Tekken 7 UK Championships Announced in Association with ESL

A Tekken 7 tour is coming to the United Kingdom, Bandai Namco has announced today. This upcoming championships will make certain stops in upcoming events in the UK during the months of April & May and will culminate with the best Tekken players the region has to offer at the finals at the ESL Arena during MCM London Comic Con. Hypespotting 6 is officially the first event as part of the championships and will signal the official launch of the tour for the game. While the announcements regarding this year's King of Iron Fist Tournament has yet to be arranged, it should probably be expected that the UK Championships will tie into it in the future. For Tekken competitors in the United Kingdom, check out official announcement and details on the Tekken 7 UK Championships over on the Bandai Namco website.

TEKKEN 7 UK Championships ≫ https://www.bandainamcoent.eu/news/2017/03/07/tekken-7-uk-championships/6054/?redirect=false

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95% of Tekken Console Sales are from Outside Japan

That figure of Tekken console players also don't have access to the game as it turns out. Harada gave a closer breakdown of the console Tekken franchise sales figure with listing Europe > United States > Asia & Oceania > Japan. There's not much commentary to add to this so here's the source from Siliconera.

Siliconera ≫ http://www.siliconera.com/2016/12/27/tekken-series-producer-harada-says-95-sales-come-outside-japan/

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It's completely misunderstanding.
90% of the TEKKEN console version market is West side.
Most of the reques… https://t.co/ohqwPyJYjL

— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) January 4, 2017

The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 Grand Finals Going Live on December 10

Join us in tuning into the Grand Finals for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016. It's been a long time coming but it's time to conclude the year with a big final Tekken tournament to crown our champion of the world. Bandai Namco is organizing an English Twitch stream for the world to tune in and we have a handful of commentators over there in Japan to give us play by plays of the action live. And of course, a new announcement related to the Tekken franchise is expected to take place after all the fierce Tekken competition concludes so there is that to also look forward too. The Grand Finals kicks off in Japan at 9:30 AM Japan time on December 10 (Dec 9 at 4:30 PM PST / 7:30 PM EST) and you can watch it live here:

TKOIFT Grand Finals Stream ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/tekken

The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 ≫ http://www.tekken-official.jp/2016_ironfist/

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Final List of Qualified Players for The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016

The Grand Finals for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 is almost here. Roughly half a year's worth of build up behind it, the long road to Japan will see every qualified player pitted together for the Champion title in the world of Tekken. A majority of the players in the tournament are from Japan and Korea with players from the United States, Europe and South East Asia coming in to compete. All the qualifying tournaments have concluded and we now have our complete list of players making it to the Grand Finals competition. The King Of Iron Fist 2016 is taking place in Tokyo, Japan on December 10th with a stream set-up on the Tekken Twitch.tv channel.

The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 ≫ http://www.tekken-official.jp/2016_ironfist/

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Warsaw Games Week | KOIFT 2016 European Qualifier Event on Oct 16

The first European qualifier event for the King Of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 is taking place this weekend at Warsaw Games Week in the country of Poland. Tekken 7 tournament entry sign-ups are to be taken on the day for each days with the finals having 8 qualifying players advancing alongside 8 invited top Polish Tekken players in a 16 man bracket. The winner of this event will get a paid for trip to Japan to represent Europe in the KOIFT 2016 finals in Japan. The preliminary tournaments at WGW on Friday & Saturday will be streamed on JakubDi's Twitch channel with the finals of the tournament being streamed on the Bandai Namco Europe Twitch channel. Tournament details can be read on the European Tekken website.

Stream Link #1 ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/jakubdi

Stream Link #2 ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/bandainamcoeurope

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