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Drakefang, owner of ArcadeStream, the primary gaming center in Seoul that houses Street Fighter V events, has announced a special tournament for all players in Korea and nearby regions. At stake for this event is a round trip ticket to Evolution 2016.

For a 10,000 KRW entry fee (roughly $10), players will square off in a 128-player, double-elimination bracket, for the winner-takes-all prize. While SpiritZero already held one such event in Anyang, South Korea earlier in the month, there is a slight difference in this event. While foreign players could compete in the SpiritZero event, they could not earn the trip to Evo even if they won; only Koreans could. ArcadeStream, on the other hand, has opened their tournament to anyone within the region who wants to try to earn passage to the Las Vegas-based tournament.

Already confirmed to be showing up to this event is a smattering of players from the US, such as RagingStormX, as well as a plethora of players who cut their teeth on other games, such as Verna, MadKOF, and Lacid of King of Fighters fame, M. Lizard of Street Fighter IV fame, and 200won, who is famous from his play in Tekken Crash last year.

For those in Seoul and surrounding regions, this may be your chance to get to Evo. For everyone else, the event will be streamed live starting at 1:00 PM KST, Saturday, May 28th (12 AM EDT Saturday/9 PM PDT Friday, May 27th) on ArcadeStream’s Twitch channel.

Source: ArcadeStream

Drakefang, owner of ArcadeStream, the primary gaming center in Seoul that houses Street Fighter V events, has announced a special tournament for all players in Korea and nearby regions. At stake for this event is a round trip ticket to Evolution 2016.

For a 10,000 KRW entry fee (roughly $10), players will square off in a 128-player, double-elimination bracket, for the winner-takes-all prize. While SpiritZero already held one such event in Anyang, South Korea earlier in the month, there is a slight difference in this event. While foreign players could compete in the SpiritZero event, they could not earn the trip to Evo even if they won; only Koreans could. ArcadeStream, on the other hand, has opened their tournament to anyone within the region who wants to try to earn passage to the Las Vegas-based tournament.

Already confirmed to be showing up to this event is a smattering of players from the US, such as RagingStormX, as well as a plethora of players who cut their teeth on other games, such as Verna, MadKOF, and Lacid of King of Fighters fame, M. Lizard of Street Fighter IV fame, and 200won, who is famous from his play in Tekken Crash last year.

For those in Seoul and surrounding regions, this may be your chance to get to Evo. For everyone else, the event will be streamed live starting at 1:00 PM KST, Saturday, May 28th (12 AM EDT Saturday/9 PM PDT Friday, May 27th) on ArcadeStream’s Twitch channel.

Source: ArcadeStream

Capcom recently published the updated set of rules for the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour. While most of the rules should already be familiar to tournament-goers, there are a few important entries that have been added.

Capcom has officially barred sponsors involved in adult entertainment from taking part in the Pro Tour. Additionally, this ruling opens the door for Capcom to ban any other sponsor deemed “inappropriate” at their own discretion.

Aside from this, Capcom has also clarified some rules regarding gambling. Gambling of any form is now banned from all events, and violators may be ejected and even banned from the Pro Tour altogether. This is a significant ruling, as anyone who’s been to fighting game majors knows that the community tends to enjoy having a good “side bet.” How this new ruling ends up being enforced (or whether it sees enforcement at all), is bound to cause a lot of discussion in the community.

Finally, Capcom has also clarified rules regarding player behavior. The company is taking a stance against swearing, harassment, collusion and “other types of conduct deemed inappropriate at Capcom’s sole discretion.” Players caught doing any of these actions may be disqualified or even receive a lifetime ban from future events.

You can read more about these and other rules on the Capcom Pro Tour website.

Source: Capcom via IPLAYWINNER

Is the popularity of Pikachu all it took to K.O. the down right fierceness of Street Fighter?

Maybe!

There are a variety of elements at play that resulted in Pokkén Tournament outselling the newest installment of Street Fighter in the United States, but it’s hard not to give props to the surprisingly deep Pokémon fighting game.

This sales information was confirmed by video game analyst, ZhugeEX, regarding the NPD Group US Games Industry report for April 2016.

Pokken Tournament for Wii U has now outsold Street Fighter V for PS4 in the US at retail. pic.twitter.com/U0oPTDtoB6

— ZhugeEX (@ZhugeEX) May 13, 2016

An interesting tidbit to consider is that these numbers only take into account physical copies sold, so neither game is getting a boost from digital marketplaces. ZhugeEX acknowledges this and clarifies that the outcome would still be the same regardless.

@JamesSwiftDay Sure.

But based on the physical numbers it won’t make too much of a difference.

— ZhugeEX (@ZhugeEX) May 13, 2016

Will Pokkén Tournament continue this trend, or will Street Fighter V pick up the pace once more content is released? Feel free to join the discussion below.

Sources: ZhugeEX, NPD

Bandai Namco recently announced that they’ll be following up the wildly successful Dragon Ball Xenoverse with the aptly named sequel, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2. Dimps is once again at the helm of development and they plan to create the “largest and most detailed Dragon Ball world ever developed.”

In the game, players are given the task of protecting Dragon Ball history, but this time it is teased that players will be able to alter key events in the universe. The game will release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

I for one am curious about the content this game is going to pack. The most recent anime, Dragon Ball Super, is well on its way in Japan, but is not near completion. There also isn’t any word on a U.S. adaptation, which could complicate things if content was planned to be used. It would be nice, though, for the game to include a few characters and transformations from what has been shown thus far!

Those hoping for more information surrounding the game will not have to wait long. Bandai Namco promises more details to be revealed at E3 2016, so mark your calendars for June 14 through June 16.

Sources: Gematsu, Bandai Namco, Attack of the Fanboy

This weekend is Toryuken 5, the fifth of 14 qualifier events for Capcom Pro Tour North America. The event will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Building in Toronto, Ontario. Toryuken 5 is a Street Fighter V Capcom Pro Tour 2016 ranking tournament so in addition to Canada’s best SFV players, you can expect to see strong players like EG Justin Wong, EG Ricki Ortiz, EG PR Balrog, PG RayRay, PG MarlinPie, etc. attending to try and earn ranking points and qualify for the North American regional finals. In addition to Street Fighter V, you can expect to see many other fighting game tournaments this weekend with over $6000 in pot bonuses.