ELEAGUE Announces Commentators; Pre-Show for Street Fighter 5 Invitational
By Jeff Kotuby ·
ELEAGUE has officially announced the participants for the 2018 Street Fighter 5 Invitational, which includes a number of electric fighting game personalities and two rising stars in the esports industry.
Earlier, ELEAGUE announced the commentary team for the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational 2018. The commentary team will be anchored by FGC community mainstays Steve “Tasty Steve” Scott, Stephen “Sajam” Lyon, Reepal “Rip” Parbhoo and Zhi “Zhieeep” Liang Chew. Michele Morrow will assume the role as desk host and Malik Forté will complete the lineup as he returns to ELEAGUE as the event’s “sideline” reporter.
The tournament will be broadcast Friday, June 1, at 11 p.m. ET on TBS, with live coverage starting at 3 p.m. on the ELEAGUETV Twitch channel.
On Friday, May 25, TBS will air a one hour Preview Show to coincide with the invitational. The show will reveal the four competition groups – each of which will send the top two of its six players to the Playoffs – as well as “catch fans up on what makes the Fighting Game Community (FGC) unique, along with its history,” according to an official ELEAGUE press release. The show will also feature vignettes focusing on Jonathan “JB” Bautista – who earned his tournament spot by winning ELEAGUE The Challenger: Street Fighter V – and the grand finals from last year’s Invitational.
For more info on ELEAGUE’s Street Fighter 5 events, head on over to the ELEAGUE Street Fighter 5 website. For more Street Fighter tournament news, check out what Capcom has in store for the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection!