As we posted earlier, demos of non-fighting games both surprised and disappointed us, but that doesn’t stop our desire for some healthy fighting game competition!
Closing out this week will be events from NeoMaxico, LAN Speed Games, and Euphoria Gaming for fighting games galore. Read the rest of this entry »
If you couldn’t make the boot camp at Arcade-in-a-Box don’t worry, there is another opportunity with Team Hazmat to build up your skills.
The team is hosting their official “Hazbat tournaments” a.k.a. ranbats (ranking battles), starting off this Saturday the 7th at their hangout in Laveen. Read the rest of this entry »
The last of Team Hazmat’s bi-weekly tournaments for 2011 will take place this weekend, meaning it’s one of your last chances to get in all your competitive action before the end of the year.
The team plans to host two tournaments on Saturday at their hangout spot in Laveen. Read the rest of this entry »
As we quietly shuffle out of the ridiculously busy month that was October and fall face first into November, the Team Hazmat crew is ready for action with one of their biggest tournaments yet.
Courtesy Team Hazmat Youtube channel.
[CORRECTION: We inaccurately posted that the Team Hazmat tournament would be occurring on Friday. It will actually happen on Saturday the 5th. Our apologies for any confusion]
This Saturday the team plans to host their bi-weekly tournament, full of raffles, money matches, and mad hype in Laveen. Read the rest of this entry »
DEVASTATION is only a few days away and the event is loaded and ready to go. The Pause Button got the chance to talk to the event coordinator Robb Chiarini (aka Jedirobb), and get some details, as well as thoughts on the upcoming tournament.
Courtesy of DEVASTATION.
The event is set to officially begin on Friday October 7th and continue through Sunday at the Phoenix Convention Center. A multitude of competitions will be held for numerous first-person shooter, fighting, sports, rhythm, and strategy games throughout the weekend.
DEVASTATION recently suffered the loss of Team Sp00ky due to the alleged confiscation of their equipment by Homeland Security. Chiarini confirmed that there are three other stream broadcasters lined up for the convention including LevelUp and local boys Team Haz-mat to run the fighting game shows, with Beyond Gaming to cover the PC side of the competitions. They will broadcast on three separate channels through Twitch.tv: TwitchTV/DEVEVENT, TwitchTV/DEVASTATIONEVENT, and TwitchTV/BeyondGaming. according to the official event website. Read the rest of this entry »
Arcade-in-a-Box’s Ed Farias Talks Retro Rumbles and Web Series
17 02 2012With a huge community outpouring of live streams of fighting game favorites like Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters, Super Street Fighter IV, and the like, it’s hard to think there’s much room for anything else.
Arcade-in-a-Box’s owner Ed Farias has made a recent push for a derision from fighting game streams into something different that celebrates the old school arcade in its best form.
It’s called Retro Rumble and it’s a force to be reckoned with.
Image courtesy of Retro Rumble.
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