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Akumakon 2012 – A Review

January 25, 2012 in Akumakon, Article, Galway, Local Events, News, Tournament Results

The Irish anime convention circuit started this last weekend with Akumakon in Galway, and as is now the standard for all Irish conventions, there were plenty of fighting game tournaments on show. This was Akumakon’s second year running and it was a pretty hefty improvement over last year, however that’s not to say everything went entirely smoothly.

There were tournaments scheduled across the weekend for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2 and a retro tournament for Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Dreamcast. Unfortunately there was some technical difficulties tuning the Dreamcast into the TVs and the MvC2 tournament was replaced with an Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 event instead.

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Inferno XXIII – SSFIV:AEv2012 and UMvC3 – Dublin, February 4th

January 25, 2012 in Dublin, Inferno, News, Ultimate Marvel Versus Capcom 3, Version 2012

You'll probably never see Yun do this again. Might as well give him a last shot in the limelight.Ireland’s longest running fighting game tournament is finally back after a Christmas break. As with last month, in addition to the usual Super Street Fighter 4 tournament, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be represented. Also note that this will be the first proper Irish tournament to feature Arcade Edition Version 2012 – so I hope you’re all up to speed on this latest balance update.

Make your way to the Exchange in Temple Bar, Dublin on February 4th to take part. Doors open at 10:00 and registration starts at 11:00. The tournament itself will start at 12:30 and should be finished up around 17:30. Entry fee is €5 for the venue fee and €5 per tournament. Both tournaments will be running on Xbox 360. These tournaments will be seeded based on the three previous tournaments Please bring your own controller or converter.

For full details and discussion of the event, please check the forums.

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KOF XIII Belfast Ranking Battles Session 1 – Belfast, 4th February

January 6, 2012 in Belfast, Dragonslayers, Event Announcement, King of Fighters 13

Dragon Slayers from the Queen’s University Belfast are running Ireland’s first dedicated King of Fighters XIII season with their ranking battles next month. This will be the first of six sessions for this ranking season.

As usual, the Space in Queen’s University Belfast Student’s Union is the host for the event.
The tournament will start at 14.00 sharp so please show up before then. Entry to the event if gloriously free so you have no excuse not to go!

As usual, for full details and discussion of the event, head over to the forum thread.

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Day of Champions 6 – UMvC3, BBCS2, MK + KoF13 – Dublin, January 28th

January 6, 2012 in BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2, Day of Champions, Dublin, Event Announcement, King of Fighters 13, Mortal Kombat 9, News, Ultimate Marvel Versus Capcom 3

Back for their sixth event in a new streamlined tournament format, Day of Champions is here to cover all your Dublin-not-Super-Street-Fighter-4 needs!

The tournaments will be held in the Exchange in Temple Bar, Dublin. The venue will open from 12.00 noon with tournaments starting from 12.30, so make sure you’re down on time for registration! Tournaments will be running in King of Fighters XIII, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2 and Mortal Kombat – in that order. All tournaments will be run on Xbox 360, except for MK which is on PS3.
Entry to the venue is €5 and you can either pay €7 for entry to one tournament, or €10 for entry to all 4.

For full rules and details of the event, head over to the forums. If you still haven’t made up your mind check out the trailer below!

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Tempest 10 – SSFIV – Cork, February 11th

January 6, 2012 in Cork, Event Announcement, King of Fighters 13, News, Tempest, Ultimate Marvel Versus Capcom 3, Version 2012

Cork’s Street Fighter 4 tournament season is finally starting back up after a brief holiday where you all were hopefully ignoring your families while you trained up SSFIV Arcade Edition Version 2012.

The NewPort Cafe Bar on Paul’s Street will be host to this terminal event as usual. The venue will open for casuals and registration from 11:00 and the SSFIV tournament will start at 13:00 sharp.
It’s €15 to enter the tournament, but if it’s your first time you get €5 off. Alternatively, if have been before and you bring a new player you’ll get €5 off both your entries – so get recruiting!

As with last Tempest there will be a smaller side tournament that will run from around 15:30 with a €5 buy in. This month’s side event is either King of Fighter 13 or Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. To vote for this month’s side event and discussion of Tempest in general head over to the forums.

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World Game Cup 2012 – Cannes, France – 17th-19th February

January 6, 2012 in BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend, Event Announcement, France, King of Fighters, Mortal Kombat 9, News, Soulcalibur 5, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Street Fighter X Tekken, Ultimate Marvel Versus Capcom 3, Version 2012, World Game Cup

The fifth annual World Game Cup is kicking off next month in France. While it’s a little further afield than our usual tournament announcements, many Irish players have travelled to this event in the past (Doctor DooM took top 8 in MvC3 last year) and our largest entourage yet is making the trip this year.

With team and solo tournaments in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Version 2012, Soulcalibur V, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike Online Edition, Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend, The King Of Fighters 2002 UM and Mortal Kombat plus extra side events in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Street Fighter X Tekken this is shaping up to be a massive event.
For more spice, several world class players from Japan will also be making their way to the event, including Tokido, Mago, Kindevu and EVO World Champion Fuudo.

Registration is closing soon so head over to the World Games Cup website for more info.

Also be sure to check out our forums to discuss your travel plans with the rest of the Irish heading over.

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Akumakon – Anime Convention – Galway, January 20th-22nd

January 6, 2012 in Article, BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2, Brawl, Event Announcement, Galway, Local Events, Marvel vs Capcom, Super Smash Bros., Version 2012

Akumakon is starting off the anime convention season in Ireland bright and early this year. This is the National University of Ireland, Galway’s second year running an anime convention and their Games Room is fully stocked with fighting game tournaments.

Spread across the weekend there’s going to be tournaments in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and a retro tournament for Marvel vs Capcom 2 on the Dreamcast.

To check out full details of the event, head over to Akumakon’s website

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Soul Calibur V – Four Character Trailer.

December 21, 2011 in News, Soulcalibur 5

Namco recently dropped a new trailer for Soul Cal V Showing off 3 returning characters and a Kilik clone.

Xiba, a mouthy staff weilding twerp who needs a punch in the fuck, a non ghostly version of everyone’s favourite ghost pirate Cervantes, Lizardman who is now a part time dragon going by his name Aeon, and Yoshimitsu, who is Yoshimitsu. Trailer is below, so have a gander.

For more punches in the fuck, keep it on RandomSelect.ie

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