Red Bull has announced Red Bull Golden Letters, a new Tekken 7 LAN event running between March 26th and 27th 2022 in London.
The event, which will be hosted at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere, will see grassroots UK players compete for a chance to battle the best in the world.
It will feature Red Bull’s Tekken superstars Arslan Ash (from Pakistan) and Hoa ‘Anakin’ Luu (USA), widely recognised as two of the top fighting game players in the world, as they take on UK players, as well as star in a 5v5 Europe vs The World exhibition match.
These two players will be joined by other renowned pros who will enter into the latter rounds of the competition to give UK grassroots players and aspiring professionals a chance to test their mettle. The event will also feature ‘Beat the Pro’ challenges throughout the weekend to take on all contenders, live on stream.
In typical Red Bull fashion, Red Bull Golden Letters features a unique format that ‘places an emphasis on producing perfect plays and showing poise under pressure to earn ‘Perfect’ and ‘Great’ scores’ – Tekken’s iconic ‘Golden Letters’.
Players who manage to achieve three ‘Perfect’ or ‘Great’ scores automatically win the entire set in the ‘First to Three’ clashes. The idea is to incentivise high risk for high reward plays.
The event will let amateurs and pros alike fight it out at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere, with the action streamed live at twitch.tv/redbull.
The event promises to end in a flourish, with a five-on-five Europe Vs The World clash. The Exhibition match will feature Red Bull Players Anakin and Arslan Ash, as well as several other Tekken stars to be revealed at a later date, offering an unforgettable spectacle for the fighting game community.
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Red Bull Golden Letters will be broadcast from the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in London and live on twitch.tv/redbull.
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