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Street Fighter V’s exposure to the masses is now going to be even larger. /r/StreetFighter is currently the largest fighting game related community on Reddit with 45,000 subscribers to its name. But it looks to get more subscribers and viewers in the near future.

The subreddit will now be turned into a default subreddit, which will make it viewable on the frontpage to new users and people who have yet to log in. This means that Reddit will be changing its algorithm to include new default subreddits.

This will allow new users the chance to be exposed to the strategy posts and tournaments that the subreddit provides, thus making it easier for people to get into the game.

Source: theScore esports

Dreamhack, one of the most recognizable event series in gaming, unveiled its plans for the Super Smash Bros. titles during the upcoming year, spreading a total prize pool of $100,000 between six events.

Dreamhack will support both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U during four North American events, and Melee will also be featured at the European Dreamhack Summer and Winter events. Each event will payout $10,000 to the top eight finalists in either game.

The first event, DreamHack Austin, will run from April 28 to 30–and is already accepting sign-ups. Tickets are available via DreamHack’s website, and players can register for the tournament via smash.gg. You can watch the DreamHack’s 2017 Smash Championship on Twitch and follow their newly-minted Twitter page here.

Check below for this year’s schedule of tournaments; for more detailed information on the individual DreamHack events, visit their website.

The Electronic Software Association recently announced that this years Electronic Entertainment Expo will be open to the public, for the first time. The annual trade fair–the largest in the industry–has for the longest time, been a closed event with only media and industry representatives able to attend.

This means that, for the first time ever, the general public will get its chance to see and try out many of the new games and technology that companies showcase at the event. This of course, includes fighting games.

For many years now, companies have chosen to use E3 to draw attention to the fighting games that they’re working on. Either by showcasing them at the event, debuting new characters and features for the attendees to try, or flat-out announcing them at E3. Expect the same this year, with Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite on the horizon, and content for games such as Street Fighter V and Injustice 2 in full swing.

Now, while top players have usually been invited to come to E3 to help try out the games and even join tournaments, the change of direction this year means that now even the average fan can come in and try these out.

For anyone interested in going to E3, a total of 15,000 tickets, each costing $250, have been allotted for the general public. Sales begin on Monday, February 13, with those who buy early able to avail of an early bird discount and get them at only $150 each.

Source: GameSpot

Canada Cup 2016 was one the biggest and best events on the tournament circuit last year. With lots of players in attendance for Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and The King of Fighters XIV, the event also held one of the largest Super Street Fighter II Turbo tournaments in North America in a long time.

This year, tournament organizer Lap Chi Duong intends for to be even bigger than it was in 2016. The event will again return to Toronto, Ontario at the Hilton Hotel near Pearson International Airport, and will be held from October 26th through the 29th. On top of that, Duong has reserved a ballroom 30% larger than the one used last year, which will make more room for every game at the event.

Venue Secured for Canada cup 2017, at the Hilton airport. 30% bigger grand ballroom. Save your dates Oct 26-29th.

— Lap Chi Duong (@lapchiduong) February 7, 2017

Further, for all you Super Turbo fans, the main organizer for the ST tournament last year–David “Atari” Bibona–stated that Super Turbo at Canada Cup aims to be bigger than last year’s 73 players, which featured international players from Japan, Spain, and France alongside the United States and Canada.

ST will be BIG at Canada Cup again- save the dates! https://t.co/uyUm3XXKL2

— Atari (@AtariFGC) February 9, 2017

Sources: Lap Chi Duong (Twitter), Atari (Twitter)

Throughout the years, Evo has had something of an interesting history regarding console versions of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The game was originally played on PlayStation 3 before eventually going to the community-preferred Xbox 360 version. Now, with a new console port, alongside the fact that it’s once again going to be on the Evo main stage, the question of which version of the game will be played arises.

In a recent tweet, Evo head honcho Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar announced that the recent PlayStation 4 version of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be the one played at Evo 2017.

We will be using the PlayStation 4 version of Marvel for the grand finale of UMvC3 at Evo 2017! #Evo2017

— Joey Cuellar (@MrWiz) February 8, 2017

The decision to use the PlayStation 4 version should come as no surprise. It has generally been well-received, and has already been confirmed for use in other major tournaments such as CEO 2017, as well as last weekend’s Undefeated. Though there were some initial concerns on whether or not it had any additional lag, the only sort of lag that has been found happens during the “super flash” when a Hyper move is activated–something that only minimally affects gameplay.

Source: Joey Cuellar (Twitter)