Tekken World Tour 2022: Schedule, format, point system, how to register
Are you ready to be a Tekken god?
Bandai Namco Entertainmenthas announced the return of theTekkenWorld Tour (TWT), the fighting game’s international tournament circuit.
Tekken World Tour 2022 now allows players to compete in both offline and online events. The tournament circuit also has a new three-stage format that incorporates regional qualifiers and finals before the culminating event, theTWT Finals.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Tekken World Tour 2022, including its schedule, format, point system, and how you can register as a player and event organizer.
What is the Tekken World Tour?
Format of the 2022 season
Tekken World Tour 2022 began in June with its first stage, Regional Qualifiers. During this period, players can rack up points and rank in their regional leaderboards by participating in Master and Dojo events until late October.
Players with the most points in their region will advance to the second stage, Regional Finals, which takes place from late October to December. This stage will determine 13 regional representatives for the Global Finals, the third stage of TWT 2022.
Bandai Namco confirmed that some regions may not have a Regional Final, in which case the top player in the region will be eligible to participate in the Global Finals.
The Global Finals will be held as an offline event in early 2023.
Participating regions
Here are the 16 participating regions of Tekken World Tour 2022:
Point system and event categories
Players can earn points by competing in numerous tournaments during Regional Qualifiers. Their final result in a tournament is then converted into points for the leaderboard.
The regional leaderboard determines a player’s ranking by adding up their best results from one Master event and four Dojo events.
Master events are large-scale offline tournaments that are open to everyone. These events give out the most points on the tour. This year,EVO2022 will be the sole Master Prime event, a special event category with a larger point system.
Dojo events are community-based, region-locked tournaments with a smaller pool of participants. These tournaments can be played either online or offline.
Bandai Namco has further improved its Dojo tournament system by adding a new Dojo Prime category for events that have more than 100 participants.
Master event schedule of Tekken World Tour 2022
Here’s the schedule of all five Master events of Tekken World Tour 2022:
How to register for Tekken World Tour 2022
You can register as a player in your region throughthe official Tekken World Tour website.
For those who would like to set up a Dojo event, you may check out thetournament organizer guidefrom the Tournament Overview section of the site.
Follow ONE Esports onFacebookandTwitterfor more Tekken news and stories.
READ MORE:Tekken chief producer apologizes to Jin Kazama for always beating him up
