fighting game community
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Evo Japan Champion Gets To Keep His Prize Money Despite Japan’s Confusing Laws
2Making a living in competitive gaming is difficult, but it’s even harder for folks living in Japan. The island nation limits prize money for video game tournaments, and also, strangely enough, its gambling regulations also apply to the world of esports. These two legal hurdles have made it almost impossible for competitors to maintain a…
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Evo Japan Cuts Sexual Dead Or Alive 6 Stream Short, Issues Apology
Evo Japan 2019 kicked off festivities last night in Fukuoka, ushering in a second year of the Evolution Championship Series spin-off event. The broadcast day opened with a special Dead or Alive 6 exhibition, followed by a stage show that apparently got too risqué for the Evo organisers, who later issued an apology.
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Latin America Isn’t Getting As Screwed Over By The Capcom Pro Tour This Year
Last year, Capcom made changes to their official Street Fighter V competition, the Capcom Pro Tour, that hurt the qualifying chances of a very specific sector of the fighting game community: those who live outside competitive hubs like the United States and Japan. The adjusted points system impacted players who lacked the means to travel…
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Favourites And Dark Horses To Watch At This Weekend’s Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Finals
This weekend, the official Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour will culminate at a grand finals event in Los Angeles, California. It’s sure to be an explosive finale, but the fireworks are actually starting on Sunday, as hundreds of players compete in a handful of last-chance qualifiers.