Tekken 7 to Receive Second Season Pass alongside New 'Welcome Price' Edition

Word of a second Season Pass for Tekken 7 has leaked out, as a cheaper value edition of the game has come forward thanks to a Japanese video game schedule manager. Arriving on September 6, Bandai Namco is releasing a 'Welcome Price!!' edition in Japan which is a discounted version of a game much like the 'Greatest Hits' range of games. It's a version of the game that entices people that haven't gotten the game yet to jump in at a lower price point. Pre-orders of the 'Welcome Price' edition of Tekken 7 is said to come with a discount coupon that can be used for the game's first Season Pass (Tekken Bowling, Geese and Noctis) and the second Season Pass which hasn't been formally announced yet. There's no word on whether markets outside of Japan will receive something similiar like a discounted or 'complete' edition of Tekken 7 but keep your eyes out soon for the upcoming formal Season Pass 2 announcement.

Renka Schedule tweet ≫ https://twitter.com/Renka_schedule/status/1015564435191050240

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Bandai Namco Presents the Tekken Pro Championships with Over $10,000 in Prize Pool

1.5 Million Yen is on the line today in Japan as 8 officially recognized 'Pro' gamers for Tekken 7 battle it out. The action kicks off at 5:45 PM in Tokyo on March 24 which translates to 1:45 AM Pacific and 4:45 AM Eastern time so you might want to grab a coffee for this occasion. The top level players from the country competing in this double elimination tournament are Yuu, Noroma, Hakai Oh, Take, Nobi, Pekos, Double & lastly AO. This high profile Japanese tournament event is being simultaneously streamed live on the official Twitch Tekken channel and the losers side of the tournament being broadcasted on the 876TV YouTube channel so be sure to tune in live if you don't want to miss out.

TEKKEN Pro Championships Stream ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/tekken

Losers Side Stream ≫ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlsLhUXVzJ0

Tekken 7 Pro Champ Site ≫ http://www.tk7.tekken-official.jp/esports/pro_champ.php

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Tekken World Tour 2018 Season Begins Next Week at Final Round

Eeeeesports. Bandai Namco are back to announce the new year of competitive Tekken 7 with the Tekken World Tour. The 2018 season of the Tekken World Tour officially kicks off this month with the first event; Final Round 18 on March 16-18 being a Master level event for competitors looking for a strong start to the new season. The big changes to the tour format for this year is the unified leaderboards which replace the region locked leaderboards from last year, the location of grand finals event which is now set to take place in Amsterdam in the Netherlands and 20 top placers from the leaderboards qualifying for the TWT Grand Finals (up from the previous 16). For more details on the Tekken World Tour for 2018, you can check out their recently revamped web page for the 2018 tour:

Tekken World Tour ≫ https://tekkenworldtour.com/

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NorCal STRONGSTYLE 6 | Dedicated Tekken Tournament Event Taking Place Feb 10 - 11

Strongstyle returns this weekend in Northern California! The sixth Strongstyle event sees players from Europe, Japan, Korea fly into San Jose, California to take on the American competition from all over the country. Tekken 7 is being featured as the main tournament event alongside side tournaments for Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection and Tekken Ball Mode from Tekken 3. If you're a Tekken player, this event is not one to miss. Have no worries if you can't make it there however, for this occasion, StrongStyle is being streamed live over on Team Spooky's Twitch channel. For more details on the event like scheduling, brackets and more, check out the StrongStyle website:

SS6 Live Stream Channel ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky

Tekken Brackets ≫ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Se3MqKF3q3MJPV7W8WcT-KGLNDfWE1FrfBcnkVzlHzw/edit?usp=sharing

Twitter Coverage ≫ https://twitter.com/norcalss

StrongStyle Website ≫ https://strongstyletournament.com/

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Japan Paves the Way for E-sports with New Gaming Pro Licenses

Big news for the e-sports industry in Japan has come forward with the recent announcement that official 'Pro Licenses' are being issues from next year. Japan has in the past prevented their really strong players from making a career out of their talent due to strict gambling laws but this new initiative will seperate these "Pros" from the general public. With this news in mind, the upcoming Game Party Japan 2018 tournament (Togaiki) comes as the country's first opportunity to grant legal prize money to these professional gamers in the upcoming Tekken 7 tournament on February 10~11, 2018. Bandai Namco have currently been running their Japan Regionals competition starting with online qualifiers from this month which is leading into their finals play off in January 14 with top 3 finishers from there being granted an appearance in the GPJ 2018 tournament. There's a lot more to this to go on as the new year approaches but for now, you can read the details on these developments and the Bandai Namco support source from the Tekken 7 website:

Bandai Namco Official Tournament ≫ http://www.tk7.tekken-official.jp/special/?tab=0

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