Set to go down on Easter weekend in Houston is Showdown Championships, a massive fighting game tournament of cutting-edge Japanese arcade titles. This year marks the 8th year that this tournament has gone down, and looks to be the biggest and best yet.
So what are they playing this year?
The finals of this showdown will be played live on stage, in front of thousands of fans, media, and spectators, as announcers give the audience the play-by-play. And then, forBlazBlueandStreet Fighter IV, finalists will actually go up against the best in Japan in the FINAL BOSS segment. Pachi (Blazblue) and Legendary Otaku (Street Fighter IV) will be there to kick their asses — live.
Also,Tougeki: Super Battle Operaqualifiers will be held here. For two years now, Showdown has hosted qualifiers to send players to Japan to play in theSBOprogram. Three of the six games mentioned above will provide the winner with the opportunity to go to Japan.
Fighting game fans: you’re not going to want to miss this. And for you chumps thatthinkyou’re good at Street Fighter IV online, you’ll need to come see this and learn that you’re really not.
Destructoid will be therein Houston to cover all the action. Look for us there: we’ll be spamming QCF and all buttons in attempts to stay alive.
Tekken 6BR/Guilty Gear XX:AC- 1st $900, 2nd $300, 3rd $150
Street Fighter IV – 1st $600, 2nd $200, 3rd $100
BlazBlue/SUGOI!Arcana Heart 2/Tatsunoko vs Capcom – 1st $300, 2nd $100, 3rd $50
Format, Entry & caps
All tournamets are single game, single elimination
Teams will be played pokemon style
Street Fighter 4 – 32 teams/64 players
Tekken 6 BR – 16 teams/48 players
BlazBlue – 32 players (individual)
Sougoi!Arcana Heart 2 – 32 players (individual)
Tatsunoko vs Capcom – 32 players (individual)
