Furry Weekend Atlanta Video Gaming
Welcome to the 2025 Furry Weekend Atlanta Video Game Room! From old to new, solo to multiplayer, competitive or not, we’ve got you covered. Located on the Galleria level at the Hilton Atlanta Hotel, you’ll find a full arcade, consoles from retro to modern, speed runners, developer booths, and more!
Location
Hilton Atlanta
Galleria Level
Hours
Thursday 5:00 PM - Midnight
Friday 10:00 AM - 1:00 AM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 1:00 AM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Arcade Gaming
Bigger, better, faster, stronger. Save Point returns to Furry Weekend Atlanta for 2025 with over 90 cabinets spanning genres from rhythm games to shootem’ ups, and even pinball!
Console Gaming
More consoles, more games. Featuring Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 consoles. Featuring the latest in fighting games including Street Fighter VI and Tekken 8, alongside fan favorites like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, there’s something for everyone!
Retro Gaming
Following the trend, retro gaming is back and better than ever. For 2025, we are bringing back all your favorite 6th generation consoles, including Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Dreamcast, and PlayStation 2. And this year, we’ve got more games available to play than ever before! From single-player experiences to multiplayer battles, we’ve got you covered.
Speed Running
We heard you loved the Fastest Furs in 2023 and 2024, so we’re excited to bring them back for this year with new speedruns for 2025. Oh, and if you’re interested in joining their furry speedrunning community, there will be panels for that too!
Tournaments
We’re back at it again with more tournaments than ever before. Fighting game tournaments, racing games, first person shooters, and even virtual reality and pinball. There’s a tournament for nearly every taste.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Beat Saber
- Street Fighter VI
- Tekken 8
- Mortal Kombat 1
- More…
Tournament signups will begin 1-2 weeks prior to the convention. Please signup for a start.gg account and visit this link to sign up when tournament signups open.
https://www.start.gg/tournament/furry-weekend-atlanta-2025-1
Tournament Schedule
Thursday, May 8, 2025
No tournaments scheduled
Friday, May 9, 2025
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Preliminaries – 1:00 PM
Tekken 8 Preliminaries – 3:00 PM
Pokémon Preliminaries – 5:00 PM
Rocket League Preliminaries – 7:00 PM
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Finals – 1:00 PM
Tekken 8 Finals – 3:00 PM
Pokémon Finals – 5:00 PM
Rocket League Finals – 5:00 PM
Halo 2 – 7:00 PM
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 1:00 PM
Street Fighter VI – 3:00 PM
* Tournament times are subject to change
Tournament Rules
Street Fighter 6
- Max 128 Players
- Single Elimination (semi-final losers fight for 3rd)
- Default settings
- All OPTION settings are default settings except for the following two settings. Pause Menu on Long Hold ON
- 2/3 Rounds per Game2/3 Games per Set
- 3/5 Games for Top 8 finals
- Winner of previous game must keep same character
- Loser of previous game may switch character
- Random stage select (players may opt for an agreed stage*)
- *Training Room stage is banned from Tournament Play
- Dynamic control type is banned
- In-battle Accessibility Settings may be turned ON if the Tournament Organizer deems that the setting is physically necessary.*
Tekken 8
- Max 128 Players
- Single Elimination (semi-final losers fight for 3rd)
- Tournament Mode Default Settings
- 3/5 Rounds per Game
- 2/3 Games per Set
- 3/5 Games for Winners, Losers & Grand Finals
- Random stage select for Game 1
- Winner of previous game must keep same character
- Loser of previous game may switch stage (with same character) or switch character (with random stage)
- There will be no customizing of colors, names, or items at any time before or during a tournament match. Any player that does so will be given a loss of round.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Max 128 Players
- Single Elimination
- 4 Player Race
- Top 2 Players move on
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Max 256 Players
- Single Elimination
- Stock: 3
- Time Limit: 7 Minutes
- Items: Off
- Stage Hazards: Off
- Final Smash Meter: Off
- Sprits: Off
- Starter Stages
- Battlefield
- Town & City
- Small Battlefield
- Pokémon Stadium 2
- Smashville
- Counter picks
- Hollow Bastion
- Final Destination
- Kalos Pokémon League
Halo 2
- Max 128 Players
- R1-2: 10 Minutes, 3-4: 15 Minutes
- Unlimited Kills
- Battle Rifle Start
- No Secondary
- Motion Sensor On
Pokémon
- Max 64 Players
- See: https://play.pokemon.com/en-us/resources/documents/play-pokemon-vg-rules-formats/
- Latest Rule Set (Regulation set H or later)
- Best of 3, Swiss Format, No team lists
Rocket League
TBD
Stream Schedule
Thursday, May 8, 2025
No stream
Friday, May 9, 2025
Developer Showcase – 3:00 PM
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Finals – 1:00 PM
Tekken 8 Finals – 3:00 PM
Rocket League Finals – 5:00 PM
Offline
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 1:00 PM
Street Fighter VI – 4:00 PM
Offline
* Stream start times are subject to change
Follow Furry Weekend Atlanta on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/furryweekend
Follow the FWA Video Game Room on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/furryweekendgaming
Virtual Reality
We are happy to be bringing Baz LLC back for 2025 with more space and more games to choose from, bringing you VR experience you won’t find anywhere else. 2025 will be a great year for FWA and virtual reality.
| Thursday, May 8, 2025 | No tournaments scheduled |
| Friday, May 9, 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
Fruit Ninja Challenge Slice some fruit for the top blade master rank in this 2 hour long Fruit Ninja Challenge playing the VR version of Fruit Ninja in Arcade mode! |
| Saturday, May 10, 2025 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
Synth Riders Rhythm Tournament Dance to the rhythm of the music while collecting orbs! Our Synth Riders tournament is a mixture of top leaderboard scores to find the best 4 players for a head to head rhythm dance battle at 4:00 PM! |
| Saturday, May 10, 2025 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
Blaston 1v1 Tournament Battle against your friends in the competitive 1v1 dueling shooter game called Blaston. Dodge bullets and fight for your life in a single elimination tournament to become the top player and take home the glory! |
| Sunday, May 11, 2025 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM |
Walkabout Minigolf Tournament | Doubles Bring a friend or be randomly paired with others in the unique 2 person team based minigolf tournament. Your team must beat the average to advance through all three rounds to make it to the end. |
Developers
For 2025, we’re working hard to bring new and interesting gaming related content, including content from independent developers Salt Free Interactive, Sandy Dingo Games, who brought us Animal Insurgent Mercenaries (AIM) and MycoRelic in 2024. This year, we’ll have more and perhaps even a big surprise!
This year, you’ll see:
- AIM by Salt Free Interactive, https://www.aimgame.com
- MycoRelic by Sandy Dingo Games, https://www.mycorelic.com
- Fickle and the Magical Forest by Very Very Vulpes
- V/V by V Games
- Lasertag by Anaglyph, https://anagly.ph
- Cryptid Crush by Drowsy Drake, https://www.cryptidcrush.com
- Anti-Extinction by Furr-Tec Studios, https://furr-tec.com
- ROCKETPULT Mini and The Gift of Giving by Animal Workshop, https://animalworkshop.co
- IsoMetro by Grimesoft LLC, https://isometro.live
- KilaFlow by Chao Kompany LLC, https://store.steampowered.com/app/2927510/KilaFlow/
- Kelp Keeper by Pinkhouse Games, https://store.steampowered.com/app/2669720/Kelp_Keeper/
- Rise of Stones by Wodanco
- Breeze in the Clouds by Stormy Nights, https://www.breezethegame.com
- Elemensional Rift by NR, utd., https://nrutd.com/games/elemensional-rift/
* The above mentioned developers are expected, but not guaranteed.
Questions? Email [email protected]