The Palais de la Bourse hosted the 10th edition of The MixUp, an international fighting video game tournament this weekend. Credits: X @Soriya_fr
This weekend of June 13 and 14, Lyon hosted the 10th edition of The MixUp, an international combat video game tournament which took place at the Palais de la Bourse (2nd arr.)
Players from all over Europe, gathered for a weekend in Lyon. On June 13 and 14, the Palais de la Bourse (Lyon 2nd) hosted the 10th edition of The Mix Up, one of the most important European events dedicated to fighting games. “Since 2017, this gathering has become one of the essential fighting game events in Europe“, we can read on the registration site. The meeting brought together several hundred competitors from all over Europe around the largest licenses of their kind.
Born in Lyon and supported by the Lyon e-Sport association, The MixUp has gradually established itself as an essential step in the “Fighting Game Community” (FGC), the international community of fighting game enthusiasts. And for its tenth anniversary, the event pulled out all the stops with major tournaments on Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, Guilty Gear Strive, Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.
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During the weekend, the famous Street Fighter occupied the entire Salle de la Corbeille on the ground floor, covering almost 800 m2. This is a legendary fighting game created by Capcom in 1987, where fighters from all over the world compete in a duel. Its episode 2, released in 1991, became a global phenomenon which revolutionized an entire genre and sold more than 60 million copies. A film is even expected at the cinema on October 14.
This 2026 edition also marks the strong arrival of 2XKO, the future fighting game from Riot Games, including a tournament worth 6,000 dollars is organized during the weekend.
More than 700 registered for the weekend
According to data from the start.gg platform, more than 700 participants were already registered in the run-up to the event, confirming the growing attractiveness of the Lyon event among professional and amateur players alike.
However, the event was not reserved only for true professionals in the field: curious people and spectators were able to attend the matches, discover the latest developments in the sector or simply enjoy the atmosphere specific to the e-sport scene of fighting games. A way for Lyon to confirm, over the course of a weekend, its place among the European capitals of competitive gaming.
