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It seems that HORI isn’t the only company releasing an arcade stick for Tekken 7. Mad Catz has also announced that they are collaborating with Bandai Namco for their own take on a Tekken 7 arcade stick.

Mad Catz’s Tekken 7 offering is based on their Tournament Edition 2 Arcade Fight Stick–now Tournament Edition 2+. This means that it will contain the same features as the Street Fighter V original such as the touch pad, opening top panel, foam padding, Sanwa parts, and easily swappable top panel art. That said, players might not make use of the latter–since the Tekken 7 TE2+ variants from Mad Catz will feature some amazing art on their own.

Both variants of the Mad Catz Arcade Fight Stick Tournament Edition 2+ feature slick, hand-drawn character art. The red version focuses on series antagonist Heihachi Mishima, with the rest of his dysfunctional family on the side. The white version, on the other hand, has Tekken 7 boss (and Heihachi’s estranged wife) Kazumi Mishima, with Heihachi off to the side instead.

Mad Catz is still mum on details–such as when it’ll come out, and how much it will cost. That said, those interested can register over on Mad Catz’s official site for these. In the meantime, check out some of these images of these sticks.

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Source: Mad Catz

Acting as NorCal’s premier fighting game tournament, NorCal Regionals is returning for 2017 on April 14th-16th. Held at the Holiday Inn in Sacramento, NorCal Regionals 2017 promises three days of top-quality fighting game action, for a whole host of games.

Much like last year, NorCal Regionals will be a Premier Event on the Capcom Pro Tour, so expect talent from around the world to descend on Sacramento to fight for one of those auto-qualifier spots. Currently, there is no news on whether the infamous “death pool” will return, but based on the excitement it generated last year, I would not rule it out. The games that will feature at NorCal Regionals 2017 are:

• Street Fighter V
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Pokkén Tournament
• The King of Fighters XIV

There will also be a community choice game, where the game with the most signups will also feature on the NorCal Regionals stream. The community choice games are Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Killer Instinct, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- and BlazBlue: Central Fiction. There are tournaments running for these four games, but only one will be officially streamed by the event, so rally the troops to get your game on the main stage.

Early bird registration is available now, along with hotel bookings, so head over to the NorCal Regionals website to ensure your place at one of California’s most prestigious events.

Source: NorCal Regionals