This fighting games event features so many titles, from huge to niche. CEOtaku 2024 returns to its anime roots!
At the end of 2024, the fighting games community (FGC) has a marvelously big event: CEOtaku VIII or CEOtaku 2024. It’s very special, as the main focus here is an impressive variety of anime fighters.
After being criticized for shifting towards more massive titles, such as Mortal Kombat 1 in 2023, CEOtaku 2024 reinvents its identity. Now, UNI2 is among the main games, while TEKKEN 8 and Street Fighter 6 have been moved to the secondary layer — even if they still have many registered participants.
CEOtaku VIII is a great way to enter the holiday mood while enjoying fighting games esports with its anime extravaganza. Everything about the event is here: the schedule, stream, details, and results of the main tournaments.
Where to watch CEOtaku 2024: All the streams
The official channel of CEOGaming streams the primary tournaments. Also, CEOtaku VIII partners with three other Twitch channels to highlight the whole range of fighting games at the event.
- CEOGaming: Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes], etc.
- TampaNeverSleeps: Street Fighter 6, TEKKEN 8, etc.
- JuicyGameNight: The King of Fighters XV, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, Smash Ultimate, etc.
- TampaNeverSleeps2: Dragon Ball FighterZ, pools, etc.
Watch the main stream of CEOtaku 2024 right here:
Schedule of CEOtaku 2024
You’ll find the CEOtaku 2024 schedule for the primary tournaments in the table below. It highlights the final top 8 brackets. All of them happen on Sunday, Dec. 22.
Game | Start time in North America, ET / PT | Start time in Europe | Twitch stream |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOF XV | 10:00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT | 4:00 p.m. CET | JuicyGameNight |
| TEKKEN 8 | 10:00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT | 4:00 p.m. CET | TampaNeverSleeps |
| UNI2 | 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT | 6:30 p.m. CET | CEOGaming |
| Melty Blood: Type Lumina | 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT | 7:00 p.m. CET | JuicyGameNight |
| Street Fighter 6 | 2:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT | 8:30 p.m. CET | TampaNeverSleeps |
| Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising | 3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT | 9:00 p.m. CET | CEOGaming |
| Guilty Gear Strive | 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT | 11:30 p.m. CET | CEOGaming |
The full schedule of CEOtaku VIII / CEOtaku 2024 is in the image below (click it to see the details).
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Results of CEOtaku 2024
Check out the results of the main tournaments at CEOtaku 2024 in this section.
Why is CEOtaku important for the community?
The main focus of most players in the FGC may naturally drift to the biggest titles, such as TEKKEN 8 and Street Fighter 6, but this doesn’t mean there are no smaller groups of dedicated gamers. People really enjoy Melty Blood and earlier Guilty Gear games. There are communities and competitors within JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax.
The idea of CEOtaku is to promote these anime fighters to the first layer. Some other esports events also highlight niche titles, but often just as community tournaments. CEOtaku tries to focus on theese games. This makes CEOtaku pretty important for the fighting games community.
World Tours at CEOtaku 2024
The games of Arc World Tour 2024 have their Gold qualifiers at CEOtaku 2024. Some top-level players participate in these AWT 2024 tournaments to earn standing points.
- Guilty Gear Strive — Jonathan Tene, the winner of VSFighting XI.
- Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising — Elsa, the winner of CEO 2024; Zippy, the winner of Combo Breaker 2024; Aarondamac. The winner of Evo 2024.
Also, The King of Fighters XV tournament is the official qualifier for the SNK World Championship 2025. Such events happen rarely, and only one qualification spot is available at CEOtaku 2024: for the winner.
The FGC has a rather short break after CEOtaku VIII. The next big event is a month away: Frosty Faustings XVII happens from Jan. 23 to Jan 26. For all fighting games news and updates, stick around on esports.gg!
