{"id":19565,"date":"2021-07-19T02:27:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T02:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/smash-genesis-8-announced-scheduled-for-january-2022"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:23:52","slug":"smash-genesis-8-announced-scheduled-for-january-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/smash-genesis-8-announced-scheduled-for-january-2022","title":{"rendered":"Smash: Genesis 8 announced, scheduled for January 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a year of hiatus due to COVID-19, the Genesis series of events will return for the eight-time, once again scheduled to be played in California this upcoming January.<\/p>\n<p>Genesis, which often signifies the start of a new competitive Smash season, has been a staple of the community for more than a decade, with its first iteration taking place all the way back in 2009.<\/p>\n<h2>Genesis 8 &#8211; Start date<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/BCZeJKqy7qREx3CU3CdljPAJF5Tuya3f4fMWyTYRwjE\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9TbWFzaC9nZW5lc2lzXzgucG5n\" alt=\"genesis 8 smash\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">(Picture: Genesis_Smash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Announced during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/smash-summit-11-schedule-format-players-prize-pool-and-more\">Smash Summit 11<\/a>, Genesis 8 will take place this upcoming 28th January, with the finals scheduled to be played on the 30t at the San Jose Civic theatre in San Jose, California.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature both singles and doubles competitions for both Smash Ultimate and Melee as its signature titles, with Rivals of Aether and Smash 64 also being highlighted.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/smash-caster-d1-denies-accusations-of-sexual-harassment-new-one-emerges\">Smash caster D1 denies accusations of sexual harassment, new one emerges<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Genesis often features side-events for games like Windjammers, Street Fighter II, and more, however, no official information regarding these has been announced as of yet.<\/p>\n<h2>Genesis 8 &#8211; How to register<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in entering any of the events featured at Genesis 8, you can check the official <a href=\"https:\/\/smash.gg\/tournament\/genesis-8\/details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smash.gg<\/a> for all details.<\/p>\n<p>During Genesis 7 (played in January 2020) Tyler &#8220;Marss&#8221; Martins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/smash-ultimate\/marss-shuts-down-mkleo-smash-ultimate-streak-genesis\">squashed<\/a> Leonardo &#8220;MkLeo&#8221; Lopez&#8217;s dream of a Genesis fourpeat on the Ultimate side of things, meanwhile, Zain Naghmi confirmed his status as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/super-smash-bros-melee\/zain-defeats-hungrybox-win-smash-melee-genesis-7\">a new Melee god<\/a> by beating Juan &#8220;Hungrybox&#8221; Debiedma.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Who will come out on top this time around?&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a year of hiatus due to COVID-19, the Genesis series of events will return for the eight-time, once again scheduled to be played in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1973,"featured_media":19566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-super-smash-bros-melee","genre-fighting-games","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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