Month: October 2014

After a long road of competition, this weekend will see Capcom Pro Tour Asia culminate at a grand finals event in Singapore. As the region’s final qualifying tournament, the action is sure to be fierce as these players vie for one of the few guaranteed Capcom Cup spots that are still up in the air.

This event will be run in a round-robin format, giving every participant the chance to play one another before all is said and done. For those interested in finding out when certain matchups are scheduled, Tough Cookie recently dropped a full look at the weekend’s proceedings.

Please note that all times are set to the local time zone (UTC+8) and adjust for your own accordingly.

Saturday, October 24

• 12:20 PM to 12:40 PM – Jiewa vs. Poongko
• 12:40 PM to 1:00 PM – HB vs. AVM|Gamerbee
• 1:00 PM to 1:20 PM – Poongko vs. RZR|Xian
• 1:20 PM to 1:40 PM – HB vs. Jiewa
• 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM – MCZ|Daigo vs. AVM|Gamerbee
• 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM – break
• 4:00 PM to 4:20 PM – Poongko vs. AVM|Gamerbee
• 4:20 PM to 4:40 PM – RZR|Gackt vs MCZ|Daigo
• 4:40 PM to 5:00 PM – Jiewa vs. RZR|Xian
• 5:00 PM to 5:20 PM – HB vs. Leslie
• 5:20 PM to 5:40 PM – Jiewa vs. RZR|Gackt
• 5:40 PM to 6:00 PM – MCZ|Daigo vs. HB
• 6:00 PM to 6:20 PM – break
• 6:20 PM to 6:40 PM – AVM|Gamerbee vs. Leslie
• 6:40 PM to 7:00 PM – Gackt vs. HB
• 7:00 PM to 7:20 PM – Leslie vs. Poongko
• 7:20 PM to 7:40 PM – MCZ|Daigo vs. RZR:Xian

Sunday, October 25

• 12:00 PM to 12:20 PM – MCZ|Daigo vs. Jiewa
• 12:20 PM to 12:40 PM – RZR|Xian vs. Leslie
• 12:40 PM to 1:00 PM – HB vs. Poongko
• 1:00 PM to 1:20 PM – RZR|Gackt vs. Leslie
• 1:20 PM to 1:40 PM – RZR|Xian vs. AVM|Gamerbee
• 1:40 PM to 2:00 PM – break
• 2:00 PM to 2:20 PM – AVMGamberbee vs. Jiewa
• 2:20 PM to 2:40 PM – Poongko vs. RZR|Gackt
• 2:40 PM to 3:00 PM – Leslie vs. MCZ|Daigo
• 3:00 PM to 3:20 PM – break
• 3:20 PMto 3:40 PM – Leslie vs. Jiewa
• 3:40 PM to 4:00 PM – RZR|Xian vs. HB
• 4:00 PM to 4:20 PM – RZR|Gackt vs. AVM|Gamberbee
• 4:20 PM to 4:40 PM – Poongko vs. MCZ|Daigo
• 4:40 PM to 5:00 PM – RZR|Xian vs RZR|Gackt
• 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM – break
• 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM – Stage Finals

Capcom Pro Tour’s Asia Finals are set to take place at the Suntec City Convention Centre as part of the Gamestart 2014 trade show. Both Mad Catz’ Daigo Umehara and Xian of Team Razer will be at the Sony booth from 3-4 PM on Saturday.

Source: Tough Cookie

Valve announced plans earlier this year to expand payment options on Steam to a variety of worldwide currencies, making it easier for customers around the world to know the exact amount of their purchases without having to convert to the United States dollar manually. While the digital gaming platform previously accepted the aforementioned dollar, the Euro, the pound, the Brazilian real, and the Russian ruble, this program is planned to eventually extend the courtesy to twelve additional nations throughout 2014.

Today, support for two more currencies in this program, Mexico’s peso and Turkey’s Lira, was rolled out, giving players in those countries the ability to use a money they are more familiar with. These two options join Maylasia’s ringget, the Philippines’ peso, Singapore’s dollar, Indonesia’s rupiah, and Thailand’s baht, all of which were quietly added to the online service in September.

As of now, Valve still plans to implement options for New Zealand’s dollar, Ukraine’s hryvnia, Canada’s dollar, South Korea’s won, and Norway’s krone.

With a wide variety of fighters now and soon to be available on Steam, including Ultra Street Fighter IV, King of Fighters XIII, Mortal Kombat X, and more, this could prove to be a boost to their online communities.

Source: GamesIndustry