Tekken 7 Location Test Announced, Will Be Held in Japanese Namco Arcades in October!

Just announced on the Namco Sugamo Cup stream by Katsuhiro Harada, the location test for the new Tekken 7 will be held in Japanese arcades in October next month. On the 3rd, 4th and 5th of October, Namco Sugamo arcade in Tokyo and the Namco Nipponbashi arcade in Osaka will house Tekken 7 cabinets and allow people to play the new game on free play mode. Tekken 7 will include the ability to play against opponents locally in the arcade and also online against other players at different arcades through the internet. Players at the arcades will also be able to collect special designer banapass cards with the Tekken 7 render of Kazuya & Heihachi. You can look forward to camera video uploads and maybe a possible niconico stream of Tekken 7 in October.

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New Tekken 7 Announcement will be made at the Namco Sugamo Cup

Katsuhiro Harada just tweeted that the upcoming Namco Sugamo Cup event this weekend will feature an appearance by Harada himself and also that he will be bringing a new announcement regarding Tekken 7 with him to the event! The Namco Sugamo Cup for those who don't know, is a 3 day event that the Namco Sugamo arcade in Japan is running that features a True Tekken God, Nobi VS Take 'concept match', followed by a 3on3 tournament then lastly a beginner tournament over the span of 3 days. The Namco Sugamo Cup is occurring this weekend starting from the Saturday up until the Monday in Japan at the Namco Sugamo game center with the Tekken 7 announcement being made and streamed on niconico during the 3on3 Tournament event. Since it's on niconico, I'll be sure to put up the archives on YouTube eventually.

Sugamo Cup - Nobi VS Take Match URL ▶ http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv192806027

Sugamo Cup - 3on3 Tournament URL (ft Tekken 7 news!) ▶ http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv192806439

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Team Korea Enters MASTERCUP.7!

In a special announcement stream on the Yuu & Nobi niconico channel, MasakariJin (the tournament organizer) announces TEAM KOREA which is set to invade the tournament this coming November. The team consists of an all star, all 'True Tekken Gods' team of Jundding, Help Me, Knee, Saint & Only Practice - all of which will make their way to Japan for the upcoming tournament. This dominating team of Korean players being sent over to Japan to enter MASTERCUP.7 is all due to the collaboration between MASTERCUP and the 'Murata System of Maximum Punishment' energy drink group in Japan which supports fighting game events. The MASTERCUP.7 tournament is being held in Tokyo, Japan on the 2nd of November this year.

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MASTERCUP.7 - Combo Makers Collaborative PV Revealed

MASTERCUP.7 is slowly creeping up on us this year, the latest in Japan's large series of 5on5 tournaments is a few months months away! MASTERCUP.7 is said to be the 'final' send off for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in Japan and they are expected to go out with a bang. In collaboration with certain popular Combo Makers you see on YouTube, MASTERCUP has revealed the first Promotional Video for the tournament on the official YouTube channel. You can watch the PV below and look forward to watching the next MASTERCUP tournament on niconico later down the line. If you're a big fan of the MASTERCUP series, you may spot something familiar about the character teams used in this Promotional Video!

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TTT2: Japan Invasion Event at The Philippines

Over at the Philippines this past weekend; Nobi, Genkids & Jackller (Tekken Bancho) got the opportunity to play in a 3v3 tournament as well as exhibition matches against the local competition in an event held by Timezone. The internet at the venue was not good at the time to stream the great matches however the PinoyVersus YouTube channel have started uploading the archives for the tournament and exhibition matches which is now available for viewing. The playlist will run through most of the 3v3 tournament in reverse order and the exhibition match features AK, Maru, & Doujin vs Nobi, Genkids & Jackller. Customs are off (Maru is another Dragunov/Lars player) and the matches were set to 4 rounds to win.

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