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This weekend in Houston is another edition of Texas Showdown, the state’s largest annual fighting game tournament. The event is part of the Capcom Pro Tour as a Ranking Event, as well as the Tekken World Tour as a Challenger Tournament. This year’s tournament offers a well-rounded line-up of current and classic titles. A playable version of the upcoming SoulCalibur VI will also be at the venue.

Some of the best players from the US and beyond are registered to compete, including Justin Wong, NuckleDu, Snake Eyez, Ricki Ortiz, Punk, NYChrisG, Punk, K-Brad, MenaRD, Caba, and many more. For a full list of entrants check out Smash.gg.

A large number of streamers are coming together to bring you as much action from the event as possible. Thanks to Level|Up Series, Panda x Gaming, Texas Showdown, The Slurred Nerd, Poverty Maniacs, Joe Strikes and AtariFGC. Each stream is viewable below.

LevelUpLive

Watch live video from leveluplive on www.twitch.tv

PandaxGaming

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TXShowdownLive

Watch live video from TXShowdownLive on www.twitch.tv

TheSlurredNerd

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PovertyManiacs

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JoeStrikes

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AtariFGC

Watch live video from AtariFGC on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Texas Showdown, Capcom Pro Tour

This weekend is Latin America’s first Capcom Pro Tour event for the 2018 season. Game Over Tournament 2018 is a Ranking Event, featuring some of the region’s strongest players like MenaRD, Caba, Brolynho, Doomsnake and DR-Ray; as well as a few US players, including Justin Wong, K-Brad and ChrisT.

To watch the event, check out GAM’s channel on Twitch, also viewable below. Brackets are available on Smash.gg.

Watch live video from GAMStreamTV on www.twitch.tv

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Sources: Game Over Tournament, Capcom Pro Tour

The second Master Tournament of the 2018 Tekken World Tour is going down this weekend. Korea Masters is happening in Seoul, one of the heartlands of competitive Tekken, and with the large number of ranking points up for grabs, some of the best players in the world will be in attendance: SAINT, JDCR, qudans, JeonDDing, LowHigh, CHANEL, kkokkoma, Dimeback, NOROMA, Nobi, Yuu, Take, Tanukana, Furumizu, AK, Doujin, Book, Speedkicks and P.Ling, just to name a few.

If you want to watch the event live, tune into the official TEKKEN channel on Twitch, and follow the brackets on Challonge.

Watch live video from TEKKEN on www.twitch.tv

Source: Tekken World Tour

The 2018 Capcom Pro Tour makes another stop in Asia for the annual Saigon Cup in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This year’s event has a line-up four titles: Dragon Ball FighterZ, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Street Fighter V Arcade Edition (a CPT Ranking Event) and Tekken 7. A number of top players from Asia are planning to attend, including Fuudo, Fujimura, gachikun, Haitani, Itabashi Zangief, Bonchan, stormKUBO, Verloren, POONGKO, NL, JeonDDing, Xian, GamerBee, Oil King, Humanbomb, Big Bird and more.

To watch the event live, head over to the Saigon FGC Twitch channel, also viewable below. Brackets are available on Smash.gg.

Watch live video from SaigonFGC on www.twitch.tv

Source: Saigon FGC, Smash.gg, Capcom Pro Tour

This Saturday in Seoul, Team SPIRITZERO of South Korea is putting on their another year of Fighter’s SPIRIT, a Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Event. As you would expect from a CPT Asia event, the brackets are filled with some the best Street Fighter V players in the region. Some of the players registered to compete include INFILTRATION, Verloren, POONGKO, NL, xyzzy, Tokido, Kazunoko, Nemo, JohnTakeuchi, Haitani, Itabashi Zangief, Momochi, gachikun, Fujimura, Oil King, Punk and K-Brad.

If you’re looking to watch the event live, check out Team SPIRITZERO’s Twitch channel, and follow the brackets on Smash.gg.

Watch live video from 스피릿제로 on www.twitch.tv

Results

STREET FIGHTER V ARCADE EDITION

1. Fudoh|Fujimura (Ibuki)
2. CYG.BST|Fuudo (R. Mika)
3. Liquid|Nemo (Urien)
4. FOX|Momochi (Kolin, Ken)
5. Atlas Bear|stormKUBO (Abigail)
5. FOX|Tokido (Akuma)
7. UYU|NL (Cammy)
7. Talon|HotDog29 (M. Bison)

Sources: Team SPIRITZERO, Capcom Pro Tour

Belgium is putting on its own major event this weekend with Brussels Challenge: Major Edition. And as one of the early Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Events, the tournament has attracted some strong players from Europe and beyond. Players will be competing in six of the current most popular titles.

Participants include Bonchan, JohnTakeuchi, GO1, Verloren, Oil King, Problem X, Tyrant, Packz, Ryan Hart, Luffy, Mister Crimson and more.

If you’re looking to catch the stream live, you can tune into the tourney on Twitch.

Watch live video from brusselschallenge on www.twitch.tv

Source: Smash.gg

BEast of the East is hosting the second Asia event in the 2018 Tekken World Tour. Beast Arena Hong Kong 2018 is a Challenger Tournament, with a bracket packed with some of the best Tekken players from South Korea, Japan and beyond. SAINT, JDCR, qudans, JeoDDing, kkokkoma, LowHigh, Yuu, Nobi, NOROMA, TAKE, Tanukana, AK and Doujin are some of the big names that will be competing.

BAHK will also have a Street Fighter V Arcade Edition event. Brackets for both games can be found on Challonge. If you want to watch the event live, head over to Team Spooky’s Twitch channel.

Watch live video from TeamSp00ky on www.twitch.tv

Sources: BEast of the East

While NorCal Regionals is happening, SoCal is getting some action of its own with the third annual Anime Ascension at University of California Irvine, brought to you by Aksys Games. In true anime spirit, Anime Ascension is giving you four of the most popular current titles, with a total of $6000 in prize bonuses; multiple side events; and a playable version of the upcoming BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle.

If you want to check out some top quality anime fighting, three streams will be bringing you live coverage. Level|Up Series will be the main stream for the event, Numakie will be covering the side tournaments and Aksys will be providing their own stream covering a variety of action. Check out the streams below and follow the brackets on Smash.gg.

LevelUpLive

Watch live video from leveluplive on www.twitch.tv

Numakie

Watch live video from Numakie on www.twitch.tv

AksysNation

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This weekend in Sacramento is 2018 edition of NorCal Regionals, three days of competition in some of the most popular titles as well as a selection of community favorites. As with previous years, NCR 2018 is a Capcom Pro Tour Global Premier Event, as well as a Tekken World Tour Challenger Tournament, giving players of their respective games a chance to an early start on the ranking boards.

As a part of multiple pro circuits, NCR has attracted quite a bit of local and global talent, with nearly 300 players pre-registered for SFV, over 150 for DBFZ and over 100 for Tekken 7. For a look at the full player listings, check out Smash.gg.

Team Spooky and IPLAYWINNER will be powering the streams for the weekend, along with exclusive coverage of the SFV singles tourney from Capcom Fighters. You can find each of the streams below.

TeamSp00ky

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IPLAYWINNER

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CapcomFighters

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All times in PDT (UTC -7).

Source: NorCal Regionals

Thailand’s largest yearly fighting game event is this weekend! Thaiger Uppercut 2018 in Bangkok is a stop in the Capcom Pro Tour (as a Ranking Event) and the Tekken World Tour (Challenger Tournament).

A number of strong competitors from across the region and beyond will be in attendance. Players include Tokido, Bonchan, Itabashi Zangief, sako, Dogura, INFILTRATION, Xian, Xiaohai, Dakou, Big Bird, K-Brad, Knee, qudans, LowHigh, JeoDDing, Chanel, Book, Tanukana and more. You can find a full list of entrants on Smash.gg.

Three streams will be covering the event. TGU’s main channel will cover Street Fighter V pools and all main event finals; TGU’s secondary channel will cover Tekken 7 pools; and KZCafe will cover all side event finals. You can find each stream below.

TGU_Main

Watch live video from TGU_main on www.twitch.tv

TGU_1

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KZCafe

Watch live video from kzcafe on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Thaiger Uppercut, Capcom Pro Tour