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Canada Takes the Gold in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at Rio’s Inaugural eGames Showcase

After a tough bracket which saw international talent go head to head, Canada’s Elliot “Ally” Carroza-Oyarce has claimed the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U gold medal in the very first eGames showcase in Rio. Ally saw off threats from Trinidad and Tobago’s Wabz, Mexico’s MK Leo and the USA’s Larry Lurr in order to claim the number one spot. Larry Lurr did take silver for the USA while MK Leo brought home the bronze for Mexico.

Further down the bracket, the UK’s J Miller achieved fourth place, Germany’s Sodrek and Trinidad and Tobago’s Wadz landed at fifth, with Brazil’s Player 7 and Argentina’s Gado finishing in seventh. Despite some problems with the stream overlays–and occasionally getting player pictures and their characters mixed up–this showcase was a successful proof of concept, full of high quality matches and acting as a good template for future eGames events. With Japan hosting the 2020 Olympics in four years, we may have an equivalent or even bigger eGames tournament to look forward to, with hopefully more games and more countries competing for the gold.

Sources: Official eGames; smash.gg

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See Who’s Currently Making the Most (Real) Fight Money Playing Street Fighter V

When it comes to playing fighting games as a pro, how lucrative the results are can vary widely based on what the player accomplishes: namely, what event(s) they manage to win or place high at. Red Bull eSports compiled this breakdown of Street Fighter V’s top ten earners on the pro circuit–and the disparity in dollars from #10 to #1 is significant.

10. Hiroyuki “Eita” Nagata: $3,775.20

9. EVB’s Chris Tatarian: $3,960.50

8. YOUDEAL’s Tatsuya Haitani: $5,428.31

7. BX3/TP-Link’s Arman ‘Phenom’ Hanjani: $7,000.00

6. Goichi “Go1” Kishida: $7,884.32

5. Evil Geniuses’ Justin Wong: $10,421.19

4. YOUDEAL’s Atsushi “Yukadon” Fujimura: $12,107.00

3. Razer’s Keita “Fuudo” Ai: $23,214.00

2. Taniguchi “Tokido” Hajime: $23,274.50

1.  Lee “Infiltration” Seon-woo: $79,642.00

No surprise that making the finals at Evo 2016 is a common thread in the players on this list, with Justin Wong and Tokido being the higher-earning exceptions.

See the full list from Red Bull eSports here.

Source: Red Bull eSports

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How WoW and Magic The Gathering Get It Right

See MMOs are always fun to play together, but many of them have such huge worlds and such deep learning curves, it is impossible to get started in them once you fall behind. Magic and WoW seem to have found a solid formula to combat the death of MMOs and here is how it works.