Street Fighter V is coming to Atlanta this spring with a $250,000 invitational hosted by ELeague, featuring 32 of the best SFV players in the world battling over several weeks with live coverage on TBS and Twitch.

The ELeague Street Fighter V Invitational is running from the end of March to the end of May, with semi-regular live broadcasts on TBS Friday nights, including the final stages and championship match May 26. Half the competitors will be the top 16 players in the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour and the other half will be invited by Capcom to compete for the biggest piece of the $250,000 prize pool.

ELeague has not yet announced exactly who will be invited to the tournament and has not said if this tournament will be part of the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour.

The schedule

ELeague, a subsidiary of Turner and IMG, partnered with Capcom for this expanded invitational, which starts with preliminaries on Twitch from March 27 to 30 to cut the competition down to 24 players. The top 24 players will be split into groups of six who will compete in Friday night fight nights April 7, April 21, May 5 and May 12 with live coverage on TBS and Twitch at 10 p.m. ET each night.

The playoffs and championship will go down May 26, with the entire day broadcast live on Twitch and the final stages broadcast live on TBS and Twitch starting at 10 p.m. ET.

Along with select live coverage of matches, TBS will also air a handful of recaps and preview shows throughout the invitational at 10 p.m. ET on Fridays. TBS will air a preliminary recap on March 31, a feature show on April 28 and a season recap/playoff preview on May 19.

ELeague's expansion

ELeague has already run multiple seasons of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, starting with its inaugural season in the summer of 2016 and most recently the prestigious and record-breaking ELeague Major in January. Portions of the competitions were broadcast live on TBS and Twitch.

Along with CS:GO, ELeague ran one of the first major Overwatch tournaments in 2016, the $300,000 Overwatch Open, also broadcast on TBS and Twitch.

The Street Fighter V Invitational marks ELeague's first foray into the competitive fighting game scene as well as a move toward titles that may be more digestible for casual audiences.

"The game’s exciting and accessible battle mechanics deliver endless fighting fun that both beginners and veterans can enjoy," ELeague said in an email release.

Karen Brodkin, IMG's president of business affairs, said in a statement that this doesn't mean ELeague will forget about the hardcore Street Fighter fans.

"We will approach the Street Fighter V Invitational with the same genuine attention to detail that core fans demand while also presenting the opportunity for casual viewers to enjoy one of the most exciting titles in esports," she said.

ELeague is owned by Turner Broadcasting, which also is an investor in Mashable.