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BATTLE ARENA MELBOURNE 8 TOURNAMENT RESULTS AND VIDEOS

May 29, 2016 Berzerk

Battle Arena Melbourne 8 stomps into the history books as the biggest fighting game event ever in Australia, breaking the record set last year with 815 attendees and hitting a peak of 14,000 concurrent viewers during the Street Fighter V finals, this was the most viewed livestream Aus FGC event ever.

Thanks to all the CouchWarriors staff, event partners, and especially players from across multiple fighting game communities that once again made this a special event.

For a recap on the many features of the weekend, view BAM8 FEATURE ROUNDUP
View the BAM8 Photo Gallery
Video Replays: FGC Finals / Smash 4 / Melee / DOA Pools 1&2, DOA Pools 3&4 / MKXL Pools 1&2, MKXL Pools 3&4 / Tekken 7 Pools
For the full event listings match by match with all attendees, view the BAM8 event page on Smash.gg

MATCH RESULTS: We’re excited to share the results from each game below

CouchWarriors February Ranking Battle Round-Up

February 25, 2016 Jack Gorman

Thanks everyone for coming to the February Ranking Battle. It was a great event, we had 307 attendees, and huge tournaments for Smash 4 with 160 attendees and a fantastic first tournament to launch Street Fighter V with 85 attendees. Here are the results

You can find all of the Challonge brackets for the FGC games at the CouchWarriors Challonge page, and all the Smash brackets on the Melbourne Melee Challonge page.

Results

Dead or Alive Festival – Australian Qualifier – Winner to fly to Japan

June 17, 2015 CouchWarriors

We are happy to announce that CouchWarriors will be hosting a special qualifier tournament for the DEAD OR ALIVE FESTIVAL. This is a special exhibition tournament taking place in Tokyo, Japan on August 1, 2015. We are honored to partner with Team Ninja to create this opportunity for Australian fighters, and to host the tournament at OzComicCon.

The winner of this tournament will be awarded with a qualified spot in the Festival along with flights and accommodation in Tokyo for the event!

More information on Dead or Alive Festival

What: Dead or Alive Festival: Australian Qualifier

When: June 28, 1pm

Where: OzComicCon Melbourne www.ozcomiccon.com

More information on CouchWarriors Fighting Games at OzComicCon

CouchWarriors hosting Fighting Games at OzComicCon! June 27-28

June 16, 2015 CouchWarriors

We are proud to announce we are once again working with OzComicCon Melbourne to present an entertaining Fighting Game area at the convention, which will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre on June 27 and 28.

Join in the fighting game action at OzcomicCon! Beginners to pros welcome!
Learn to play, casual winner-stay matches, and Prize Winning Tournaments will be available each day.

There will even be unique OCC medals for winners!

UPDATE – DEAD OR ALIVE 5 LAST ROUND TOURNAMENT NOW A QUALIFIER TO DEAD OR ALIVE FESTIVAL IN JAPAN

Schedule

The basic schedule is found in the image below and linked here

MINDSCAPE, TEAM NINJA, TECMO KOEI: #BAM7 Sponsors!

May 16, 2015 Berzerk

We are proud to announce TEAM NINJA, along with Tecmo Koei Europe and Australian Distributor Mindscape, are supporting Battle Arena Melbourne 7!
Mindscape Australia – Team Ninja – Tecmo Koei Europe

Team Ninja are the developer of DEAD OR ALIVE 5 LAST ROUND, which will see Australia’s very best fighting it out in the tournament on Sunday 24th.

International guest PERFECT LEGEND will be participating in the DOA5LR tournament. Winner of EVO in 2006 for DOA, Perfect Legend remains a big supporter of the game. You can see him explaining the tutorial mode of the game here.

Team Ninja and local distributor Mindscape Australia have offered a round of Tecmo Koei games and special items,

PRIZES:

Special Preview – Dead Or Alive 5 Last Round (PS4) Playable at this Sunday’s Ranbat!

December 8, 2014 Berzerk

Play the next gen version on PS4 this Weekend!

That’s right, you’ll be able to play the new version of Dead or Alive 5 on PS4 ahead of its release in 2015! Make sure you head to the December Ranking Battle Finals this Sunday 14th and you can be among the first to play the next generation edition of the 3D fighter.

Featuring two new characters, new stages and environment effects, this looks to build on the solid work put in on DOA5 Ultimate.

Prizes

Plus, Mindscape Games are giving away copies of Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, the DOA soundtrack, and Kasumi mousepads. There’s been a good run of tournaments for DOA5U this year at Ranking Battles, with a Ranking Season Medal Winner to be decided this Sunday.

Community

Join the Dead or Alive Australian Community on Facebook. Players are regularly setting up games online and sharing news and info.

Follow Tecmo Koei distributor Mindscape Games on Facebook and Twitter, and Team Ninja’s official Dead or Alive Facebook Page.

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round is out on all platforms including Xbox One, PS4 and Steam PC on February 20th 2015. Check out the latest character reveal trailer of brutal boss character, Raidou:

CouchWarriors at PAX AUSTRALIA: Fighting Game Tournaments

October 27, 2014 CouchWarriors

It’s the biggest gaming event of the year – and CouchWarriors is proud to be providing the Fighting Game Tournaments services for PAX Australia this coming weekend!

In the Console Tournament area we will have a full suite of consoles set with a library of fighters to play. Join us for one of the many tournaments each day, or come by and practice. We’ll even be providing time for Learn To Play, so if you want to dip your toes into the playing fighters at their best – side by side with other people – now’s your chance.

Tournaments! We have a small set rotating roster of excellent tournament games to play, plus a range of additional games to play in casuals. With some games being played in tournaments more than once over the weekend, we’re looking forward to a Best of the Best playoff each day and Sunday.

You can also challenge your friends with our friendly Winners Stays – Limit of 3 Wins rules for all games.

You can view the Tournament Schedule Here

Plus! Panel! Don’t forget there will be an Australian Fighting Game community panel at PAX, hosted by New Game Plus and featuring panelists from across the scene

Super Ultra Fighting Game Community Panel EX

Congratulations to the Melbourne BAM qualifier champions!

April 7, 2014 CouchWarriors

With another tournament successfully completed, congratulates those who earned their BAM seeding points at the recent Melbourne qualifier, as well as those who just missed out, better luck at BAM guys!

Hit the jump for the results!

MINDSCAPE: BAM5 Sponsor Prize Details!

May 14, 2013 Berzerk

We are proud to announce MINDSCAPE is a Sponsor of Battle Arena Melbourne 5!
http://www.mindscape.com.au/

Mindscape are the distributor in Australia for both KONAMI and TECMO KOEI. We have amazing giveaways from each. The fantastic team at Mindscape are continuing to throw strong support behind Dead or Alive 5 in the tournament scene. Expect to see them popping up at conventions and events around the country.

As a special bonus we are pleased to announce every DOA5 entrant will receive an Angel and Devil DLC code to download the latest DOA5 Costume pack, free!