Food options near BAM14

May 30, 2024

From our larger BAM Travel Guide, here’s some local tips for popping out for a bite to eat once you’re at the venue. Plan your schedule accordingly so you can take advantage of the food options, a short 10 minutes away from the venue. Map...

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SMASH & SPLATOON AT BAM GET POWERA PRIZES

May 25, 2024

We’re pleased to have the support of POWERA who have a massive range of controllers, cases and accessories.  This year PowerA is pumping up the prize pool for our Nintendo Switch titles,  Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Splatoon 3. See the whol...

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STEELSERIES is the BAM14 Headset Partner

May 19, 2024

We are proud to announce SteelSeries is the Official Headset partner for BAM 2024! The Arctis Nova Pro will provide crisp audio on main stages for FGC, including Street Fighter 6, TEKKEN 8, Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy VS Rising & Super Smas...

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BAM14 – Trailer Launch, Announces Australian TEKKEN and STREET FIGHTER Qualifiers for ESPORTS WORLD CUP

May 17, 2024

BAM (Battle Arena Melbourne), Australia’s national fighting game community (FGC) Championship, brings the FGC together across an eclectic variety of titles, while presenting a top class competitive event attracting players from around the world. Am...

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BAM14 Schedule is Now Live!

May 5, 2024

The wait is over! The schedule for BAM14 is now available! See below for tournament and Stream schedule at the bottom. If you’ve been waiting for the schedule to sign up, make sure you register now at https://start.gg/bam14   STREAM SCH...

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Battle Arena Melbourne 14 Wave 2 Games Announcement!

March 25, 2024

Our second wave of game announcements for BAM14 is here! All of the following games have been added for registration: SAMURAI SHODOWN SOULCALIBUR VI Touhou Hisoutensoku Kamen Rider: Super Climax Heroes Pokken Tournament DX Vampire Savior Yatagarasu...

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Events Calendar – March 2024

March 8, 2024

A huge welcome back to all world warriors, local legends and online grinders joining us for CouchWarriors League 2024! The CWL is even bigger and better this summer season, tracking results from all across Australia before we ultimately crown our nat...

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Tekken 8 Launch and Other Tournaments at RMIT Game Day to kickoff 2024!

January 25, 2024

CouchWarriors League 2024 is just over the horizon, but the MASSIVE launch of the long-awaited Tekken 8 demands our attention – and all of yours! We’re hosting our inaugural tournament for the latest installment of this juggernaut 3D figh...

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Fighting Game Tournaments return to TGX with CouchWarriors League

December 29, 2023

Fighting Games make for an incredible live event spectacle, and anyone can join!  Once again we’re teaming up with THE GAME EXPO to host tournaments for your favourite fighting games! Whether playing to learn, for fun or for glory and prizes,�...

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Events Calendar – December 2023

December 5, 2023

It’s that very special time of year again, one we’ve all been looking forward to for months. A chance to celebrate with friends and loved ones, to look back on the year’s efforts, and then to top it all off with a huge day of fighti...

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Events Calendar: November 2023

November 15, 2023

November gives us the opportunity to recharge between a convention-and-major-packed October and the holiday chaos of December. CWL Online events may have concluded for the year, but our regular state ranbats give fighters around Australia the chance ...

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Events Calendar: October 2023

October 2, 2023

By far the biggest month on the back half of our 2023 calendar, October brings us two massive spectacles across its first two weekends. First up, CouchWarriors will once again be representing the FGC at PAX Australia, running tournaments and friendli...

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Events Calendar: September 2023

September 5, 2023

With next month’s Big Cheese 4 looming as a major shakeup of the CouchWarriors League ladder, September’s ranking events will be an important warmup and scouting opportunity for top players across our featured games. The Tekken scene in p...

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Events Calendar: August 2023

August 4, 2023

August looks to be an intriguing month around the CouchWarriors League, as many players return from a post-BAM hiatus to once again focus on tournament competition. The Street Fighter 6 metagame continues to mature, and barring significant patches th...

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CouchWarriors League: Winter 2023 Season Details

August 4, 2023

Our first CouchWarriors League circuit for 2023 concluded in epic fashion at Battle Arena Melbourne 13, crowning national champions for your favourite fighting games in front of a raucous crowd. But with the book now closed on that chapter of history...

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BAM13 Results Roundup

June 16, 2023

Another big year of Battle Arena Melbourne is in the books, and that means it’s time to celebrate our new Major champions! #BAM13 packed 1018 Unique attendees into full halls at Moonee Valley Racecourse, with over 40 different fighting games on...

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BAM13 Prize List

June 8, 2023

Thanks to our partners and event sponsors, we have an amazing prize list for BAM Trophy Titles Platinum: 1st: Trophy, 2nd and 3rd Medal Street Fighter 6 1st Aus: Aorus M27Q-P Monitor + Mwave $100 2nd ASTRO A30 + Mwave $50 3rd ASTRO A10 TEKKEN 7...

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BAM13 Chair Partner Steelcase

June 8, 2023

Announcing our partnership for #BAM13 with Steelcase Equipping our FGC Main stage and Smash Main stage each with high grade ergonomic chairs, players will enjoy the best in gaming comfort The Steelcase chairs used on stage at #BAM13 this weekend: Ges...

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BAM13 Schedule

May 22, 2023

UPDATE: Check the BAM13 Tournament Rules for your game HERE! FLOORPLAN STREAM SCHEDULE Channels twitch.tv/tekken (TWT) twitch.tv/arcsysworksu (GGStrive Top 8) twitch.tv/couchwarriors twitch.tv/couchwarriorssmash twitch.tv/Couchwarriors2 twitch.tv/...

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Full List of BAM13 Games Now Revealed

May 4, 2023

It’s barely more than a month until the latest and greatest incarnation of Battle Arena Melbourne – #BAM13. BAM is Australia’s biggest FGC event of the year, so naturally it also needs to show off the biggest range of different figh...

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Events Calendar: May 2023

May 4, 2023

DreamHack Melbourne has come and gone – and with it, the last ever Street Fighter V LAN for CouchWarriors League. Coming up in just a few weeks is Battle Arena Melbourne, where the new age of Street Fighter 6 will kick off in style! Of course, ...

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BAM13 Signups Open for MORE Games… plus Artists, TOs & Volunteers

April 18, 2023

More crowd-pleasing announcements were deployed last week to keep the #BAM13 hype train cruising smoothly towards June 9th. For starters, here’s a swag of newly-confirmed games which will receive tournament support at Australia’s biggest ...

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Queensland Ranbats Are Back In Business!

April 18, 2023

If you’re a regular visitor to this site, chances are that you’ve seen this notice posted somewhere: It’s been a tough stretch for the north-most arm of our FGC since the initial loss of their ranbat venue in March 2022. Over a yea...

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Events Calendar: April 2023

April 7, 2023

Things are moving fast in the FGC this month, with the big announcements for #BAM13 starting to land and DreamHack Melbourne coming up just a few weeks away. We’re also well into the swing of weekly and monthly #CWLeague events, meaning there&#...

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BAM13 Gets BIGGER: New Events & New Threads

April 7, 2023

After putting the FGC on notice last month with our official #BAM13 announcement, CouchWarriors have brought more fuel for the hype train with the reveal of much-loved team events, more tournament support for anime fighters, and our boppin’ com...

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Battle Arena Melbourne RETURNS in 2023!

March 4, 2023

Get ready – the road to Oceania’s most celebrated fighting game tournament starts now. CouchWarriors have publicly announced the 2023 installment of Battle Arena Melbourne, BAM13, for the weekend of June 9th-11th. Signup is NOW LIVE! Book...

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Events Calendar: March 2023

March 3, 2023

The FGC’s collective holiday hangover is fading away like the summer heat, and it’s time to dive back into the 2023 CouchWarriors League schedule! That schedule now includes The Game Expo Melbourne, which is set to be one of the first non...

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CouchWarriors League 2023: Updated Points Structure & Schedule

February 28, 2023

CouchWarriors League is officially back for 2023, announcing a new format and points system for the Summer and Winter championship seasons. The 2023 format emphasizes more local and community events while pivoting the CWL Online schedule from weekly ...

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Announcing FGC at The Game Expo

January 24, 2023

Starting the year off with a bang, we have teamed up with The Game Expo to bring you a huge FGC major this coming March! Featuring a large list of games and over $6000 in prize money, this will be an event all of you competitors out there won’t wan...

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CouchWarriors Crossup is Upon Us!

November 15, 2022

We’re just days away from the sensational last event of CouchWarriors League 2022, and the last Australian major of the year. CouchWarriors Crossup returns to Melbourne this weekend, with a bigger venue and bigger selection of fighting games to...

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CWL Results & Roundup for October

November 14, 2022

October’s events were the finish line of our CouchWarriors League points race, and with how fierce the competition has been this year that meant a ton more pressure on any leaderboard hopefuls. CouchWarriors Crossup still looms as the season fi...

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COUCHWARRIORS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022

October 26, 2022

Date: 27th of November. Time: 4pm. Venue/Location: Brunswick Masonic Centre, 6 Davies St, Brunswick North VIC 3056. “It’s time for the CouchWarriors Annual General Meeting!” Annual General Meeting Structure: Our AGM is open to the pub...

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CouchWarriors Crossup 2022 – Nov 19-21 – Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour

October 19, 2022

CouchWarriors Crossup (CWC) returns. The end of year major for the community has all the fantastic FGC and Smash titles. This year we are also hosting Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour with a Power Event, a call back to the first CWC We’re at a f...

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CouchWarriors Crossup 2022 – Nov 19-20 – Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour

October 19, 2022

CouchWarriors Crossup (CWC) returns. The end of year major for the community has all the fantastic FGC and Smash titles. This year we are also hosting Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour with a Power Event, a call back to the first CWC We’re at a f...

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Events and Details: October 2022

October 6, 2022

We continue the exhilarating race to the finish in this month’s CouchWarriors League schedule, with one more big event queued up to help ambitious players climb the leaderboards: Big Cheese 3. This one matters most for our South Australian hope...

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CWL Results & Roundup for September

October 6, 2022

October was an absolute crucible for our CouchWarriors League hopefuls, with major events studded across the calendar and a ton of points up for grabs. With some of our more dominant leaders pulling ahead of the pack, a double points win at Dreamhack...

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Fighter Profile: 2fast2fed

September 29, 2022

In the coming months we want to shine a spotlight on some of the hard-working, stylish and upcoming players making their name in CouchWarriors League. This time, we spoke to SFV competitor Jason “2fast2fed” Barrett, who just broke through...

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DreamHack Melbourne Recap

September 20, 2022

In addition to our regular slate of ranking CouchWarriors League tournaments, September featured some of our biggest annual events all packed into one month. But the most intense experience was to be on the floor at the inaugural Dreamhack Melbourne,...

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Event Gallery: Crunchyroll Expo

September 19, 2022

After a massive month of competition at the highest level Australia has to offer, CouchWarriors capped our September calendar with an appearance at Crunchyroll Expo Aus 2022! There were no CWL ranking points to claim this time, as we opened up the Su...

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Events and Details: September 2022

September 1, 2022

CouchWarriors League is starting off September with a bang, thanks to DreamHack Melbourne and its raft of CWL-ranking $1000 tournaments. The injection of some bonus leaderboard points into the system should keep things exciting as our top players rac...

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CWL Results & Roundup for August

August 31, 2022

Traditionally a time of renewed energy in the season as players return from post-BAM hiatus, August’s CouchWarriors League events did not disappoint. Exciting fresh names were spotted across the various Top 8’s, while the best of the best...

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Fight for $1000s At DreamHack Melbourne!

August 30, 2022

DreamHack is bringing the world’s largest and most famous LAN event to Australian soil, and CouchWarriors will be right there in the thick of it! Pride and prizes will be on the line all weekend long, with tournament brackets running for five o...

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Events and Details: August 2022

August 2, 2022

From one major to another, and still going strong! It’s been an incredible couple of months for our community, with both BAM and Phantom putting on hugely successful and exciting tournaments. But there’s still plenty on the schedule for ...

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PHANTOM 2022 Major Recap

July 28, 2022

It’s now been just over a week since Phantom 2022 rocked Sydney – hopefully long enough for all attendees and competitors to have fully recovered! Phantom was a truly massive weekend for our elite Smash players and for the whole community...

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Events and Details: July 2022

July 5, 2022

Halfway through another year – can you believe it?? If you’re still planning to make your mark on the 2022 CouchWarriors League, here are the dates and sign-up links for all July’s CWL events – both online and offline. You can...

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Events & Details: June 2022

June 6, 2022

BAM12 was a huge success and a well-earned celebration of everything fighting games… but that doesn’t mean we’re taking the next month off! Here are the dates and sign-up links for all June’s CouchWarriors League events, both ...

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The BAM12 Honour Roll – All Top 8 Results for Every Event!

May 19, 2022

Thanks to all who attended and competed this weekend as part of the twelfth Battle Arena Melbourne!! After a two year wait, the fighting game community returned to Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre to reunite old friends and reignite old r...

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BAM 2022 PRIZES

May 7, 2022

We all compete for different reasons, for fun, for improvement, and to enjoy the challenge of facing our friends and rivals – for the glory! Trophies and Medals apply down the game list, and we also love to recognise players achievements with P...

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BAM 2022: Schedule

May 5, 2022

View the BAM 2022 Schedule below. Click for larger versions. More info on BAM: www.battlearenamelbourne.com.au Live Streams: twitch.tv/couchwarriors twitch.tv/couchwarriorssmash twitch.tv/couchwarriors2 twitch.tv/melbournemeleeThe post BAM 2022: Sc...

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Meet the Artists of BAM 2022!

May 5, 2022

Battle Arena Melbourne stands out on the FGC calendar not only because it’s Australia’s largest fighting game tournament, but because it is more than “just a tournament”. BAM lives up to its status as a Major by bringing toget...

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Tracking Down BAM’s “Most Wanted” Players…

May 5, 2022

About a month ago, we announced that the classic “BAM Bounties” contest would return at Battle Arena Melbourne 2022. Top players from each of the CouchWarriors League featured games will enter the major with a price on their heads! If you...

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BAM12 COSPLAY COMPETITION With Guest Judges and CrunchyRoll Expo Prizes

May 1, 2022

We are pleased to announce BAM12’s official cosplay competition! Join us in your best fighting game costume for a chance to win some awesome prizes and your very own BAM Trophy! Not only is BAM Australia’s biggest fighting game event, it’s ...

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BAM12 Expands With Bigger Tournament Schedule & New BAM Bounties

April 9, 2022

The hype train for Battle Arena Melbourne next month is picking up a ton of steam with each passing week, and we’ve got a couple more announcements here which are sure to help fuel that engine! Not only has the list of fighting games represente...

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BAM 2022 is Just One Month Away!

April 9, 2022

There’s a very special atmosphere around the Australian FGC this month – an excitement nobody has felt for several long, major-less years. The twelfth-ever Battle Arena Melbourne finally has a scheduled date and venue, and the biggest int...

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Events & Details: April 2022

April 4, 2022

With BAM2022 now officially announced, offline events are heating up across Australia as April offers some crucial tournament practice. Here are the dates and sign-up links for all this month’s CouchWarriors League events, both online and offli...

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March CouchWarriors League Results

April 4, 2022

With a ton of buzz in the air from the BAM2022 announcement, you could feel the extra motivation throughout last month’s CouchWarriors League events. Whether it was perennial champions holding down their turf or a nailbiting duel between evenly...

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Event Dates & Details: March 2022

March 5, 2022

March events are now lined up for CouchWarriors League 2022, with another set of CWL Online monthlies and regional ranbats for players to enjoy. Here are the dates and sign-up links for all this month’s CouchWarriors events across Australia. Yo...

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CWL Online February Results: Smash Ultimate & GG:ST

March 3, 2022

We now have the complete first month of CWL Online play for 2022 in the books, as the monthlies for Smash Ultimate and Guilty Gear: Strive rounded out February. Even at this early stage, the lack of offline ranbats means the results for CWL Online wi...

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Event Dates & Details: February 2022

February 12, 2022

The first month of CouchWarriors League 2022 is already underway, with ranking points available in both online and offline events around the country. Here are the dates and sign-up links for our February ranbats across Victoria, Queensland and South ...

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CWL Online February Results: Street Fighter V & Tekken 7

February 12, 2022

A fierce new wave of competition has struck the Australian FGC, as the CouchWarriors League 2022 season is officially underway. While the status of in-person ranbat play is still up in the air for certain states, online monthlies will remain a vital ...

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CWL Defending Champions Preview the 2022 Season

February 7, 2022

You can hear it all around the country. The click-clack of buttons, the churning of arcade sticks. February will see the first blows struck in the 2022 season of CouchWarriors League, Australia’s biggest tournament circuit for fighting games. T...

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CouchWarriors League Schedule: November

November 3, 2021

A new month in the CouchWarriors League brings fresh opportunities to score ranking points in your favourite games. Here are the dates and sign-up links for all our November ranbats and CWL Online events across Victoria, Queensland and South Australi...

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CouchWarriors League Schedule Update: October Ranbats, Mini-Major Announced!

October 5, 2021

A new month in the CouchWarriors League brings fresh opportunities to score ranking points in your favourite games. Here are the dates and sign-up links for all our October ranbats and CWL Online events – plus, a new mini-major presented by Cou...

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CouchWarriors League Schedule Update: October Ranbats, Adelaide Mini-Major Announced!

October 5, 2021

A new month in the CouchWarriors League brings fresh opportunities to score ranking points in your favourite games. Here are the dates and sign-up links for all our October ranbats and CWL Online events – plus, a new mini-major presented by Cou...

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GG:Strive Joins CWL Online With First Interstate Showdown

August 30, 2021

When we write fighting game history, 2021 is going to go down as the Year of Gear. The bold presentation and fortuitous timing of Guilty Gear: Strive has brought the hard-rocking franchise from the fringe of the FGC into the mainstream. And the willi...

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CouchWarriors League New Points System Aug 2021

August 14, 2021

If you ask the question, “why are the CouchWarriors events all called Ranbats?”  It’s short for Ranking Battle – a long standing tradition in the community, offering players an incentive to compare their progress and get ever...

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#BANC – Battle Arena NightClub Interviews & Recap

August 2, 2021

Sunday, July 11th saw a year of pent-up competitive energy unleashed from a highly unusual venue. Inflation Nightclub and Entertainment Complex has been a party fixture on Melbourne’s King Street for decades, but they’d never seen anything quite ...

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ASTRO STEPS INTO THE RING AS THE PRESENTING PARTNER OF COUCHWARRIORS LEAGUE AND BAM

July 8, 2021

Australia’s premier fighting game esports league and its major event, are now powered by ASTRO GAMING MEDIA RELEASE: ASTRO Gaming today announced it will be pulling on the gloves and supporting the Australian Fighting Game Community as it beco...

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BAM 2021 – Postponed to 2022. New Melbourne July Event planned

June 24, 2021

To all the FGC community from the dedicated BAM team, we are announcing the postponenment of BAM 2021. After careful consideration of the COVID safety state across Australia, and discussions with the venue we have taken the difficult decision to post...

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CouchWarriors League Recap – May 2021

June 7, 2021

The fires of competition have burned more brightly than ever before across the CouchWarriors League, as we count down the days before the long-awaited BAM12 major. The month of May set a new all-time record for most ranking points on offer, impacting...

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BAM12 Registration Roundup!

May 31, 2021

Get hype! The biggest AusFGC news of the year is the biggest AusFGC event of the year: BAM 2021. Battle Arena Melbourne is making its comeback in 2021. Held from July 9th-11th, #BAM12 will feature the peak of competitive play for fighting games acros...

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CouchWarriors League 2021 – The Season So Far!

May 12, 2021

Get ready for the next battle – because CouchWarriors League is back for 2021! Rising from the ashes of last year like a wakeup shoryu, Australia’s first unified fighting game circuit has begun a fresh season, now with more games and more eve...

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MWAVE and CouchWarriors League Partnership 2021

May 9, 2021

We are proud to announce Mwave is supporting CouchWarriors League, which incliudes BAM, as PC Retail Partner! Mwave have long been a fantastic supporter of the scene, providing digital prize vouchers and the latest awesome tech for our online t...

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BAM Returns July 9th to 11th at MCEC!

April 28, 2021

That’s right. BAM is coming back on July 9th to 11th, 2021 at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The FGC’s biggest national event will be returning with the hype, community and competition we all love.  This year BAM will be col...

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CouchWarriors League 2021 – return of offline events!

March 9, 2021

CouchWarriors League returns for 2021, and as we steadily see restrictions pulled back, we are returning with live, offline events for the community! Online and Offline Online – This year we are once again running Online tournaments with featur...

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CWL November Report – Melee & Tekken

November 30, 2020

The pivotal final month of Saturday online events for CouchWarriors League 2020 has delivered a barrage of top-flight competition, with three games having concluded their ranking seasons so far. The last two weekends were a study in contrasts; Smash ...

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CWL November Report – SFV

November 9, 2020

This strange, abbreviated but intense 14-event season of CouchWarriors League SFV came to a head on Saturday with the final CWL Online for the year. Doubled ranking points meant stakes were high, with the ladderboard leaders desperately holding onto ...

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CWL October Report – Smash Ultimate

November 2, 2020

Another weekend has passed, and the last CWL Online event for the month is in the books. With only one more event left on the schedule for each game, October represented the last real chance for any new names to show up and make a tilt at qualificati...

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Tekken World Tour Online Challenge – Tournament Report

November 2, 2020

This weekend gave the Australian fighting game community a bittersweet taste of what 2020 might have held, were we not forced to spend most of it at home. For the first time since summer, the CouchWarriors League schedule was able to feature somethin...

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CWL October Report – SFV & Melee

November 2, 2020

The 2020 CouchWarriors League is well onto the home stretch, and halfway through October competition we can really see who is pulling ahead among the top contenders for each game. Both the Street Fighter bracket on the 3rd and the Melee competition...

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CWL September Report – Smash Ultimate

October 8, 2020

Things have been heating up in Australia’s fighting game community all month, and it’s not just good spring weather. Tournament registrations are up, prize pools have been raised, and even in embattled Victoria there are signs that coronavirus is...

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CWL September Report – Tekken

October 8, 2020

As we covered in our last report, the leaderboards for the inaugural CouchWarriors League had been shaken up by the announcement this year’s remaining tournaments would offer double ranking points. The Tekken 7 race was already close; now it was vi...

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CouchWarriors Annual General Meeting 2020

September 28, 2020

Date: 11th of October 2020. Time: 12pm  Venue/Location: Couchwarriors Discord – Meeting Channel: https://discord.gg/m9tjggj It’s time for the CouchWarriors Annual General Meeting! Another successful year behind us, despite big challenges of ...

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CWL September Report – SFV & Melee

September 21, 2020

The first fortnight of September has kicked off the endgame for CouchWarriors League 2020, with the national FGC organiser announcing that the remaining events on its tournament calendar would award double the normal ranking points to top 8 finishers...

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CWL August Report – Smash Ultimate

August 30, 2020

Last Saturday’s CouchWarriors League event drew 110 entrants for Smash Ultimate – the first turnout of that size since May. Despite the packed field, this month turned out to be just another chapter in the fast-solidifying dominance of two player...

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CWL August Report – Tekken 7

August 18, 2020

Out of the four major games covered as part of the CouchWarriors League, Tekken 7 continues to be the most unpredictable and hotly contested. Months of national competition in these online events has failed to show a single dominant champion. Instead...

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Cospendium League Results – July

July 31, 2020

July 19th brought us the third event of the new online Smash Ultimate league created by Cospendium and Kanga Esports. With overall leader Joseph “Doctor A Ness” Cresnik sitting out this time, there was the opportunity for a winner to clos...

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CouchWarriors League Online Results – July

July 31, 2020

Another awesome month of online competition brings new developments to the CWL leaderboards! The weekly CouchWarriors League Online events each focus on one of the major games supported by the League, with the placegetters receiving League points as ...

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CouchWarriors League 2020 – Half-Season Recap!

July 10, 2020

Well, 6 months down and 6 to go. 2020 may have turned out to be an inauspicious year to launch our new CouchWarriors League, but just like any FGC great, we’ve adapted. Online events have kept the CWL leaderboards ticking over during the pandem...

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CouchWarriors League Online Results – June

July 4, 2020

Well despite the best efforts of 2020 we’ve made it all the way through June, and thu to the halfway mark of the inaugural CouchWarriors League season! Look out for a formal midseason recap to be published soon – in the meantime, hereR...

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Cospendium League Results – June

July 3, 2020

June 21st brought Smash Ultimate fans the second event of the new online league created by Cospendium and Kanga Esports. Huge congratulations to the top 8 of the @cospendium SSBU League June tournament! Thank you @RuneRenee for going above and beyon...

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Cospendium SSBU League – May

June 5, 2020

The Smash scene has gradually adapted to the all-online tournament season of 2020, and now there are plenty of events being run each month to keep the community ticking. One big positive to come out of this is the number of heretofore undiscovered wi...

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CouchWarriors League Online Results – May

June 5, 2020

Another month of weekly online tournaments is in the books, and while we’re all pining for a regular ranbat sometime soon, this way of continuing the CouchWarriors League has proven to be a success. Plenty of great matches and stories emerged f...

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CouchWarriors League Online Results – April Recap

June 3, 2020

Welcome back, CouchWarriors family! It’s been a few months since we were forced into isolation by the COVID-19 pandemic. As tough as it has been to not get out to regular ranbats and weeklies, we have seen some great community efforts to stay c...

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#BAMThrowback – Remembering Our Best Moments

June 2, 2020

2020 was meant to be an incredible year for our FGC, and specifically for Battle Arena Melbourne. BAM12 had an impressive list of World Tour tournaments to draw top internationals, great sponsors, the CouchWarriors League finale and increasing moment...

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COVID-19 Update and Online Tournament Schedule

April 5, 2020

It has been a tough month or two for any community that relies on live events – our FGC included. Those following our social media accounts will know that the realities of the coronavirus pandemic have forced CouchWarriors to make a number of c...

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QLD March 2020 Ranbat Results

March 30, 2020

Note: CouchWarriors apologises for the delay in event reports this month. The results are being reported here for posterity.   This month’s CouchWarriors QLD Ranbat was delayed a few weeks to account for Phantom, taking place on Saturday t...

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Phantom 2020 Major Results

March 29, 2020

Note: CouchWarriors apologises for the delay in event reports this month. The results are being reported here for posterity.   After a massively successful debut last year, the return of Phantom was arguably one of the most anticipated tournamen...

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CouchWarriors teams with Cospendium Convention for Gaming Zone and tournaments!

March 10, 2020

We are pleased to announce a new partnership with Cospendium Cosplay and Games Convention! Cospendium is a brand new event on the pop culture calendar, which is developing a new approach to convetions and will be including gaming in a big way!  As a...

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CouchWarriors League Announced

March 6, 2020

CouchWarriors League Announced National Fighting Game Esports League launched. Season one brings state champions together at BAM, Australia’s international finals Australian esports events organisation, CouchWarriors, today announces a national poi...

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Event Dates – March 2020

March 2, 2020

Wondering where you can find details for all upcoming CouchWarriors events for the month in one place? Well, it’s always a good idea to check our Facebook. But now these simple roundup posts will also serve as a quick reference here on the site. ...

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War of the Weeklies: Sunshine vs. Pixel VIC Crew Battle Report

March 2, 2020

One of the best parts of any tournament is the sense you’re playing for stakes. Whether it’s prize money, sponsor gear or qualifying points toward the BAM Path to EVO ladder, CouchWarriors events offer plenty of reasons to play hard and c...

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VIC February 2020 Smash Ranbat Results

February 25, 2020

CouchWarriors VIC Smash Ranbats for February 2020 were held on Saturday the 22nd at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each ...

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VIC February 2020 FGC RANBAT RESULTS

February 23, 2020

CouchWarriors VIC FGC Ranbats for February 2020 were held on Saturday the 15th at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each ga...

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QLD February 2020 Ranbat Results

February 11, 2020

This month’s CouchWarriors QLD Ranbat of 2020 was held on Saturday the 1st of February at George St Brisbane. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets f...

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Event Dates – February 2020

February 5, 2020

Wondering where you can find details for all upcoming CouchWarriors events for the month in one place? Well, it’s always a good idea to check our Facebook. But now these simple roundup posts will also serve as a quick reference here on the site...

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VIC January 2020 FGC Ranbat Results

February 5, 2020

CouchWarriors VIC FGC Ranbats for January 2020 were held on Saturday the 18th at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each gam...

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VIC January 2020 Smash Ranbat Results

February 3, 2020

CouchWarriors VIC Smash Ranbats for January 2020 were held on Saturday the 11th at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each g...

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QLD January 2020 Ranbat Results

January 11, 2020

CouchWarriors QLD first Ranbat of 2020 was held on Saturday the 4th of January at George St Brisbane. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each game c...

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Event Dates – January 2020

January 1, 2020

Wondering where you can find details for all upcoming CouchWarriors events for the month in one place? Well, it’s always a good idea to check our Facebook. But now these simple roundup posts will also serve as a quick reference here on the site...

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BAM Path to EVO Roundup – December 2019 and Season Winners

December 30, 2019

Another month of fiercely contested events saw the conclusion of the BAM Path To EVO Season 2. The last few points on the line in each of Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat 11, Tekken 7 and Smash Ultimate then decided which players received sponsored tr...

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The Stories of CouchWarriors Crossup 2019

December 29, 2019

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone across the AUNZ FGC! 2019 has been a year of big tournament turnouts and big tournament performances, capped off by the year-ending mini major CouchWarriors Crossup. Full results from the event have alre...

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CouchWarriors Crossup 2 Major Results

December 17, 2019

The second edition of CouchWarriors Crossup, our end-of-year Mini-Major, was held December 14th at Bayview on the Park in Melbourne. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches turned out. A complete listing of match r...

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Big Cheese 2 Major Results

December 12, 2019

The second edition of Big Cheese, the South Australian Major, was held over the weekend of December 6th-8th at Union House in Adelaide. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches turned out. A complete listing of matc...

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BAM Path To EVO Roundup – November 2019

December 1, 2019

Another month of fiercely contested events have accelerated the BAM Path To EVO points race. With a trip to EVO 2020 on the line in each of Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat 11, Tekken 7 and Smash Ultimate, every ranbat and online event is a high-stake...

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QLD December 2019 Ranbat Result

December 1, 2019

CouchWarriors QLD Ranbats for December 2019 were actually held on Saturday the 30th of November at George St Brisbane. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and bracket...

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QLD December 2019 Ranbat Results

December 1, 2019

CouchWarriors QLD Ranbats for December 2019 were actually held on Saturday the 30th of November at George St Brisbane. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and bracket...

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Event Dates – December 2019

November 30, 2019

Wondering where you can find details for all upcoming CouchWarriors events for the month in one place? Well, it’s always a good idea to check our Facebook. But now these simple roundup posts will also serve as a quick reference here on the site...

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VIC November 2019 Smash Ranbat Results

November 25, 2019

CouchWarriors VIC Smash Ranbats for November 2019 were held on Saturday the 23rd at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each ...

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VIC November 2019 FGC Ranbat Results

November 24, 2019

CouchWarriors VIC FGC Ranbats for November 2019 were held on Saturday the 16th at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each ga...

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CouchWarriors Annual General Meeting 2019

November 12, 2019

Date: 17th of November 2019. Time: 11am (booking to 5pm) Venue: Level 11, 179 Queen St Melbourne. ( It’s time for the CouchWarriors Annual General Meeting! Another successful year behind us, we have a lot to talk about and a lot to be excited for. ...

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QLD November 2019 Ranbat Results

November 11, 2019

CouchWarriors QLD Ranbats for November 2019 were held on Saturday the 2nd at George St Brisbane. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each game can be...

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Event Dates – November 2019

November 7, 2019

Wondering where you can find details for all upcoming CouchWarriors events for the month in one place? Well, it’s always a good idea to check our Facebook. But now these simple roundup posts will also serve as a quick reference here on the site...

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BAM Path to EVO Roundup – October 2019

November 2, 2019

Another month of fiercely contested events have accelerated the BAM Path to EVO points race. With a trip to EVO 2020 on the line in each of Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat 11, Tekken 7 and Smash Ultimate, every ranbat and online event is a high-stake...

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VIC October 2019 Smash Ranbat Results

October 30, 2019

CouchWarriors VIC Smash Ranbats for October 2019 were held on Saturday the 26th at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each g...

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CouchWarriors Expands Further Nationally with South Australia and New South Wales

October 22, 2019

CouchWarriors Expands Further Nationally with South Australia and New South Wales After successful growth from Victoria into Queensland, Fighting Game Esports Events organisation brings in Adelaide and Sydney organisers under the CouchWarriors umbrel...

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VIC October 2019 FGC Ranbat Results

October 22, 2019

CouchWarriors VIC FGC Ranbats for October 2019 were held on Saturday the 5th at Davies St in Brunswick. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each game...

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EVENT DATES – OCTOBER 2019

October 17, 2019

Wondering where you can find details for all upcoming CouchWarriors events for the month in one place? Well, it’s always a good idea to check our Facebook. But now these simple roundup posts will also serve as a quick reference here on the site...

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QLD OCTOBER 2019 RANBAT RESULTS

October 7, 2019

CouchWarriors QLD Ranbats for October 2019 were held on Saturday the 5th at George St Brisbane. Here’s a summary of the results in every game and how the top matches played out. A complete listing of match results and brackets for each game can...

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QLD September 2019 Ranbat Results

October 7, 2019

For archival purposes, CouchWarriors QLD presents the top placings from our September 2019 Ranbats. View a full listing of entrants and results from each bracket on Smash.gg here. Results for SFV, MK11, Tekken 7, and Smash U count towards the standin...

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Follow the ANZ players at EVO this weekend! Schedule in AEST, BAM Path To EVO

August 2, 2019

The biggest fighting game tournament in the world is this weekend! EVO 2019 in Las Vegas will draw players from across the globe, including players from Australia and New Zealand. Read on to follow who will be going and the event schedule. Proudly sp...

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CouchWarriors QLD is running an egg-citing new major, Sunny Side Up!

June 25, 2019

Brisbane has been lacking a major FGC national event for some time now and thanks to the Couchwarriors team in Brisbane we will finally have a national series grace the sunshine state once again! Sunny Side Up will be the 2nd fighting game major tha...

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BAM Path To EVO Season 2! Ranking League updates with MK11, Double Points Majors and More.

June 24, 2019

After a successful Season 1, finding champion ANZ players to send to EVO, the world’s biggest tournament, CouchWarriors have announced the BAM Path to EVO Season 2 This special Ranking Series ties across the community monthly RanBat tournamen...

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Community Contribution Award: Ellis Johnson

June 14, 2019

The team at CouchWarriors would like to humbly thank Ellis Johnson for his work along with his team in Queensland for the CouchWarriors Community. It’s thanks to the efforts of him and his team that we have been able to extend our events and c...

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Community Contribution Award: Jason O’Callaghan

June 14, 2019

It is with great pleasure to present this years community award to our colleague and long time friend, Jason O’Callaghan, for his hard work & contributions for the CouchWarriors Committee. It’s thanks to him and the team at New Game Plu...

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BAM11 feedback form now live!

June 14, 2019

  Battle Arena Melbourne 11 was our largest event yet, we would like to thank everyone that came down to compete, spectator or celebrate our passionate community. Have some thoughts on this years BAM event? We want to hear about it! Also, as a t...

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BAM11 – Results

June 11, 2019

Another huge weekend has marked the 11th annual Battle Arena Melbourne! BAM11 saw Australia’s biggest fighting game event step into its second decade, and third year at the Melbourne Convention Centre.  The CouchWarriors team, a group of commu...

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CouchWarriors at Oz Comic-Con 2019

June 3, 2019

  Appearing again for the 5th year in a row, CouchWarriors will be bringing your favourite fighting games  tournaments to both days of Oz Comic-Con 2019. Taking over Oz Comic-Con’s “Gaming Zone” for another year, we will be ru...

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BAM11 launches today, breaks ground for ANZ esports with over 1,000 pre-reg! Full Feature lineup.

May 17, 2019

Australian fighting game championships BAM11 launches today, breaks ground for ANZ esports with over 1,000 competitors pre-registered Australia’s largest open esports event, breaks a major attendance milestone and offers $50,000+ Prize Pool at ...

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AMD and MWAVE PC LAN at BAM11

May 17, 2019

Announcing AMD as Major sponsor of CouchWarriors BAM11! AMD and CouchWarriors have formed a partnership starting with the PC LAN area at BAM11, supported by MWAVE supplying the AMD PC’s and Prizes. The first of an ongoing partnership with AMD ...

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Plenty of stuff to do at BAM11 with a Spectator’s pass!

May 16, 2019

This year’s BAM11 is bigger than ever and there is even more to do! If you only enter the event with a Spectator pass! It’s only $20 for the whole weekend available online or at the door. While only those with a Competitor Passes can pla...

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The BAM 11 Afterparty is Back!

May 12, 2019

CouchWarriors is excited to announce that the official BAM11 Afterparty will again be held at the General Assembly at South Wharf! A gorgeous and large bar/restaurant with outdoor and indoor spaces located right next to MCEC. The afterparty will sta...

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The BAM11 Indiecade!

May 11, 2019

The BAM11 Indiecade is back for it’s second year in a row! Come check out some of these indie titles and chat to the developers first hand about your experience!   GOATi Entertainment Featuring their game “22 Racing Series”, ...

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