Japan Paves the Way for E-sports with New Gaming Pro Licenses

Big news for the e-sports industry in Japan has come forward with the recent announcement that official 'Pro Licenses' are being issues from next year. Japan has in the past prevented their really strong players from making a career out of their talent due to strict gambling laws but this new initiative will seperate these "Pros" from the general public. With this news in mind, the upcoming Game Party Japan 2018 tournament (Togaiki) comes as the country's first opportunity to grant legal prize money to these professional gamers in the upcoming Tekken 7 tournament on February 10~11, 2018. Bandai Namco have currently been running their Japan Regionals competition starting with online qualifiers from this month which is leading into their finals play off in January 14 with top 3 finishers from there being granted an appearance in the GPJ 2018 tournament. There's a lot more to this to go on as the new year approaches but for now, you can read the details on these developments and the Bandai Namco support source from the Tekken 7 website:

Bandai Namco Official Tournament ≫ http://www.tk7.tekken-official.jp/special/?tab=0

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Tekken 7 Update to Reduce Input Lag is Coming December 14

During the official Bandai Namco Tekken 7 West Tournament finals, Tekken & Soul Calibur producer Motohiro Okubo brought the news forward that the upcoming input lag reduction update that was mentioned for Tekken 7 during the TWT Finals is arriving on December 14. Tekken 7 was noted in particular for having a notable amount of input lag since it's release so this update coming next week should help alleviate the responsiveness feel to player input. Full details on the patch and possible later testing on the reduction patch to come hopefully soon. You can check out Motohiro Okubo detail the update in the Twitch clip below.

Bandai Namco Entertainment ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/bandainamcoentertainment

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Day 1 of Geese Howard's Release; What's Working and What's Not

The Goose is loose everyone. The new character has just arrived and the flow of streams, notes, combo clips and more are pouring in. While it is Day 1, there's already hours of live content to dig into if you're looking at how people are finding the new guest character. I'll start by posting some of the more brief and interesting clips out there and should you be interested in watching more of Geese, you can watch the Day 1 Geese Howard streams from the community. The Tekken Bot frame data display for the PC has stopped working as of this patch unfortunately but here are some frame data documents floating around to use as a resource in the meantime. Enjoy.

Frame Data Doc (Shining Face) ≫ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1epa86eWDiM1-LHR4-l9Pj6_RbvdsZDBboULTTLn-g5A/edit#gid=0

Frame Data Doc #2 (Kodee) ≫ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LEDo-O9MQRIhtG4v3R2iuMSR24gsnRqj/view

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Tekken 7 Version 1.09 Adds DLC Character Geese Howard & Rematch Feature in Player Matches

Turn on your PS4s if you're reading this, a new update has just gone live. Update Version 1.09 for Tekken 7 rolls out the red carpet for the 1st DLC guest character Geese Howard to the game. The update also includes a really well requested QOL improvement of rematches in the Player Match mode as well as a 'A New Challenger' sound that plays when you find an opponent in the online waiting room. For those of you with the Tekken 7 Deluxe Edition or the Season Pass, Geese Howard will be available to play in the game once his character DLC unlock is available on the online store. Full PS4 Patch notes come courtesy of DigiDragneel on Reddit. Read it in full below.

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MASTERCUP.9 | World's Largest 5on5 Tekken 7 Team Tournament on November 25

Join us this Saturday in Tokyo, Japan for the world's largest Tekken 7 team tournament; MASTERCUP.9. This tournament marks the 10th anniversary of the debut of MASTERCUP tournaments in Japan which are known to gather players from all over the country to battle it out in big 5on5 team tournament. A single day event but with a staggering total of 207 teams of 1035 Tekken players including some of the best in the world like Qudans, Help Me, Knee, Chanel, Nobi, Noroma and a ton more that'll be too lengthy to mention in full on here. MASTERCUP.9 is being streamed live on Twitch.tv with multiple language streams so tune into the English stream with Markman, Tasty Steve & Michael Murray handling the commentary. The tournament's opening ceremony and first wave of pools commence at 8 AM in the morning in Japan so that'll be 3 PM PST and 6 PM EST on the Friday and at Midnight for Central European time for those looking to tune in. You can tune into MASTERCUP.9 live over on the official Tekken Twitch channel:

MASTERCUP.9 ENG Twitch Stream ≫ http://www.twitch.tv/tekken

MASTERCUP HP ≫ http://mastercupofficial.com/

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