Sony Metreon holds Soulcalibur IV tourney, Sasaki signs a system

To celebrate the release of its latest game, Soulcalibur IV, on July 29, 2008, Bandai Namco held a tournament at the Metreon’s Sony Playstation Store, located in San Francisco, CA. The tournament required no prerequisites and eligibility was based on one simple rule: first come, first serve.

While many of the initial registered fighters failed to commit, there were more than enough over-enthusiastic bodies present just hopping at the chance to show-off their skills in Soulcalibur IV, or lack thereof.

In the end, only one would be the grand prize winner of a brand new 80GB Playstation 3 console. This particular PS3 was far from ordinary…