[Feb 4, 2012] Namco Bandai / Gamespot Soulcalibur V Launch Event (Islington, London)

Namco Bandai have kindly set up a release tournament for Soulcalibur V on February 4th, 2012 in London! They are really ramping up efforts to keep the game popular this time around and, in line with tournaments announced around the world, Namco UK will be supporting the community with this upcoming event and hopefully many more.

The event will be held in Islington, North London, and Soulcalibur pro Kayane will be present along with Ryan Hart to represent Maadcatz and take part in exhibition matches.

Soulcalibur V starts here for the UK!

Details as follows from the Namco Website:


Namco Bandai team up with Gamespot to bring UK fans a SOULCALIBUR V launch event

January 13, 2012
Want to be on the Stage of History? Namco Bandai Begins the Search for the UK’s Top SoulCalibur V Player

To celebrate the launch of SoulCalibur V next month, Namco Bandai and Gamespot are teaming up to start the search for the UK’s top SoulCalibur V player. Gamers will be given the opportunity attend the SoulCalibur V launch event at The Chapel Bar in Islington from 12-6pm on Saturday 4tH February where some of the UK’s best fighting game players will be in attendance. There will be a limited free bar and entrance will be permitted on a first come first serve basis for up to 200 people. Selected matches will be streamed online at www.twitch.tv/namcobandaiuk

Madcatz will be showing off their SoulCalibur V Soul Edition arcade sticks and bringing top UK and French players Ryan Hart (Prodigal Son) and Marie-Laure Norindr (Kayane), who will be on hand to give some useful tips and partake in some thrilling exhibition matches.

This event will kickstart a nationwide search to find the best SoulCalibur V players to take part in the UK finals on Friday March 16th at a so far secret location with a whole host of exciting prizes up for grabs. We will be announcing further details of the registration process soon. The winner of this tournament will go on to take part in the EU finals in London.

Welcome to the Stage of History fighting game fans.

SoulCalibur V goes on general release for Xbox 360 and PS3 on February 3rd 2012. For more information log on to http://soulcalibur.com/ and follow @namcobandaiUK on twitter

I better see all the UK at this since I had to spend my morning putting this on the front page.

http://8wayrun.com/threads/scv-uk-launch-event-by-namco-bandai-gamespot.9629/

Looks like there should be a cluster of pretty decent players coming to this. Things are looking good

The main content of this event will be exhibitions and casuals rather than a tournament. Any players who want to be involved in the exhibition games, please contact me.

tiers are for pussies