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Bandai Namco Entertainment America has announced the Tekken 7: The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2016 for North America today, which will be taking place at major cities all across North America for the remainder of 2016. This is the only opportunity North American Tekken fans will be able to get hands-on time with the arcade version of Tekken 7, as we anticipate the upcoming console release of the game.  The Tekken 7: King of the Iron Fist Tournament had actually already kicked off on Feburary 19 earlier this year at Wizard World in Portland, Oregon, and the locations and dates it will be touring for the rest of the year are as follows:

Date

Location

Event

February 19-21

Portland, OR

Wizard World

March 18-20

Atlanta, GA

Final Round

April 1-3

St. Louis, MO

Wizard World

April 29-May 1

Des Moines, WA

NorthWest Majors

May 6-8

Minneapolis, MN

Wizard World

May 27-29

Chicago, IL

Combo Breaker

June 2-5

Philadelphia, PA

Wizard World

June 17-19

Sacramento, CA

Wizard World

June 24-26

Orlando, FL

CEO 2016

July 29-31

Columbus, OH

Wizard World

August 5-7

Orlando, FL

Wizard World

August 18-21

Chicago, IL

Wizard World

August 19-21

Philadelphia, PA

Summer Jam X

September 9-11

Richmond, VA

Wizard World

September 23-25

Austin, TX

Wizard World

October 14-16

Southern California

SoCal Regionals

October 28-30

Toronto, Canada

Canada Cup

November 4-6

Pittsburg, PA

Wizard World

 

The location and date for the finals have yet to be announced. Here’s a few more details from Bandai Namco:

The TEKKEN 7: The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2016 – North America began on February 19, 2016 at Wizard World in Portland, OR and will continue through November 6, 2016 at the Wizard World Comic Con and Gaming Tour in Pittsburg, PA.  Tournaments will be held at Wizard World Comic Con and Gaming Tour sites and key fighting game circuit cities. Each tournament event will feature a prize pool of $3,000 with a final prize pool of $20,000 at the TEKKEN 7: The King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2016 – North America finals. For full tournament rules and regulations please visit

https://www.bandainamcoent.com/news/tekken-tour-na.

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Source: Press Release

Joe Sigadel
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