Sakura Fight Festa 2015 Results

Thank you for attending and watching Sakura Fight Festa 2015! We cannot thank players enough for participating & watching the event, making it one of Europe Premier Tournaments for Anime & 3D fighters.

We fought, we screamed, and made some of the greatest friends we will meet for Fighting games and we are truly grateful for everyone who took the time out and travelled to the tournament.

One of the points of this tournament was to bring Europe together and see which country was the best in these respective games, and the showing was amazing, showcasing some of Europe's best talent.

The following is the results of the tournament, so congrautlations to everyone who made it here.

Sakura Fight Festa is now over, so as the curtain closes on the Festival, all the staff at NGI would like to thank all players, commentators, and watchers again from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you for supporting us, your countries, and most importantly, your communities.


The Festival will be back again next year, so until then...Thanks for watching.

NGI Supporting Mayamada's Gamepad!

Nth Gen Interactive will be supporting Gamepad by Mayamada in their games department. We will be hosting games like Smash Bros Wii U, Mario Kart 8 and House of the Dead 4 (and other Rail Shooters) while also broadcasting the event. This also doubles up as a stop in the Road of Purification so it's a place to catch Toukiden Kiwami players while also have fun with other games, music and the pop up shop.

MonHun Offline is also getting involved by bringing Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate as well, so there is variety and choice everywhere. Make sure to pre-register as well or you won't be able to get in.

Road of Purification's First Stop: Mon Hunt Offline 28/03

MonHun Offline has allowed Nth Gen Interactive to help bring you some cross platform hunting madness involving Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Toukiden Kiwami. This will be Toukiden Kiwami's first event and we'll be making the most of it. This will be a great place to swap early game strategies, playing styles and PSN IDs so you always have someone to play with. We also might have some giveaways as well.

Date: 28/03/2015

Time: 2pm to 7pm

Entry: Free

Location: 342 Caladonian Road, N1 1BB, London

Games: Toukiden Kiwami and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Facebook Event: Here

Stream Channel: www.twitch.tv/nthgenmedia

London Games Society April

London Games Society April here. Hot off the back of Sakura Fight Festa 2015 and MonHun Offline First Hunt, we are cooling down in High Cross community centre to get some games in. There will be the usual place to practice all of your anime fighting game needs while MonHun Offline and Vita Club London will have your back against and monsters or demons you might find. Come down, have some games and it should be fun!

Date: 4th April 2015

Address:

High Cross United Reformed Church,
Colesterworth Road
High Road Tottenham
London
N15 4BN

Event Series: Road of Purification

Road of Purification

This is a series of events celebrating the release of Toukiden Kiwami. Nth Gen Interactive will be hosing offline sessions of this game at various events around London for the next coming month as soon as from Saturday 28th March. This is to help grow an offline scene for the game and to put names to faces online too. The six events this includes are (in chronological order):

- MonHun Offline First Hunt - 28/03/2015

- London Games Society April - 04/04/2015

- Gamepad 11/04/2015

- GamerDisco - TBA

- London Games Society May - 02/05/2015

- MCM Expo May - TBA

More information about these event will be available as they get closer. But for all information about the series of events, please got HERE.

Freedom Wars Review

Freedom Wars Review:

A collaboration between Dimps (Previously worked on games like Sonic Rush and Street Fighter 4), Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Studio and Shift (God Eater) that made a very frantic and but intense 3^rd person action game. This was one of the most heavily marketed Playstation Vita games in Japan but got a very soft but noticeable push in the west. At only £20 this game is the most value you are going to get for a new game this year that pushes the Vita to its limits.

DJ Max Technika Tune Review

DJ Max Technika Tune Review:

DJ Max has been a music game franchise dating back for quite a while with their first game DJ Max Online for the PC. Since then they have released games in the Arcade, PC, iOS, PSP and now the Vita. The Vita incarnation of DJ Max is very different to anyone who has spent their time playing the PC or PSP ones and very familiar to anyone playing the Arcades. Staying true to the name, DJ Max on the Vita’s closest relative is DJ Max Technika 2 and 3 which has been a huge success due to it’s unique play style, gameplay and music. With that in mind the development team have gone out of their way to try and emulate that success while taking full control of the Vita’s touch capability on both the front and rear panels.

Legacy Review: Hori VLX

Accessory Type: Arcade Stick Controller
Manufacture: Hori Erio
Model: Real Arcade Pro Premium .V3 VLX
Console: Sony Playstation 3
Release Date: 28/03/2010 (JP), Fall 2010 (US), N/A (EU)

Ah, once again Hori have managed to pull another product from their hyperbolic time chamber of a development team to bring their next generation of arcade sticks and this is the last, biggest and most expensive of the lot, the HARP Premium .V3 VLX.

Preliminary Information: Pump it Up Prime European Cup -4th July-

Nth Gen Interactive are happy to announce they are streaming the Pump it Up Prime European Cup on the Las Vegas Arcade Soho Twitch channel.

-Locations-

Madrid - Centro Comercial Ciudad Tres Cantos
Paris - La Tête Dans Les Nuages 
(Not installed, but Prime posters recently seen in this arcade)
Ukraine - Kyiv, Ukraine
London - Las Vegas Arcade Soho

London Games Society 7th March ft. GG Xrd, BB, MH4, Toukiden and more.

                                     

Another month, another London Games Society. One of the best places to get casual games for the anime fighting games you all crave like Guilty Gear, Blazblue and Arcana Heart 3 LM. Also we have portable games hosted by AnimeMummy (League of Extraordinary Badasses) for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Rayokarna (Vita Club London) for Freedom Wars and Toukiden. This is the perfect time to get polished up for Sakura Fight Festa at the end of the month and if you are a portable game head, a just as perfect time to get stuck into Monster Hunter 4 and to get ready for Toukiden Kiwami.

Facebook Event Details here!

Date: 7th March 2015

Address:

High Cross United Reformed Church,
Colesterworth Road
High Road Tottenham
London
N15 4BN

London Games Society 2015! 7th Feb 2015

                                       

Ah 2015, it smells nice, doesn't it? Anyway London Games Society is kicking off again in February and will be making a monthly appearance on the first weekend of every month. We'll have the usual selection of casual stuff going on, a real chill out causal day to take your mind off life and get some games in.

Date: 7th Feb 2015

Address:

High Cross United Reformed Church, Colesterworth Road
High Road Tottenham
London
N15 4BN

Nearest Station:

Seven Sisters (Victoria Line/National Rail: Liverpool Street to Enfield Town/Chesunt)

Buses: 149, 279, 259, 349, W4, 230, 341, 41

Entry Price: £5

Time Start: 2pm

End Time: 9pm

Sakura Fight Festa Preliminary Information 20th-22nd March 2015

SAKURA FIGHT FESTA #1

I would say THE UK ANIME TOURNAMENT IS BACK...but this is meant to be something completely different...in the same venue...

We figured that...while we wait for November there is nothing in between for UK Anime. So bam, March Event

Guaranteed Games

1. [ 64 Player Limit ] Blazblue Chronophantasma (PS3)

2. [ 64 Player Limit ] Guilty Gear Xrd (PS3)

3. [ 32 Player Limit ] Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (PS3)

4. [ 32 Player Limit ] Under Night In-birth Exe:late (PS3)

5. [ 32 Player Limit ] Persona 4 Arena 2 (PS3)

6. [ 32 Player Limit ] Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code (PC)

Revolution 2014 Results

Thank you for attending Revolution 2014! The team thanks everyone for coming and watching the event. The event has been a blast and there was a lot of fun to be had, but alas it’s had to come to an end. Saying that, we have our winners for each tournament:

A Look Around London Games Society

Last Friday afternoon I went down to High Cross United Reformed Church in Tottenham, to a gathering of NthGen Interactive's fighting, portable and card game-focused London Games Society. London Games Society meets up once a month, normally on a Saturday, but this month was a bit different thanks to the epic fighting game fest Revolution 2014 taking place over the following weekend.

Apart from the changed timing, though, everything about the meet-up was just the same as ever. You could go head to head on fighting games like Arcana Heart; sit down to card games like Weiss Schwarz (and if you've never played, you can come along and learn!); and play alongside fellow portable gaming fans with games like Monster Hunter and Freedom Wars. The entry fee is £5, and you can stay as long as you like, from 2pm until 8pm.

To see the action up close, watch the short video I made and hear NGI's Rayokarna talk about what's going on with London Games Society:

Vita Club London: Prison Breakout

With the release of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan’s big hit for this year, it’s the best time to get an early meet and greet. This game being the Hunting/TPS with a heavy emphasis on both teamwork and competitiveness it’s the perfect time to meet people offline that you can take with you to the world of PSN.

Location: Las Vegas Arcade Soho 89-91 Wordour Street, London. W1F 0UB

Time: 6pm til 9pm

Entry Fee: Free

Stream: twitch.tv/nthgenmedia

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1475536952713734

If you need any assistance with any missions within the first week this is the perfect time to get help. Teaming up with people will is the most important thing about this game so time to make it count. Hoping to be the first of many meetings.

Recording on Arcade Machines 1: DJ Max Technika

Stream Arcade Machines Article 1: DJ Max Technika

This article will be a series covering ways of successfully getting footage from an arcade machine. The first machine we are going to look at is the DJ Max Technika machine. While this machine is quite old and the franchise pretty much killed by Neowiz, it is still one of the most difficult machines to capture on if you don’t know what you are doing. The first thing to point out is that this machine has several layers of encryption. It has them for both visual and audio so you have to be careful where you decide to split cables.

Revolution 2014 UK Anime Fighting Games Cup -Updated-

Nth Gen Interactive will proudly present Revolution 2014: UAFGC. This is our second time holding our flagship event and now it's dedicated completely to anime fighters.

The current games list (Subject to change due to availability*):

Blazblue Chronophantasma

Arcana Heart 3: Love Max

Gundam Extreme Vs: Full Boost (2v2)

Jojo: All Star Battle
Under Night In-Birth: Late Exe

Persona 4 Arena 2: Ultramax Ultra Suplex Hold*

Guilty Gear Xrd*

Astral Heat Overdrive: June 14th 2014

Held on 14th June 2014
Location: Yates Harrow, 269-271, Station Road, London, Harrow, HA1 2TB
Venue is open 12-8pm, entry fee £5
Tournament entry fee, £5 per tournament

Tournament Format: Double Elimination best 2-out-3, Grand Finals best 3-out-5

Main game line up:
BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma (PS3)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R (PS3)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All stars Battle (PS3)

Results: Wardour Street Battle 2

The usual Street Fighter 4 tournament held in Las Vegas Arcade Soho. This is currently running Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition.

The results are:

1st: Kai (Vega)
2nd: JP (Ryu/Yun/Abel)
3rd: Miiria (Guy/Ibuki)
4th: John (Ryu/Balrog)

Stream archives are after the jump.

LGS: London Games Society, 17th May 2014

This is London Games Society, where everything we do (minus the Arcade Games) are brought under one roof at our new home in the High Cross Youth Community Center. This event will include aspects like London Training Grounds, Portable Gaming Center and will include the new section for card games like Dominion and Weiss Schwartz.

Date: 17th May 2014

Address:

High Cross United Reformed Church, Colesterworth Road
High Road Tottenham
London
N15 4BN

Nearest Station:

Seven Sisters (Victoria Line/National Rail: Liverpool Street to Enfield Town/Chesunt)

Buses: 149, 279, 259, 349, W4, 230, 341, 41

Entry Price: £5

Time Start: 2pm