SAN DIEGO: DUÆL 2v2 TOURNAMENT

December 14, 2009

SDTEKKEN, TTF, and THE BOX ARENA proudly present the DUÆL 2v2 TOURNAMENT.  Happening on January 9th, 2010 at the Miramar Speed Circuit in San Diego, CA, compete against the best in the 2v2 TEKKEN 6 and 2v2 STREET FIGHTER IV tournaments.  Register your teams after clicking the link below.  More details after the jump.

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NORCAL REGIONALS Live Stream!

November 20, 2009

For those who can’t make it for this weekend’s NORCAL REGIONALS, iPLAYWINNER will be providing a live stream of the event through their USTREAM! Check back tomorrow for when all the festivities start.


NORCAL REGIONALS This Weekend!

November 20, 2009

NORCAL REGIONALS is this weekend! Happening Nov. 21st-22nd in Sunnyvale, CA, TEKKEN 6 is among the featured titles for THE last big tournament event of the year.  Click below for more details.

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ACTivegamerS Triple Threat & Hollywood Massacre!

November 10, 2009

This weekend, make sure you check out the biggest fighting game event in Southern California!  Triple Threat unites the three biggest fighting titles: Street Fighter IV, BlazBlue and TEKKEN 6 as the best players in the nation battle for over $6500 in prizes! Can’t make it out to California?  Make sure you check out the LIVE stream from UFRAGTV both Friday night for the uWink party and on Saturday for the main events!  Click below for the full press release!

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TEKKEN 6 LAUNCH PARTY!

October 20, 2009

THIS IS IT!  TEKKEN 6 is finally coming.  Southern California, are you ready for the next battle!?  Join us on Saturday, October the 24th for the official TEKKEN 6 launch event!  Join in as the fighting game community comes together to celebrate the release of a game we’ve been waiting for for years!  Get hyped!  Click below for the full details!

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SDT Podcast Show No. 1!

October 15, 2009

Hi everyone!  If you’ve been following our site lately, you’ll know that we’ve been working on a special podcast to highlight the console release of TEKKEN 6!  The wait is over and we now present you with an hours worth of shits and giggles as we go over a number of topics!

SDTEKKEN’s first podcast show! Tune in as we chat about the console versions of TEKKEN 6 and talk about the Tekken community as a whole. We also cover other fighting game news, arcade sticks, and what to do if you’re new to TEKKEN or interested in improving your game. Special Guest, Harry Chang from AKSYS Games (BlazBlue).

Length – 1:00:42. (Warning: Language may be inappropriate for minors.)

Credits – Mark Julio, Ace Roa, Harry Chang, Nathan Aguilera, Gerald Orofino, Neil Aguilera, Faye Mata & SDT

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SD TEKKEN Podcast Show #1 (55.5MB) < Download!

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Special thanks to Namco Bandai Games and everyone who submitted questions via our Twitter & TZ Thread!

Next episode will be soon!  Please note that this first episode is scripted to cater towards people who aren’t too familiar with the TEKKEN series.  For future podcasts (once the game is out) we will turn it up and get more technical with gameplay and strategy!  Enjoy!


Play-Asia Arcade Stick Round-Up Part I!

October 12, 2009

As you know, we are big fans of all things arcade sticks here at SDT… Our good friends at Play-Asia (The #1 place for online purchases & importing arcade sticks) recently shared their full catalog of arcade stick offerings with us and we’d like to go over all the offerings in a special 3 part series focusing on different types of sticks!  Today we focus on some of the Korean sticks… Click below for the full scoop!

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Street Fighter Bar Fights II!

October 4, 2009

Gootecks is at it again!  Street Fighter Bar Fights II is happening next week on Sunday, October 11th in sunny Southern California’s city of Pasadena.  The main event will be a grudge match between East coast’s Empire Arcadia and a new team of SoCal players!  If you’re in the area, make sure you stop by!  For more information please visit the link below…


SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV!

September 28, 2009

The rumors are true!  Super Street Fighter IV is coming!  GameSpot put up their sneak peak at the highly anticipated title and the fans are going wild!  So far we have been treated to a very artsy hype trailer and the mention of at least 8 more playable characters (two revealed today: Juri and T. Hawk) in addition to IV’s 25.  The game is slated to come out Spring 2010!  Before you ask in the comments, “WTF, isn’t this a TEKKEN site?!”  Just know that if it wasn’t for Capcom and Street Fighter the fighting game genre wouldn’t be what it is today!  Food for thought!  Click below for the video/impressions from GameSpot!

GAMESPOT – Super Street Fighter IV Impressions – First Look!

GAMESPOT – Super Street Fighter IV Interview With Yoshinori Ono


Mad Catz STREET FIGHTER IV Round 2!

September 22, 2009

Mad Catz announced today that the initial run of Street Fighter IV FightPads and FightSticks are no longer being produced and that “Round 2″ will take over!  The Mad Catz Street Fighter IV line was released earlier this year and saw rave reviews from fans and fighting game enthusiasts alike.  Round 2 brings us an all new art redesign on the Tournament Edition stick and 6 new featured characters for the FightPads.  For more information click one of the links below!


New Femme Fatale Sticks At PAX

September 2, 2009

Capcom-Unity revealed the new Mad Catz ‘Femme Fatale’ Tournament Edition Stick.  Limited to a 1000 Unit Run only, the new stick will be available exclusively at Capcom’s booth during this weekend’s PAX and on the Mad Catz GameShark store site.  Click below for more info.

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G4TV Ono-San Interview

August 13, 2009

G4TV has put up an interview with Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono from last month’s EVO 2009. He gives insight on his experience while at EVO, differences between Western and Japanese audiences, game balance, what’s next, etc… Ono even talks about TEKKEN 6 and Namco Bandai! Check out the interview by clicking below!

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DEVASTATION LIVE Stream! TEKKEN 6 Action!

June 20, 2009

DEVASTATION is going on RIGHT NOW!  Make sure you check out the live stream for some high level fighting game action and some hot TEKKEN 6 footage!  Top players from all over the world are in attendance including SDT’s very own FilthyRich, Le0C, got s0ymilk?! and Korea’s MaDDoGJiN!  Click below for more info/details!

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Denjin SBO Qualifier Results!

June 7, 2009

If you’ve been following the Street Fighter IV scene lately, you’ll know that the last chance to qualify for Super Battle Opera 7 (Tougeki 2009) took place yesterday at Denjin Arcade in Simi Valley, CA.  31 teams entered, and when all was said and done, the team of Alex “CaliPower” Valle and Peter “COMBOFIEND” Rosas came out on top and will move on to represent the United States at SBO7!  Congrats!  Special thanks to gootecks and UFRAG for providing the live stream coverage and Twitter udpates!  For more info on the event, click the links below:


Arcadia No. 109 Rankings!

May 3, 2009

Arcadia Magazine is celebrating it’s 10 year anniversary this month!  The June 2009 issue sports a new ‘re-born’ layout and has a feature story on The King of Fighters XII!  Click below for the latest arcadia top ten and some Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion tidbits!

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Games On Street Fighter IV Results

March 29, 2009

GAMES ON played host for our Street Fighter IV Tournament this past weekend.  We had 30 people show up for the event!  In the end, it was Sanchez of Los Angeles who took an undefeated run through for 1st Place using M. Bison (Dictator) !  Follow below for full results.

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Tougeki Spirits: T6BR Character Ranking!

March 22, 2009

The newest installment of Arcadia’s Tougeki Damashi Vol. 12 includes an interesting new character ranking chart!  Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion first hit Japanese arcades in early December.  This character ranking covers thoughts/opinions from top players throughout Japan over that short time period.  Click below for all the details!

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Games On Street Fighter IV Tournament

March 17, 2009

GAMES ON will play host for our STREET FIGHTER IV tournament on Sunday, March 29th, 2009.  Follow the link below for more details:

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DEVASTATION IS COMING!

February 16, 2009

DEVASTATION 2009 is going down on June 19-21st, 2009.  To be held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, THOUSANDS of dollars will be up for grabs in some of today’s most popular competitive titles! Follow the link below for more details.

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Making The Grade: A FightStick Story

February 7, 2009

Street Fighter IV is almost here!  If you’ve been paying attention to SFIV news lately, you’ve probably seen the hype and commotion going on about the Street Fighter IV line of accesories from Mad Catz (which are shipping NOW!)… Lets take a look back and see what all the fuss is about, from someone behind the scenes!  Click below for the full feature…

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