MASTERCUP.9 | World's Largest 5on5 Tekken 7 Team Tournament on November 25

Join us this Saturday in Tokyo, Japan for the world's largest Tekken 7 team tournament; MASTERCUP.9. This tournament marks the 10th anniversary of the debut of MASTERCUP tournaments in Japan which are known to gather players from all over the country to battle it out in big 5on5 team tournament. A single day event but with a staggering total of 207 teams of 1035 Tekken players including some of the best in the world like Qudans, Help Me, Knee, Chanel, Nobi, Noroma and a ton more that'll be too lengthy to mention in full on here. MASTERCUP.9 is being streamed live on Twitch.tv with multiple language streams so tune into the English stream with Markman, Tasty Steve & Michael Murray handling the commentary. The tournament's opening ceremony and first wave of pools commence at 8 AM in the morning in Japan so that'll be 3 PM PST and 6 PM EST on the Friday and at Midnight for Central European time for those looking to tune in. You can tune into MASTERCUP.9 live over on the official Tekken Twitch channel:

MASTERCUP.9 ENG Twitch Stream ≫ http://www.twitch.tv/tekken

MASTERCUP HP ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/

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Premium PV Unveiled for Japanese 5on5 T7FR Tournament - MASTERCUP.9

MASTERCUP.9 is inching closer and closer this month! The 5on5 Japanese Tekken 7 Fated Retribution team tournament brings together the world's largest amount of Tekken players to champion the strongest Tekken team on the planet. As of right now, registration numbers for the tournament total a staggering 207 teams of 5 players entered resulting with 1035 players expected to come out to Tokyo, Japan to battle it out. MASTERCUP.9 is once again going to broadcast the event live on Twitch with commentary so this is an event to not miss out on when the festivities start. Check out the new Premium Promotional Video released for the event starring the voice of Fumihiko Tachiki (VA who voices Japanese Pride fight videos) which offers a glimpse of the passion and energy in MASTERCUP events. For more details on MASTERCUP like registration, location and even cosplay and Harada T-shirt signing schedules, check out the official home page:

MASTERCUP OFFICIAL ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/

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Almost 1000 players have entered MASTERCUP.9!

Celebrating 10 years of MASTERCUP tournaments, MASTERCUP.9 is taking place next month with now over 990 players entering! The ninth MASTERCUP tournament in Japan will see the world's largest ever Tekken tournament with the latest Tekken 7 Fated Retribution game being featured. Registration for the tournament opened back on September 3rd but since then over 190 teams of 5 players have poured in to sign up for the monolithic tournament. MASTERCUP.9 is taking place on the 25th next month following the TWT Global Finals making it the big closing month for competitive Tekken for the whole year. You can expect to tune into MASTERCUP.9 live on Twitch with full commentary in November so look out for more details on the that soon. You can check out the latest combo video PV for the tournament as well as some of the notable teams entered into the tournament below. For more news and details on MASTERCUP, check out the official website:

MASTERCUP HP ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/

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Tekken 7 Tournament MASTERCUP TRIGGER Taking Place in Tokyo on August 20

The MASTERCUP Zaibatsu has announced a new tournament taking place this month in Electric Town, Tokyo. MASTERCUP TRIGGER is the tournament's name and it is being organised in the e-sports Square Akihabara venue with both PS4 & PC versions of Tekken 7. For people who have never been to e-sports Square Akihabara before, it's a cafe that has around 50 high spec PC rigs available for patrons to come in and play whatever they like. It even has a Tekken Bar with Tekken related menu items available to buy. MASTERCUP will be organizing a Tekken 7 tournament, Tekken Lesson to help learn the game and prepare set-ups to play on freely so come on down if you happen to be in the area. Entry fee into the event is 2000 Yen and more details on a stream will arrive closer to the date. You can check out the source announcement of the tournament over at the Mastercup website.

MASTERCUP TRIGGER Announcement ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/17858

Tournament Updates ≫ @masakarijin

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MASTERCUP Tekken Fight Club Niconico Stream on July 25th

Tomorrow night in Tokyo, Japan is the MASTERCUP Tekken Fight Club stream on niconico. The niconico "Tou.channel" (闘.ch) is presenting an online broadcast with the large-scale user community tournament MASTERCUP and Tekken playing pros Yuu & Nobi from Yamasa for a Tekken Fight Club special. Bandai Namco is confirmed for an appearance with Tekken dev team members Katushiro Harada and Nakatsu to appear as guests and present the latest news on Tekken 7 during the stream. The broadcast will go over the MASTERCUP series of tournaments, feature a Tekken lesson from Tekken pros with an online tournament after it and then potentially new announcements regarding Tekken 7 so tune in tomorrow at 8 PM Japan time (4 AM PDT) to catch the broadcast live. Link to the niconico stream and schedule can be found below:

MASTERCUP TEKKEN FIGHT CLUB ≫ http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv303088525

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