Both games featured participants from Japan, Korea, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, the United Kingdom, and China.
[1] A playable build of Soul Calibur VI was available for entrants at Final Round 2018.
The established Final Round infrastructure and staff had difficulty handling the increased attendance after the release of Street Fighter V in 2016, and Dixon described the consistent complains of overcrowding and poor scheduling during Final Round 19 and 20 as a "social media witch hunt".
"[3] Final Round 2018's Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition tournament concluded with a match between Seonwoo "Infiltration" Lee and Hajime "Tokido" Taniguchi.
However, Infiltration eventually won the Grand Finals reset with a 3-1 lead, taking home 60% of the tournament's prize pool.