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Gamers who plan to attend or compete at Genesis 8 in January will be delighted to learn that five new titles have been added to their lineup. Two have been added to main line up and three for the side events.

Genesis Gaming has announced that Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and Guilty Gear Strive have been added to the main event. Meanwhile; Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Dance Dance Revolution Extreme and Magical Drop 3 have been added to the side events. The announcement was made in the following Tweet:

Additional titles for the main event and side event will be announced in the coming months along with the weeks leading up to the event.

Genesis 8 will take place from January 28th to January 30th at the San Jose Convention Center and the San Jose Civic Center (both located in the center of Downtown). The main event will take place at the convention center on Friday and Saturday while the final matches will take place at the Civic Center on Sunday.

Hosted and organized by Genesis Gaming, it’s one of the largest grassroots organized Super Smash Bros. tournaments. Genesis has attracted over 5,0000 attendees along with competitors from around the country. This will be the eighth event and the first one to take place in San Jose since 2017. The tournaments had been hosted in San Jose until the 2018 event, in which it was moved to Oakland.

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