Pakistan Gamer Arslan Ash Siddique won Tekken 7 Competition at EVO Japan 2023 on Sunday after beating South Korea’s Meo-IL
Lahore-based player has now won three EVO titles. In 2019, he won Tekken 7 tournament in Japan as well as Evolution Championship Series in United States.
In August last year, he finished third in EVO 2022 Tekken 7 competition.
On Sunday, Siddique played as Zafina to dominate Meo-IL, who was using Geese Howard, 3-0 in the tournament’s final leg.
Top three winners, including third-placed Rangchu from South Korea, were later awarded cash and additional prizes by Tekken series game director and chief producer Katsuhiro Harada.
According to website for tournament, EVO is world’s biggest fighting game tournament with a long history where fighting game players from around world gather in Las Vegas to compete against each other. It added that EVO Japan is another world championship in same spirit of the main EVO tournament.
In February, another Pakistani, Atif Butt, emerged as new “King of Iron Fist” after winning Tekken World Tour 2022 videogame tournament in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Butt was a member of team founded by Ash himself.