Category: Fighting Games

Enjoying a second year as part of the Capcom Pro Tour, the folks behind First Attack are bringing another fantastic fighting game tournament to the people of Puerto Rico next month.

First Attack 2015 is ready to pay out almost $5,000 in pot bonuses across a number of official titles, including Ultra Street Fighter IV, Mortal Kombat X, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, Killer Instinct, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2. And with talent like Evil Geniuses’ PR Balrog, Infiltration, EX Pugera, Takumi of The Black Eye, and more in attendance, the locals will certainly have their hands full defending their turf.

The biggest news, however, is that Capcom will be bringing the latest build of Street Fighter V to the island for attendees to try out for themselves, complete with newcomers Necalli and Vega.

First Attack 2015 is scheduled for September 4-6. More details can be found by here.

Source: First Attack, tip via Jonas

If you’re planning to visit Orlando, Florida for CEO Gaming’s all-anime fighting game tournament, registration is now open through the event’s official website.

Featuring competition in a wide array of titles, including Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code, Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX, and more, CEOtaku is aiming to be the premier destination for fans of these airdashing titles.

Be sure to check out the trailer below for an idea of what they are going for.

CEOtaku is scheduled for October 17-18. More details can be found by following the link below.

Source: CEOtaku

UPDATE – Closes source to DreamHack have disclosed to The Daily Dot that Super Smash Bros. Melee will indeed appear at DreamHack London 2015, which is scheduled for September 19-20. Special thanks to Efren Salinas for sending this our way. Our original article follows below.

Over the years, DreamHack has risen to become one of Europe’s premier competitive gaming destinations. While originally focused on titles like Starcraft, Counter-Strike, and Quake, a recent shift has seen the Swedish organization bring fighters into the equation. Street Fighter IV has played a major part since 2012, Mortal Kombat X was added to the mix last year, and upcoming tournaments may even feature a particular decade-old GameCube title everyone seems to be fond of.

A recent tweet sent out by DreamHack Fighters leads us to believe that Super Smash Bros. Melee will possibly join the DreamHack lineup in the near future. Okay, sure, all it shows is a GameCube, but until competitive communities spring up for Super Mario Strikers, we’re going to go ahead and assume Smashers have a lot to look forward to.

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— DreamHack Fighters (@DHFighters) August 18, 2015

An appearance at DreamHack would be just another step in Melee’s monumental resurgence, which has seen the title’s competitive scene return to the Evolution Championship Series and even receive recognition from Nintendo themselves.

DreamHack’s next stop is at DreamHack London 2015 in September, with the substantially larger DreamHack Winter 2015 set for the end of November. We’re sure to receive more details as we near those dates, so stay tuned.

Source: DreamHack Fighters

Today’s TOPANGA TV had some juicy news for TOPANGA LEAGUE fans. On the show, TOPANGA representative director Toyota announced the invitees for the upcoming TOPANGA LEAGUE 5 (B), along with other key details for the Ultra Street Fighter IV league competition. Taking part in this year’s B League are returning veterans like RZR|Fuudo and MCZ|Mago, along with new faces and rising stars like FGC|Pepeday, aiai, and Matsuri.

Schedule

This season’s B League officially kicks off on September 4 and will run for ten days. Prior to the start of the season, an online qualifier will be held on August 23 to determine the final two players.

B League Online Qualifier*
Aug. 23 (Sun.)
B League
Sep. 4 (Fri.)	Sep. 5 (Sat.)	Sep. 6 (Sun.)
Sep. 11 (Fri.)	Sep. 12 (Sat.)	Sep. 13 (Sun.)
Sep. 21 (Mon.)	Sep. 22 (Tue.)	Sep. 23 (Wed.)
A-B League Replacement Match Playoff
Oct. 4 (Sun.)

*Viewable free of charge.

Rules & Format

While previous B League events consisted of 16 players, this year’s bumps that number up to 20. Players will broken into two blocks of ten, determined by drawing after the completion of the online qualifier. To prevent repeated matchups, players using the same character will be separated into different blocks.

The remaining rules are the same as previous years. B League will be played online in best-of-5 game matches. Players are ranked by win-loss record, or in the case of a tie, by game win-loss difference, followed by head-to-head matchup results.

Players

Below are the invited players of TOPANGA LEAGUE 5 (B). Included in the list of participants are A Leaguers who were demoted last season, losers of the replacement matches, higher placers from last season’s B League, champions of each TOPANGA RANKING BATTLE 2015 region, and other players showing exceptional performances and skill in the past year. Chun-Li specialist Matsuri joins as the first female player in TOPANGA League history.

For the invited players, character selection will be announced before the upcoming online qualifier on August 23. Winners of the online qualifier will use the same character used in the qualifier. For those unfamiliar with certain players, we have an included a list of likely character selections.

Player	Character
RZR|Fuudo	Fei Long
FGC|Pugera	Ibuki
YBK|SANTAROU	Sagat
YBK|Dashio	Seth
NINOMAE	Rose
NISHIKIN	Blanka
Sasaki	Cody
FGC|Pepeday	El Fuerte
Kawaguchi	Rose
MCZ|Mago	Yang
Misse	Makoto
Gachi-kun	Sagat
Matsuri	Chun-Li
aiai	Juri
YBK|Shiro	Abel
MDR	Rufus
-6	Poison
Hagejin	Zangief
Online Qualifier 1 Winner
Online Qualifier 2 Winner

Prizes

With the increase in players comes an increase in prize money. The top three placers for each block will be awarded a cash prize.

Placement	Prize
First Place of each Block	100,000 Yen (~805 USD)
Second Place of each Block	50,000 Yen (~405 USD)
Third Place of each Block	30,000 Yen (~240 USD)

Broadcast & Pricing Information

As always, TOPANGA LEAGUE 5 will be streamed on Niconico Live as a pay-per-view series of broadcasts. Purchasing a season ticket for each League will allow viewers to watch the entirety of that league, or in the case of the A-B ticket, all 22 days of TOPANGA LEAGUE 5. One Niconico point is the equivalent of one Japanese yen.

Ticket	Price
B League Season Ticket (10 Days)	2000 Niconico points (~16.15 USD)
A League Season Ticket (12 Days)	3500 Niconico points (~28.25 USD)
B-A League Season Ticket (22 Days)	5000 Niconico points (~40.35 USD)

Be sure to watch the online qualifier on August 23 (viewable free of charge) and look forward to the start of B League on September 4.

Source: TOPANGA TV

Everybody knows the story by now; when Capcom first started the beta tests for Street Fighter V, their servers where overwhelmed with the sheer number of players trying to get in, keeping fans from being able to play and forcing the developers to reschedule.

To make sure that the same issues don’t crop up when the beta does come back, Capcom has announced that they will be conducting regional stress tests to gather information. The first of these will be for Europe, scheduled for Thursday, August 20 between the hours of 4 PM and 12 AM BST, and again on Friday, August 21 during the same time period.

Once Capcom has enough data from Europe and is confident with the results, North America and Asia will be able to get in on the action during their own stress tests. The official global beta will follow sometime afterwards.

Take note that these stress tests will not count against the rescheduled beta; rather, Capcom states that these five days are an added bonus.

Source: Capcom-Unity