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Battle Arena Melbourne 8 erupts this weekend; features Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, more

12 May 2016
Steve Wright

Australia’s largest fighting games tournament, Battle Arena Melbourne, is back for its eight consequtive year this weekend.

Taking place of 13-15 May at CQ Functions, 123 Queen Street in Melbourne, the event boasts a Capcom Pro Tour Ranking event, Smash Bros. international face off, a Dead or Alive battle royale and a chance to play Tekken 7.

The event will offer up $25,000 AUD all up in cash and prizes.

International players attending, include two Street Fighter World Champions, RZR.Xian and EG.Momochi.

For more information on the event, head here.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.