Namco Bandai will be hosting a Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion arcade tournament from June 2-4 at E3. Only E3 attendants will be eligible to play of course, and their is no entry fee. Along with the tournament they will be previewing almost a dozen titles at their booth. Those games include: Soul Caliber: Broken Destiny and Dead To Rights: Retribution. With more here’s the full press release.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., (May 28, 2009) - Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. today announced highlights of its plans for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center, June 2-4, 2009. At its booth, E3 attendees will be able to enter a two-day TEKKEN(r) 6: Bloodline Rebellion tournament and preview nearly a dozen titles from a variety of consoles including - the Xbox 360(r) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION(r)3 computer entertainment system, the PSP(r) (PlayStation(r)Portable) system, and Wii(tm). NAMCO BANDAI Games' diverse lineup offers exciting new iterations of top-tier franchises, licensed brands and new properties encompassing multiple genres for players of every age and skill level. NAMCO BANDAI Games will be located at South Hall, Booth 801. The main event for show-goers will be hands-on gameplay time with the company's exciting new titles releasing later this year. Attendees will have a chance to enter the latest King of Iron Fist Tournament with TEKKEN 6 and play an exciting new game mode for Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION 3 system, experience the brutal world of Grant City as both a vice cop and his canine companion in Dead to Rights(r): Retribution on Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3, find the most robust and feature-packed portable fighting game with SOULCALIBUR(r): Broken Destiny on the PSP System, get an extreme workout with Active Life(tm): Extreme Challenge for Wii and much more. With games covering all genres and platforms, there's something for everyone at the NAMCO BANDAI Games booth. As an added draw for E3 attendees, NAMCO BANDAI Games will host a two-day TEKKEN 6: Bloodline Rebellion arcade tournament at its booth on Wednesday, June 3 and Thursday, June 4. Sign-ups will begin Tuesday, June 2, at the booth, with competitions running at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on June 3 and June 4. The winner of the 2 p.m. tournament will be invited to compete against the winner of the 4 p.m. tournament for a grand prize on each of these days.
How are they going to hold a tourney when less than 1% of the people that will go to E3 has even played Tekken 6? Ugh.
At any rate, I remember when I won a Street Fighter II tourney when I was a kid. I played as Dhalsim and no one played with him so no one knew how to counter or anticipate my tricks.
Muhaha!
They don’t change the next iteration of Tekken that much. If you can play T5DR then I’m sure you can get the hang of T6. They only added new moves, the ability to lift opponents off the ground for longer combos, multi-leveled stages and the rage mode when your life bar gets really low. I’m sure everyone who plays will be fine.
Dhalsim is pretty cool in SFIV and HD remix.
I’ve won a couple of local Tekken tourneys.