By INQUIRER.net

FILIPINO player Kevin Patrick Chung will fly to Singapore to compete in EA Play, which will be held on March 15 to 16 at Marina Square’s Central Atrium as part of the company’s plan to further foster interactive community exchanges in the Asia Pacific.

Chung topped the Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars tournament held at the Villman Cyberzone at SM Megamall.

“I think successful naman, it being the first competition we’ve held, and the limited amount of time for the set-up,” said Jo Oliver, operations manager of event sponsor DataBlitz.

Placing second in the tournament was Ronnie Kern, and in third was Jan Michael Lim.

The tournament drew a total of 24 contestants. For photos, check out event organizer eSports’ website.

DataBlitz is a premier distributor of computer games, and is the exclusive distributor of EA Games in the Philippines.

EA Play 08 will showcase the latest games from the company, and both friendly and competitive gameplay will be encouraged between both casual and hardcore gamers for them to experience new games firsthand, according to a press statement.

EA Play will see the final playoffs of EA’s Crysis Asia Pacific Tournament powered by Microsoft Games for Windows, as well as the tournament finals for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Apart from the Philippines and Singapore, the countries sending players to EA Play 08 include Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Taiwan and Thailand.

For the loyal Command & Conquer fans there will also be a preview of the highly anticipated game Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath as well as other game play-offs where participants can compete to take home a piece of the S$10,000 prize money pool when they play FIFA 08, NBA Street Homecourt, Need for Speed Prostreet and Skate.

Entry to EA Play is free for everyone and the event offers three different areas — EA Gamezone, EA Champs and EA Screen. EA Screen will provide visitors a chance to interact with EA’s game producers hailing from the studios, and unveil the hugely anticipated Spore Creature Creator demo version to gamers for the first time in Asia.“EA has, in the past few years, created a strong bond with our local gamers through community events. To cater to the growing following of our games, this year’s EA play will undoubtedly be the consumer gaming event of the year both in terms of scale and in content,” said Christopher Ng, general manager for Publishing of EA Singapore. With a report from Relly Carpio, INQUIRER.net