The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 Grand Finals Going Live on December 10

Join us in tuning into the Grand Finals for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016. It's been a long time coming but it's time to conclude the year with a big final Tekken tournament to crown our champion of the world. Bandai Namco is organizing an English Twitch stream for the world to tune in and we have a handful of commentators over there in Japan to give us play by plays of the action live. And of course, a new announcement related to the Tekken franchise is expected to take place after all the fierce Tekken competition concludes so there is that to also look forward too. The Grand Finals kicks off in Japan at 9:30 AM Japan time on December 10 (Dec 9 at 4:30 PM PST / 7:30 PM EST) and you can watch it live here:

TKOIFT Grand Finals Stream ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/tekken

The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 ≫ http://www.tekken-official.jp/2016_ironfist/

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Tekken 7 Fated Retribution Ver. H Tier List From Knee

World class top player Knee (pictured far right) from Korea is over in Japan for his trip to the grand finals for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 and while there, Kuro Kuro has been streaming his matches from the Akihabara Leisure Land arcade. Given this opportunity, Kuro Kuro once again was able to pick up Knee thoughts on a Tekken 7 FR tier list as well as who he personally thinks on are strong characters in the game. The tier list been posted up on Kuro Kuro's Twitter and you can check it out below but I've added some minor notes that were also included with the tier list below.

Kuro Kuro Tweet ≫ https://twitter.com/kuro__kuro__/status/806938262384230401

Kuro Kuro Image ≫ https://twitter.com/kuro__kuro__/status/806900316775923714

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Final List of Qualified Players for The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016

The Grand Finals for the King of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 is almost here. Roughly half a year's worth of build up behind it, the long road to Japan will see every qualified player pitted together for the Champion title in the world of Tekken. A majority of the players in the tournament are from Japan and Korea with players from the United States, Europe and South East Asia coming in to compete. All the qualifying tournaments have concluded and we now have our complete list of players making it to the Grand Finals competition. The King Of Iron Fist 2016 is taking place in Tokyo, Japan on December 10th with a stream set-up on the Tekken Twitch.tv channel.

The King Of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 ≫ http://www.tekken-official.jp/2016_ironfist/

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Fergus2k8's Tekken 7 Character Overview

Ireland's premier Tekken community leader Fergus recently made a character primer going over each Tekken 7 combatant's strengths, weaknesses, and difficulty levels in under 200 words each. It's a fantastic piece of writing that can be very useful to any newcommer wanting to see what each character is about. You can find the link to the google doc here. Follow Fergus2k on twitter at @CkT_Fergus and twitch.

KOIFT 2016 Tokyo Round Qualifier Streamed Live on November 26

The last open qualifier for the King Of Iron Fist Tournament 2016 is on this Saturday in Japan and we have international guests Rip & Tasty Steve over there in person to perform commentary for the English stream. Bandai Namco's Tokyo offices will be the place where many of Japan's notable players will come together to try to get themselves a ticket to the Grand Finals and some of that big tournament prize money. Just like the Osaka Qualifier, there are 3 divisions for the event which consist of a Female group, a Students group and another group that's open to everyone. Top 2 players from the Female division & the Students division will earn the qualifying spot while Top 3 from the Anyone division will make their way to qualify. The Tokyo Round qualifier is set to start at 10:00 AM Japan time on November 26 so for viewers in USA, that's November 25 at 5:00 PM PST. You can tune into the event over on the TEKKEN Twitch channel:

Twitch Stream (Rip / Tasty Steve / Markman) ≫ http://twitch.tv/tekken

niconico Stream (Hameko / Harada) ≫ http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv282205782

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