Battle Arena Melbourne is back, and the year 2013 marks the 5th anniversary of CouchWarriors’ annual fighting game major. BAM5 will be held on May, Friday the 17th through to Sunday the 19th and once again the venue will be the excellent CQ Functions Room, 113 Queen Street Melbourne. Pre-reg will be up soon.

We at CouchWarriors are very excited to see old friends return and compete in their favourite games. Exhibition matches and ‘high stakes’ events this year will be announced before the event, and scheduled throughout BAM5 on Friday and Saturday.

This year we’ll be including an extra Friday night for meet and greets, as well as exhibition matches and casuals. We’re also looking to secure a larger number of consoles this time around to ensure an excess of casual stations are available, including those kindly provided by the powerful gentlemen at Shadowlogic.

DIY tournament spots are available, if you have any questions or suggestions then post them on the CouchWarriors Facebook page, the Ozhadou forum thread or simply join the BAM5 Facebook event page at http://www.facebook.com/events/587593197917660/

Official tournaments sanctioned by the church of BAM include:

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v2012

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

The King of Fighters XIII

Street Fighter X Tekken

Street Fighter 3: Third Strike

Super Smash Bros Brawl

Super Smash Bros Melee

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown

Dead or Alive 5

(For game rule sets and more details visit: http://www.couchwarriors.org/bam/events.php)