Week of November 12th to the 18th.
Fighting Games Weekly is the weekly discussion for all things fighting games. News, events, streams, videos, players, drama, everything fighting game related.
Last week's thread.
Fighting Games Weekly is the weekly discussion for all things fighting games. News, events, streams, videos, players, drama, everything fighting game related.
Last week's thread.
Kuwait Battle Royale [ Thursday, November 15th ] [ 4:30PM AST | 8:30AM EST | 5:30AM PST ]
- The largest middle eastern fighting game tournament featuring international presence from the likes of Ryan Hart, Justin Wong and FChamp, and boasting prizes over $10k. Stream commentary will occur in Arabic. This event continues through Friday.
- GAFers USD and Naar will be in attendance.
- ATLUS and Madcatz come together with Level|Up to present an official KofXIII and P4:A tournament. Schedule, rules, format, fees, location and much more information is available here.
- A Colorado tournament boasting a $1K pot bonus for TTT2 and more bonuses for other games, presented by the EFL. Location, payout, fees and more information is available here.
- GAFer Chavelo, Skilletor, FallingEdge and potentially zlatko will be in attendance.
- The latest in the series of Hadocon Tournaments out of NorCal. Schedule, notable players and more information is available here.
- The first of a series high stakes Guilty Gear event, meant to mirror that of the Curleh Mustache series, featuring a $600 pot bonus on top of a high entry fee. Format, payout, rules, location and more information is available here.
Salty Battles Weekly [ 8PM EST | 5PM PDT]
- P4A and UMvC3 from Local Battles arcade in New Jersey.
- LI Joe's weekly talk show, and a notorious home for FGC drama.
- SFxTK, SSFIV AE and UMvC3 out of Southern Florida.
- Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
Kachitagari TV (JP) [ 9PM JST | 8AM EST | 5AM PST ]
- Bon-chan, Kazunoko and Fuudo's new show, focusing primarily on SSFIV AE ranked matches but is branching off into other games as well.
- Frieda and Fubarduck's weekly show.
- SSFIV AE and UMvC3 out of the UK, alternating between them every week.
- New Jersey's largest weekly featuring SSFIV AE and UMvC3.
- Keits and skisonic host the weekly official podcast of Shoryuken.com
- Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
- San Diego's largest weekly, featuring SG, SSFIV AE, and UMvC3.
- Mike Ross and the recently resurrected Gootecks host a weekly show to discuss recent happenings in the fighting game community. [ON HIATUS]
Game Spot Versus KoF Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EST | 3AM PST ]
- KoF 1998UM, KoF 2002UM and KoF XIII C action from Japan.
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- NYC's biggest weekly at The Next Level Arcade in Brooklyn featuring SSFIV AE, UMvC3 and TTT2. If the Teamsp00ky link is not working, it is likely on the backup stream on goldencen.
- Weekly streaming from Maryland, featuring SG, SFxTK and UMvC3.
- SoCal's biggest weekly at Super Arcade in Walnut, featuring TTT2, VF5:FS and SSFIV AE. Season details are available here.
- NorCal weekly featuring SSFIV AE and UMvC3.
Game Spot Versus SFIII:3S Casuals + East-West Battle (JP) [ 8:20PM JST | 7:20AM EST | 4:20AM PST ]
- 3rd Strike action from Japan.
- Weekly 16-player UMvC3 online tournament run by FGTV and sponsored by eightarc.
- MK9. Description needed.
- Description needed.
- UMvC3 weekly out of Long Island, New York, which sometimes features other games.
- A weekly Skullgirls event hosted by Mike Z himself, often featuring updated builds of the game. More information is available here.
- The UMvC3, P4:A and KoF XIII branch of Wednesday Night Fights also hosted at Super Arcade in Walnut, California. Season details are available here.
- Description needed.
- [ON HIATUS]
Game Spot Versus Gundam: Extreme Vs. Full Boost Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EST | 3AM PST ]
- Streaming the newest version of Extreme Vs.
- For those who know how to use Nico Live, also join the GODSGARDEN community page on Nico to know when Ura KaoTV! goes live.
- Biweekly stream out of New Jersey featuring P4:A and Guilty Gear/Aquapazza alternating.
- Weekly tournament run at the FGTV house. Don't forget about the second FGTV stream as well which compliments the main one.
- Norcal weekly featuring VF5:FS, SCV and T6.
- Weekly P4:A tournaments run by Gamecenter.
- Back!
Game Spot Versus SSFIIX Casuals & 3on3 Tournament (JP) [ 8:20PM JST | 7:20AM EST | 4:20AM PST ]
- Super Turbo action from Japan.
- For the very first time, St1ckBuG will have a (standard) 3D title with Virtua Fighter5 Final Showdown. Also featuring BBCSEX, GGXXAC, and SG. [NOT HAPPENING]
- NorCal weekly featuring SFxTK, SSFIV AE and UMvC3.
Game Spot Versus CvS2 Casuals & 3on3 Tournament (JP) [ 1PM JST | 12AM EST | 9PM PDT (previous day) ]
- CvS2 action from Japan.
- NorCal weekly featuring CvS2 and KoF XIII C.
- Weekly GGPO Vampire Savior ranbats streamed by GAFer Rotanibur.
On GAF we have various members that stream fighting games from time to time too:
Additionally, if you want to really get involved, you may want to check out the various OTs for specific games:
Additionally, if you want to really get involved, you may want to check out the various OTs for specific games:
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
- Dead or Alive 5
- Gundam Extreme VS
- The King of Fighters XIII
- Marvel vs. Capcom Origins
- Mortal Kombat
- Persona 4: Arena
- Skullgirls
- Soul Calibur V
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v.2012
- Tekken
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
- 8WayRun - Soul Calibur franchise community
- DOACentral - Dead or Alive franchise community
- Dream Cancel - King of Fighters franchise community and resource
- Dustloop - Forums/community for Arc System Works-developed games
- Eventhubs - Frequently updated news blog, resource and forums for all things fighting games
- FGCPros hub on Twitch.tv - A collective group of fighting game streamers on Twitch.tv
- FreeStepDodge - Dead or Alive franchise community
- Homing Cancel - Arcana Heart community
- iPlaywinner - Large fighting game news site and resource, and the home to Teamsp00ky and iPlaywinner
- Mayonaka Midnight - Persona 4 Arena community and resource
- Melty Bread - Melty Blood community
- Mizuumi - A resource for various "poverty" games
- Shoryuken - Mainly 2D-game centric hub, and probably one of, if not the largest FG community on the internet
- TekkenZaibatsu - Tekken franchise community
- Test Your Might - Mortal Kombat and Injustice community and resource
- Smash Boards - The largest Smash Bros. Community™
- VFDC - Virtua Fighter franchise community site
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If you have any suggestions for the OP, please do not hesitate to post in this thread or PM me to let me know.
But at what cost?
