Month: July 2018

Australian esports organization Dark Sided has just expanded their fighting game roster: joining the team is 2018 Battle Arena Melbourne Dragon Ball FighterZ champion Sam Baxter.

A longtime competitor in the Australian fighting game community, Baxter has found success in competing in multiple fighting games in and out of Australia. His victory at Battle Arena Melbourne 10 further cemented his place in the Australian scene.

Originally founded in 2009 as a Gears or War team, Dark Sided has since grown into an organization that’s dedicated itself to growing the Australian esports scene, expanding into multiple games and genres, including fighting games. At Dark Sided, Baxter will be joining other fighting game players such as Xavier “Somniac” Nardella, Adric “Falco” Middleton, Duong “ZG” Nguyen, Tasman “Waz” Stephenson, Te Tuhi “Spud” Kelly, and Nick “Extra” McKenzie.

We here at Shoryuken wish Baxter and Dark Sided the best in their new relationship.

Source: Dark Sided

This year marks the first year that Street Fighter players in Japan get to compete as paid professionals in the country, thanks to their new pro licenses. With this in mind, it should come as no surprise then that the upcoming Capcom Pro Tour Premier tournament for Street Fighter V at the Tokyo Game Show will have a significant prize pool. This year, players competing at TGS will be fighting over a massive ¥10,000,000 pot. This is equivalent to about $90,500 USD.

From this prize pool, the first place winner will be receiving  ¥5,000,000, half of the total prize pool. The rest will be divided among the remainder of the top 8. You can check out the breakdown below:

• 1st place – ¥5,000,000
• 2nd place – ¥2,500,000
• 3rd place – ¥1,500,000
• 4th place – ¥500,000
• 5th place ties – ¥150,000
• 7th place ties -¥100,000

For any players interested in flying to Japan to try to win some of of this prize money — and the accompanying CPT points — registration for the tournament is still open over at smash.gg.

Source: Capcom