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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Shadowloo Showdown V | Australian Fighting Game Tournament on August 29th - 31st, 2014

UPDATE: I'm back and I've just added the full results for the tournament.

The fifth iteration of Australian's Premier fighting game tournament series: Shadowloo Showdown is on this weekend! The tournament gathers the largest amount of local Australian players and frequently pits them up against international competition. For this year, the international guest participating in the TTT2 tournament is none other then the famed Korean player Help Me. The event will be streamed through the ShadowlooHQ twitch channels (Main - Sub) so be sure to tune in if you yourself can't make it out to the event this year. Since I'll be playing in the tournament, I'll be a bit late to update the results.

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POKKEN TOURNAMENT Announced, Being worked on by Bandai Namco

Just recently announced over a special 'Shocking Pokemon Announcement' livestream on niconico, Bandai Namco and the Pokémon Company is collaborating to create a new game titled 'POKKEN TOURNAMENT' which brings the world of Pokemon to the 3D fighting game genre. Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada and Soul Calibur series main programmer Masaaki Hoshino are both attached and working on the project. The game is currently announced as an arcade game releasing in 2015.

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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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