| Discussing The Fall Classic with “Long Island” Joe Ciaramelli |
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The Fall Classic is the culmination of some of the best tournament minds of the east coast coming together to throw one hell of an event. “Long Island” Joe Ciaramelli and John Gallagher of East Coast Throwdown, Larry “Shinblanka” Dixon of Final Round, and Eric Smalls of Big E Gaming (Northeast Championships, Summer Jam, Winter Brawl) [...] |
| Injustice: Gods Among Us Added to Official EVO 2013 Lineup |
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Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar just dropped some pretty big news on the Wakeup SRK Live podcast regarding this year’s Evolution tournament. While many were surprised to hear the event would feature eight official titles, the lineup will now be expanded to nine with the inclusion of NetherRealm Studio’s latest fighter, Injustice: Gods Among Us. Fans [...] |
| Batgirl Confirmed as Second Injustice: Gods Among Us DLC Character |
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The official Injustice: Gods Among Us Facebook page recently confirmed that Batgirl will be the next DLC character available after Lobo. Game art released along with this announcement (included below) shows Batgirl fighting with a pair of bat shaped katar, or Batar, if you will. An official timeline for her release was not given, though we were assured that we [...] |
| TOPANGA ASIA LEAGUE Final Results |
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TOPANGA is expanding its horizons, from the country of Japan to the entire continent of Asia. Earlier today, TOPANGA announced the next event in their Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver.2012 series, TOPANGA ASIA LEAGUE. While previous leagues have been Japan-only events, ASIA LEAGUE will include four players from other Asian nations, representing the [...] |
| Road to EVO 2013 International – TORYUKEN 2 Results |
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TorontoTopTiers’ TORYUKEN 2 is set to take place this weekend in Toronto, Ontario. As Canada’s only Road to EVO tournament, this event will see many players from both Eastern and Western Canada, as well as the United States, gather at the Best Western Primrose Hotel for the chance to earn seeding towards Evolution 2013. Best Western Primrose [...] |
| Inkblot and Ponder’s Next Big Thing, and How You can Help! |
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This straight up is not fighting game related, but it’s something that’s close to my heart, so I hope you’ll bear with me. Over the years, Ponder and I have collaborated on a lot of fighting game projects, including this site, Evo, and GGPO. All of these have been incredibly rewarding experiences for both of [...] |
| Road to EVO 2013 – NorCal Regionals 2013 Results |
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This weekend, Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale, California will be transformed into the venue for this year’s NorCal Regionals. With a tournament lineup consisting of all eight EVO titles (plus special appearances by Dead or Alive 5 and Divekick), streams provided by Team Spooky and the IPLAYWINNER crew, and much more, NorCal Regionals 2013 is set [...] |
| Road to EVO 2013 – Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 9 Scheduled for May 24-26 in Chicago, Illinois |
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The Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament series is set to burst into 2013 with its ninth installment. Organized by our very own Adam “Keits” Heart, UFGT9 looks primed to continue its legacy of providing an entertaining experience for all who attend, both during competition and downtime. From tournaments for established titles, indie fighters, and old-school favorites [...] |
| Street Fighter x Tekken PC 1.08 Patch (ver. 2013) Coming April 22 |
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Today, Capcom announced that the PC version of its newest crossover fighter, Street Fighter x Tekken, will be receiving a patch on April 22, updating the title to ver. 1.08, which is better known as ver. 2013. This patch will bring the PC version to the same balance of the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and [...] |
| The Runback 2013 2.3 – UMvC3, KOFXIII Replays and Results |
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UPDATE – The stream archive and results for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and King of Fighters XIII have been added below. Level|Up Series returns tonight with another installment of The Runback, broadcast as always from Super Arcade in Walnut, California. Much like previous events, some of SoCal’s best will be coming together to compete [...] |
| Next Level Battle Circuit #15 – AE 2012, UMvC3, SFxTK 2013 Replays and Results |
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UPDATE – Archives of last night’s stream and results for each game have been included below. This week’s installment of Next Level Battle Circuit is now streaming live courtesy of Team Spooky. As always, the event is being broadcast from its namesake, Next Level Arcade, in New York City. Tonight, they’ll be running tournaments for [...] |
| Wednesday Night Fights 2013 2.3 – Injustice: Gods Among Us Replays and Results |
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UPDATE – An archive of last night’s stream and results for the Injustice: Gods Among Us tournament have been added below. The Level|Up crew has just gone live with this week’s installment of Wednesday Night Fights. In addition to regulars Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 and Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, tonight’s event [...] |
| The Evo Tournament Format and Ruleset |
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(author’s note: this is a version of a document I originally wrote in 2011 explaining, among other things, why Evo uses a double elimination format instead of single elimination. It was never really finished, but since the topic of seeding is coming around again I thought I would post it up. At worst, it’s a [...] |
| Texas Showdown 2013 Results |
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Texas’s premier fighting game tournament, the Texas Showdown Championships, will be back in true form for 2013 this weekend. Organized by Javier “Javi” Moreno and Chris “Ranma0005″ Chou, the original founders of the Texas Showdown series, this year’s event is going back to its roots. Texas Showdown 2013 will be hosted at the Crowne Plaza [...] |
| Skullgirls DLC Character Voting Round 2 Ends; Aeon, Annie, Beowulf, Eliza, Isaac, Minette, Panzerfaust, and Stanley Remain |
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The second round of voting for the first fan-chosen Skullgirls character came to a close earlier today, leaving only eight characters in the running for official inclusion in the indie fighter. Aeon, Annie, Beowulf, Eliza, Isaac, Minette, Panzerfaust, and Stanley garnered enough votes to make their way to the third round, where voters will be limited to two choices. Did your favorites make [...] |
