The competitive Tekken community will descend upon London’s Heart of Gaming venue on Saturday February 24th to see the District G WAR champion emerge.
The winner, who will take the Pro League title, will also walk away with the lion’s share of the £1,000 prize pot, sponsored by Gamestatix.
UK fighting game org District G (which previously had UK Tekken player KingJae within their ranks) is also planning on launching a campaign to get more women into Tekken esports/the fighting game community (FGC), with more details to be announced soon.
The current WAR III: The Pro League tournament follows a six-month-long campaign.
“Heart of Gaming is an incredible venue. With a live DJ, free giveaways, special guests and plenty of free play, it’s set to be our best event yet.”
Joe Nwasokwa, District G
After two qualifying rounds, with the likes of Roo Kang, Haroun, Bonus Jin and Asim securing their seats at the pro league table, the third instalment of WAR promises to feature plenty of top gameplay and emerging talent from the Tekken 7 eSports community.
District G team CEO Joe Nwasokwa said: “Not only have we seen some incredible play from the top players, we have also attracted so many new faces. We are really excited to see who will take the title home – it’s almost impossible to call.
“Heart of Gaming is an incredible venue, it’s a gamer’s paradise, mixing retro and modern, coupled with a live DJ, free giveaways, special surprise guests and plenty of free play, it’s set to be our best event yet.”
The event will also be livestreamed for the first time.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
