Pakistani players are not second to none in the professional competitions of the world’s most popular fighting video game Tekken, but the director of the game has expressed his surprise at its popularity in Pakistan.
Introduced in Japan 30 years ago, the seventh edition of the game was released at the beginning of this year, this video game was dominated by players from the Far East, but 4 of the current top 10 professional video game players are from Pakistan. .
Arsalan Ash Siddiqui came into the limelight when he won the EVO Fighting video game tournament in 2019 and then went on to win the title 4 more times and became a fan favorite.
In the ongoing Red Bull Golden Letter tournament in Great Britain, world number 10 Arsalan Siddiqui was eliminated from the tournament at the beginning, however, Pakistan’s Atif Butt secured the second position at the global level.
On the global horizon, video game tech giants are emerging from Pakistan, but game directors are still wondering how this game is becoming so popular in Pakistan.
Director of the video game Tekken, Katsuhiro Harada told BCC that we didn’t know Pakistanis play Tekken games, we haven’t even been to Pakistan yet and I’m still very interested to know why. Pakistanis are crazy about this game and how can they play such a good game.
Game producer Michael Murray said, “When Arsalan Ash Siddiqui won, I was very happy, nobody knew him, after Arsalan there were other good players out there and everyone liked him, it’s very exciting for us.”
