Australian fighting game event runners and community. Hosts of BAM: Battle Arena Melbourne, Australia's largest fighting game/open entry esports event.
From our larger BAM Travel Guide, here’s some local tips for popping out for a bite to eat once you’re at the venue. Plan your schedule accordingly so you can take advantage of the food options, a short 10 minutes away from the venue. Map below!
TRAIN NETWORK DELAYS:
Note that travel from the city by train is disrupted BAM14 weekend due to works. Buses replace trains on the Craigieburn line, which takes you from the city to Moonee Ponds Station, a short walk from the venue.
Near the Moonee Valley Race Course there’s a huge range of eateries and amenities.
Moonee Ponds Central has a Coles & Aldi for snacks and groceries, several fast food and restaurants.
There’s lots of options for fast food and dining experiences. Nearby fast food restaurants include KFC, Guzman Y Gomez & Grill’d, but other options include plenty of local Greek, Italian and Asian cuisine.
Closer to the the racecourse there are restaurant and pub food options.
If you’re after a movie, whether it’s the latest blockbuster or something more artsy, the nearby Palace Penny Lane is the go.
We’re pleased to have the support of POWERA who have a massive range of controllers, cases and accessories. This year PowerA is pumping up the prize pool for our Nintendo Switch titles, Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Splatoon 3.
We are proud to announce SteelSeries is the Official Headset partner for BAM 2024!
The Arctis Nova Pro will provide crisp audio on main stages for FGC, including Street Fighter 6, TEKKEN 8, Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy VS Rising & Super Smash Bros Ultimate
We’ll have fantastic PRIZES to give away, with the Nova Pro & new Nova 5 for Platinum & Gold Games, Door prize, and Bounties!
BAM (Battle Arena Melbourne), Australia’s national fighting game community (FGC) Championship, brings the FGC together across an eclectic variety of titles, while presenting a top class competitive event attracting players from around the world. Among its returning world tour partners, this year sees BAM act as a qualifier for ESPORTS WORLD CUP
On May 31, June 1 and June 2, 2024, BAM will host nearly 50 events for gaming communities during major fighting game championships at Moonee Valley Racecourse.
ESPORTS WORLD CUP Qualifiers (Top 2 placers) for TEKKEN 8 & Street Fighter 6
TEKKEN World Tour Master Event with international ladder points and $5,000 prize
ARC World Tour Gold Event with international ladder points
Major tournaments for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, TEKKEN 8, MORTAL KOMBAT 1, STREET FIGHTER 6, GUILTY GEAR STRIVE among 47+ tournaments
Spectator seating, Casual freeplay gaming, Splatoon, Beyblade, Artist Alley and more
As a major event on the global fighting game (FGC) circuit, BAM is both a community event and an international gaming destination. By unique players, BAM is the largest esports event in Australia and will once again host TEKKEN World Tour and Guilty Gear Strive’s Arc World Tour. This year, the event causing a global sensation across esports, the ESPORTS WORLD CUP, will see an Australian qualifier at BAM.
WORLD TOUR EVENTS AND QUALIFIERS
Esports World Cup: Debuting this year, EWC has created a sensation with its Global Tournament encompassing dozens of the top competitive titles, a massive $60m USD prize pool and world finals. EWC titles at BAM this year are TEKKEN 8 and STREET FIGHTER 6
Tekken World Tourreturns to Australia as BAM hosts a Master Event, and world class Tekken players have registered to take the all important points on the TWT leaderboard and a $5,000 cash prize.
Arc World Tourat BAM will be a Gold Event for Guilty Gear Strive and Granblue VS Fantasy Rising – offering big points to qualify for the Arc World Tour finals
International players of note returning to BAM include TEKKEN masters KNEE (Last year’s BAM champion), Chanel, Rest and Ulsanfrom South Korea, and Thailand’s Book. For Guilty Gear Strive, last year’s BAM champion, IBUSHIGIN|Leo from Japan defends his title, and there are players from Malaysia, Singapore and the USA.
Australian competitors, such as Capcom Cup finalist and 2023 Street Fighter 6 champion Christian “ROF” Dedalija, will have their work cut out for them against their peers from around the country and the world.
BAM is the biggest event of the year across the ANZ fighting game community. Over 1,000 unique players have attended each event since 2019, with players coming from all over the country to claim a coveted BAM trophy and enjoy the fun and glory of competing.
Watch Live: The event will be live streamed on CouchWarriors, CouchWarriorsSmash, the official Tekken World Tour channel and multiple community channels (Schedule is found on the registration page)
Our second wave of game announcements for BAM14 is here! All of the following games have been added for registration:
SAMURAI SHODOWN
SOULCALIBUR VI
Touhou Hisoutensoku
Kamen Rider: Super Climax Heroes
Pokken Tournament DX
Vampire Savior
Yatagarasu Enter the Eastward
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM EXTREME VS. MAXIBOOST ON
Brawlhalla (Singles and Doubles)
Skullgirls: 2nd Encore
BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
The King of Fighters Maximum Impact Regulation “A”
Super Street Fighter II Turbo (30th Anniversary)
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
Killer Instinct (2013)
Lethal League Blaze
Project+ (Singles and Doubles)
HewDraw Remix Singles
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
Them’s Fightin’ Herds
Mortal Kombat 1
SoulCalibur II
The King of Fighters XV
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown
All of these games and more can be registered for at https://start.gg/bam14
Your favourite game not there and you would like to run it? Please head on over to the registration page and fill out the tournament submission form! Keep in mind this is a submission form to run games, not a form to request games for somebody else to run.
August looks to be an intriguing month around the CouchWarriors League, as many players return from a post-BAM hiatus to once again focus on tournament competition.The Street Fighter 6 metagame continues to mature, and barring significant patches this month’s ranbats should tell us a lot about who currently has a claim to being Australia’s best player.
Meanwhile, this month’s CWL Online bracket offers the Smash scene as a chance to scout interstate matchups ahead of the Big Cheese major – as well as a big chunk of points. That’s just a taste of the action on offer though – read on for the dates and sign-up links for all of August’s #CWLeague events.
Another big year of Battle Arena Melbourne is in the books, and that means it’s time to celebrate our new Major champions!
#BAM13 packed 1018 Unique attendees into full halls at Moonee Valley Racecourse, with over 40 different fighting games on display across 7 different tournament stages! Our wonderful TOs worked hard to fit the maximum variety of tournaments into a three day event – and the result is that we can now add the following names to the honour roll of Battle Arena Melbourne top finishes!
