Intel invites Asian gaming journos, amateurs in gaming tilt

MANILA, Philippines -- Intel is challenging Asia's gaming journalists and amateur gamers to the first Intel Asia PC Gaming Showdown. The event aims to showcase the best gamers from among gaming journalists in India, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Participants will play three PC games, including racing game Need for Speed Pro Street, first-person shooter Crysis and the soccer game FIFA 2008. All these games are developed by Electronic Arts. Lisette Paras, account manager for Howorth, organizer of the competiton, said participants can only join following an invitation from Intel. Preliminary games will be scheduled in each of the seven countries, starting September. The top winners from the three games in the preliminaries will go to Hong Kong in October to compete in the grand finals. The grand finals winner will go home with a high-end gaming PC powered by an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor, while the second place winner will be awarded with a Creative Gigaworks S750 gaming speaker system. The top three finalists will also get several EA games and merchandise. Intel has created a special site for the tournament.