifying stops–can test their fists in the online qualifier instead. At the close of the Spring season, the three winning contestants (the highest scores from the online tournament) will be flown to the Red Bull eSports Studio in Santa Monica, to compete in June’s Red Bull Proving Grounds finals. Top 8 from the finals will earn a trip to compete in Las Vegas at Evo 2017 in Las Vegas.

Registration is open now for Season 1 of the Red Bull Proving Grounds online qualifier at smash.gg. It’s free to enter!

You can find additional information about Red Bull Proving Grounds on the official site.

Source: Red Bull eSports (Twitter)