Tournaments start on April 17th
Capcom has officially announced a Street Fighter 5 Pro Tour for 2021. The season of competitive play will be played online and will feature 32 events in 19 different territories, as well as a total prize pool of more than $ 200,000.
As usual, Capcom is also releasing new Pro Tour content to help bolster prize winning. This time we get new costumes for G, Seth, and a mysterious outfit that we’ll learn more about later. A new phase called “The Ring of Galaxy” is also on the way, and you can see all of this in the trailer below.
The official CPT site lays down the ground rules and expectations necessary for this latest competitive endeavor.
Capcom Pro Tour 2021 will be a continuation of the 2020 format due to global travel restrictions and social distance guidelines. The new season will feature more than 30 online regional premieres across 19 territories. Winners of these online premieres will automatically enter eligible for Capcom Cup 8, which will be held in early 2022. The Capcom Cup 8 offers a prize pool of more than $ 200,000, and the top four finalists from each online premier 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 # 1 online prime minister will begin on March 29 and the tournament will run on Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18. Normally, the tournament will be streamed. on the Capcom Fighters Twitch and YouTube channels. “
Below you’ll find images of some of the new character colors, G and Seth’s new hippie and gypsy costumes, the locations where each of the online events will be held, and pricing information on all of the new CPT 2021 content.
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Last year’s Tour was initially scheduled for the usual offline circuit, but COVID-19 soon put the kibosh on those plans. Capcom was diverted to take the entire Tour online and scheduled a Capcom Cup in the Dominican Republic, but that too fell through due to COVID restrictions.
Finalists instead played exhibitions online against other top competitors from their respective regions, but the 2020 Tour certainly and understandably felt very muted compared to the usual hype and excitement that the Tour brings.
The full CPT schedule is now also available to view on the website, where events begin in April and continue through January 2022.