Having ran several tournaments beforehand, Active Gamers LA felt ready to tackle a major tournament and held Triple Threat on November 14 at the Hanger Athletic Xchange (HAX) in Hawthorne, California. Boasting a $2200 pot per game, this tournament brought out the heavy hitters like Justin Wong, Alex Valle, and Martin “Marn” Phan. With such heavy hitters and a large pot, Triple Threat was set to be the biggest tournament Southern California, or even the United States, has had in a while. How did it turn out? The-O Network Online was on site to check it out.

To celebrate the newest iteration of the Tekken franchise, Bandai Namco, Active Gamers LA, SD Tekken, and Shoryuken held a launch party on October 24^th, 2009 in Hawthorne, California. Eagar fans queued up outside the Hanger Athletic Xchange, awaiting the doors to open for their first preview of the complete console port of Tekken 6, days before its release.

The full musical listing for the event is listed below:

August is typically a packed month for otakus in Japan with the largest doujinshi convention, Comic Market and hobby event Wonder Festival held merely weeks apart. What some fans may not realize is that one of the largest anime-themed concert in the world, Animelo Summer Live (AniSama), is held the same month. This year marked AniSama's fifth anniversary titled "RE:BRIDGE," and was held on August 22 and August 23 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. An all star line up of singers, voice actors, and idols numbering 37 artists performed including Halko Momoi, JAM Project, Mamoru Miyano, May'n, Minori Chihara, Aya Hirano, Nana Mizuki, and special guests Shoko Nakagawa and GACKT entertained over 50,000 excited fans.