Sign up now for the ‘Tekken 6′ online tournament
Starting this week, “Tekken” fans are invited to sign up for an online “Tekken 6″ tournament that offers collectibles and cash as prizes.
“Tekken 6,” developed by Namco Bandai and published by Atari, presents the story of martial arts czar Jin Kazama, chief protagonist of “Tekken 5,” as he dwells on the dark side of power following a well-intentioned takeover of the corporation known as Mishima Zaibatsu.
But the expansive power at his disposal corrupts Jin’s intentions, and he soon bumps up against equally powerful plans laid by the rival G Corporation run by Kazama’s father, Kazuya Mishima, and — well, let’s just say this can’t end well for one of them.
Social networking giant GGL Global Gaming is hosting the tournament, which coincides with the debut of “Tekken 6″ on Tuesday. It will sell for $59.99. A special fight-stick bundle will be offered for $149.99, while supplies last.
The North American tournament starts Monday morning and lasts through the evening of Nov. 29. The top four online fighters at the end are then eligible to win life-size Jin and Kazuya statues, $10,000 in prize money, and an all-expenses-paid trip to San Francisco and the opportunity to qualify for a live global championship.
More details are available at the official tournament registration site and at Namco Bandai’s website.
Seriously? $10,000 dollars isn’t enough for winning a video game competition?
that’s roughly 20% of the average yearly household income in the U.S..
When I was a kid, you would be lucky to walk away from a video game competition with some junk food, an iron-on transfer t-shirt and carpal tunnel syndrome. Maybe get your name published in a magazine and get a certificate! And if you were really lucky, they opened up the Arcade game’s coin mechanism so you didn’t have to pay to play in the first place! … And you’re complaining about $10,000 dollars. How much money does it take in a video game competition before it’s worth your time and effort to roll off the couch, for the love of god?!
Anyways, anyone else old enough to remember back in the Atari 2600 days- Activision used to have a program where you’d get certificates and some cheap swag for hi-scores or achieving certain feats in their games? You were required to TAKE A PHOTO OF THE TV SCREEN WITH YOUR SCORE DISPLAYED as proof, and mail it in to them! LOL, now THAT’S the original Achievements/Gamerscore system!!