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This weekend is one of Mexico’s largest fighting game events, Thunderstruck 2018. The tourney is a Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Saga Event, meaning a precious qualification spot for the World Tour Championship is on the line. The tourney is also one of the final three Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Events for the Latin America region, as well as the Neo Geo World Tour 2 stop for Mexico.

Some strong players from North America will be attending, including NYChrisG, HookGangGod, Supernoon, ApologyMan, Nakkiel, dekillsage, Lord Knight, Punk, Chris Tatarian, Smug, Alex Myers, Ricki Ortiz, Pnoy, Doomsnake, KUSANAGI, JB, El Rosa, ViolentKain, Pako, Laynec, and more.

If you’re looking to watch the event, check out the streams and schedule below, and keep track of the brackets on Smash.gg.

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All times in CDT (UTC -5).

Sources: Thunderstruck, Capcom Pro Tour

This weekend in the Dominican Republic is another Capcom Pro Tour event for the Latin America region, Fighting Fest 2018 in Santo Domingo. In addition to Street Fighter V Arcade Edition, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Injustice 2, Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Road to Boruto, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Tekken 7.

Players include special invitees MenaRD, DR Gross, DR Mandrake and Caba, along with Doomsnake, Pikoro, JB, and Gama. Watch on the two channels below, and check out the brackets on Smash.gg.

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Source: Fighting Fest, Capcom Pro Tour

This Saturday and Sunday is the The Fall Classic 2018, a collaborative event between East Coast tournament organizers Larry “Shin Blanka” Dixon and Eric “Big E” Small. This year’s line-up includes 15 titles, and includes a Super Street Fighter II Turbo qualifier for Tournament of Legends III.

If you’ve looking to watch the event, watch the streams from Bifuteki and FunkyP below, and follow the brackets available on Smash.gg.

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Source: The Fall Classic

Of the many events this weekend is Never Give Up 2018 in Chile, hosted by F2G. A Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Event for Latin America, the tourney features Dragon Ball FighterZ, The King of Fighters XIV, Street Fighter V Arcade Edition and Tekken 7 in its line-up of games.

Some strong players from the Latin America region will be joining in, including Baek, Misterio, StunneR, Doomsnake507, Pikoro, Kane Blueriver and more. Chris Tatarian from the United States will also be participating.

F2G will be providing a stream for the weekend. Watch below and keep track of the brackets on Smash.gg.

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Sources: F2G, Capcom Pro Tour

America’s dedicated anime fighting game event is back for its fourth year! CEOtaku 2018 from CEO Gaming is bringing hundreds of players from around the world to Orlando, Florida for a weekend of fast-paced, high-flying zany action from your favorite type of fighter. Sixteen games, from Guilty Gear to Catherine to Melty Blood to Sailor Moon S make up this year’s line-up:

Players attending include Samitto, purepure, kedako, Kyamei and Clearlamp_o from Japan; and SonicFox, HookGangGod, Cloud805, dekillsage, Nakkiel, Supernoon, Lord Knight, Grover, Punk, LostSoul, BjornSonOfBear, PepperySplash, Hotashi, ElvenShadow, Beautifuldude, Ryan Hunter, Dual Kevin and more representing North America.

If you’re looking to watch the action from home, check out the three streams below and follow the brackets on Smash.gg.

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All times in EDT (UTC -4).

Sources: CEO Gaming, Smash.gg

While Europe has its Capcom Pro Tour Regional Final, Japan will have its own CPT Premier Event with the annual Tokyo Game Show tournament. The tourney is massive, with over 700 registered players set to compete with over 10 million Yen (~88,850 USD) and precious Global Ranking Points on the line.

Unsurprisingly a large number of top players from Japan, the rest of Asia and beyond will be participating over the weekend, including Verloren, NL, PoongKo, JeonDDing, Xian, Oil King, Xiaohai, Justin Wong, Ricki Ortiz, Commander Jesse, Tokido, Daigo Umehara, Fuudo, sako, gachikun, Fujimura, Bonchan, Momochi, Nemo, Kazunoko, Mago, stormKUBO, Machabo, moke and many, many more.

As is standard for Premier Events, watch live on the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel. Brackets are available on Smash.gg. Play begins with pools Saturday at 10 AM JST (Friday 9 PM EDT, 6 PM PDT) and continues Sunday with the Finals at 2:30 PM JST (1:30 AM EDT, Saturday 10:30 PDT).

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Sources: Capcom (JP), Capcom Pro Tour

This weekend is the first of four Regional Finals of the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour. This year’s Europe Regional Final will be held as part of the EGX 2018 expo in Birmingham, England, with an automatic spot to the Capcom Cup finals on the line.

The Regional Final is essentially split into two parts. On Friday and Saturday is the Regional Final Open Tournament, open to all players. The top 48 players will earn Global Ranking Points as well as Regional Ranking Points based on placement. Sunday is the Regional Final proper, with the 8 top ranking players based on the final EU standings after the Open Tournament. The winner earns an automatic qualification spot to Capcom Cup in December.

With a Capcom Cup spot up for grabs, players from around and even outside of Europe will be competing. Competitors include Problem-X, Shakz, Imstilldadaddy, Hurricane, Afii, Luffy, Akianu, Mister Crimson, Phenom, SaltyKid, Big Bird, JohnTakeuchi, GamerBee, Jiewa, Alex Myers and more. To view the action live, watch on the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel, and follow along with the brackets on Smash.gg.

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Source: Capcom Pro Tour

This Friday through Sunday is Southern California’s largest yearly event, SoCal Regionals (SCR), hosted by Level|Up Series. This year’s event moves from Santa Ana to Ontario for a second time, and is a part of the Capcom Pro Tour (Premier Event), Tekken World Tour (Challenger Tournament), Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour (Dragon Radar Event), Injustice 2 Pro Series (Premier Event), Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Tournament Series and Tournament of Legends III qualifier series. SCR 2018 will have a massive line-up of 17 games, including the upcoming Soulcalibur VI, scheduled for release next month.

As a part of multiple pro circuits and tournament series, players from across the globe will be competing at SCR. Competitors include Tokido, Fuudo, Fujimura, Haitani, Daigo Umehara, Bonchan, sako, Momochi, Itabashi Zangief, Mago, Dogura, JohnTakeuchi, stormKUBO from Japan; Xiaohai from China; Humanbomb from Hong Kong; Oil King and GamerBee from Taiwan, INFILTRATION, JDCR, SAINT from South Korea; Shakz from the United Kingdom; Akainu from France; Didimokof from Brazil; HoneyBee, Biohazard, and Hayatei from Canada; Justin Wong, NuckleDu, Snake Eyez, Punk, Smug, SonicFox, NYChrisG, CJ Truth, Ricki Ortiz, Alex Myers, Brian_F, THE COOL KID93, jimmyjtran, Speedkicks, Joey Fury, Trungy, P.Ling, Rip, Spero Gin, ApologyMan, Supernoon, Cloud805, Nakkiel, Rewind, Semiij, Scar,Kizzie Kay, Beautifuldude from the United States; and many, many more.

Six streams will be covering the event, from Level|Up, 2GGaming, Silentscope88, Capcom Fighters and NetherRealm. Check out each of the streams below and follow the brackets on Smash.gg.

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Silentscope88

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All times in PDT (UTC -7).

Sources: SoCal Regionals, Capcom Pro Tour, Smash.gg

While other events are going down in Europe and North America, in South America is the annual TRETA Championship in Brazil, a Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Event.

A number of top players representing Brazil and the rest of Latin America will be in participating, like Brolynho, HKDASH, Dark, Baby Brasil, Preda, ChuChu, Stunner and more.

Check out the event live on TRETA Championship’s Twitch channel, and follow along with the brackets on Smash.gg.

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Source: Treta Championship, Capcom Pro Tour

The DreamHack tournament series returns to Montreal for a third time this weekend. Among the many esports events for the weekend are five fighting game events: Brawlhalla, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

After three straight Premiere Events in Asia, the Capcom Pro Tour brings a Premier to North American shores. Players competing in the Street Fighter side include Bonchan, Momochi, Haitani, Itabashi Zangief, Mago, moke, Xiaohai, Oil King, GamerBee, Problem-X, Shakz, Akainu, NuckleDu, Justin Wong, Punk, Smug, Snake Eyez, NYChrisG, CJ Truth and Alex Myers, among others. On the Smash side of things are Hungrybox, HugS, La Luna, Larry Lurr, ANTi, MVD, ESAM, Elegant, CaptainZack, and more.

Four streams will be covering the event for the weekend. Street Fighter V and Brawlhalla (excluding top 8) will have dedicated streams on CapcomFighters and Brawlhalla, respectively. DreamHackSmash will cover SSBM pools and semis Saturday as well as finals for both Smash titles on Sunday, while DreamHackFighters will cover SSBWiiU pools and semis Saturday and DBFZ and Brawlhalla finals on Sunday.

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Sources: DreamHack, Capcom Pro Tour