By Alexander Villafania
INQUIRER.net

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will be hosting the International Tekken 6 Grand Finals on November 3, organizer Timezone Philippines told hackenslash.

Ana Cardenas Benitez , marketing officer of Timezone Philippines, said the Tekken 6 local competitions have also been moved to later dates.

The registration period will start from September 1 to 15 at several Metro Manila Timezone branches. The pre-finals will be held on September 27, she said.

The participating Timezone branches are Glorietta 4, Greenbelt 3, Alabang Town Center, Bonifacio High Street, SM Megamall, Market Market, TriNoma, Robinsons Metro East, Gateway, Robinsons Ermita, Greenhills, Robinsons Galleria, Mall of Asia, Waltermart, Metropoint and Cash ‘n Carry.

The national finals will be held October 28 at Ayala Glorietta 4 Activity Center. There would be three winners but the grand champion will compete against the top players from New Zealand, Singapore and Australia.

The top Filipino player will win a Vivitar video camera, P3,000-worth of Timezone gift certificates, P5,000 of electronic gift certificates, and various Timezone giveaways.

The second placer will win a Vivitar digital camera, P2,000-worth of gift certificates from Timezone and other items. The third placer will go home with an Apple iPod Shuffle , P1,000 of Timezone gift certificates and various items.

Ana Cardenas Benitez said each branch would only accommodate up to 32 players.

She added that there would be no age limit for the participants though there will be a participation fee of P150.

For the mechanics of the contests, Benitez said participants can also check the Timezone website or visit participating branches.

Benitez added that some representatives from Tekken 6 developer Namco will also be visiting the Philippines for the contest.

Tekken is the most popular 3D fighting game franchise in arcades as well as the PlayStation consoles, matched only by the side scrolling fighting game Street Fighter. The game is in its sixth iteration (7th, including a PlayStation Portable version, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection) and its roster of playable character has grown to 41.