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In an interview with VG247, Capcom talked briefly about their plans for Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite’s approach to esports, the depth added by the Infinity Stones and the game skipping the Capcom Pro Tour in 2017. Associate producer Peter ‘Combofiend’ Rosas, yes that one, said that in regards to competitive …

Remember last year when we were all desperately trying to figure out who had qualified for the Capcom Cup and who hadn’t? Well that appears to have been the last time we will have to do such a thing, as the new Capcom Pro Tour format seems a lot easier.  …

The full schedule of the Capcom Pro Tour will be announced next week.  A tweet from the Capcom Fighters account revealed that the full details of the tour will be announced on Monday, February 27th.  There has been a lot of rumours about the format of the Pro Tour after …

Capcom has announced that to kick off the Capcom Pro Tour in 2017 it will hold a massive party that will see top pros compete in show matches and the launch of Lupe Fiasco’s new album.  The party will take place on February 17th in San Francisco, and will see …

Capcom has revealed that it will announce the first details of the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour at the end of February.  “Full details on #CPT2017 will be released in late February on http://capcomprotour.com,” read a tweet from the Capcom Fighters account. “In the interest of helping players plan their travel, …

Peripheral manufacturer HyperX has sponsored legendary Street Fighter player Daigo “The Beast” Umehara.  The global sponsorship deal will see Umehara exclusively wear HyperX headsets when competing.  “Whether training for my next event or on-stage at a major tournament, I need the best quality sound so I can perform at the …

The tournament format for the upcoming Capcom Cup has been switched with all games now being best of fives and not best of threes. The original format for the competition stated that all games up to the round of 16 would be best of threes and then it would switch …

Capcom has banned Team YP from all Capcom Pro Tour events, with a new rule that forbids sponsors of “adult content”. The new rules that were published at the end of last week, state that Capcom will not allow any players who are sponsored by “adult content sponsors, such as …

Capcom has detailed its 2015 Pro Tour fighting game circuit schedule, with the eSports organization offering up a prize pool of $500,000 this season. A post on the Capcom Unity blog details how the purse will be spread across 16 Ultra Street Fighter IV Premiere events at locations in Asia, …