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iPlayWinner’s Bread and Butter feat. DarryH – The Little Things: eSports and the Fighting Game Community 3 May 2013
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We were recently sent a very interesting video produced by James “Gabby_jay” Gowdey for iPlayWinner’s Bread and Butter promo series. Titled “The Little Things,” this piece features Darry “DarryH” Husky discussing the important differences between our community and the wider eSports conglomerate. While it’s definitely a topic that’s been done to death, his thoughts and [...]
UltraChen TV’s Tuesday Show Streaming Live – IGN Pro League, Twitch, and More 5 Mar 2013
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Ultra David and James Chen will soon be going live with this week’s installment of their Tuesday night show on UltraChen TV. Tonight, they will be talking about a variety of topics, including the recent news regarding IGN Pro League, their thoughts on Twitch, and more. Be sure to tune in early and check it [...]
Slasher Talks to IPL Fighting Game Community Liaison Mike Ross About Their Plans for the Future, EG|Justin Wong Shares His Thoughts on the Partnership and SF25′s Grand Finals 6 Dec 2012
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Continuing his coverage of IPL 5 in Las Vegas, Gamespot’s Rod “Slasher” Breslau took the time to talk to both Mike Ross and Evil Geniuses’ Justin Wong about a variety of topics, with an obvious emphasis on the recent news of IGN Pro League’s partnership with Capcom and the upcoming Street Fighter 25th Anniversary grand [...]
IGN Pro League’s Robb Chiarini on IPL 6′s Overlapping Dates with Final Round 16: “IPL will not hold a conflicting Fighting Game Event the same weekend as Final Round.” 3 Dec 2012
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Late last night, an announcement on ESFI World regarding the dates for IPL 6 in 2013 turned a few heads in the fighting game community. While no games were mentioned, IGN’s eSports General Manager David Ting revealed that IPL 6 would take place the weekend of March 28th, which would place it in direct competition [...]
Dead or Alive 5 Plus Announced for PlayStation Vita 1 Dec 2012
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It seems that Sony’s PlayStation Vita is fast becoming the handheld of choice for fighting games. Team NINJA recently announced that Dead or Alive 5 Plus will be joining the likes of Street Fighter x Tekken, Mortal Kombat, BlazBlue CS EXTEND and PS All Stars on said handheld. In this video, TN’s Yosuke Hayashi talks [...]
IGN Pro League AE 2012, SFxTK Exhibition Matches Featuring EG|Justin Wong, EG|PR Balrog, BT|Dieminion, and FNEX|KBrad Streaming Live from IPL 5 30 Nov 2012
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IPL Fighters recently went live with their broadcast of IGN Pro League’s IPL 5 event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Today, they’ll be discussing the newly revealed details regarding Capcom’s involvement with the eSports organization as well as streaming a variety of exhibition matches in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 and Street Fighter [...]
IGN Pro League Announces Partnership With Capcom, Street Fighter x Tekken ver. 2013 and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012 to Be Included in 2013 Season 30 Nov 2012
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IGN comes at us this morning with some huge news regarding the next season of competition in their Pro League tournament series. Having secured a partnership with Capcom, 2013 will see Dead or Alive 5 joined by Street Fighter x Tekken ver. 2013 and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition ver. 2012, with all three [...]
Dead or Alive 5 Joins IGN Pro League 28 Nov 2012
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IGN’s Bryan “DrDogg” Dawson recently dropped off this teaser video announcing that Dead or Alive 5 will be a featured title in the main IGN Pro League tournament series in 2013. Additional details will be made available this coming Friday. More details will be available on Friday, but for now I can confirm that DOA5 [...]
Dead or Alive 5 – La Mariposa Character Breakdown by IGN 7 Aug 2012
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Today’s entry into IGN’s “12 Days of Dead or Alive 5″ gives us a glance at a character who was not in the previously seen E3 build of the game – Lisa Hamilton, also known as La Mariposa. Now, those who tried her during her debut in DOA4 may recall that she was somewhat lacking [...]
IPL 12 Days of DOA5 Day 1 – August Build Impressions 3 Aug 2012
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The first article from the IGN Pro League’s 12 Days of Dead Or Alive 5 is now up. This first article focuses on all the changes and updates in the latest build of Dead Or Alive 5. The first thing that the article looks at is the game’s unique customizeable random select feature. Unlike traditional random [...]