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The official fighting games esports circuits return to the United States. Combo Breaker 2025 is a chance for local players to earn standing points. All the international celebrities are also here!
Traditionally, Combo Breaker is one of the most important events in the yearly schedule. It restarts esports seasons for the biggest games and brings many exciting announcements.
In 2025, we have seven World Tour qualifiers of the highest tier. Also, three games have qualifiers for the Esports World Cup 2025 event.
Everything about Combo Breaker 2025 is here: schedule of the main tournaments, core results, and key announcements.
How to watch Combo Breaker 2025
The event partners with a few Twitch channels to deliver non-stop broadcasts of most matches, which happen simultaneously for different games. You can find the full list of Combo Breaker 2025 streams in our schedule section.
Combo Breaker 2025 schedule
The event goes on for three days: from May 23 to May 25. More than 20 fighting games are in the main and extended lineups of Combo Breaker 2025.
Arguably the most interesting tournaments are World Tour and Championship qualifiers. The table below highlights the final top 8 brackets.
The full stream schedule: All Combo Breaker 2025 games
The full stream schedule of Combo Breaker 2025 are in the image below.
Reveals and announcements
Combo Breaker 2025 is an event of big showcases. Some happen at the venue, others are online reveals for everyone in the world.
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Galleon in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
It is officially confirmed that the gameplay showcase for the new GBVS Rising character happens right after Combo Breaker 2025. Don’t miss the reveal of Galleon’s abilities.
Unika in Guilty Gear Strive
Arc System Works revealed the gameplay trailer of GGST Unika during Combo Breaker 2025. You can watch it below.
Fahkumram in TEKKEN 8
After the initial reveal of the new TEKKEN 8 DLC character, the community wasn’t too excited. It feels like people want to have Bruce Irvin as a Muay Thai fighter instead. Maybe the gameplay reveal of Fahkumram can help people change their minds.
Here is the trailer. It was also confirmed the Armor King joins TEKKEN 8 in Season 2.
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The most important results from Combo Breaker 2025
In this section, you’ll find the core results of Combo Breaker 2025.
We focus on the winners and the top placements that bring qualification spots at the World Tour Finals and the Esports World Cup 2025 events. More details are in our dedicated coverage articles.
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MK1 Pro Kompetition 2025: Demi God tournament
The official esports league of Mortal Kombat 1 features only a few top-tier tournaments, and Combo Breaker 2025 is one of them.
We had such Demi God events in Europe (viennality 2k25) and Brazil (gamescom LATAM). It’s time for the American players to earn a huge chunk of the MK1 Pro Kompetition 2025 standing points.
SonicFox has a good chance to boost themselves to the top, as the current leader, Kanimani, is not registered for Mortal Kombat 1 Combo Breaker 2025.
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Arc World Tour 2025: GGST and GBVS Rising
Only two games by Arc System Works have World Tour qualifiers at Combo Breaker 2025: Guilty Gear Strive and Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising.
It’s the second Platinum-tier event:AWT 2025 started at Evo Japan 2025. In addition to the point distribution, the Combo Breaker 2025 winners directly qualify for the AWT 2025-2025 Global Finals.
SNK World Championship 2025: KOF XV and FATAL FURY CotW
Direct invites to the Finals event are also a name of the game for the SNK World Championship 2025 tournament.
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolvesjoined the circuit with theEvo Japan 2025 SNK tournaments. It’s a new game, and Combo Breaker 2025 is the first really big FATAL FURY CotW event in the United States.
The King of Fighters XV (KOF XV)already had quite a few qualifiers, includingCombo Breaker 2024, so this tournament is a chance for newer players to shine with their power.
Combo Breaker 2025 FATAL FURY CotW is also a big Esports World Cup 2025 qualifier.
Receive the ball of competition: FATAL FURY CotW at Combo Breaker 2025
Many top players from other fighting games try out their strengths in this new title. The tournament is the first big esports showcase of FATAL FURY CotW in the US.
TEKKEN World Tour 2025: TEKKEN 8
The developers from Bandai Namco Entertainment actively try to fix TEKKEN 8 after the disastrous Season 2 update. They released a pretty bigPatch 2.01recently, and the Combo Breaker tournament will feature this version of the game.
Knee won TEKKEN 8 Evo Japan 2025. The legendary player is on the top of the TWT 2025 leaderboard. However, Pakistani competitors are willing to join the circuit at Combo Breaker 2025. Sure, Arslan Ash and ATIF have their ambitious plans.
As for the Esports World Cup, Combo Breaker 2025 is a great chance to qualify directly for the final event.
On a new patch, wary of Fahkumram: TEKKEN 8 at Combo Breaker 2025
The most recent fixes for TEKKEN 8 Season 2 got a cautiously positive response, at least from the pro community. It’s the first time this version is played on a big esports stage.
Capcom Pro Tour 2025: Street Fighter 6
The CPT 2025 qualification marathon has started atSF6 Evo Japan 2025. With many other tournaments ahead, the best players in the world don’t want to postpone their success. Combo Breaker 2025 gathers all the Street Fighter 6 superstars, as the Champion here advances to the main event, the Capcom Cup 12.
Only two qualification spots for theStreet Fighter 6 Esports World Cup 2025are available at Combo Breaker 2025. It’s a good reward to show the best play possible.
Do you hear the drums of Capoeira? Street Fighter 6 at Combo Breaker 2025
In just two weeks, the game receives big changes. They come with the new character, the Capoeira dancer Elena. Combo Breaker 2025 allows us to enjoy the top-level Street Fighter 6 in its current perfection.
After Combo Breaker, the competition continues in other regions. Battle Arena Melbourne 15 in Australia and Headstomper in Sweden feature some World Tour and EWC 2025 qualifiers. They happen on the same weekend, from May 30 to June 1.
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