{"id":135247,"date":"2018-02-23T09:15:38","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/?p=135247"},"modified":"2018-02-22T16:30:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T21:30:33","slug":"eleague-adds-tekken-7-to-growing-portfolio-of-esports-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2018\/02\/23\/eleague-adds-tekken-7-to-growing-portfolio-of-esports-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"ELEAGUE Adds Tekken 7 To Growing Portfolio Of Esports Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ELEAGUE, the premium Esports content and live tournament brand from Turner and IMG, has added\u00a0Tekken 7, the storied 3-D fighting franchise from\u00a0Bandi Namco Entertainment America, for the first-ever\u00a0ELEAGUE |Tekken Team Takedown. The addition of\u00a0Tekken 7\u00a0further expands ELEAGUE\u2019s collection of popular Esports titles.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tekken Team Takedown\u00a0will begin with a live tournament\u00a0March 3,\u00a0at\u00a02 p.m. ET on\u00a0Twitch. Coverage of the event will then<br \/>\ntransition to\u00a0TBS\u00a0for\u00a0a four-part feature series\u00a0set to premiere\u00a0March 16, following the network\u2019s NCAA March Madness coverage.-<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-95167 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ELeague_logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ELeague_logo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ELeague_logo.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ELeague_logo.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The live\u00a0Tekken 7\u00a0tournament will feature 20 of the game\u2019s top American players competing on four teams in a single<br \/>\nelimination bracket.\u00a0Team matches will consist of a series of one-on-one games, with losing players eliminated from future competition during that match. A team will win a match when it eliminates all available players from the opposing team.<\/p>\n<p>A team of seasoned fighting game community experts will join ELEAGUE host\u00a0Richard Lewis\u00a0to call the live action as well as provide studio analysis and player interviews. The casting team will be featured throughout the live tournament and TBS series, and includes\u00a0Reepal \u201cRip\u201d Parbhoo \u2013\u00a0currently ranked in the top 20 on the\u00a0Tekken World Tour, Steve \u201cTasty Steve\u201d Scott\u00a0and\u00a0Stephen \u201cSajam\u201d Lyon. In addition,\u00a0Tekken\u00a0ambassador and analyst\u00a0Mark \u201cMarkMan\u201d Julio\u00a0as well as reporter\u00a0Michele Morrow will both make their ELEAGUE debuts<\/p>\n<p>Fans can be a part of the\u00a0live studio audience\u00a0inside\u00a0ELEAGUE Arena at Turner Studios in Atlanta\u00a0by reserving free tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ev1.evenue.net\/cgi-bin\/ncommerce3\/SEGetEventList?groupCode=Tekken&amp;linkID=img-imgt&amp;shopperContext=&amp;caller=&amp;appCode=\">HERE<\/a>. Studio audience members will be entered into a raffle with prizes including an ELEAGUE-branded gaming chair, Hori\u00a0Tekken 7\u00a0Fight Stick and ELEAGUE gift bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELEAGUE, the premium Esports content and live tournament brand from Turner and IMG, has added\u00a0Tekken 7, the storied 3-D fighting franchise from\u00a0Bandi Namco Entertainment America, for the first-ever\u00a0ELEAGUE |Tekken Team [&hellip;]\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2018\/02\/23\/eleague-adds-tekken-7-to-growing-portfolio-of-esports-titles\/\" class=\"more\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":95167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9154],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135250,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135247\/revisions\/135250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}