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This video by SHIFT, titled What is Evo?, explores the people, passion and hype that make up the Evolution Championship series, and in a broader sense, the Fighting Game Community. At 6:56 you'll get a brief glimpse at some of our very own VFers who participated at the SEGA run tournament at Evo 2012!

As part of the Ultimate Warriors deal on PSN, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown can be picked up at a heavily discounted price! In the US, it's just $4.99, and for EU it's €11.99 (£9.69). Please check your local PSN store for pricing in your region. This promotion ends on 4 June 2013, so if you've been waiting to grab this for yourself, or perhaps gift a friend, then now is a great chance!

Reported on Japanese game site famitsu, the latest reveal for Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate shows Jacky Bryant appearing alongside other newcomers Ein, Momoji and Leon. Jacky joins other Virtua Fighter cast members Akira, Pai and Sarah. Can we expect to see more Virtua Fighters crossing over?

Battle Arena Melbourne returns with its Fifth anniversary event - BAM5!

One of the longest running national tournaments that attracts fighting game players from across Australia, continuing a tradition that CouchWarriors began with monthly events since 2006. BAM is set to feature approx 300 players, a huge event in the Australian FGC calendar.

VF5FS IS A FEATURED TOURNAMENT - SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND JOIN IN!
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR VF5 FROM SEGA!

The Pre Beat-Tribe Cup (Pre-BT Cup) is a popular 5on5 team tournament held halfway through the VFR Season. What makes the Pre-BT Cup special is the option to make a 5-person team of the same character. This year, 63 teams (over 300 players) will be playing in the event. 41 of these teams are made up of the same character with 18 of the Virtua Fighter characters represented (A Brad-only team is absent this year). In the past 4 years - Lion teams and Akira teams have each taken a pair of the Cup. Which single character team will take the title this year? Or will a blended team win it all this time!?

Date and Time: May 4, 2013 - 11 AM JST tournament start time
Stream: VFRTV Ustream Channel and on Nico Nico.

At the end of the Golden Week--a week long holiday in Japan--there are several Virtua Fighter themed events:

Aoi/Jacky Off Event - May 3, 2013, 1 PM JST
1on1 Event on the Eve of 2013 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup - May 3, 2013, 8 PM JST
2013 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup - May 4, 2013 (see other news topic)
Kage Off Event - May 5, 2013, 3 PM JST

The inaugural SEGA Cup, held at Super Arcade (Walnut, CA, USA), concluded on April 20, 2013. Congratulations once again to the top three: Fuudo (SH), GentlemanThief (JN, PA, JA) and Itazan (SH).

In case you missed out on the action, or just want to re-live it all again, you can find brackets, videos, and other related information right here! If you were there, why not post your shout outs, impressions and feedback as well?

Check out this interview with ShinyBrentford, featured at firm-guide.com:

http://firm-guide.com/2013/sega-cup-usa-and-an-exclusive-interview-with-shinybrentford/

It's ShinyBrentford, so you know it's gonna be interesting.

How far would you go for charity? VFDC has shown that it's willing to hand money over for a good cause, but are you willing to FIGHT FOR IT!?

Just a bit of a premise, I got a $500 loan for SEGA CUP travel expenses, and now I'm left with money that I was 100% SURE that I was going to spend. So after seeing BLACKSTAR's Donation Drive, I found a way to spend it.

This Friday, 4/26 @ 7PM-10PM, I'll be opening up a VF5:FS Room Match on Xbox-Live. Anyone who joins and beats me in a match will be putting $5 (per match won) of that loan money toward ChibiAya's Donation Drive.

Rules of the Room: 5 slots. If people are waiting for a chance to fight in stream I'm going to have to enforce a 3 match limit. IE once you fight me 3 times you'll have to leave to let someone else in. Other than that, the room will run like a normal room. (IE you WILL fight other people, not just me, but my matches are the only ones that have $5 on the line.)

Stream Info: http://twitch.tv/Johoseph

Care about charity? Think you can beat an out of practice Lau player? Show me your best VF skills to get $5 (per match) of my money sent to a good cause.

Inspired entirely by BLACKSTAR, LA Akira's WNF Promotion, and Chibiaya.

Unequalled Media and Ludus Magnus are proud to announce Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Sega Cup Europe 2013.

This event is taking place on Saturday August 3rd, at the Dugdale Theatre, London, UK.
A staggering €7000* will be up for grabs. As the World's best Virtua Fighter 5 players duke it out for the top spot to find out who's truly Europe's best.

Update:

Ladies and Gentlemen, the signup page for Sega Cup Europe 2013 is now LIVE!
http://www.unequalledmedia.com/segacupeurope2013
Sign Up Now!

Tournament Entry: £10
Spectators/Casuals: £5

We'll be giving out goodie bags to each person that registers for this tournament.

And because the fans have asked for it...

First 64 to sign up get a guaranteed limited edition Sega Cup Europe T-Shirt.



All other tournament entrants will receive a free t-shirt while stocks last.

This event is taking place on Saturday August 3rd, at the Dugdale Theatre, London, UK.

A staggering €7000* will be up for grabs. As the World's best Virtua Fighter 5 players duke it out for the top spot to find out who's truly Europe's best.

The prize breakdown is as follows:
£6000 = €7000*

1st prize: £2,500 = €3000
2nd prize: £1,500 = €1700
3rd prize: £1,000 = €1200
4th prize: £400 = €475
5th prize: £200 = €235
6th prize: £150 = €170
7th prize: £130 = €150
8th prize: £120 = €140

Note: *(Prize money will be awarded in £, €7000 is a rough calculation)."

The Tournament format will be Round Robin Groups into Double Elimination.

Tournament Cap is 128 players.

For more information on this exciting event, which includes: accommodation, travel and tournament information.
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