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Red Bull Conquest Tests the Nation's Best Fighting Game Players in November

Red Bull Esports will see which region boasts the best fighting game players in America with a brand new fighting game circuit.

Ozzie Mejia

March 1, 2018 10:00 AM

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A new national fighting game circuit is getting ready to make its debut in 2018. Those in the fighting game community should recognize the ones behind this effort. It's Red Bull Esports, who announced plans on Thursday morning to debut nationwide tour set to culminate at Red Bull Conquest.

Red Bull's new tournament circuit will look for the best of the best across Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. The first of the tournament's qualifiers will kick off on April 28 in Chicago, with qualifiers continuing throughout the year to find each region's best player. The winners will then head to the Red Bull Conquest National Finals in Washington DC on the weekend of November 16-18, where one region will stand above the rest.

More information on these tournaments, including tentative dates, can be found on Smash.gg.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?