Bandai Namco Games has announced an official Tekken 7 tournament for Japan, offering major cash rewards for the best players.
Tekken chief Katsuhiro Harada confirmed the news on his personal Twitter account, writing, “TEKKEN 7. First official tournament with prizes.”
According to the official Tekken 7 website, the total prize pool amounts to 10 million yen, which equates to roughly $82,000 USD. The prize will be shared among the best players at the tournament.
See below for full details. Tekken 7 is currently available in Japanese arcades, though it is expected the game will arrive on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One some time in 2016. Chances are the tournament is the ‘major’ announcement that was teased the other week.
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– The official name of the tournament is “THE KING OF IRON FIST TOURNAMENT 2015″, will be held the “OSAKA CHALLENGE” “TOKYO CHALLENGE”, “JAPAN ROUND”, “GRAND FINAL” as a constituent tournament.
– Total prize money of 10 million yen is the total amount of prize money to be paid in the tournament to be held in Japan (OSAKA CHALLENGE · TOKYO CHALLENGE · JAPAN ROUND · GRAND FINAL), prize money of representative finals to be held in other than Japan are included not.
• Each representative finals to be held outside of Japan, will be held by local companies organized.
• All of the tournament to be held in Japan, and on the “TEKKEN-NET member” in which junior high school students or more players like mandatory participation conditions in Japan living.
• Each tournament to be held in Japan, because of the prizes tournament, will be made in all special venue.
– Scheduled to be held in November-December 2015 “GRAND FINAL” will be 1on1 tournament.
– Organizers of each event to be held in Japan is NAMCO BANDAI entertainment.
– Overview of each tournament to be held in Japan, schedule, regarding entry, at a later date, it will turn guidance at this site.