Arc System Works Adds $20,000 to BlazBlue's Evo Prize Pool

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By Vince Ingenito

According to a post on Shoryuken, Arc System Works will be adding a whopping $20,000 to the BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma prize pool at Evo 2014. In addition to the sizeable support the game’s developer is offering, its publisher, Aksys, will be chipping in another $10,000 – $5,000 of which will go directly to the first place winner.
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Arc System Works isn’t the only fighting game developer to pour money into their game’s competitive scene, but this is one of the largest prize pool incentives any developer has ever offered, showing just how serious ArcSys is about attracting more top players to their game. Their other two big franchises, Guilty Gear and Persona 4 Arena, are both getting new games this year, and given that they share some gameplay DNA, it makes sense to draw attention to one in order to raise interest in the others.’);
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Evo 2014 will take place at Las Vegas Hotel and Casino on July 11th through 13th, and will feature many of the world’s best players in Ultra Street Fighter 4, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and many other fighting games as well.Vincent Ingenito is IGN’s third newest recruit, and third biggest MOBA fan. He also doesn’t suck at fighting games. To hear him nerd out about them and other games, follow him on Twitter.

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