Armored Core 4 championship offers $17k prize

by Jonti Davies { Feb 15th 2007 at 3:00AM }

Well, US$16,674. Will that suffice? Armored Core 4 players in Japan (and, presumably, importers who live outside of Japan) have until March 1 to get their rusty mechs polished for the Armored Core Championship Battle 2007. Previous years' tournaments had been held regionally throughout Japan; thanks to the wonders of online play, though, this year's event will be played out via the PlayStation Network over a period of three weeks. The final stage of the tournament will, however, be held in Tokyo, where the top two players as of March 21 will do battle for the grand prize of ¥2million. The Xbox 360 version of Armored Core 4 is (coincidentally?) released in Japan on March 22, so this year's tournament is open only to players of the PS3 version.

Tags: Armored Core 4, ArmoredCore4, championship, From Software, FromSoftware

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Baby21 @ Feb 15th 2007 3:25AM

hmm, real cash price where Live only offer the points.

Hiroken @ Feb 15th 2007 3:46AM

When does this game come out for the U?! I love AC...

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Ironhide @ Feb 15th 2007 3:40AM

Irony is that this would be sponsored by From Software, and not Sony. Note that this is an annual thing according to the article. It's wonderful that the first assumption is that Sony is sponsoring this and that Microsoft is too cheap to offer cash.

Hiroken @ Feb 15th 2007 3:56AM

March 20 for PS3 and 360. W00t! Mechs for everyone!

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William @ Feb 15th 2007 3:55AM

2 million yen converts to roughly 17k bucks?

William @ Feb 15th 2007 3:58AM

Oh wow. I guess it does. Haha you could say, "my crappy new car cost me ONE...MILLION YEN!!!!!"

Baby21 @ Feb 15th 2007 5:31AM

Ironhide

Don't worry, it isn't what you think.

I only just said there is a cash price rather than points.

boot @ Feb 15th 2007 3:21PM

It shouldnt be a 1 vs 1 game in the championship. It should be the top 10 people go into a free for all, and who ever is the first one to win gets first prize.

p.s is there any prize for the 2nd place winner?

X Budd @ Feb 15th 2007 6:29AM

Thats nice....Im partially jealous.

Striderhayasa @ Feb 15th 2007 7:42AM

@ Hiroken

Yeah, I've been a AC addict since the first AC on PS. AC 4 is definately on my list for March ... It's bought and will nicely with VF5. Good times.
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