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One of eastern Canada’s largest annual events, TORYUKEN 6, is happening this weekend. In addition to being a part of the Capcom Pro Tour as a Ranking Event, TORYUKEN will have one of the first tournaments for two fresh titles: Injustice 2 and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 (via the recently released demo).

A number of US players will be invading Canada for the weekend, including FOX|Justin Wong, EG|Ricki Ortiz, RB.CYG.BST|Snake Eyez, OG|Shine, Flash, EG|K-Brad, Splyce|Fchamp, InC|Flux and more, joining local competition like Chi-Rithy, SJ, Italdan, Shanewalker, STDx|Blitzman, Snafoo, OCV|L.E.S., HoneyBee, cR|Biohazard and PG|Hayate.

Streams & Schedule

TorontoTopTiers will be providing two streams for the event, viewable below.

TorontoTopTiers

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Saturday, May 20

Sunday, May 21

TorontoTopTiers2

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Saturday, May 20

Sunday, May 21

Source: Smash.gg

Germany is getting into the Capcom Pro Tour action this weekend with the tenth edition of FFM-Rumble. In addition to the Street Fighter V CPT Ranking Event are tournaments for Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- and BlazBlue Central Fiction, along with side events for The King of Fighters XIV, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom and Arms.

A number of Europe’s top players like RB|Luffy, BX3|Phenom, mouz|Problem X, Packz, Ryan Hart, Takamura, MD|Mister Crimson and more will be participating.

Capcom titles will be streamed on hadoken.eu’s Twitch channel, while anime titles will be streamed on HardEdge’s channel. Tune in and enjoy!

Fight_Club_NRW (SFV, UMVC3)

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HardEdgeOfficial (Anime)

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Schedule

All times in CEST (UTC +2).

Sources: HardEdge, Capcom Pro Tour

This weekend is Saigon Cup 2017 in Vietnam, another Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Event for the Asia region. Well previous Saigon Cups were Street Fighter-only events, this year adds tournaments for Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- and BlazBlue Central Fiction.

A number of power hitters from across Asia will be in attendance. Players include RB|Bonchan, FOX|Tokido, Mago, GGP|Kazunoko, CO|GO1, RZR|INFILTRATION, Humanbomb, Saunic, Zowie|Oil King, TLN|cola321, Panda|Jiewa, VS.FV|IamChuan, and RISE|MaRN.

You can watch the event live on BEast of the East’s Twitch channel. Brackets are viewable on Challonge.

Beastapac (English)

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SaigonFGC (Vietnamese)

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Schedule

Saturday May 20

Sunday May 21

Source: Saigon Cup 2017, Capcom Pro Tour

The North America region’s first online Ranking Event for the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour season is going on right now! North America’s CPTO events are split between two areas, with Events 1 and 3 open to the western US and Canada, while Events 2 and 4 or open to the eastern US and Canada.

The first event has already reached its top 8 stage, with the following players having survived the bracket:

Top 8 Winners

UrbanFlow vs. Nightmare2450
CYG.BST|PR Balrog vs. Commander Jesse

Top 8 Losers

MASTASKIKLLZ vs. 801 Strider
Samurai vs. Splyce|Fchamp

See who takes first place and the largest share of ranking points live on the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel.

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

Source: Smash.gg

This weekend is one of Australia’s largest yearly events, Battle Arena Melbourne (BAM) 9. Hosted by Couch Warriors, the tournament will take place in the Melbourne Convention and Exhbition Centre. BAM9 is a part of the Capcom Pro Tour as a Global Premier Event, meaning a big opportunity for players to earn big points for the global leaderboards. In addition, Bandai Namco will be showcasing the final build of Tekken 7 at the event.

As you would expect from a Premier Event, a large number of top competitors will be in attendance, with heavy presence from Asia. Some of the names you’ll see participating include BurnoutFighter, Somniac, GRPT|Fuudo, FOX|Tokido, FOX|Momochi, HORI|sako, RB|Bonchan, GGP|Kazunoko, Hx.CYG.BST|Daigo Umehara, RZR|INFILTRATION, PoongKo, Verloren, QANBA.Douyu|Xiaohai, RZR|Xian, Zowie|GamerBee, Zowie|Oil King, RISE|MaRN, EG|K-Brad, Flash and many more. Brackets for the event can be found on Smash.gg.

Streams & Schedule

Five streams will bring you the live action from Melbourne. Below is a breakdown of where you can watch your favorite games.

Below is a general schedule for the event. All times are in AEST (UTC +10).

CapcomFighters

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NewGamePlusTV

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BandaiNamcoEurope

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MelbourneMelee

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CouchWarriorsSmash

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Source: Couch Warriors, Capcom Pro Tour, Smash.gg

Another Ranking Event for Capcom Pro Tour Europe is happening this weekend. The Colosseum 2017 in Rome, Italy has attracted some names from Europe in beyond. Competing players include RB|Bonchan from Japan, Zowie|Oil King of Taiwan, Nasr|Big Bird of the UAE, and European talent l ike RB|Luffy, Mouz|Problem X, Imstilldadaddy, Afii, M|Will2pac and more.

Italian Gaming Championship will be providing a live stream of the event, with pools kicking off Saturday and wrapping up Sunday with semis and finals.

Watch live video from IGChannel on www.twitch.tv

Source: Capcom Pro Tour

One of Texas’s premier fighting game events is back for another edition. Texas Showdown 2017 in Houston will feature a line-up of games both current and classic. The tournament is also a part of the Capcom Pro Tour as a Ranking Event for the North America region.

Some of the players who will be in attendance include FOX|JWong, CYG.BST|Snake Eyez, EG|K-Brad, F3|alucarD, NS|Ludovic, Flash, Hsien Chang, Alex Valle, GS|gllty, Panda|Jiewa, UA|TerryBogard, InC|Flux, FF|ElvenShadow, Kid Viper, faultydefense and more. You can find brackets for the tourney on Smash.gg.

Level|Up, PandaxGaming and company will be providing live streams for the event, viewable below.

LevelUpLive

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PandaxGaming

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SmashUnited

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inevitablegaminghtx

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JoeStrikes

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Schedule

All times in CDT (UTC -5).

Sources: Texas Showdown, Capcom Pro Tour

This Saturday is South Korea’s first ranking event for the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour season. Fighter’s SPIRIT 2017 will take place in Incheon, with some strong players from Korea and Japan competing.

Korea players attending include RZR|INFILTRATION, PoongKo, Verloren, xyzzy, NL, NIN and Save. Representing Japan are players like FOX|Momochi, FOX|ChocoBlanka, Mago, CO|GO1, Tachikawa and Haku. Brackets can be found here.

Tune into BEast of the East’s Twitch channel to catch the action.

Watch live video from beastapac on www.twitch.tv

Source: Capcom Pro Tour

The Capcom Pro Tour keeps rolling this weekend with the North America region’s third Global Premier Event. DreamHack Austin 2017 will feature Street Fighter V as well as Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (as part of the 2017 DreamHack Smash Champion season) as part of its main line-up, along with community events for Pokkén Tournament, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- and For Honor. The prize pools are quite significant, with SFV backed by a $15,000 pool, and $10,000 each for the Super Smash Bros. titles.

As with any Premier Event the Street Fighter V brackets are back with top players, with international talent such as Haitani, Bonchan, Daigo Umehara, Momochi, GO1, Yukadon, Dogura, Xiaohai, Dark Jiewa, Oil King, GamerBee, Xian,Phenom and Marn; and American talent like NuckleDu, Justin Wong, Punk, Snake Eyez, Fchamp, LPN, Sabin, alucarD, Vagabond, Alex Myers and more.

The Super Smash Bros. events are quite stacked as well, with familiar names like Armada, Mang0, Mew2King, Hungrybox, SFAT, Plup, ESAM, ZeRo, VoiD, Ally and many more.

Brackets for both games can be found here.

Check out the Capcom Fighters channel for the Street Fighter V action, and DreamHack Smash channel for your Smash needs.

CapcomFighters

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DreamHackSmash

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Schedule

Saturday April 29

Sunday April 30

Sources: DreamHack Austin, Capcom Pro Tour, Smash.gg

This year Capcom is ramping up its online ranking events, with larger brackets and a greater number of tournaments. Each region will have four total online events, and with two of these events allocated to one area within the region and two to another (e.g. West and East US/Canada) .

First up in the online events is Asia. Asia Online Ranking Events 1 and 3 will cover Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, while Events 2 and 4 will cover Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.

Asia Online Ranking Events

• Event 1: April 29
• Event 2: June 24
• Event 3: August 19
• Event 4: September 2

Top 8 for Asia’s first online event is currently live on Capcom Fighters. Tune in!

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Source: Capcom Pro Tour