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STGCC 2011 gaming preview and highlights

This year’s Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention will take place over the next two days, 20 and 21 August, at the Suntec Convention Centre. While the main focus of STGCC has always been on toys and comics, there are also booths and exhibitions of interest to video game players like us. Here are the […] Read more »

STGCC 2011: MvC3 and SSF4AE tournament details [updated]

There will be Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition tournaments held on both days of the Singapore Toy, Game & Comic Convention 2011 at the Suntec Convention Centre this weekend. For MvC3, there will be themed mini-tournaments (Avengers only, Marvel characters only, and so on), a king-of-the-hill challenge and a […] Read more »

Singapore at Evo 2011: What you need to know

Local fighting game enthusiasts and members of the competitive fighting game scene in Singapore will be cheering on their compatriots this weekend as six Singaporeans mark the nation’s debut at the Evolution 2011 World Finals (EVO 2011), held from 29-31 July in Las Vegas. For the local community, this is a historic moment and a […] Read more »

Evo 2011 Championship Series: Guide to SG participants

This year’s Evolution 2011 Championship Series, one of the biggest fighting game tournaments in the world, will be special because it is the first time six Singaporean participants will be taking part. They are Kun-Xian Ho, Ghim-Kee “Gackt” Eng, Leslie Cheong, Paul “VintageSoul” Ho, Zhenyuan “HZY” Han, and Kenneth “Spore” Lim. Read more »

Battlefield Fridays: An Interview with Tax

When I was at last week’s Battlefield Fridays, a weekly console fighting game meetup and tournament, I met up with Curren “Tax” Seow (left in photo, with Yu-Sheng “Farpenoodle” Tan on the right). Tax is one of the organisers behind the community-run event. He shares with me more about how Battlefield Fridays got its start, what […] Read more »