Weds Night Fights 2012 is back and we’re locked and loaded with 2 amazing announcements to start off the new season! First up, Level|Up is proud to announce Shoryuken.com as the official fighting game website sponsor of WNF2012! For over a decade, SRK has been the premier site for news, strategy guides, tournaments, and events for the fighting game community. In their ongoing efforts to move the scene forward, they will be supporting 22 episodes of WNF action starting Feb. 1, 2012 all the way through to the EVO World Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada!

Speaking of which, we know many of our SoCal players have been wondering why our region has the least qualifiers in the Road to EVO Tournament Season. Well, that’s definitely about to change! Level|Up is also proud to announce that our WNF2012 Ranking Point system is now officially part of the Road to EVO 2012 Tournament Season! How will it work? What’s going on you say? For the first time, WNF2012 season finalists will have an opportunity to accumulate EVO seed points for AE2012 and UMVC3! That’s 48 possible chances across 2 of the biggest games in the FGC! We’re excited to collaborate with our good friends at SRK/EVO in bringing gaming entertainment to the masses! SoCal GET HYPE!!

WNF2012 SRK Thread

January 9th, 2012

Shadowloo Showdown 2012 International Qualifiers: United States

Hosted by Fighting Gamers @ UCI and Offcast (a member of the Level|Up Series Group)

Featuring Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition: 2012

For the past 2 years Shadowloo Showdown has grown in scale and scope to become a premiere international tournament.  This year they are once again expanding the scope of their events by holding qualifiers in 8 different countries around the world.

Fighting Gamers @UCI and Offcast are honored to have been given the privilege of hosting the United States qualifiers.  Fighting Gamers @UCI, fresh off of SoCal Regionals will be providing the venue and handling tournament organization.  Offcast, a member of Level|Up Series, will be producing the stream.

Winners of this event will receive an expenses paid trip to Melbourne, Australia (airfare and lodging) to compete in Shadowloo Showdown 2k12.

WHEN:

February 26th, 2012

WHERE:

Student Center, Pacific Ballroom C

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA

STREAM:

Leveluplive.tv or Twitch.tv/offcast

Stream is scheduled to begin at 12PM PST

FEES:

$10 Entry

$10 Venue

Spectating is free

For more information visit the SRK and Facebook event threads:

SRK:

http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/feb-26-2012-shadowloo-showdown-2k12-us-qualifiers-umvc3-ssf4ae-2012-irvine-ca.152409/

FACEBOOK:

http://www.facebook.com/events/344184752276861

For more information on Shadowloo Showdown 2012:

SHADOWLOO SHOWDOWN 2k12:

http://shadowlooshowdown.com/

LG Electronics is bringing some phenomenal entertainment for fighting game fans in 2012! With the recent news of the LG exclusive port of Street Fighter 4 on their smartphones, it only makes sense to debut both the new LG device and the game in action at a tournament!

Level Up is proud to announce our partnership with LG’s Street Fighter 4 HD Global Championships 2012 US Qualifier! There will be 2 tournaments featured for the event – Street Fighter 4 HD on the new LG Nitro HD and Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition on the Xbox 360! The grand prize winners for each tournament receive BIG money prizes and a FREE trip to the Global Championships in Korea! The event will feature some of the finest talent in Street Fighter competition, awesome swag giveaways, casual gaming entertainment, and much more! Best of all, this event is absolutely FREE TO ENTER!

The dream team collaboration to bring this event to life consists of Fight Club event producers at iam8bit, the entertainment network for fighting game fans at CrossCounterTV, and yours truly that will broadcast and direct the tournament for the masses! Online registration is open for US residents only, so better hurry up and secure a spot and try out the new LG Nitro HD in action with Street Fighter 4 HD!

Tune into leveluplive.tv this January 14, 2012 at 11AM PST to catch this amazing event!

For registration and all other info about the LG Cup Street Fighter 4 HD Global Championships 2012, visit:

http://lgsf4hd.com/

Facebook Event Page:

http://www.facebook.com/events/246134462126093/#!/events/246134462126093/

Shoryuken Forum Post:

http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jan-14-2012-lg-cup-street-fighter-4-hd-global-championships-2012-us-los-angeles-ca.152258/

Venue:

The Belasco Theater

1050 S. Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90015

213-746-5670

http://thebelasco.com

TwitchTV is an Official Sponsor of SCR2011!

TwitchTV, the premier online broadcasting network for gamers, provides a great platform for competitive gaming events around the world. They’re taking the necessary steps into our scene’s growth displaying hundreds of broadcasts we’ve come to enjoy everyday.  In their ongoing efforts to support the scene, Level|Up is proud to announce TwitchTV as an official sponsor of SoCal Regionals 2011! For the first time at SCR, we’re featuring 2 Level|Up live streams simultaneously on TwitchTV so fans can catch all the fighting game action! That’s not all, TwitchTV is also sponsoring the Super Street Fighter 4: AE 2012 tournament with a bonus pot of $1,000! Gaming entertainment is coming strong this December 17-18, get hype!

SCR2011 Stream Channels -

Channel 1: www.twitch.tv/leveluplive

Channel 2: www.twitch.tv/leveluplive2