Hello All is Brawl Ori_bro here to bring you a HUGE announcement straight from the words of the man who presented us with the largest Super Smash Bros. Tourney in history, Alex Strife.

Last year’s APEX did tremendous with entrance numbers. Brawl singles had a record breaking 400 singles entrants and 128 teams for doubles. Melee brought 318 players for singles, and 98 teams for doubles. Smash 64 capped at 64 entrants filled with the best talent from all around. On the FGC side of APEX 2012, Super Street Fighter IV had 96 entrants, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 had 128 entrants. APEX 2013 looks to take those numbers and add many more to the list. With the lineup of featured games for this year those numbers will surely be broken. The following games will be featured at the tournament.

• Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Super Smash Bros.
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
• Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition 2012
• Persona 4 Arena
• Soul Calibur V
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2
• King of Fighters XIII
• Pokémon Black 2/White 2

Along with the tournaments for each game featured at APEX 2013, they will be featuring booths for some independent games. The following will be at Apex 2013.

• Super Smash Flash 2
• barabariball
• Super Smash Crusade
• Project M

- Project M will be featuring a special INVITE-ONLY tournament at Apex 2013. More info on this soon.

On top of the tournaments and game booths, APEX is bringing back the Artists Alley. We have received many applications from artists and are looking for more. If you wish to join the Artist Alley visit http://www.apex-series.com/artists-alley/ for more details.

APEX is going all out this year when it comes to partners and sponsors. What Jaxel and 8WayRun did last year for streaming APEX was an amazing thing and words can’t describe how thankful we are for it. This year will be much different. Jaxel will be back to stream but along with him we will have Bifuteki and CLASHTournaments streaming as well. That is right APEX 2013 is partnering up with 8WayRun, Bifuteki, and CLASHTournaments to bring the viewers at home 3 top notch livestreams covering every part of APEX 2013.

The sponsors for APEX 2013 this year are great as well. We have a good number number this year and they are doing a great deal for us and will only make things better. This year’s list of sponsors include...

ScrewAttack will be embedding the APEX stream on their website’s home page which recieves thousands of views daily. They will be doing on location interviews and much more. OverClocked Remix will be creating the official APEX 2013 album. The album will be available for download after APEX 2013 is over be sure to follow OC Remix to keep up to date! Dominion Method Gaming is helping by promoting APEX on the FGC side as well as helping APEX get more sponsors. Video X Games is one of APEX’s biggest sponsors. VXG is offering the VXG stipend to the winners of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. The winners of each game will receive a FREE , ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP, to St. Maarten for the Video X Games. This means you will be getting a free trip to a caribbean island for winning Apex! Saber Gaming is providing pot bonuses for all the games featured. Here is how the Pot Bonuses will be handled.

• Brawl Singles $1500 + VXG Stipend
• Melee Singles $1500
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 $1000 + VXG Stipend
• Super Street Fighter IV: Aracde Edition $1000 + VXG Stipend
• King of Fighters $250
• Tekken Tag 2 $500
• Soul Calibur V $250
• Persona 4 Arena $250

Thats all for sponsors right now. If more happen to come along APEX will keep you all updated.

APEX this year is looking to break the record books again. Everyone should try their absolute hardest to make it out this year. This tournament is looking to create history again so make sure you are there to be a part of it. It is also official that registration is now live for APEX 2013. So please visit http://www.apex-series.com/registration/ to register and we will see you at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey January 11-13th!

All of you can find APEX on the two major Social Media websites.

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apex.series
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/apex_series

APEX will be updating both frequently, so keep an eye out as time goes by for more major updates.


Here is everything you need to know until the next big APEX 2013 update!

- FF Ori_bro