FISTS were thrown and arcade sticks broken as Street Fighter fans convened at Cineleisure Mutiara Damansara last weekend for the first Street Fighter IV videogame tournament in Malaysia.
The tournament organised by Outpost Events together with Sony Malaysia and RAM Entertainment, distributors of the recently released live-action film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, drew close to a hundred participants.
"This is the first time Street Fighter fans have had a chance to compete as the last major tournament took place over 10 years ago," said event manager for Outpost Events Alan Muk. Participants took part in the preliminary rounds last Saturday, while the four finalists proceeded for the semi-finals and finals on Sunday.
Kenneth Aw bested Mak Kien Leong in the final in a furious one-on-one duel to take home the top prize.
A long time Street Fighter veteran, the 26-year-old entrepreneur said he has been playing the fighting game since Street Fighter Zero 3. Aw added that he felt extremely lucky and didn't expect to win the first prize. As a matter of fact, both Aw and his opponent, Mak trained together for the tournament. "Perhaps it was beginner's luck," said Aw. Aw walked away with a Sony PlayStation 3 and a copy of Street Fighter IV for the console.
“As a reimagining of a classic 2D platformer, Rocket Knight remains one of my favourite modern examples of the genre so let's see why.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
GB: "We take a look at 15 amazing games that had the perfect length."
Pretty good list. Botany Manor would be the newest addition that encapsulates that title.
GL: "Staff writer Shaz reflects on his small library of physical games he's kept throughout the decades, and how a recent move made him nostalgic."
I lost my drive for collecting physical games due to many discs lacking the whole complete game. Instead, of collecting games I started collected figurines.
I am a collector have a room dedicated with a couple original arcade cabinets, physical game library, old and new consoles and controllers backlit with LED lighting. It’s very cool to have but with emulation being so strong and prevalent, I sometimes feel foolish because the hobby is expensive and like another said, the full game is not always on the disc. Could probably spend more wisely but I enjoy it.
Most games are usually on disc still. Of course you got you publishers that are hit and miss, Activision, ubisoft, ea, Microsoft, where the rest of the game needs downloaded.
Sagat will win
The Final Fight was Ryu VS Ken