THE PHILIPPINES’ premier multi-title fighting game tournament — REV Major — happens for a third straight year later this month, promising a bigger and stronger staging.
Happening from Sept. 28 to 29, this year’s iteration of the REV Major will see 12 different fighting game tournaments to be held at The Tent at Solaire Resorts & Casino in Parañaque City.
Games featured are tournament main title, Tekken 7, along with Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[st], King of Fighters XIV, Mortal Kombat 11, Samurai Showdown and Soul Calibur VI.
Organizers said that apart from the main games which will be played on the stage, more games are also being planned to be added as part of the side and community tournament features.
Added as Master Event of the Tekken World Tour, competition in the REV Major 2019 main title Tekken 7 is expected to be more cutthroat, especially with the winner to be awarded 300 points which would go a long way in boosting players’ standing in the leaderboard in the race to become this year’s best Tekken player.
In last year’s edition of REV Major, Korea’s Sun-woong “LowHigh” Yoon emerged as the Tekken Tournament winner.
Apart from Tekken, another REV Major 2019 title — Dragon Ball FighterZ — has just been revealed to be part of the DBFZ World Tour. A bigger stake is also up for grabs in Street Fighter V where the REV Major winner will be flown to Japan to compete in the Red Bull Kumite Championship.
To have more people experience the burgeoning fighting game community in the country, organizers are opening the doors to REV Major for free to spectators.
Registration for REV Major 2019 fighting game tournament, organized by the Playbook Esports in partnership with Gariath Concepts, is now open and interested players can check out the event’s official Website at revmajor.playbookph.com for particulars. — Michael Angelo S. Murillo
