Month: March 2017

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Bandai Namco and ESL Announce a Tekken 7 UK and Ireland Championship

Ahead of Tekken 7’s launch on June 2nd, Bandai Namco UK has teamed up with the ESL to host a series of tournaments to crown the first UK and Ireland Tekken 7 champion. Starting at Hypespotting 6 in Glasgow from April 15th-16th, Bandai Namco will host five qualifying tournaments at five different cities in the UK and Ireland. The dates and cities are as follows:

  • April 15th/16th – Glasgow
  • April 22nd – Dublin
  • April 29th – Manchester
  • May 6th – Birmingham
  • May 13th – London

The top three players from each qualifier will win a place in the grand finals, to be held at MCM London Comic Con on May 26th-28th. This final matches will take place on the ESL Arena stage, with one participant leaving with a shiny new championship belt.

For full details on how to sign up for each event, go to Bandai Namco’s official championship website for more.

Source: Bandai Namco

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– Nintendo Awarded $12.76M in Copyright / Trademark Case

A Canadian court has awarded Nintendo of America $12.76M in its lawsuit against Jeramie King and his Go Cyber Shopping Ltd. King’s company sold devices designed to circumvent Nintendo’s console security to download and play unauthorized copies of its games. Nintendo proved that these devices and programs were in violation of its copyrights and trademarks. The award also includes $1M in punitive damages and requires King to publicly apologize for damages to Nintendo, developers & partners.

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Pre-Orders Are Open for the New Brook PS4/PS3/PC Fighting Board with Audio Support

Brook’s new PlayStation 4 PCB now supports an audio jack for your controller.

Brook is about to introduce a new Gaming Series PCB: this time it’s the Brook PS4+ Fighting Board with Audio. This PlayStation 4/PlayStation 3/PC (via XInput) PCB now includes an audio jack (for use in PS4 mode). The board also features a turbo function and upgradeable firmware. These boards are a great means to resurrect older fight sticks for use on current platforms, or to add PlayStation compatibility to a controller that lacks it.

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The board is available for pre-order now on Arcade Shock for $59.95 USD (down from full retail of $64.95), and pre-orders will also receive bonus 3M PCB-mounting feet for easy installation. Arcade Shock recommends using their custom 20-pin Quick Connect harness as well.

The Brook PS4+ Fighting Board is expected to ship in late March, 2017.

Source: Arcade Shock

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Star Trek Online – New R&D Pack Offers Chance at 26th Century Heavy Dreadnought

The Star Trek Online C-Store has a new offering for players to check out. Those purchasing a Research & Development Pack will have a chance at a faction-based 26th Century Heavy Dreadnought Tier 6 ship — eerily looking gold plated or perhaps that’s just the screens. R&D packs contain a number of crafting materials from common to rare as well as components to research.