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CrossCounterTV Announces BarFights – Sponsored by Creative Sound Blaster
Los Angeles, California
December 6, 2011
Today CrossCounterTV is pleased to announce BarFights which is sponsored by Creative Sound Blaster and presented by CrossCounterTV and Complexity Gaming.
BarFights is a spectator friendly event being held at 5 PM PST, Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Hunter Street Studios in Los Angeles, California. The Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom showmatches will be feature some of the best talent in the fighting game community including stars from New York, Los Angeles and San Diego. Players include: Mike Ross, Combofiend, Marn, Jago, Viscant, Clockw0rk, SHGLBMX, fLoE and Steinmania.
Creative Sound Blaster representatives will be on site showing off their entire range of cross-platform gaming headsets and USB sound devices including Tactic360 wired headsets for Xbox360, Recon3D quad-core USB 3D surround audio processor, and the worlds only hardware accelerated wireless headset, the Recon3D Omega. Further upping the ante, any spectator who can beat a compLexity.CrossCounter member in a best-of-3 will win $200 in cash.
Additionally, there will be a sneak peak of the upcoming title Street Fighter x Tekken. Those unable to attend can join the action via the free live stream.
“We’re very excited to bring another BarFights to the fighting game community,” stated Ryan Gutierrez of CrossCounterTV. “We are always working hard to grow the FGC and hope this event offers everyone a great experience.”
“We couldn’t be happier to support this event and the fighting game scene in general,” stated Ryan Schlieper, Product Marketing Manager at Creative. “With our new Tactic360, Recon3D and Recon3D Omega products we’re able to offer console gamers the legendary audio performance of Sound Blaster technology previously only available on the PC.”
“Complexity Gaming is thrilled to help present BarFights and will continue to support the growth of the fighting game community,” said Jason Lake, Founder and CEO of Complexity Gaming. “We hope that all our fans join the Twitch.tv stream and support the event.”
Additional details:
When: Sunday, December 11, 2011. Doors open at 5 PM PST, event starts at 6 PM PST
Where: Hunter Street Studios, 2441 Hunter Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Who: Must be 18 to enter, 21 to consume alcoholic beverages
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/209977175746285/
For more info and live stream: http://crosscounter.tv
About CrossCounterTV:
Cross Counter TV is the entertainment network for fighting game fans. It specializes in Super Street Fighter 4 and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 content as well as covering events around the world.
About Creative:
Creative is a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products. Famous for its Sound Blaster® sound cards and for launching the multimedia revolution, Creative is now driving digital entertainment on the PC platform with products like its highly acclaimed ZEN® MP3 and portable media players. Creative’s innovative hardware, proprietary technology, applications and services leverage the Internet, enabling consumers to experience high-quality digital entertainment – anytime, anywhere.
About Complexity Gaming:
Complexity Gaming® is the premier competitive gaming brand in the Americas. Owned and operated by some of the finest minds in the industry, Complexity has a long heritage of championship caliber teams, superstar players, news reporting and gaming entertainment ventures. Complexity’s gamers have been featured by numerous mainstream media outlets like Sports Illustrated, New York Post, Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal. They have also appeared on live television programs such as CBS’ 60 Minutes and the Championship Gaming Series, have been featured in film documentaries and were a focus of the book “Game Boys.”