Mastercup 8, Tekken 7's Biggest Team Tournament, Coming on Nov. 22

The premiere Tekken community tournament series from Japan will be returning for the newest game.

Mastercup 8 will take place on Nov. 22 to decide who will be the best team in Tekken 7. Taking place at Leisure Land Pallette Town in Tokyo, Japan, 187 five-man teams from all over the world will be competing. While a majority of the players reside in Japan, expect some from Korea, Australia and the United States to be competing.

The stream will be split into three channels on Twitch. The Japanese stream will be on Game Newton, a Korea restream will be handled by Green Game Land and the rest of the world can go on the official Tekken channel. Make sure to tune in at around 3:00pm PST for the stream!

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Nine is Playable in BlazBlue Central Fiction

Image courtesy of FamitsuOne of the central characters to the BlazBlue story will be playable in Central Fiction, according to this week's Famitsu.

The magazine's website has revealed, as part of a feature on the new BlazBlue, that Nine will indeed be a playable character as many people assumed. Until Central Fiction, Nine was one of only two of the story line's "Six Heroes" who was not a playable character.

No other information on the character is available at this time, although Jiyuna claims players in Japan say she will be available at release. BlazBlue Central Fiction launches in Japanese arcade on Nov. 19.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- Ver.1.03 Announced

Arc System Works has announced that an update to the newest version of Guilty Gear will be tested in the coming days. For a week starting on Nov. 17, version 1.03 of -Revelator- will be implemented at three arcades in Japan to evaluate changes made to the game.

This newest version of -Revelator- does not make many alterations to existing general gameplay, but new characters Johnny and Jam received several changes to tweak their balance with respect to the rest of the cast.

For the official list of changes—in Japanese—head to ASW's official website. Meanwhile, Twitter user Fahadouken is working on translating the changes into English and Brett did a quick write-up specifically on Jam.

Dissidia Final Fantasy Arcade Character Trailers Being Released

The arcade reboot of Square Enix's 3-D fighting game, Dissidia Final Fantasy, launches on Nov. 26 in Japan and the company is releasing trailers for the title's revealed characters.

So far, seven characters have been announced for the title, each representing one of the first seven Final Fantasy games. The characters are Warrior of Light, Firion, Onion Knight, Cecil Harvey, Bartz Klauser, Terra Bradford and Cloud Strife.

Check out the trailers for Warrior of Light and Firion after the jump.

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Tekken 7 Tier List by Knee

Known as one of the best Tekken players in the world today, Knee has shared his ranking of characters in Tekken 7 along with some brief thoughts on them. Flying Wonkey has translated Knee's notes, which were originally posted by Kuro Kuro, and has added them to a TwitLonger post.

According to Knee, Shaheen sits alone atop the T7 roster at rank SS, with Law, Feng, King, Jin, Devil Jin and Kazuya rounding out the S rank. Knee's observations also include some caveats, including one that claims King becomes SSS tier on the stage with multiple breakable floors.

For the rest of the list, check out the picture posted by Kuro Kuro here.

BlazBlue Central Fiction to Release in Arcades in Late November

Famitsu is reporting that the newest BlazBlue will be coming out in late November 2015. The Oct. 22, 2015, issue of the magazine features pictures from the upcoming title and also uncovers some details of the game.

BBCF's arcade mode will have a story divided into three acts and Nine—one of the Six Heroes, and one who has to this point been unplayable—will be key to the story.

Nine was shown in one of the first teaser trailers for BBCF, but it is still unknown if the character will be playable in the game as many players have hoped.

Archive of Female Tournament From The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2015 Korean Qualifier

South Korea is already preparing to bring its best Tekken 7 players for The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2015 in Japan.

Much like the Japanese qualifiers, Korea will have two female players who qualified from a separate tournament. They will be two of the eight players who will represent the nation for the finals on Dec. 12, 2015. They will be joined by three student players and three more from public qualifying events on Oct. 25, Nov. 1 and 8.

SPOTV Games simulcasted the female tournament on Oct. 18 through both their television channel and a dedicated Tekken Twitch channel.

The channel also uploaded the matches on their YouTube channel which can be found below!

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School of Ragnarok Coming to U.S. Round 1 Locations

Starting on Oct. 20, 2015, players at all Round 1 locations in the United States will have a chance to play the new arena fighting game from Square Enix.

Looking like it was influenced by SE's own Dissidia Final Fantasy, School of Ragnarok allows free roaming on 3-D plane and allows players to customize certain aspects of the playable characters.

Hit the jump for a gameplay trailer with roughly 25 minutes of footage.

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Tekken 7 Location Test Ends for Southern California on Oct. 15

The party will be coming to an end in Southern California for Tekken fans. After roughly three months of location testing for Tekken 7, including a qualifier tournament for the world championships, the machines will be returned to Bandai Namco on Oct. 15, 2015.

While this is definitely the shortest of notice for anyone who hoped to play the game one more time, Bandai Namco had never specified a length of time for the test.

For now, players will now have to wait and hope for an announcement of an official U.S. arcade release or a console version of the title.

Pokkén Tournament Halloween Update Adds Supports, Tweaks Balance

A new update has been released for Pokkén Tournament in Japan to both celebrate Halloween and add adjustments and new content to the title.

On the festive end, players will be able to dress their trainer in costumes during the event, and on the gameplay end characters in the game have received different changes to their moveset. The update has also added support Pokémon Ninetales and Mismagius.

Sadly, while the event will run from Oct. 15 through Nov. 3 in Japan, the U.S. will not be getting the content due to location tests being offline.

U.S. Will Have Two Qualifiers for Tekken 7 World Championship

It looks like there was more to the Tekken 7 location tests than players first thought.

Southern California and New York will each play host to a qualifying tournament for December's Tekken World Championships. The winner of each tournament will not only get a spot in the event, but also win a trip so that they can compete.

The first qualifier will take place at the Puente Hills Mall Round 1 in City of Industry, California on Oct. 3, with the New York tournament taking place at the Dave & Buster's in Times Square on Oct. 18.

According to MarkMan, both tournaments will also be streamed for players who cannot be in attendance.

Details such as tournament format and possible entry fee have not been released at this time but hopefully all possible information will be released as the event dates get closer.

New York's Next Level to Close in Early 2016

The succerssor to Chinatown Fair as New York City's fighting game community hotspot will be closing at the beginning of the new year. In a TwitLonger post, Henry Cen cleared up the rumors surrounding a disagreement he had with his Next Level partner, Nick Chan, and delivered the news:

"I want to explain myself and apologize to community over the uproar a few days ago, basically Next Level lease is coming to an end at Feb 29th, 2016 which I'm obligated to stay until then. My disagreement with my business partner was about my concerns for the future of Next Level and because of our differences regarding this issue, we've agreed that after the lease is over to go our separate ways."

Next Level opened its doors in Brooklyn in 2011 shortly after the closure of Chinatown Fair (the arcade has since reopened under new management). Cen hopes people will continue to support Next Level before it closes and also said he still wants to give players "a new home for the community in the future."

Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition Releases July 28 in Japan

The follow-up to Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax will soon be released in Japanese arcades.

Named Climax, the game will feature a balance update, new gameplay systems and new characters Quenser Barbotage from Heavy Object and Emi Yusa from The Devil is a Part-Timer.

The Climax update was location tested in Japan during June 2015. Hit the jump for some gameplay footage of the new release.

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Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] Coming to Japanese Arcades on July 23

Arc System Works released the intro video for the next version of Under Night In-Birth, and it's found after the jump!

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] will be officially playable in Japanese arcades on July 23. It will feature all characters from previous iterations including PlayStation 3 characters Byakuya and Nanase. New character Phonon will make her debut in this latest version.

System changes found in this iteration includes Vorpal being rewarded to the player who hits first. A variant of Veil Off called Cross Veil Off will allow players to perform the mechanic during combos and will reset bounce restriction in a combo.

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] will be featured as a side tournament at this year's Arc Revolution Cup. There is no news of a console port. Make sure to check out the character changes here.

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Tekken 7 Coming to Select Round 1 and Dave & Buster's Centers For Location Testing

If you want to play Tekken 7, six places throughout the United States are confirmed to feature the latest game.

Namco will have provide multiple Tekken 7 units to select Dave & Buster's and Round 1 locations sometime in July. Participating Round 1 centers in Puente Hills, California; Bloomingdale, Illinois; and Tukwila, Washington, will have builds while Dave & Busters in New York City; Dallas, Texas; and Milpitas, California, will get access. Detailed location addresses can be found after the jump!

If you are not going to EVO 2015, this may be your next best chance to try out the game!

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Official Tekken 7 Tournament "The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2015" Announced, $80,000 Total Prize Pot

Namco's latest announcement regarding Tekken 7 is about their own big tournament.

The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2015 is the offical tournament to see who is the best in the latest entry of the series. Players—11 or 12—from all over the world can qualify in the 1v1 world finals event in Japan tentatively dated around November or December of 2015. Namco will be providing a total of $80,000 that's spread to their Osaka, Tokyo, Japanese national finals and world finals events.

In addition to the Japanese qualfiers, players can also gain access to the world finals from other zones such as EVO 2015 and in Korea. For EVO 2015, the top two players will be able to qualify.

Even if it's in Japanese, you can check out the official page of the tournament here. The promotional video can be found below.

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Trailer & Location Test Information for Upcoming Blade Arcus from Shining Ver. 2.0

Sega's fighting game based on the Shining series will be updated with new characters.

Blade Arcus from Shining Ver. 2.0 was announced and will be playable in three arcades around Japan for location testing. Urayukihime Hayane, Rouna Murasame, Dylan Rowen and Rick Elwood from game Shining Hearts will make their appearance as playable characters to Blade Arcus. Rejection Guard and Reversal Strike will be new mechanics to Blade Arcus 2.0, while there will be changes done to existing characters and the overall system.

For people living in Japan, there will be a week-long location test throughout Tokyo. From June 12, you can visit Club Sega Akihabara, Sega Kaguruzaka and Club Sega Shinjuku to try out the latest update. A trailer is found below.

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Tekken 7 Boss Kazumi Mishima to Become Playable on June 2

Players can get their hands on the end boss of Tekken 7 next week.

Kazumi Mishima is the next time-release character for Tekken 7 in arcades. The reveal trailer and screenshots show a bit of how capable the mother of Kazuya can be. Some of her moves utilize the tiger featured in her boss iteration while it seems that she lacks the Devil transformation.

You can find the trailer after the jump! Kazumi will be available in Japanese arcades on June 2 while Korea will likely get access on a future date along with another unannounced character.

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Jack-7 Coming to Tekken 7 on May 19

With a new Tekken comes a new version of Jack. This iteration is no exception.

The next time-release character for Tekken 7 in arcades will be Jack-7. While similar in appearance to his Jack-6 iteration, the new version sports a darker top with a different type of camoflauge pants. Jack-7 also has red hair and green energy circulating through his body.

You can take a look at his gameplay reveal trailer after the jump! Jack-7 looks to retain many of his moves from Tekken 6 and Tag 2, but also has new tools such as what appears to be a wall throw. He will be playable in Japanese arcades on May 19.

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Players Trying Yoshimitsu on Tekken 7's Practice & Online Match Modes

Tekken's returning Manji Clan leader became playable in the latest edition. Make sure to check out the videos after the jump!

Japanese arcades got their hands on Yoshimitsu to see the changes in his movelist. Guntama recorded himself playing both practice mode and going to online matches against other players throughout Japan. Kuro Kuro also captured footage featuring Yoshimitsu player Owata trying to rise up in the ranks.

If you are a Yoshimitsu player, go check out the videos below before trying him out at this year's EVO! Also read the movelist!

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