Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament – Now Open

The celebrations for the Street Fighter franchise’s 25th anniversary have kicked off!

Sony has announced the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament, which will involve four of their most popular fighting games from the franchise.

Regional qualifiers will be held around the world, with the finalists receiving invites to the Grand Finals Tournament in the USA come December 2012. Up to US$500,000 worth of cash prizes, non-cash prizes, and amenities will be distributed throughout the qualifiers and the finals.

The winner of SFxT at the Asia Final will also win a trip to Tokyo in September, together with a free pass to the Tokyo Game Show.

Here is the schedule of events:

Tournament

Date/ Tournament

Venue

Preliminary

21 July (Sat): <Street Fighter X Tekken> Versus22 July (Sun): Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012

PlayStation PlayGround @ E2Max Cine-L9

8 Grange Road, 9th Storey Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, Singapore

Preliminary

27 July (Fri): Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix28 July (Sat): Street Fighter III: Third Strike – Online Edition

Level 1 Atrium, Wisma Atria, 435 Orchard Road, Singapore

Regional Final

29 July (Sun)

Level 1 Atrium, Wisma Atria, 435 Orchard Road, Singapore

Asia Final

26 Aug (Sun)

Taipei World Trade Center Hall 2 (Taipei Show Hall 2) Entrance near Vie Show Cinemas Taipei Hsin Yi

<No.3, Song-Lian Road, Taipei City, Taiwan >

Registration for the tournament is already open. Do note that SSF4AE and SFxT each have a cap of 128 participants, while Third Strike and Super Turbo have caps of 64 participants.

Sign up at the links below:

And we’ll see you at the tournament!