Beach Episode 2025 - Street Fighter 6

Beach Episode 2025

BEACH EPISODE is a 2-day video game festival and tournament series held each summer in Boston, Massachusetts, returning in 2025 with tournaments running July 19th and 20th. Coming from Anime FGC origins, BEACH EPISODE highlights anime fighting game titles such as BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Guilty Gear -STRIVE-, & Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes, while introducing traditional fighting game titles such as Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Fatal Fury across our 14 game list.

Produced by Boston Blue Beat, in collaboration with New England Smash's G3rd and Alchemy, BEACH EPISODE marks its 4th year running, and is returning to the Westin Waltham Hotel for 2025. From a grassroots origin at the Balance Patch cafe, to hosting a regional with over 10,000sqft. of space, we are excited to bring you one of the biggest celebrations of fighting games in the New England region!

Payout splits:

Events w/ 1-63 players:

1st: 60%

2nd: 25%

3rd: 15%

Events w/ 64+ players:

1st: 50%

2nd: 20%

3rd: 13%

4th: 7%

5th + 5th: 3%

7th + 7th: 2%