Week of January 28st to February 3rd.
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.
Zoned Out #1 [ Friday the 1st ] [ 8PM EST | 5PM ]
- Local Battles continues it's transition from weeklies to monthlies into 2013, featuring AE and UMvC3. This is the renamed Salty Battles monthly.
- Rules, fees, location, prizes and more are available here.
Option-select Mixup Monday [ 10PM EST | 7PM PST ]
- 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.
- A weekly talk show hosted by tournament organizer, player and FGC personality LI Joe about recent happenings in the fighting game community. Also Castlevania, for some reason.
- Bi-weekly featuring around 5 exhibition matches in AE, with a main event usually featuring top players.
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.
- TS Sabin a.k.a. Arturo Sanchez and Anakin host an online TTT2 league featuring hand-picked participants. It is in a round robin format and prizes include entry and venue fee coverage for the upcoming Final Round.
- 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.
- Cross Counter LIVE returns with the help of VxG. Cross Counter LIVE is a weekly talk show hosted by Gootecks and Mike Ross, who discuss hot button topics in the fighting game community.
Game Spot Versus KoF Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EST | 3AM PST ]
- KoF 1998UM, KoF 2002UM and KoF XIII C action from Japan.
- Description needed.
- 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.
- A bi-weekly Smash podcast discussing recent events, news and issues in the Smash community, hosted by Scar, Prog, Cactuar and Sheridan.
- 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. [ON HIATUS]
Game Spot Versus SFIII:3S Casuals + East-West Battle (JP) [ 8:20PM JST | 7:20AM EST | 4:20AM PST ]
- 3rd Strike action from Japan.
- Description needed.
- Arcade Legacy VS streams out of Cincinnati, Ohio, with varying formats every week.
- MK9. Description needed.
- Weekly 16-player UMvC3 online tournament run by FGTV and sponsored by eightarc.
- 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.
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 TTT2 continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.
- Weekly P4:A tournaments run by Gamecenter.
- TTT2 weeklies hosted by Aris out of Super Arcade in Walnut, California.
Game Spot Versus SSFIIX Casuals & 3on3 Tournament (JP) [ 8:20PM JST | 7:20AM EST | 4:20AM PST ]
- Super Turbo action from Japan.
- NorCal weekly featuring SFxTK, SSFIV AE and UMvC3 continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.
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 continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.
- 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
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
- 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
- Jet Upper - UK-centric news source and community
- 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.
