Anji

Chipp

Faust

Giovanna

I-No

Millia

Nagoriyuki

Potemkin

Ramlethal

Zato

Goldlewis

Jack-O

Happy Chaos

Testament

Baiken

Bridget

Asuka R♯

Johnny

Elphelt

A.B.A.

Bedman?

Slayer

Dizzy

Random

Venom

Blanka

Cammy

Chun-Li

Dee Jay

Dhalsim

E. Honda

Guile

Jamie

Juri

Kimberly

Lily

Luke

Manon

Marisa

Zangief

Rashid

A.K.I.

Akuma

M. Bison

Terry

Ashrah

Baraka

General Shao

Geras

Havik

Johnny Cage

Kenshi

Kitana

Kung Lao

Li Mei

Liu Kang

Mileena

Nitara

Raiden

Rain

Reiko

Reptile

Scorpion

Shang Tsung

Sindel

Smoke

Sub-Zero

Tanya

Quan Chi

Omni-Man

Peacemaker

Ermac

Homelander

Takeda

Cyrax

Sektor

Noob Saibot

Ghostface

Conan

T-1000

Cell

Frieza

Gohan (Adult)

Goku (Super Saiyan)

Majin Buu

Vegeta (Super Saiyan)

Yamcha

Guilty Gear Strive (PS4 Pro)

Street Fighter 6 (PS5)

Mortal Kombat 1 (PS5)

Dragon Ball FighterZ (PS4 Pro)

Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 (PS4)

The King of Fighters XV (PS4 Pro)

Tekken 8 (PS5)

BlazBlue: Central Fiction (PS4)

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (Arcade)

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (PS4 Pro)

Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes (PS4 Pro)

Samurai Shodown (PS4)

Soul Calibur VI (PS4)

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore (PS4 Pro)

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (PS4 Pro)

Marvel vs Capcom 2 (PS4 Pro)

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Cosplay Competition

Bracket

Finals

Top 16

Top 8

Top 24

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Winter Showdown 2025

Guilty Gear: Strive

Discover the Smell of the Game with Guilty Gear: Strive! Immerse yourself in new gameplay mechanics designed to be simple and welcoming for fighting game newcomers, yet deep and creative for veterans. Ride the Fire into a heavy metal inspired alternate future full of over-the-top action, style and fun!

Street Fighter 6

On February 20, 2022, Capcom announced that Street Fighter 6 is in development.

Mortal Kombat 1

DRAGON BALL FighterZ

DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.

Guilty Gear Xrd REV2

The King of Fighters XV

The King of Fighters XV, is the fifteenth installment of The King of Fighters series. Transcend beyond your limits with KOF XV! Classic popular characters, heroes and villains revived from the dead, new challengers, and more!

TEKKEN 8

The Tekken series is breaking into a new era! The longest-running story in a video game franchise is coming back with state-of-the-art graphics and powerful new rivalries. Stay tuned for Tekken 8!

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

BlazBlue: Central Fiction is a 2D fighting game developed by Arc System Works. It is the fourth game to the BlazBlue series, and is set after the events of BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma. The game adds Naoto Kurogane and Hibiki Kohaku as playable characters. BlazBlue: Central Fiction marks the conclusion of the story surrounding protagonist Ragna the Bloodedge.

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future is a 2D competitive fighting game produced by Capcom originally released for the arcade in 1999. It is the second follow-up to Street Fighter III, following Street Fighter III 2nd Impact. Like its predecessors, it runs on the CP System III hardware. 3rd Strike increased the character roster by adding five new characters, including Chun-Li. It also added further refinements to the previous game's play mechanics and rules. It was ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. A downloadable online version titled Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition was released on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in August 2011.

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes

The first in the series to include rollback netcode, prepare for blistering online matches.
New moves and new battle systems have been added to further evolve the battle.
Experience high-octane battles with ultra high definition pixel graphics.

The tale of the Hollow Night is about to reach its climax...!

SAMURAI SHODOWN

"A brand new title from SNK! A new SAMURAI SHODOWN is on the horizon!

Since its birth in 1993, the SAMURAI SHODOWN series has been known as the premier weapon based versus fighting games, and was essential in cultivating the weapon based fighting game genre. As the first new release in the series in more than 10 years, SAMURAI SHODOWN is aiming to yet again push boundaries and deliver some serious samurai action!

Developed using UNREAL ENGINE 4 and utilizing a unique brushstroke graphical style to match the Japanese roots of the series, Haohmaru, Nakoruru, Galford and a whole cast of other popular characters will battle once again for victory!"

SOULCALIBUR VI

SOULCALIBUR VI represents the latest entry in the premier weapons-based, head-to-head fighting series and continues the epic struggle of warriors searching for the legendary Soul Swords. Taking place in the 16th century, revisit the events of the original SOULCALIBUR to uncover hidden truths.

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is a fighting game, developed and published by Capcom. It is the fourth game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series of fighting games. With the fourth installment of this series, Capcom simplified the player controls to make the gameplay more accessible to the wider audience of casual players. The button configuration was trimmed down to 4 main buttons and 2 assist buttons. The game also features a different air-combo system and 3 on 3 tag, compared to the 2 on 2 tag from previous games in the series.

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