Kuro Kuro Cup | Japanese Double Elimination Tournament on August 8th

The KUROKURO CUP returns this year and once again it's being hosted by Japan's very own Kuro Kuro. The tournament / party event will be taking place in Akihabara, Japan on the 8th of August so it's a great event to go compete in some Tekken 7 then later getting drunk with all the other players at the bar. For this year, both Knee and Chanel are invited and will be participating in the tournament. Kuro Kuro will be streaming the event on both niconico & Twitch so If you yourself cannot be there, you can at least watch it live. If you do happen to be there in Japan for the event however, Kuro Kuro has set up an English registration page that makes it easy to enter yourself in. For further details on the event, you can consult Kuro Kuro's blog or keep reading below.

KUROKURO-CUP ≫ http://blog.goo.ne.jp/kuro__kuro__

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Nobi Gaisen Cup - MASTERCUP Assault Category Summer 2015 Announced

Another whopper of a name. MASTERCUP has recently announced a new tournament being held in Japan for Tekken 7 - The Nobi Gaisen Cup. The 'gaisen' bit on the name means a big triumphant return so this tournament is being held to celebrate Nobi's victory at EVO this year. The current format for this tournament is 3on3 with team entrees limited to 36 teams in total so it's not a huge tournament but it could expand in the future. It's going to be held in Namco's Hakata Bus Terminal Arcade on the 30th of August so the tournament is not too far away from now. Should more details on the tournament including a stream or videos come in the future, we'll let you know. For now, the tournament details and in-game prizes are now available.

NOBI GAISEN CUP ▶ http://mastercupofficial.com/9970

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EVO 2015 | World's Largest Fighting Game Event Streamed Live from Las Vegas

UPDATE: TEKKEN 7 at EVO 2015 has concluded and the full Top 8 results has been added!

EVO 2015 is almost upon us everyone. If you cannot be there to participate in Las Vegas, hopefully you can join everyone else and tune into the Evo 2015 twitch live streams which will be carried out during the course of this weekend. TEKKEN 7, the latest installment of the Tekken series that is currently out in Asian arcades will be a main title featured in the official Evolution line-up with an additional $30,000 pot bonus thanks to Bandai Namco. There's also a side tournament for TTT2 at the BYOC area on Sunday so If you happen to be there, feel free to participate at around noon. And of course, don't forgot to pick up your free Lili / Eliza T-shirt designed by jbstyle at the event!

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MASTERCUP EVO 2015 Interview with Japan's ORZ Yuu & Nobi

Japan's most famous Tekken playing duo Yuu & Nobi recently got picked up by the Otaku React Zest group which is a company that is set out to spread the otaku 'Akiba culture' which may have a negative connotation depending on who you ask. Their recent efforts have them sponsoring top Tekken players to EVO which is what's making this a frightfully difficult tournament to come up top now with the increase in well regarded foreign players. MASTERCUP sat down with both Yuu & Nobi to ask what they feel and think traveling across the world and competing in such an event, as well as general past experiences and who they're watching out for. The complete Japanese interview is now published on the MASTERCUP website which you can see in the URL. I can't currently provide a full translation of the interview so feel free to use complete auto translate but I've done a little bit of the interview below.

MASTERCUP EVO 2015 Interview ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/9773

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EVO 2015 - Schedule and Tekken 7 Pools Now Available

The pool scheduling as well as player brackets for Evo 2015 which is happening on July 17 - 19 are now out for viewing. Tekken 7 pools will be played out on both Friday & Saturday which unforunately leaves out the previous plan which was to have Friday as a practice day. Nonetheless, pools start at 8:00 am local time so be sure to get there early to participate. Now that the Tekken 7 brackets are also out, you can see the vast number of international Japanese competitors in it to win the tournament so the competition will of course be really fierce at this year's Evo. Don't forget however that there's also the TTT2 side tournament being organised at the BYOC area at Evo so there's more Tekken to play beside the official Tekken 7 tournament. Have a great time everyone.

Evo 2015 Schedule ≫ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4bVNTOgaOvya0s4d0x2R3pPZllrSkR1MFdjSFlOZ05uV0FN/view

Evo 2015 Brackets ≫ http://evo2015.s3.amazonaws.com/brackets/index.html

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