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Akumakon 2012 – A Review

Posted by on January 25, 2012 4 comments

The Irish anime convention circuit started this last weekend with Akumakon in Galway, and as is now the standard for all Irish conventions, there were plenty of fighting game tournaments on show. This was Akumakon’s second year running and it was a pretty hefty improvement over last year, however that’s not to say everything went entirely smoothly.

There were tournaments scheduled across the weekend for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2 and a retro tournament for Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Dreamcast. Unfortunately there was some technical difficulties tuning the Dreamcast into the TVs and the MvC2 tournament was replaced with an Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 event instead.

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Inferno XXIII – SSFIV:AEv2012 and UMvC3 – Dublin, February 4th

Posted by on January 25, 2012 No comments

You'll probably never see Yun do this again. Might as well give him a last shot in the limelight.Ireland’s longest running fighting game tournament is finally back after a Christmas break. As with last month, in addition to the usual Super Street Fighter 4 tournament, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be represented. Also note that this will be the first proper Irish tournament to feature Arcade Edition Version 2012 – so I hope you’re all up to speed on this latest balance update.

Make your way to the Exchange in Temple Bar, Dublin on February 4th to take part. Doors open at 10:00 and registration starts at 11:00. The tournament itself will start at 12:30 and should be finished up around 17:30. Entry fee is €5 for the venue fee and €5 per tournament. Both tournaments will be running on Xbox 360. These tournaments will be seeded based on the three previous tournaments Please bring your own controller or converter.

For full details and discussion of the event, please check the forums.

KOF XIII Belfast Ranking Battles Session 1 – Belfast, 4th February

Posted by on January 6, 2012 1 comment

Dragon Slayers from the Queen’s University Belfast are running Ireland’s first dedicated King of Fighters XIII season with their ranking battles next month. This will be the first of six sessions for this ranking season.

As usual, the Space in Queen’s University Belfast Student’s Union is the host for the event.
The tournament will start at 14.00 sharp so please show up before then. Entry to the event if gloriously free so you have no excuse not to go!

As usual, for full details and discussion of the event, head over to the forum thread.

Day of Champions 6 – UMvC3, BBCS2, MK + KoF13 – Dublin, January 28th

Posted by on January 6, 2012 No comments
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Back for their sixth event in a new streamlined tournament format, Day of Champions is here to cover all your Dublin-not-Super-Street-Fighter-4 needs!

The tournaments will be held in the Exchange in Temple Bar, Dublin. The venue will open from 12.00 noon with tournaments starting from 12.30, so make sure you’re down on time for registration! Tournaments will be running in King of Fighters XIII, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2 and Mortal Kombat – in that order. All tournaments will be run on Xbox 360, except for MK which is on PS3.
Entry to the venue is €5 and you can either pay €7 for entry to one tournament, or €10 for entry to all 4.

For full rules and details of the event, head over to the forums. If you still haven’t made up your mind check out the trailer below!

Tempest 10 – SSFIV – Cork, February 11th

Posted by on January 6, 2012 No comments

Cork’s Street Fighter 4 tournament season is finally starting back up after a brief holiday where you all were hopefully ignoring your families while you trained up SSFIV Arcade Edition Version 2012.

The NewPort Cafe Bar on Paul’s Street will be host to this terminal event as usual. The venue will open for casuals and registration from 12:00 and the SSFIV tournament will start at 13:00 sharp.
It’s €15 to enter the tournament, but if it’s your first time you get €5 off. Alternatively, if have been before and you bring a new player you’ll get €5 off both your entries – so get recruiting!

As with last Tempest there will be a smaller side tournament that will run from around 15:30 with a €5 buy in. This month’s side event is either King of Fighter 13 or Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. To vote for this month’s side event and discussion of Tempest in general head over to the forums.

World Game Cup 2012 – Cannes, France – 17th-19th February

Posted by on January 6, 2012 No comments

The fifth annual World Game Cup is kicking off next month in France. While it’s a little further afield than our usual tournament announcements, many Irish players have travelled to this event in the past (Doctor DooM took top 8 in MvC3 last year) and our largest entourage yet is making the trip this year.

With team and solo tournaments in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Version 2012, Soulcalibur V, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike Online Edition, Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend, The King Of Fighters 2002 UM and Mortal Kombat plus extra side events in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Street Fighter X Tekken this is shaping up to be a massive event.
For more spice, several world class players from Japan will also be making their way to the event, including Tokido, Mago, Kindevu and EVO World Champion Fuudo.

Registration is closing soon so head over to the World Games Cup website for more info.

Also be sure to check out our forums to discuss your travel plans with the rest of the Irish heading over.

Akumakon – Anime Convention – Galway, January 20th-22nd

Posted by on January 6, 2012 1 comment

Akumakon is starting off the anime convention season in Ireland bright and early this year. This is the National University of Ireland, Galway’s second year running an anime convention and their Games Room is fully stocked with fighting game tournaments.

Spread across the weekend there’s going to be tournaments in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and a retro tournament for Marvel vs Capcom 2 on the Dreamcast.

To check out full details of the event, head over to Akumakon’s website

Doctor DooM’s Christmas Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Wish List

Posted by on December 20, 2011 3 comments

Our illustrious Latavrian dictator/media guru has bestowed upon us an early Christmas gift: A list of things he wants. Gather round as he lists a few of the more obscure character choices he demands make it into UMvC3 next year.

I’ve been a Marvel fan for a long time, although in recent years I haven’t been able to keep up with them like I did. With the release of UMvC3, I got to thinking about the more… obscure characters I’d love to see in the game.

The rules I’ve set myself are pretty simple: I won’t pick a character that’s already been in a crossover series game. I wanted them to be the ones you’d never hear of if you weren’t a comic book fan, but who I do genuinely think would make good fodder for a Marvel game. So no Daredevil, War Machine or Venom here. There’s obviously no point in doing Capcom characters, as you wouldn’t be playing UMvC if you didn’t know anything about them!

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