Tournaments start on April 17th
Capcom has officially announced a Street Fighter 5 Pro Tour for 2021. The competitive gaming season will be played online and will feature 32 events in 19 different territories, in addition to a total prize pool of more than $ 200,000.
As usual, Capcom is also launching new Pro Tour content to help increase prize wins. This time, we will receive new costumes for G, Seth and a mysterious costume that we will learn about later. A new phase called “The Ring of Galaxy” is also underway, and you can see images of it all in the trailer below.
CPT’s official website presents the basic rules and expectations of this latest competitive enterprise.
“Capcom Pro Tour 2021 will be a continuation of the 2020 format due to global travel restrictions and social detachment guidelines. The new season will consist of more than 30 regional online premieres in 19 territories. The winners of these online premieres will qualify. automatically for Capcom Cup 8, which will be held in early 2022. Capcom Cup 8 will offer a prize pool of more than $ 200,000, and the top four finalists for each online debut will share a prize pool of $ 5,000.
“The opening event of the 2021 season will be the first of four online premieres for Japan. Registration for Japan’s No. 1 online debut begins on March 29, with the tournament taking place on Saturday, April 17 and Sunday 18 April. As usual, the tournament will be broadcast on Capcom Fighters Twitch and YouTube. “
Below you will find images of some of the new colors of the characters, the new hippie and gypsy costumes by G and Seth, the locations where each of the online events will be held and information on prices for all the new content from CPT 2021.
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Last year’s tour was initially planned for the usual offline circuit, but COVID-19 quickly ended those plans. Capcom redirected to take the entire Tour online and planned a Capcom Cup in the Dominican Republic, but it also ended up failing due to COVID restrictions.
The finalists, instead, ended up playing online shows against other top competitors from their respective regions, but the 2020 Tour certainly and understandably seemed speechless compared to the usual hype and excitement that the Tour brings.
The complete CPT schedule is now available for viewing on the website, where the events will begin in April and continue to run until January 2022.