VSFighting hosted by Electronic Dojo returned once again to Birmingham’s Millenium Point for the 13th edition of the major Fighting Game event with 1174 entrants across 18 different titles on the weekend of August 15th to 17th.
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6 had the largest entrant count for a single event at VSFighting XIII with 250 entrants battling it out for the £2500 prize pool. The eventual winner of the bracket would be British Cammy Player Shakz, who took the entire bracket from Winner’s side defeating British player Imstilldadaddy in both Winners Final and Grand Finals – who defeated Irish Matt Hazard in Losers Final. The entirety of the Top 8 would be filled out with other British players with Broski of Void Gaming in 4th, ZaiLis of ASG esports and Boltstrike of Reason Gaming in 5th, and finally ScytheLDN of Reason Gaming and Sohaib in 7th.
Tekken 8
Tekken 8 had the second highest entrant count at VSFighting – just 8 entrants shy of tying Street Fighter 6 – at 242 with a prize pool of almost £4000, as well as being part of the Tekken World Tour 2025. The bracket would be won by Gosain of Mirage Esports after RsKyLuck reset the bracket from Loser’s Side of the bracket – after Gosain had beat him in the Winner’s Final. The rest of the Top 8 was filled with other British players too, with AyoRichie in 3rd, Koenji in 4th, Hasboybyz and CloudT7 in 5th, with JoshTQ and Niam Raeb of Rize Gaming in 7th.
With VSFighting being part of the Tekken World Tour, this also allowed Gosain to reach Top 20 of the points leader board and qualify for the Group Stage of the main event of the 2025 Tekken World Tour Finals.
Guilty Gear -STRIVE-
The Guilty Gear STRIVE bracket at VSFighting had an entrant count of 150 players with a £1500 prize pool. The bracket would be won by Swedish player Leffen of TSM after defeating British player Precho of Team Factor after Precho went on a Losers run defeating other British players Setchi and Mon before resetting the bracket against Leffen. Setchi would finish in 3rd, and Mon in 5th alongside Irish player Mattie, with other British players Milkshake and IndoorTurtle placing in 7th.
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising was the 4th highest entrant bracket of the Main Tournaments at VSFighting with 126 entrants and a £1260 prize pool. The bracket was won by Dutch player Space of mCon esports, beating German player Socky in Winners Final and French player Skyll of Team Oplon. The British players in the Top 8 included GideonTG of Zato Blockers International and Dudeakoff – with both players finishing in 7th.
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O had 103 entrants at VSFigthing with a prize pool of £3600. The bracket would be won by Japanese player Tonchan, who would qualify to the Virtua Fighter Open Championship Finals due to his victory after beating Italian player NERO and American player Shidosha. British players in the Top 8 included Rayne and MarleyJay in 5th and Scottish player Seidon and British player Reidon in 7th.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Whilst it did not have the highest entrants at 70, City of the Wolves did have the highest prize pool at VSFighting 13 – almost reaching £12,000. Taiwanese player ET of Team Falcons would win the entire bracket – beating H-DOPE, a Greek player representing GoNext Esports twice in Grand Finals. A number of UK players would miss out on the Top 8 slot of the bracket by just a single placement or two.
Under Night In-Birth II
Under Night In-Birth II had a bracket size of 55 participants and a prize pool of £550. The bracket was won by French player Neffros over Slovenian player Ram. There were a number of UK and Irish players in the Top 8 part of the bracket too. UK player Cain finished in 3rd, with Ranalie in 4th. Irish player Dr K would finish in 5th with UK Player KymPrecision in 7th.
Mortal Kombat 1
The Mortal Kombat 1 bracket at VSFighting 13 has an entrant count of 44 with a prize pool of £3000. The event would be won by Brazilian player Lavender Rain who reset the bracket against UK player Gotham – after Lavender Rain had lost their previous set in Winners Final. Other UK players in the bracket included VideoGamezYo of Console Gaming League and Nugi finishing in a shared 7th place.
Community Tournaments
Whilst there are a number of Main Event titles to choose from at VSFighting, the tournaments ran by the community are a highlight of the event with 12 extra titles available for participants to compete in during the weekend
The results of the Community Tournaments can be seen below;
Street Fighter III: Third Strike organised by Virtua Chip Shop – £900 Prize Pot (103 entrants)
1st – JEWELBOX (UK)
2nd – Tamraz (UK)
3rd – AQH (Netherlands)
Super Street Fighter II organised by Virtua Chip Shop – £675 Prize Pot (70 entrants)
1st – GolCarJack (UK, Grand Master Challenge)
2nd – Marcade (Spain)
3rd – DonYann (France)
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 organised by TalesOfMrE – £275 Prize Pot (55 entrants)
1st – Spartan Throne (UK)
2nd – Glass (UK)
3rd – Shuffle (UK)
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 organised by Super Miner Battle Farm & GoldmanJaqs – £180 Prize Pot (17 entrants)
1st – Omar (UK, Super Miner Battle Farm)
2nd – GoldmanJaqs (UK)
3rd – Lark0 (UK)
Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite & Beyond organised by Wake UP – £100 Prize Pot (20 entrants)
1st – Jads (UK)
2nd – Jonesy (UK)
3rd – SEND_MACHI_LEWDS (UK)
Soulcalibur VI organised by Valhanya & ZER0 – £360 Prize Pot (72 entrants)
1st – Incendiate (USA, Team DEUS)
2nd – Andyroo (UK)
3rd – Neon (UK)
Soulcalibur II organised by SoulChargeFGC – £245 Prize Pot (49 entrants)
1st – Back from the Dead (UK)
2nd – Naestrinus (France)
3rd – ThePoopTickler (UK)
BlazBlue: Central Fiction organised by TalesOfMrE & NGI – £230 Prize Pot (46 entrants)
1st – DLZ (UK)
2nd – Dazardz (UK)
3rd – Radian (UK)
Dragon Ball FighterZ organised by FlashNo47 – £135 Prize Pot (27 entrants)
1st – plug (UK)
2nd – Videct (UK)
3rd – Kyoshi (UK)
HUNTERxHUNTER NENxIMPACT organised by FlashNo47 – £100 Prize Pot (20 entrants)
1st – Tumbleweed (Netherlands)
2nd – FullMetalFury (UK)
3rd – KymPrecision (UK)
Melty Blood: Type Lumina organised by Fight Night – £115 Prize Pot (23 entrants)
1st – Tumbleweed (Netherlands)
2nd – Enanan (Hungary)
3rd – XinXin (Singapore)
Vampire Saviour organised by Bagel & Jackus_D – £175 Prize Pot (35 entrants)
1st – Bagel (UK)
2nd – Toby Abare (France)
3rd – Sailor Steam (UK)
Full brackets for every tournament can be found on the StartGG page for VSFightingXII, with the full album from SBDesignworks found here
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