Capitol Fight District at Gamerz Phunk Lab on April 25, Win a Mad Catz TE2 to Aid Venue Recovering from Robbery

Capitol Fight District wants players to help a game store recuperate from an unfortunate occurrence.

CFD venue Gamerz Phunk Lab was struck by a robbery earlier in the week. With the April 25 tournament date, CFD and GPL are planning to hold Ultra Street Fighter IV, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Guilty Gear Xrd, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat X and Killer Instinct. To also help pay for the expenses, the usual venue fee when bringing a set up will not be waived so everyone participating in the tournament will have to pay the $5 cost.

They will also raffling off an Ultra Street Fighter IV-branded Mad Catz Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 for the PlayStation 4 this weekend to help pay for the expenses. Every $10 donation will gain any contributor, from both at the tournament and online, an entry to win the stick until the raffle's deadline on May 2.

For those attending, make sure to check out the Facebook event page for address, rules and more. If you are interested in donating online to win the arcade stick, you can do so here. Make sure to visit Capitol Fight District on Twitter and Facebook for more information.

Capitol Fight District Presents Mortal Kombat X Launch Party at Gamerz Phunk Lab on April 13

Coming out of the Extra Life Pre-NorCal Regionals tournament session, Capitol Fight District will be hosting a launch event for Mortal Kombat X.

Working with game store Gamerz Phunk Lab, CFD will have a free tournament for MKX on April 13 before the eventual release at midnight. The event will start at 8:00 p.m. PST so players can try out the game, and the tournament will begin at 9:00 p.m. due to rules set by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The tournament will be two out of three matches followed by three out of five in grand finals. Single or double elimination format will be chosen based on attendance.

First place in the tournament gets a free copy of MKX while second place can get a $50 card for Xbox Live or PlayStation Network and third place receives $25 off at GPL. Raffles prizes include a PlayStation 4 and an Xbox One, all with a copy of MKX included!

For more information, check out the Facebook event page here!

Capitol Fight District Presents Tournament for Extra Life Charity Event at Gamerz Phunk Lab on Mar. 28

In my home of Sacramento, Capitol Fight District will be having a pre-NorCal Regionals tournament for Extra Life.

Hosted at video game store Gamerz Phunk Lab, CFD will be running a 12-hour tournament event on March 28 to collect donations for the Children's Miracle Network at UC Davis Children's Hospital as part of Extra Life. The event will have tournaments for all major games to be hosted at NorCal Regionals: Ultra Street Fighter IV, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Being a 12-hour event, it will go from noon to midnight on March 29 so if you need to practice before NCR, this is a great opportunity to get a lot of casuals in. All venue proceeds will go to UC Davis Children's Hospital. You can also donate directly at the Extra Life page. More information on the charity event can be found on the Facebook event page.

NorCal Regionals 2015 Announced, Returning to Sacramento on Apr. 3-5

NorCal Regionals will be returning to the capital of California this coming April.

The 2015 edition of NCR is scheduled for April 3-5 at the Holiday Inn Sacramento Capitol Plaza, the same venue as the 2014 iteration. Aside from the date reveal, NCR2015 will also bring back the community voted lineup from 2014 so if you want to see your favorite fighter, stay tuned!

You can follow the official Twitter page for future updates on NCR2015.

UNIEL & USFIV Top 4 From Sacramento's Capitol Fight District At Best There Is Comics & Games

Capitol Fight District, our friends up in Sacramento, recorded matches from their recent tournament.

They held both Ultra Street Fighter IV and Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late tournaments at Best There Is Comics & Games found in the Roseville area on Aug. 16. The top four players from both games were recorded and uploaded to the CFD YouTube channel.

You can check playlist featuring all recorded videos after the jump!

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Goodbye To Super Street Fighter IV: AE2012 Tournament At Capitol Fight District Tomorrow

My area's local tournament series is saying farewell to Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012!

Sacramento's Capitol Fight District will be holding one more tournament for AE2012 before the impending release of Ultra Street Fighter IV! It's located at coffee house Son of a Bean, across from the county's independent newspaper Sacramento News & Review. The tournament will have sign ups at 12pm with matches starting at 1pm so if you are planning to go, please be there before it begins!

More information behind the event can be found on Facebook! CFD will also have their first USFIV tournament at Slice of Broadway on June 14!

NorCal Regionals 2014 Trailer Revealed

IPLAYWINNER is proud to present the trailer for NorCal Regionals 2014.

The annual event will take place this year on April 18-20, 2014, in Sacramento, Calif. Games featured will include Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, The King of Fighters XIII, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Killer Instinct and Divekick, as well as returning classics such as Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and Capcom vs. SNK 2.

Streams for NCR will be provided by IPLAYWINNER, Team Spooky and Arturo Sanchez. NorCal Regionals is brought to the players this year by Kineda, Hella Mind Games, ten/o LLC, IPLAYWINNER, Team Spooky, Capcom, Arcade Shock, Hungry Human, The Underground Syndicate, Eightarc, Dynamic Custom Beadworks, SplitmediaLabs and TheSteamCo.!

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Capitol Fight District At Wizard World Comic Con Sacramento On March 7-9

The upcoming Wizard World convention at Sacramento will be hosting fighting game tournaments throughout the whole March 7-9, 2014 weekend.

Capitol Fight District will be working with Wizard World in having a game room and tournaments for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Killer Instinct, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma and Super Smash Bros. Melee. There will also be casuals for those who are not playing in any of the tournaments.

The game room is located at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento Hotel, next door to the Sacramento Convention Center Complex where Wizard World will take place.

Attendees of Wizard World Sacramento can come into the game room free of charge. For those only interested in playing in the game room, you can pay for a special $20 pass that lasts throughout the whole weekend.

For more information behind the tournament, including tournament game fees and schedule, check out the official Facebook event page!

Capitol Fight District At Arcadia 2, Sacramento, CA Tournament On February 8

With the upcoming NorCal Regionals set for Sacramento, Calif., we will be posting news and events from the local scene starting off with one of the region's tournaments.

Capitol Fight District will be returning to the Arcadia Bar & Resturant for the second time on Feb. 8, 2014. Just a couple of minutes away from downtown Sacramento, CFD will be running Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition Ver. 2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Injustice: Gods Among Us, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma and Killer Instinct (if possible).

Players from all over Sacrmento as well as surrounding areas including Davis and Fairfield come to CFD and if you are in the area, please come by! Along with a stream on Twitch, local media outlets including Access Sacramento and Sacramento News & Review will be there to cover the event.

You can find more info behind the event after the jump!

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BATTLE AT THE CAPITOL At Sacramento, CA This Entire Weekend!

For NorCal, my folks at Sacramento are almost ready to host the upcoming weekend charity tournament Battle At The Capitol. This is the last reminder for those who are gonna be in the area to come attend for a good cause.

This Saturday and Sunday (May 5-6) at The Artisan Building, the charity tournament (with 100% of registration fees will be sent to Child's Play) will feature all of the games planned for EVO 2012 including Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012. Other attractions such as Skullgirls will be available as a side tourney, a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 cabinet bought from UC Davis will be playable (with American parts!) and a special FT10 money match between Hellpockets and FinestKO's own Coopa in The King of Fighters XIII will be happening as well!

The FinestKO dudes will be at the event and streaming throughout the whole weekend. Sponsors include Atlus, Eightarc, Mad Catz, NOS Energy Drinks and local convention Decepti-Kon! You can also get your existing stick dual modded courtesy of the UC Davis fighting game crew!

Registration is still available on Dromstruction and there will be no price increase in the coming days unless you pay onsite (online: $30, onsite: $35). More info can be found after the jump. Please come on by for a good cause!

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BATTLE AT THE CAPITOL - Sacramento's Charity Tournament For Child's Play

We all love the Bay Area for their array of tournaments throughout the county but it's not the only place in NorCal for competition. Being a Sacramento player, I gotta give love to my area especially if it's for a good cause. Sacramento's Capitol Fight District in collaboration with Davis, CA's Dromstruction presents an upcoming charity tournament called the Battle At The Capitol.

Dated for May 5-6, Battle At The Capitol will take place at The Artisan Building, just slightly northeast from the capitol itself. The event will have singles from most of the latest fighters as well as teams for some of them. 100% of the registration fees will go to Child's Play while the game fees will be towards prizes. FinestKO will be handling the two day charity stream with sponsor support from Atlus, Eightarc, NOS Energy Drinks and local convention Decepti-Kon.

Please spread the word for an event that's meant to be meaningful as well as full of hype. More info including fees, games and a special hotel rate are available after the jump. Make sure to follow me (@ThePhantomnaut), Jenkins Mitchell (@Dromstruction) and Jay Gist (@Jaygist) for any updates or questions regarding the event! I hope to look forward to seeing some of you guys attend!

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UMVC3: Sacramento Players MINE & X-Ray Getting The Spotlight

MINE (left), Hi Im Nasty (middle), and X-Ray (right). Photo by Romeo Rivera Jr.During vanilla Marvel vs. Capcom 3's competitive lifecycle, there were two players from NorCal that nobody expected to place very high in the finals. These two players are Tinh "MINE" Ngo and Raymond "X-Ray" Monsada from the Sacramento area. Out of all the well-known players who attended NorCal Regionals 9, EVO2K11 and the more recent SoCal Regionals, MINE and X-Ray were able to push through and go big to the top 8 in brackets.

They are interviewed by Antonio "CoolGrayAJ" Javier of Evil Geniuses, detailing their pasts and some of their game plans for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

After the jump is an excerpt of the interview questions. If you want to check more of their play, look out for upcoming Sacramento events on Shoryuken's Pacific North Matchmaking forums and follow the players directly on Twitter (MINE - @AFANOFMINE, X-Ray - @XRAYmvc3)

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