Just wanted to drop a quick reminder for everyone, the next stop on the Road to EVO 2012 begins tomorrow in Sydney, Australia. OzHadou Nationals is celebrating its tenth year, making it Australia’s longest running fighting game tournament series. It’s grown from a small arcade scene to the large national tournament it is today within that time frame, and has featured some of the greatest players Australia has to offer. And this year looks to be no different. Everything you need to know about the tournament as well as attending or spectating can be seen in the press release below. Show your support no matter where you live!

OZHADOU PRESENTS THE TENTH ANNUAL OZHADOU NATIONALS (OHNX) ON FEBRUARY 17-19, 2012

AUSTRALIA’S FIRST MAJOR EVENT FOR 2012 AND ROAD TO EVO TOURNAMENT

OFFICIAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR EVOLUTION WORLD FINALS IN LAS VEGAS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SYDNEY Thursday 12th January.

The first major event in Australia’s fighting game tournament calendar kicks off on February 17th-19th,

2012 with the Tenth Annual Ozhadou Nationals.

Ozhadou, Australia’s premier fighting game community, is hosting the country’s longest running game

tournament.

In 2012 OHNX will attract gamers from around the country to compete for the title of National Champion

in each tournament game, and for qualifying points to enter the world’s biggest fighting game tournament,

EVOLUTION, as part of the ROAD TO EVO series.

OHNX will be livestreamed to a large and ever hungry gaming spectator audience. The excitement for

major national events is an anchor in gaming culture and we encourage media, players and spectators of

all levels to take part. Thanks to our sponsors there will be a playable showcase of upcoming new games

STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN and TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT available to all.

Witness Australia’s top class players battling for trophies, prizes and most importantly, the title and the

bragging rights. Who will be next to join Ozhadou’s Hall of Champions?

http://ohn.ozhadou.net/hall- of-champions

Players are encouraged to pre-register at the OHNX website: http://ohn.ozhadou.net

2012 GAME LINEUP (* EVO POINTS)

• Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition *

• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 *

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2

• Soul Calibur 5 *

• King of Fighters XIII *

and other side tournaments. Casual play and exhibitions matches will also be offered.

ROAD TO EVO

The Evolution Championship Series (EVO for short) represents the largest and longest-running fighting game tournaments in the world. EVO events bring together the best of the best from around the world in a dazzling exhibition of skill and fun, as players and fans gather to honor the competitive spirit in an open format and determine a champion.

As a ROAD TO EVO tournament, OHNX top placers in each EVO qualifying title will receive points that will seed them into the major tournament in Las Vegas on July 6-8, 2012. EVO hosts tournaments with hundreds of players in each pool and a streaming audience of over 2 million unique viewers.

For more information visit: http://www.evo2k.com

LIVE STREAMING

The Ozhadou team in partnership with LANSMASH will be connecting players around Australia and beyond to the most intense matches and rivalries in regular play, along with all finals matches and exhibitions. The live stream can be viewed via the Ozhadou site: http://ohn.ozhadou.net

WHERE

OHNX is held at: 99 on York, The Red Room on Level 1, 99 York St Sydney NSW 2000.

Information on getting to the venue is found here:

http://www.99onyork.com.au/ about-us/how-to-get-here

OHN REGIONALS

The OHNX: Regionals are a series of preliminary tournaments for OHNX taking place around Australia. The results of each OHNX:R tournament will be used to determine rank seeds for the official tournaments at OHNX.

For more information on the remaining qualifiers and the players to watch for nationally visit:

http://ohn.ozhadou.net/ regionals

ABOUT OHN & OZHADOU



OHNX (Ozhadou Nationals Ten) is a three day fighting game event and tournament series and the longest running event of it’s kind in Australia.

Winners at OHN hold a National Championship title, adding their names to a prestigious roster of OHN champions. OHN marks the opening of the major tournaments season and is a must-attend nationally, with a series of regional qualifiers building to the event.

OHN is brought to you by the team behind OzHadou, a website dedicated to Australiaís fighting game community. The main goal of OzHadou is to bring together all fighting game players in the country and offer them an online place to call home so they can get to know one another and participate within both their local and national community. The OzHadou website provides a central online home for Australian fighting game fans, whether they be casual, competitive or somewhere in between.

PRIZES AND SPONSORS

OHNX is proudly supported in 2012 by these sponsors:

NAMCO BANDAI is providing prize support for OHNX, along with support for its titles SOUL CALIBUR 5 and TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 for which they will be providing early play opprtunity via the arcade edition.

http://www. namcobandaipartners.com.au

THQ is supporting OHN10 with a package of CAPCOM fighting game prizes and is providing attendees with an early opportunity to play STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN.

http://www.thq-games.com/au

MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT is providing a major prize package shared across all games, featuring DVD and BLU-RAY releases of the latest hot anime, asian cinema and cult films.

http://www.madman.com.au

MEDIA PARTNERS & COMMUNITY

OzHadou: http://www.ozhadou.net

LANSmash: http://www.lansmash.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACT

http://ohn.ozhadou.net

General enquiries and questions: ohn@ozhadou.net

Spectator and Press Passes to cover the event are encouraged and welcome.

Tournament organisers and players will be available for interviews and quotes.

For event enquiries, please email organisers via ohn@ozhadou.net or:

Andrew Ziogas (Ziggy) andrew@ozhadou.net

Justin Hogie (FinalAtomicBuster) justin@ozhadou.net

For sponsorship and media enquiries, please email:

Daniel Chlebowczyk (Berzerk) daniel@ozhadou.net

Ozhadou on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ ozhadou

Ozhadou on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ozhadou

Source: OzHadou