RAGE 2018 Summer, one of the largest e-sports tournaments in Japan, with a total of more than 35,000 visitors! Total prize money is 20 million yen!

On Sunday, June 17, 2018, the total number of visitors to all event venues of "RAGE 2018 Summer," an e-sports event with a total prize fund of 20 million yen, exceeded 35,000(*), the largest number ever.

In addition, for the first time, "RAGE Shadowverse Dawnbreak, Nightedge GRAND FINALS" held a plan to add the yell collected from the viewers on OPENREC.tv to the winning prize money, and a total of 970,240 yells were sent from the viewers.

RAGE is a next-generation e-sports event that started at the end of 2015 and offers gaming competitions in multiple genres throughout the year.

The official report of RAGE 2018 Summer, which took place on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at Makuhari Messe, has now arrived.

<Official Report of "RAGE 2018 Summer

This year's event, the eighth in the series, featured national tournament finals for two titles: Cygames' authentic smartphone card battle "Shadowverse" and Square Enix's real-time card battle "SERVANT of THRONES". The same e-sports tournament, "RAGE Virtual YouTuber GRAND PRIX～2018 Summer～," in which six virtual YouTubers, who are currently the talk of the internet, fought for the first championship title, also drew a great deal of attention.

Other highlights included the first playable experience of "Super Smash Bros. SPECIAL," a new game for Nintendo Switch™ announced by Nintendo at the E3 2018 gaming event overseas, the first offline event of the battle royale game "PUBG MOBILE," and more. The event was lined with a full lineup of booths, including events, and crowds gathered here and there throughout the venue.

Participants who gathered on-site and online enjoyed the excitement of e-sports, which is exactly the same as sports, as they gulped at the introduction of players like at a martial arts event, got goosebumps in front of the brilliant plays, and cheered loudly in time to the moment of victory.

During the event, AK-69 and TAKUYA∞ (UVERworld) held a mini live performance of "ONE LIFE feat. UVERworld," the new official theme song of RAGE. As soon as the stage went dark, heavy bass music began to flow and the center door opened to reveal the two performers. The audience who had been seated stood up and enjoyed waving their hands to the lyrics of the song "ONE LIFE," which was repeated strongly.


During the MC after the live, AK-69 said "My songs are only spun from the way we live our lives, and ONE LIFE is also a song that we put everything into this one moment, one battle," and explained his thoughts on the song.

The event attracted a lot of attention for the playable demo of Super Smash Bros. SPECIAL, the fifth installment in the popular series that began with the first game in 1999, which had already been well received by fans from Japan and abroad, with more than 1,200 people lined up before the doors opened.

These visitors received numbered tickets and stood in line in front of the booth to participate in the "Super Rampage Battle to Win! They participated in the "Great battle of the winners! Some people brought their own Nintendo GameCube controllers, which had been approved in advance, and when it came time to play, everyone was immersed in the game screen with serious eyes. The winners of the finals were awarded with a limited edition RAGE T-shirt.


On the stage, OooDa and Shinichirou played as play-by-play commentators, and Nishizawa and Kazetsugu from Munky Kong, the traitorous gang, were invited as guest commentators. exhibition match.

The "Super Brawl Challenge Battle! is where audience members chosen from the audience can challenge three famous players, Abadango, KEN, and FURUMORI Fog. Which character will show what kind of techniques and how to fight in each stage? The crowd was so large that it reached the aisles and watched the stages and monitors, hoping to be the first to see the latest information for themselves.

The "RAGE Virtual YouTuber GRAND PRIX~2018 Summer~" is another high-profile event that attracted so many VTuber fans that a long waiting line formed before the booths opened. Before the opening, a movie featuring all seven VTubers was shown, and fans cheered loudly. On the stage, four transparent OLED displays were lined up horizontally, and another four were combined vertically and stood in the center to "summon" them as virtual beings in real life.

In the preliminary round, Azumarim and Hime Tanaka advanced to the finals after a fierce battle in the first round of the popular smartphone game "Animal Tower Battle," in which they repeatedly used highly difficult stacking techniques, and in the second round of "Super Bomberman R," an action game for the Nintendo Switch, they played while screaming and yelling. In the second event, "Super Bomberman R," an action game for Nintendo Switch, Dennou Shoujo Shiro and "Toki no Sora" advanced to the finals.


The final was a tournament match in the fighting game "Ultra Street Fighter II The Final Challengers. After winning the final, Dennou Shirou and Hime Tanaka chose Ken and Gouki, respectively, and after a 1-1 draw, Dennou Shirou won the final match with her expert moves and became the first champion.

The "RAGE x PUBG MOBILE Don-Katsu Challenge" was a custom PUBG MOBILE match with up to 50 players plus famous players, with Bunbunmaru as MC and guests SUMOMOXqX, three members of Yosakoi Bankish, Kenki, Takada Kenshi Takada, and Nigogo, the event was heatedly contested, with loud gunshots sometimes echoing through the hall.


In the final of "RAGE SERVANT of THRONES IMPERIAL," Mage-san and Altria faced off. Mage won two matches in a row to win the first title, and was awarded the winner's trophy, 4 million yen in prize money, and the special in-game title "Fierce Highway of Salvation.


Mr. Mage held the trophy with emotion in his eyes and said, "I didn't win the championship by myself. I want to repay those who helped me. He added, "My first game was the Dragon Quest series when I was 3 years old, and I've been playing Square Enix games for a long time, so I'm happy to have had this opportunity to play with Square Enix.

The "RAGE Shadowverse Dawnbreak, Nightedge GRAND FINALS" was held to coincide with the second anniversary of the launch of the Shadowverse game. The eight finalists, who were selected from a total of approximately 8,000 participants in the East and West qualifying rounds, competed in a single game of BO5 (first three winners win), and the competition was so fierce that there were many cases where the players had to win two games and lose two games at the same time.


The finalists were Kasago, aka "The Revenger of Silence," and Salt, aka "The Monster. From the final, Sou Takei appeared as MC and called out, "This is the last and biggest battle of the day! and he appeared on stage with a nervous look on his face.

The final match was also close, with Salt winning first, followed by Kasago's one win back, and then another win for both players, making it a 2-2 game. Salt, who had been selected first in the preliminary winner prediction campaign, seemed to have the advantage, but Kasago overcame the pressure and won the final game to take the championship.


Kasago did not change his expression at all after winning. When asked to comment, he replied humbly, "I'm happy, but I don't think I'm at the level to win yet, so it's a strange feeling. He also reflected on the follow-up comment, "It means I still have a lot of room to grow," saying, "I have a lot of work to do in terms of playing," which surprised So Takei, who called him a "humble magician.

On stage, Product Manager Keita Mori of Cygames announced several new elements: the latest card information for the 9th card pack "Brigade of the Sky / Knights of the Blue Sky" scheduled for release on June 28, as well as a collaboration with "Granblue Fantasy," a new leader skin "Korwa" was announced. In addition, the summer event "National High School Shadowverse Koshien 2018" will be held this summer, where young forces will clash.

Producer Tadato Kimura of Cygames also made important announcements: "2nd Anniversary Campaign Special Login Bonus" until June 27 to celebrate the 2nd anniversary; "2nd Anniversary Cup," a grand prix that will start at 3 pm on June 18, where popular cards from the past will be ejected regardless of their rarity; and "2nd Anniversary Cup," and the "Shadowspace Channel 2nd Anniversary Special Live Broadcast," which will be broadcast on YouTubeLive/FRESH!/OPENREC.tv on June 23rd at 8:00pm. Finally, he expressed his deepest gratitude to the users playing "Shadowverse" all over the world.

In addition to the stage, various side events were prepared at the venue. There was a giant balloon of Bahamut, one of the most popular and powerful cards in the game, as well as a photo session with cosplayers "Amaterasu" by Mame Dafuku and "Tsukuyomi" by Einashi, where many people took pictures of their RAGE memories.

At the "RAGE Shadowverse Pro League" corner, players from the four Shadowverse Pro League teams that started this May appeared on stage to play against each other and discuss decks with the participants. The participants were all smiles as they were able to talk directly with their favorite professional players. A tournament tournament was also held in the vicinity of the event.

Five members of the world-standard KAWAII idol group "WASUTA" came to the event as official supporters of RAGE. In addition to enlivening the stage, they enjoyed the "Shadowverse Photo Card Shooting Area," where you can take pictures of yourself as a Shadowverse card on the spot, and promoted the merchandise booth. Other booths also exhibited the popular Real Escape Game x Shadowverse "Escape from the World in Shadow".


There were also plenty of food and beverage booths and a recharging corner. In the food and beverage area, there were the familiar French dogs that are a part of the RAGE spectator experience, as well as bowls of rice topped with Hokkaido onions and pork kakuni-don, among other dishes.

On the last stage, Producer Tadato Kimura of Cygames appeared again and said, "All the matches were so great that the second anniversary of the event seemed to have faded away. I want everyone to talk about which matches were the best matches in various places," he said, expressing his excitement.

Shingo Otomo of CyberZ, producer of RAGE, announced that registration for the RAGE Shadowverse Brigade of the Sky tournament, which will be held this fall at RAGE 2018 Autumn, will begin in early July.

He also mentioned the Shadowverse World Grand Prix 2018, which will be held on December 15 and 16 this year with a $1 million prize for the winner. The winners and runners-up from "RAGE 2018 Autumn" will be able to compete, in addition to Mizuse and Karaage-san, who were the winners and runners-up from the previous "RAGE 2018 Spring", and Kasago and Salt, who are the winners and runners-up from "RAGE 2018 Autumn".


The final event of the day was a gold and silver medal game, with the finalists winning the gold and silver medals to the shouts of Sou Takei, "Let's go, 3, 2, 1, Bring it On! The final curtain came down on nearly 12 hours of fierce competition as gold and silver paper tapes were shot into the audience.

(*) RAGE Shadowverse Dawnbreak, Nightedge West Japan Qualifiers (May 12 and 13, 2018), RAGE Shadowverse Dawnbreak, Nightedge East Japan Qualifiers (May 26 and 27, 2018), to RAGE 2018 Summer Total number of visitors for

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