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Ever since it was announced last December, many players have been wondering if Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite would be getting the same kind of competitive esports support that Capcom’s other fighting game, Street Fighter V, has received. Now, a video that may give us the answer to this question has been making the rounds on sites such as Reddit, GameFAQs, and even our own forums.

The video in question seems to be a marketing deck meant for investors, shareholders, sponsors, and business partners. However, for some reason it was posted online and made public. The account itself used for the video uses the name of John Diamonon, who many may know as Capcom’s Senior Director of Licensing & Esports. However, we’re unable to verify if the account is actually his.

What’s more interesting however is the content of the video. Specifically, it seems to detail Capcom’s esports plans for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite for both this year and the next. For this year, the plan involves online qualifiers for 14 players, followed by 2 extra slots. One of these is for a last chance qualifier at Capcom Cup. The other, however, is for a player who will receive a special invite after winning a special one-off tournament. No details of this one off tournament have been given other than it will be “highly publicized and televised.” This may indicate something similar to TBS’s ELEAGUE for Street Fighter V.

As for next year, the plan seems to be to create an annual esports league around Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite using the same structure as the Capcom Pro Tour. This league will allow players to qualify for Capcom Cup via Evo, premier events, and online events throughout the world. In addition to this, the video also mentions qualifying via standalone events, mentioning partners such as Red Bull, Turner Sports, and ESL.

As part of this tour, Capcom is supposedly aiming to raise about $600,000 in prize money. While some of this will come from the sale of DLC — similar to Street Fighter V — it seems that they’re looking to raise a significant part of this, as well as the overall funding needed to run the tour, via sponsorships.

The rest of the video is dedicated to further number-crunching, including how much it’ll actually take to run the tour, and how much profit is expected to be made, based on their previous experience with the Capcom Pro Tour.

[The video was, unsurprisingly, deleted shortly after it went public — but can still be viewed here via Dropbox, or here via Streamable.]

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Editor’s note: Joey Cuellar has posted this clarification regarding Evo references and footage contained in the video:

This leaked video does not represent Evo’s views and we were not consulted beforehand about the video. Footage was used without our consent.

— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) August 8, 2017

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Sources: r/MvCI; SRK forums; Joey Cuellar (Twitter)

After beginning their coverage of all of the character changes coming to the BlazBlue Central Fiction cast in the recently-released 2.0 update, the crew at Level 482 Productions is back with a second wave of videos to break down another batch of fighters. After focusing previously on Nine The Phantom, Noel Vermillion, Mu-12, Hazama, Hibiki Kohaku, Izayoi, Hades Izanami, Azrael, Susano’o, Jin Kisaragi, Hakumen, Rachel Alucard and Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, the team turns their attention to the following characters:

• Kokonoe
• Celica A. Mercury
• Lambda-11
• Nu-13
• Tsubaki Yayoi
• Makoto Nanaya
• Litchi Faye-Ling
• Arakune
• Relius Clover
• Carl Clover
• Platinum The Trinity
• Yuuki Terumi

You can see all of the videos concerning these characters below. With 10 characters remaining before the entire current cast is covered, keep watching their channel, as they’re looking to finish this series before the update comes to consoles.

If you’d like to review the fully translated patch for the entire cast, as well as the System Changes, you can read them here.

BlazBlue Central Fiction version 2.0 is currently available in arcades, with a console release planned for sometime this summer.

Source: Level 482 Productions

After beginning their coverage of all of the character changes coming to the BlazBlue Central Fiction cast in the recently-released 2.0 update, the crew at Level 482 Productions is back with a second wave of videos to break down another batch of fighters. After focusing previously on Nine The Phantom, Noel Vermillion, Mu-12, Hazama, Hibiki Kohaku, Izayoi, Hades Izanami, Azrael, Susano’o, Jin Kisaragi, Hakumen, Rachel Alucard and Valkenhayn R. Hellsing, the team turns their attention to the following characters:

• Kokonoe
• Celica A. Mercury
• Lambda-11
• Nu-13
• Tsubaki Yayoi
• Makoto Nanaya
• Litchi Faye-Ling
• Arakune
• Relius Clover
• Carl Clover
• Platinum The Trinity
• Yuuki Terumi

You can see all of the videos concerning these characters below. With 10 characters remaining before the entire current cast is covered, keep watching their channel, as they’re looking to finish this series before the update comes to consoles.

If you’d like to review the fully translated patch for the entire cast, as well as the System Changes, you can read them here.

BlazBlue Central Fiction version 2.0 is currently available in arcades, with a console release planned for sometime this summer.

Source: Level 482 Productions

Moving from Santa Monica to Chicago, the season finale for this year’s Red Bull Proving Grounds will see 12 teams from around the USA competing to be the best region in the country. Hosted at Joe’s Live Rosemont, teams will face off in 3v3 battles until one group is left standing. Similar to last year, the winning team will not only receive bragging rights, but a free trip to compete in the Capcom Pro Tour North America Finals at Red Bull Battle Grounds.

The big change is that this year’s Proving Grounds Finals will be open to the public, meaning Street Fighter V fans from all around the country can come support their team. What’s more, entry will be free so fly out your entire local scene to cheer for your friends.

There are still plenty of regional stops on the Proving Grounds tour before the Chicago finals, so get out there and prove your region is the best at Street Fighter V!

Source: Red Bull eSports

Announced via one of Square Enix’s marathon Dissidia Final Fantasy NT livestreams, Final Fantasy X‘s Jecht has been revealed as the next character to join the game’s roster. A star Blitzball player and Tidus’ abusive father, Jecht excels at overwhelming his opponents through a combination of powerful punches and flaming sword slashes.

All of his attacks can be charged up, which can add extra hits, increase their range or allow Jecht to break through an opponent’s block. Players can further beef up Jecht’s massive damage by correctly timing button presses during his combos, making him the strongest pound-for-pound melee attacker in Dissidia NT.

Along with his strong offense, Jecht can easily stop other frontline fighters through the use of his Jecht Block. This parry move deflects almost any attack, even those with guard crush capabilities. If Jecht gets in on you, don’t be surprised if you lose your entire life bar.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is scheduled to launch on PS4 in early 2018, with a closed beta happening later this year.

Source: Square Enix Japan