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This weekend is the inaugural Evo Japan! An event that has been years in the making, the Evolution Champion Series has joined forces with the major tournament organizers of Japan to put together three days of competition in seven of the most popular fighting games of today. With over 5000 registered players, this tournament will be a chance for many to compete in their very first Evo event.

The first two days of Evo Japan will take place at the Sunshine City Bunka Hall in Toshima, Tokyo. Day 3 will be at Akiba Square in Akihabara. Finals will be spread over the three days, with ARMS on Friday, The King of Fighters XIV and BlazBlue Centralfiction on Saturday, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Tekken 7, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 and Street Fighter V Arcade Edition on Sunday.

In addition to the official games are a wealth of side tournaments on both arcade and console. A number of upcoming titles will be in playable form at the event, including BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Fighting EX Layer, and SoulCalibur VI.

Thousands of players, from beginner to world-class, will be competing over the weekend. For brackets and player lists, check out Smash.gg.

Evo Japan will have two streams for English viewers. Evo will be providing the main stream for the event, while Capcom Fighters will be providing dedicated coverage for Street Fighter V. Japanese coverage will be on OPENREC.tv, with five streams total.

Evo (Main Stage)

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CapcomFighters (SFV AE)

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Source: Evo Japan

Cooperation Cup is the biggest yearly celebration of one the most beloved fighting games, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike. Hosted in Tokyo, Japan and now in its sixteenth year, the event continues to grow year after year, with a record 108 teams entered in the Cooperation Cup and 70 teams in the Pre-Cooperation Cup this year. If you’re looking to get your fix of high-end 3rd Strike play, look no further!

As with previous years, the event begins with the Pre-Cooperation Cup on Saturday, A 5on5 pre-festival primarily consisting of same-character teams. The action continues on Sunday with the Cooperation Cup proper, also a 5on5 event. Both events follow the same basic structure. In the First Round, the teams are separated into blocks of 3 or 4 teams in round-robin play. First place from each block advances, to the 2nd Round, while second place advances to the first Playoff. The 2nd Round splits the teams into 7 blocks, with the top team advancing to Final Tournament and the remaining teams going to the second Playoff. In first Playoff, each team picks a representative to face-off in 1on1 matches against the other teams in a single elimination format. The single surviving team advances to the second Playoff with the teams from the 2nd Round and the format is repeated, with one team advancing to fill out the bracket of 8 in the Final Tournament.

Cooperation Cup is a chance to watch some of the legends of 3rd Strike in action. Haitani, Kuroda, Daigo Umehara, BOSS, Onuki, Kokujin, RX,Yakkun, Issei and Nica KO are just a few of the 500+ names that will be competing over the weekend. You can find a full team list for the Cooperation Cup here and for the Pre-Cooperation Cup here.

Two streams will be bringing you coverage of the event live from the Hulic Hall in Taito, Tokyo, in English and Japanese. For the original broadcast, check out Game Newton’s Twitch channel. For English, watch on Jiyuna’s channel. The action begins each day at 10:00 AM JST (8:00 PM EST, 5:00 PM PST the previous day), with the finals scheduled around 5:30 PM JST (3:30 AM EST, 12:30 AM PST).

ANIMEILLUMINATI (English)

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gamenewton (Japanese)

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The classic East Coast tournament series Northeast Championship enter its 18th year. Taking place at the Valley Forge Casino Resort in the outskirts of Philadelphia, NEC 18 will feature a huge range of titles in the classic Big E Gaming style.

If you’re looking to watch the event from home, you’ll have seven streams bringing you the action. You can find each of them below. Watch and be sure to check out the brackets on Smash.gg.

bifuteki

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KPBLive

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FunkyP

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TSB_Blaze

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TeamSp00ky

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KombatNetwork

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AtariFGC

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All times in Eastern Standard Time (UTC -5).

Sources: Big E Gaming

This weekend Capcom brings to you Battle for the Stones, a special Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite event where the rules are meant to be broken. Sixteen players will make up the bracket: the seven Marvel vs. Capcom 3 champions Viscant, Filipino Champ, Flocker, Justin Wong, Kane Blueriver, Chris G, and RyanLV; the six Infinite Stone Tournament qualifiers Sacktap (Space), Richard Nguyen (Soul), Kazunoko (Time), Cloud805 (Power), Teemo (Mind) and Brian Kasugano (Reality); and three online qualifier winners Alioune, Moise and Stealth.

The twist of the Battle for the Stones are the Infinity Stones; which grant the wielders the ability to bend tournament rules into their favor. Losing a match while holding a stone will pass it to the winner. The Infinity Stones can only be used one time per stone bear, and a player cannot use two stones within a single set.

• Space Stone – Allows the Stone Bearer to swap their position in the bracket, and face a different opponent! The position must be in an equal place in the tournament.
• Soul Stone – Allows the Stone Bearer to erase one of their losses in a 3 out of 5 set.
• Time Stone – Allows the Stone Bearer to cease the flow of time, enabling them to negate the use of an opponent’s Stone Bearer power any time during the tournament for one match!
• Power Stone – Allows for the Stone Bearer to land the first hit in a match, giving them a guaranteed life advantage over their opponent by executing the first combo of a match.
• Mind Stone – Allows the Stone Bearer to control their opponent’s mind by choosing both of their characters and Infinity Stone.
• Reality Stone – Grants the Stone Bearer the ability to alter reality by swapping three button functions in their opponent’s control configuration.

Who will claim the six stones and the Infinity Gauntlet trophy? Watch the battle go down on the Battle for the Stone channel on Twitch and follow the brackets live on Smash.gg.

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Results

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

First Round

Sacktap (Reality-Nemesis/Haggar) vs. Viscant (Space-, Reality-Haggar/Nova) – 3-2 Sacktap retains the Space
Moise (Reality-Nova/Ghost Rider) vs. Stealth (Soul-Zero/Dante) – 0-3
Teemo (Space-Dormammu/Nova) vs. EG|NYChrisG (Space-Morrigan/Monster Hunter) – 2-3
FORT|Cloud805 (Soul-Zero/Dante) vs. Kane Blueriver (Soul-Haggar/Dante) – 3-0
GGP|Kazunoko (Reality-Dormammu/Ultron) vs. RyanLV (Reality-Morrigan/Chun-Li)
FOX|JWong vs. Brian Kasugano
Splyce|Fchamp vs. Alioune
Flocker vs. RISE|Richard Nguyen

Source: Battle for the Stones

The 2017 Capcom Pro Tour comes to its conclusion this weekend with Capcom Cup! 32 of the best Street Fighter V players in the world will clash for the crown and a piece of a prize pool exceeding $370,000. With the reigning Capcom Cup champion NuckleDu not participating, who will step up to claim the throne?

This year’s Capcom Cup has been extended to three days of competition. The first two will take at the Hilton Anaheim Hotel, with the final day going down at PlayStation Experience at the Anaheim Convention Center. 31 of the participants have already been determined over the course of the year. The much-coveted final spot in the bracket will be decided by the Last Chance Qualifier on Friday. The player list for the qualifier is absolutely stacked with quality players hoping to seize the final opportunity to make it to the finals. Play continues with the Capcom Cup Top 32 to 8 on Saturday, and finally concludes with the Top 8 Sunday.

To catch the dramatic conclusion of the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour season, tune into Capcom Fighters on Twitch.

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Schedule

Brackets

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Sources: Capcom Pro Tour

The 2017 Capcom Pro Tour nears its end. This weekend’s Red Bull Battle Grounds in Boston is host to the CPT North America Regional Finals, the last event before Capcom Cup. By the end of the weekend 31 of the 32 Capcom Cup Finals competitors will be known, leaving only the Capcom Cup Last Chance Qualifier as the absolute final chance to make it into the global finals. Red Bull Battle Grounds will also have side events for Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike and Ultra Street Fighter IV.

As with the previous Regional Finals, seven players have already qualified for the event through their performance on the NA ranking points leaderboard. The survivor of the open Last Chance Qualifier on Saturday will join those players to complete the bracket of eight for the Regional Finals proper on Sunday. The winner of the Regional Finals will secure a guaranteed spot in Capcom Cup, regardless of leaderboard performance.

Some fierce competitors will be fighting through the Last Chance Qualifier to reach the finals, including Snake Eyez, Samurai, Alex Myers, JB, Vagabond, LPN, Wolfkrone and more. Check out the brackets on Smash.gg for a full player list.

Watch the Regional Finals live on the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel.

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Sources: Red Bull Battle Grounds, Capcom Pro Tour

With the six official offline Battle for the Stones qualifiers now complete, the battle shifts to online to determine the final three competitors for the main event in December. While those who qualify via online won’t have access to rule-bending Infinity Stones that the offline qualifiers possess, securing a spot means a chance to compete against the previous Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Evo champions for a share of prize pool of over $30,000.

First up is the Europe qualifier, followed by the Latin America qualifier on November 25 and the North America qualifier on December 2. The Europe qualifier is down to its final eight players:

Top 8 Winners

Howtoread vs. Faker
Alioune vs. WhiteBl4ck

Top 8 Losers

XusesGB vs. laFunkhh
Iron Bullet vs. fallb0rn

To catch the action, watch live on the Battle for the Stones Twitch channel.

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Source: Smash.gg

The TEKKEN World Tour reaches its conclusion this Sunday. 16 of the world’s best, representing the Americas, Europe and Asia, will compete at City View at Metreon in San Francisco for a share of a $50,000 prize pool and the title of Tekken world champion.

The 16 competitors are made up of the Evo 2017 champion JDCR and top five players on the leaderboards from each of three regions: the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Evo 2017 Champion

• FOX|JDCR

Play begins with the Group Stage, with four groups of four. The Evo champion and the top ranked player from each region will be each be placed into separate groups; the remaining players will be assigned to their groups based on their performance during the world tour. The top two players from the Group Stage will move on to the Bracket Stage, with first place advancing in the winners bracket and second place advancing to losers.

The action begins at 12:30 PM PST, 3:30 PST with the group selection pre-show, with group play starting 30 minutes after. You can watch the action live on the official TEKKEN Twitch channel.

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Sources: TEKKEN World Tour