Two of the biggest international tournaments in the world team up for the first time! World Game Cup, in Cannes, France, is now a qualifier event for Shadoloo Showdown, in Melbourne, Australia. The top eight placers for SF4AE2012 at WGC will receive seeding points for Shadoloo Showdown, and the winner of the tourney will get a free trip to Shadowloo Shodown.

Source: Elyum-Studio

The games have been announced by Mr Wizard on the latest live edition of WakeUpSRK. This year the tournament is back to six games!

Super Street Fighter 4 AE2012
Ultimate marvel vs Capcom 3
Soul Calibur V
Mortal Kombat 9
King of Fighters XIII
Street Fighter X Tekken

Something new this year is that every Evo game will have seeding points. and there will be nearly 20 Evo sanctioned tournaments leading up to Evo. here’s a list of all the tournaments that will have Evo seeding points:

* Apex Tournament Series, New Brunswick, New Jersey Jan 6-8
* Winter Brawl, Philadelphia, PA Feb 18-19
* OzHadou Nationals X, Sydney, Australia Feb 17-19
* Final Round, Atlanta, GA March 2-4
* South East Asia Major, Bugis Arcade, Singapore Mar 17-18
* NorCal Regionals 10, March 24-25
* Texas Showdown, Houston, Texas April 6-8
* PowerUp 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio April 13-15
* Team Mad Catz Championships, San Diego, CA April 13-15
* Toryuken, Toronto Ontario, Canada May 4th-6th
* Season’s Beatings: Summer Slam, Columbus, OH May 5th
* Northwest Majors, Seattle, WA May 26th
* Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 8, Chicago, IL May 25.27
* Montreal Annual Tournament, Montreal, Canada June 3-4
* East Coast Throwdown, Morristown, NJ June 9-10
* CEO 2012, Orlando, FL June 15-17
* Midwest Championships 2012, Nashville, TN June 22-24

For more information be sure to check out inkblots article on the front page of SRK.