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International Arcade Competition, EVO, comes to Singapore for the second year

March 12th, 2012 | Posted by Mohd Hisham in News | Tournaments - (0 Comments)

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SINGAPORE, 12th March 2012 – Singapore will host South East Asia Major 2012: Road to EVO Singapore. As the largest and longest-running fighting game tournament in the world, EVO attracts the best players from around the world in a dazzling exhibition of skill and fun, as players and fans gather to honor the competitive spirit in an open format to determine a champion. The event will be held on 9th to 10th June 2012 @ the Clementi Community Centre in conjunction with Clementi Game Fest 2012, as part of a partnership between Singapore’s Cybersports & Online Games Association (SCOGA), Clementi Community Centre (Friends of Clementi), Clementi Youth Executive Committee (YEC).

South East Asia Major 2012: Road to EVO Singapore is fully sanctioned and is open to international competitors to fly into Singapore to compete and acquire EVO points for their overall ranking.

This is also the first major event held in Clementi Community Centre since its major renovation overhaul. Clementi Games Fest and EVO participants will get to enjoy their favourite games in the comfort of the centre’s new fully air-conditioned multi-purpose hall. South East Asia Major 2012: Road to EVO Singapore will feature Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, Street Fighters X Tekken, Soul Calibur V with a side competition for the FIFA 12.

There will be carnival activities for the enjoyment of all ages and is expected to attract participants of all ages in fun family time.

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Gamer Assistance Program and E-Sports TV announced at inaugural E-Sports Seminar

January 22nd, 2012 | Posted by geekonomics in Gamers | News | Seminars - (0 Comments)

SCOGA held its inaugural E-Sports Seminar at Infocomm Experience Centre on 21 January 2012 with the Infocomm Development Authority’s (IDA) venue sponsorship. The purpose of the seminar was to improve communications and gather feedback from community leaders and stakeholders. The highlight of the day was the announcement of the Gamer Assistance Program (GAP), a SGD 20,000 fund dedicated to helping Singaporean gamers pursue their ambitions for international recognition and excellence. SCOGA contributed SGD 10,000 and Sphere Exhibits Pte Ltd, a fully-owned subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), matched SCOGA’s contribution dollar-for-dollar. SCOGA aims to continue to grow the fund over time. Details regarding applications, selection criteria, disbursement and obligations are being discussed with community leaders and stakeholders and is expected to be ready by end of Q1 2012.

Since its inception in 2008 by a group of veteran gamers, SCOGA has helped gamers fly overseas 44 times, held more than 50 public gaming events and reached over a million people in its efforts to serve gamers in Singapore. Key accomplishments over that time include SG Champs, Singapore GameFEST, Road to EVO and the soon to-be-launched eSports TV which will showcase the best of Singapore’s competitive gaming scene. eSports TV will be broadcasted from a custom-built studio for gamers, and is expected to be launched by March 2012.

For all parties interested in the fund and for more information, please email info@scoga.org.

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Merry Christmas from SCOGA!

December 19th, 2011 | Posted by Kelvin Tan in News - (0 Comments)



Here’s wishing everyone Merry Christmas from the SCOGA team!

Looking forward to a greater 2012 gaming year!

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SCOGA to Sponsor Xian to Compete in China

December 16th, 2011 | Posted by Keith Lim in Gamers | Games | News | Tournaments - (0 Comments)

SCOGA and TKA will be sponsoring this man to compete in the Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition(SSF4AE) HuaHei Tournament in China.

This man is XIAN.

He has the eye of the tiger.

He will be competing this Sunday the 18th of Decemeber 2011 and you can follow him at http://xiansf4.blogspot.com/

As always, SCOGA is committed to helping quality gamers fulfill their medal hopes and dreams of glory. We wish Xian the best of luck and we know he will represent.

 

 

Now pleaae make him stop staring at us…

 

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Singapore GameFEST 2011 iPad Lucky Draw Winner

December 9th, 2011 | Posted by Keith Lim in Events | Fun Stuffs | News - (0 Comments)

SCOGA would like to congratulate Singapore GameFEST 2011 Lucky Draw winner:

Wong Ming Heng(left)

on winning his brand new iPad 2.

The lucky draw was one of the highlights at SGF2011 which also featured the Singapore-China Gamebox Championshiops as well as a showcase of locally developed digital games.

Once again, Congratulations!

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Singapore Will Be Represented at ESWC 2011 Grand Finals, France

October 20th, 2011 | Posted by Mohd Hisham in News - (0 Comments)

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Singapore Will Be Represented at ESWC 2011 Grand Finals, France

SINGAPORE, October 20, 2011 – Singapore’s Cybersports and Online Gaming Association (SCOGA) will be partially funding Tan ‘kim07′ Kim Leong to represent Singapore in the ESWC 2011 Grand Finals in France.

The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) is a worldwide competition of video games, starting locally with national qualifying, to end with a World Final gathering all the cyberathletes and designed as a live show.

Tan ‘kim07′ Kim Leong is a local FIFA11 player and hold many titles under his belt. He was invited to France for ESWC.

In line with SCOGA’s mission to make Singapore a global leader in gaming and eSports through positive engagements with local gaming, SCOGA decided to partially fund Tan ‘kim07′ Kim Leong to ESWC. This underlines SCOGA’s commitment to our mission.

SCOGA is always on the lookout for international opportunities for Singaporean gamers to represent the country, and will have more exciting announcements lined up in the near future.

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Asiasoft to distribute Blizzard titles in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand

October 20th, 2011 | Posted by geekonomics in Gamers | News - (0 Comments)

SCOGA sends our congratulations to Asiasoft and look forward to pwnage days ahead for all local fans of Blizzard titles. More information in the press release below:

THAILAND, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, 19 OCTOBER 2011 – ASIASOFT CORPORATION PLC (www.asiasoft.net) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., to distribute Blizzard Entertainment® games in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.

The distribution agreement includes the bestselling games from Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo® action role-playing game series, including the upcoming Diablo III; the Warcraft® and StarCraft® real-time strategy game series, including StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty™; and World of Warcraft® and its three expansion sets, The Burning Crusade®, Wrath of the Lich King®, and Cataclysm™. 

“One of our top priorities is ensuring that our games are easily accessible to players all around the world,” said Paul Sams, chief operating officer of Blizzard Entertainment. “We are confident that as a leading online game services provider in Southeast Asia, Asiasoft will help us reach many new players in this growing region.”

“Blizzard Entertainment is well-known for the blockbuster entertainment experiences that they consistently deliver, and we are honoured to have acquired the distribution rights for their games in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore,” said Mr Sherman Tan, Chairman of Asiasoft Corporation PLC. “We are pleased to have the opportunity to provide more quality games to players in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.”

For more information on these games, please visit http://sea.blizzard.com.

About Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited
Asiasoft (http://www.asiasoft.net/) is a leading online game operator enjoying a dominant market share in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia. The Company’s affiliates are involved in international investment for online games publishing and development, as well as game portal services (www.playpark.com) including others IT related business. With 31 enjoyable and interactive online games from all over the world and more than 35 million registered IDs.

About Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.
Best known for blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment’s track record includes thirteen #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company’s online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active players.

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Singapore Game Box Reach Out to China

July 29th, 2011 | Posted by Mohd Hisham in News - (0 Comments)

Singapore Game BoxIn a landmark announcement yesterday, SCOGA partnered with Media Development Authority (MDA) and China Information Broadcast Network (CIBN) to introduced Singapore made casual games into the Chinese market. This will be done through Singapore Game Box Chinese Portal.

MDA hopes to get 100,000 registrations during its launch, with the eventual target of 60 million registered users of CIBN, one of China’s most established broadband entertainment and digital services based in Beijing.

Singapore Game Box was launched in 2009 to accelerate the commercialisation of Made-In-Singapore games by providing a mass of gamers as a feedback mechanism.

For the partnership, four games will be featured first. The four games are Rocketbirds: Revolution!, Straw Hat Samurai: Duels, Fish-a-Fish and Tactics Anthem Online II, developed by Singapore games companies Ratloop Asia, Explosive Barrels, Activate Interactive and iCell Pte Ltd respectively. Images for some of these are provided below. For more information about the news, please head on to http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5090231

Rocketbirds: Revolution! Straw Hat Samurai: Duels

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Singapore Will Be Represented at EVO Street Fighter 4 World Finals USA

July 19th, 2011 | Posted by Mohd Hisham in Gamers | News | Tournaments - (0 Comments)

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Singapore Will Be Represented at EVO Street Fighter 4 World Finals USA

SINGAPORE, July 18, 2011 – Singapore’s Cybersports and Online Gaming Association (SCOGA) will be sponsoring an air ticket for Eng Ghim Kee (Gackt) to represent Singapore in the EVO Finals in USA. SCOGA will also be covering lodging expenses for two other Singaporeans, Leslie Cheong (Sagat) and Kun-Xian Ho (Xian). In total, three persons will represent Singapore in the EVO World Finals, which will be held at Rio Las Vegas, from 29th to 31st July 2011.

EVO World Finals is the concluding event for this year’s Evolution Championship Series (EVO for short). EVO represents the largest and longest-running fighting game tournament in the world. EVO events attract the best players from around the world in a dazzling exhibition of skill and fun, as players and fans gather to honour the competitive spirit in an open format to determine a champion.

On 24th April 2011, Clementi Game Festival 2011 was held, as part of a partnership between SCOGA, Clementi New Media Champions (Friends of Clementi), People’s Association Youth Movement (PAYM) and SGFighter (a local Street Fighter 4 community).

The EVO Singapore Street Fighter 4 qualifiers were conducted at Clementi Game Festival 2011, with the prize being a trip to Las Vegas for the EVO World Finals. Eng Ghim Kee (Gackt) triumphed in the final match-up, winning the prize of a sponsored flight to the EVO World Finals.

In line with SCOGA’s mission to make Singapore a global leader in gaming and eSports through positive engagements with local gaming, SCOGA decided to sponsor the three gamers to the EVO World Finals. This underlines SCOGA’s commitment to our mission.

SCOGA is always on the lookout for international opportunities for Singaporean gamers to represent the country, and will have more exciting announcements lined up in the near future.

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Register for your FREE Cyber Wellness Workshop today!

July 12th, 2011 | Posted by geekonomics in Cyberwellness | Events | News | Seminars | Workshops - (0 Comments)

SCOGA is supporting the Health Promotion Board for this Starhub cyber wellness event:

Join us for a day of fun and discovery at the Smart Security Carnival! Find out how you protect all that you love from the cyber-world. Learn how to protect your privacy and data from cyber-criminals and create a safer home through our workshops by a panel of distinguished speakers, product showcases and games. Mark your calendar today!

Cyber Wellness Workshop
Gain insights into your children’s online world and learn how to use technology to ensure a safer online environment. As part of our continued effort to promote cyber wellness, registration is FREE for all interested participants. Hurry, seats are limited so register today!

Workshop Details:
• Date: 16 and 17 July
• Time: 2pm and 3pm
• Venue: National Library Building, The Plaza (Level 1), 100 Victoria Street

*First 50 registered participants for each workshop will receive a goodie bag, which will be given out at the registration counter on the day of the workshop. Participants are required to be seated 10 minutes prior to the start of every workshop. Seats are allocated based on first-come-first-serve basis.

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