GAMERS FEST 2025
Jamaica’s ultimate celebration of gaming culture — a high-energy event where esports champions, casual players, and gaming fans come together for epic tournaments, retro throwbacks, VR adventures, and all-day fun!
WHAT TO EXPECT
Major Tournaments
Community Tournaments
Community Tournaments
Compete in any of the four main esports titles to win cash, trophies, bragging rights & other prizes!
REGISTRATION ENDS AUGUST 23, 2025
Community Tournaments
Community Tournaments
Community Tournaments
Fun, friendly, but fierce and open to everyone! Showcase your skills and abilities to win sponsored prizes in comminity tournaments such as Mario Kart 8 & SIM Racing.
Retro Tournaments
Community Tournaments
Retro Tournaments
We’re bringing two back fan-favorite titles for a retro showdown — and YOU get to choose the title! Which classic games would you love to compete in?
Casual Gaming
Community Tournaments
Retro Tournaments
Step into the Casual Gaming Zone and play at your own pace! This is the perfect spot to relax, have fun, and challenge friends without the pressure of competition.
MAIN TOURNAMENT PRIZE POOL
$250,000.00
PRIZE POOL BY TITLE $62,500.00
PRIZE PAYOUT
- 🥇 1st Place: $25,000
- 🥈 2nd Place: $17,500
- 🥉 3rd Place: $11,000
- 🏅 4th Place: $9,000
Along with trophies and other prizes from our sponsors
Compete in community and retro tournament to win sponsored prizes.
STREET FIGHTER 6 RULES
PlayStation 5 | Bring Your Own Controller
- Double Elimination
- Game settings: Rounds: 2 out of 3 Rounds per game, 99 Seconds Time Limit, Control Type: Modern or Classic, motion blur OFF, Input delay reduction ON, Players must set Button Release On or Off before a match in the main menu
- 2/3 Rounds per Game
- 2/3 Games per Set
- 3/5 Games for all Sets in Winners Final, Losers Final and Grand Finals
- Winner must keep character
- Losing player may switch character
- Dynamic control type is banned
- Random stage select (players may opt for an agreed stage)
- Training Room stage is banned from Tournament Play
- If a banned stage is randomly selected, repeat random stage selection process until a tournament legal stage appears
- In the event of a tied Match declared by a “Double K.O.” on the Game screen, the Match will not be scored and both Players will replay the tied Match with the same character selections and stage.
- Illegal mods of any kind will result in immediate disqualification.
TEKKEN 8 RULES
PlayStation 5 | Bring Your Own Controller
- Double Elimination
- Tournament Mode Default Settings
- 3/5 Rounds per Game
- 2/3 Games per Set
- 3/5 Games for Winners, Losers and Grand Finals
- Players cannot switch sides once selected.
- Stage must be random select.
- Winner must keep character
- Loser may switch character
- Special Style aka Simple Controls is allowed.
- In the event of a tied Match declared by a “Double K.O.” on the Game screen, the Match will not be scored and both Players will replay the tied Match with the same character selections and stage.
MORTAL KOMBAT 1 RULES
PlayStation 5 | Bring Your Own Controller
- Double Elimination
- Tournament Mode Default Options
- 2/3 Rounds per Game
- Best of 3 Games per Set
- Best of 5 Games for all Sets in Winners, Losers and Grand Final
- Random stage select
- Winner of the previous game must keep the same character and kameo.
- Loser of previous game may switch stage (with same character and kameo) or switch character and kameo (with random stage)
SUPER SMASH BROS ULTIMATE
Nintendo Switch | Bring Your Own Controller
General Rules
- Game Format: Double Elimination
- In Game Settings: 3 Stock, 7 Minutes, First to 1 Win, Launch Rate 1.0x, Final Smash Meter: OFF, Spirits: OFF, Damage handicap: OFF, Items: OFF, Stage Morph: OFF, Stage Hazards: OFF, Underdog Boost: OFF, Pausing: OFF, Score Display: OFF, Custom Balance: OFF, Team Attack: ON, % Show Damage: ON
- All matches are best 2/3 games until Finals (Winners Finals, Losers Finals, & Grand Finals will be best 3/5 games)
- “Stage-first” counterpick procedure (stage is decided before character selections for games 2-5 in the set)
- Winner Must Pick Character First
- Coaching is banned
- Results Screen Determines Winner in the Event of Self-Destruct Move
- The results of Sudden Death do not count. If a game goes to Sudden Death, the winner is determined by stocks and percentage at the time the match ends. The player with the higher stock count is the winner. If both Players are tied in stocks, the player with the lower percentage is the winner. If percentage/stocks are tied, players will play a 1 stock/3 minutes playoff match.
- Wireless controllers are allowed. Please make sure to desync them after your match.
- Loading Content onto Consoles Is Banned/Forbidden
Starters/Neutrals
- Battlefield
- Small Battlefield
- Pokémon Stadium 2
- Smashville
- Town & City
Counterpicks
- Hollow Bastion
- Kalos Pokemon League
- Final Destination
Stage & Banning rules:
- First stage picked by striking from neutrals, P1-P2-P2-P1 order.
- Following stages decided by winner banning THREE stage from the stages listed above then loser chooses from the remaining stages
- There is no Dave’s stupid rule (NO DSR). A player may pick any stage they previously won on during the set, assuming it is not banned from stage selection that phase.
- You cannot play on a stage that is not on the available stages list. This will result in a double disqualification
