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 streamed the primary tournaments. Also, CEOtaku VIII partnered with three other Twitch channels to highlight the whole range of fighting games at the event.
Now, when the event is over, you can watch some tournament streams on the respective YouTube channels (or in the results section below).
- 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.
Results of CEOtaku 2024
Check out the results of the main tournaments at CEOtaku 2024 in this section. They are parts of the official esports World Tours / Championships.
Guilty Gear Strive
Jonathan Tene confidently won the GGST tournament at CEOtaku 2024. The player won all the sets and all the matches.
Winners semis | Winners final | Grand final |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Tene (Sol) 3:0 RedIAmNot (Goldlewis) | Jonathan Tene (Sol) 3:0 Cheryo(Goldlewis) | Jonathan Tene (Sol) 3:0 RedIAmNot (Goldlewis) |
| Kreator (Giovanna) 1:3 Cheryo (Goldlewis) |
Losers round 1 | Losers quarters | Losers semi | Losers final |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFCR (Leo) 3:1 Razzo (Slayer) | Kreator (Giovanna) 0:3 MFCR (Leo) | MFCR (Leo) 2:3 RedIAmNot (Goldlewis) | Cheryo (Goldlewis) 0:3 RedIAmNot (Goldlewis) |
| Skull_Duggers (Faust) 1:3 Hotashi (Nagoriyuki) | RedIAmNot (Goldlewis) 3:2 Hotashi (Bridget, Nagoriyuki) |
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Xerom is the winner of the GBVSR CEOtaku 2024. In the winners final, the player lost to Elsa. But in the grand final. Xerom reset the brackets and won the decisive match.
Winners semis | Winners final | Grand final | Grand final reset |
|---|---|---|---|
| the stealer 0:2 Elsa | Elsa 3:2 Xerom | Elsa 0:3 Xerom | Elsa 1:3 Xerom |
| Aarondamac 1:2 Xerom |
Losers round 1 | Losers quarters | Losers semi | Losers final |
|---|---|---|---|
| angel 1:2 Zippy | Aarondamac 0:2 Zippy | Zippy 2:0 BlueSkyGuyBSG | Xerom 3:1 Zippy |
| LLon_Nu13 0:2 BlueSkyGuyBSG | the stealer 0:2 BlueSkyGuyBSG |
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The King of Fighters XV
RocklandKyo won the tournament after making it through the losers brackets. The player qualified for the SNK World Championship 2025.
Alongside the CEOtaky 2024 tournament, there was the SNK Championship Series 2024 Finals on the same weekend, with two spots in the KOF XV World Championship 2025.
Winners semis | Winners final | Grand final | Grand final reset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seis mx 2:1 El Rosa | Seis mx 0:3 KAISER666 | KAISER666 0:3 RocklandKyo | KAISER666 2:3 RocklandKyo |
| KAISER666 2:0 RocklandKyo |
Losers round 1 | Losers quarters | Losers semi | Losers final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snover 0:2 Poderoso | RocklandKyo 2:1 Poderoso | RocklandKyo 2:0 El Rosa | Seis mx 2:3 RocklandKyo |
| Silvera 1:2 Dark_King | El Rosa 2:1 Dark_King |
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!
