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This was sent over to me a little earlier today from Colorado top player and tournament organizer, Half-ro. It appears Gamestop is running a promotion that when you pre-order Street Fighter IV, you have a chance to win an official Street Fighter IV cabinet. I don't know much else beyond that, but I am wondering how it will be set up in that the arcade units are meant to be linked to another unit within the same arcade. I doubt they would give away a single player arcade machine so really the main concern is this the original arcade version or an updated version with all the new characters?
Also, Gamestop related, looks like they are going to be throwing in-store tournaments a week or two after the game drops. Not many details are known at this point, the main one being: can we use an arcade stick or will we be forced to use a controller attached to a kiosk?
I'll post up more when I find out more details, but according to this email posted by "ohgee" on SRK you will also have a chance to win an arcade unit (not Street Fighter IV) by playing in the tournament.
Street Fighter 4 Tiered Tournament Program:Our tiered tournament program has been such a success that we are bringing it home to a title that was born for tournaments! Street Fighter 4 will be a perfect partner in our quest to bring the biggest tournaments to our players.
Approximately 160,000 customers will have a chance to compete in a nation-wide, ladder up tournament for a chance to win a Street Fighter Classic Arcade System!
2-21-09: Round 1 Tournaments in approximately 2500 Stores.
2-28-09: Round 2 Tournaments in approximately 270 stores.
3-14-09: Round 3 Tournaments in 16 stores.
4-18-09: Finals!
Participating stores will be provided with tournament kits that will include all signage, brackets, rules and winner's certificates. In addition, all participating stores will receive prizing. This tournament will be supported with in-store signage, call-outs on our website, and targeted emails. Although reservations in stores may seem low at this moment in time, we expect the reservations to increase substantially prior to launch.
haunts
Just for clarification, you have to pre-order the game after the 26th of this month to be eligible. Rules from the site:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Sweepstakes begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on 1/26/09 and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on 2/17/09. Sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia age 13 or older at time of entry. You are automatically entered in the Sweepstakes when you preorder Street Fighter IV at a GameStop location or from this website. To enter without preordering, complete this entry form and press the submit button. If you pre-ordered Street Fighter IV before 1/26/09 you will not be automatically entered in this Sweepstakes and you will have to enter by using this entry form. Void where prohibited. See Official Rules for details.
Thanks to PimpWilly from SRK for the heads up.
