Combo Breaker 2024 - Dates, Games, & Events Details Announced

Combo Breaker, one of the biggest events of the year for the Fighting Games community, is bringing Midwest energy back in 2024. With a lineup of new major releases in Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1, and Tekken 8, to a slew of new releases to the scene, like Grandblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes, and more.

Today, the team at Combo Breaker released the first details of its 2024 edition, including all the games involved, dates, registrations, and hotel details.

Combo Breaker 2024 Important Dates & Passes

Combo Breaker 2024 will run on-site from May 24th to the 26th at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois. If you are planning to go, there are two different types of passes you can get.

• Competitor Passes: these are for players looking to compete in any of the tournaments and include access to all three days of the event as well as the regular goodies like the CB2024 badge, lanyard, arcade token, and program guide.
  
  • Early: $110 - From January 4th to the 18th.
  • Standard: $120 - From January 18th to April 19th.
  • Late: $135 - From April 20th to May 5th.
• Spectator Passes: The CB2024 badge, lanyard, arcade token, and program guide are included. Children 13 or under and adults over 65 enter for free.  
  • Early: $80 - From January 4th to the 18th.
  • Standard: $90 - From January 18th to May 5th.
  • Late: $100 - From May 6th to May 20th.
  • Day-Pass: $50 - Only given on-site at the venue.

The Combo Breaker Team also has a handy site that you can access here to help you plan your trip.

Combo Breaker 2024 Tournament Brackets

There are 23 official game brackets being run for this year's Combo Breaker, with many more sure to spring up as community-run events. Here they are:

• Tekken 8
• Street Fighter 6
• Mortal Kombat 1
• Guilty Gear -Strive-
• Dragon Ball FighterZ
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina
• The King of Fighter XV
• Skullgirls: 2nd Encore
• Super Smash Brothers Ultimate
• Killer Instinct
• UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes
• Super Smash Brothers Meele
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
• Blazblue: Central Fiction
• DNF Duel
• Garou: Mark of the Wolves
• Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2
• Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
• Samurai Showdown
• Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
• Them Fightin' Herds
• Vampire Savior

Besides the competition, there will also be a number of surrounding events, such as the Mystery bracket, retro arcades, cosplay contests, and more.