CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya Officially Defined At Launch Conference

March 9, 2009 by Chapree

CyberFusion’s official logo was unveiled for the first time.

On Friday, a press conference was held to announce the country’s most ambitious gaming event, the now-officially named CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya. Organized by Cyberview Sdn. Bhd. and AMD Malaysia, the first ever large scale LAN Party will take place from 10th April to 12th April 2009 at Grand Hall, MMU Cyberjaya.

The press conference was led by Redza Rafiq, the Managing Director of Cyberview Sdn. Bhd. AMD was represented by Vice President of AMD Malaysia, Dato’ Dr Mohd Sofi Osman, supported by John Docherty - AMD Inc’s Senior Vice President for Global Operations (yes, all the way from States) and Neoh Soon Ee - AMD Inc’s Vice President, Manufacturing Operations (Singapore). Also in attendance was Dato’ Badlisham Ghazali, CEO of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).

At the event, almost everything about Cyber Fusion was finally fully defined. From main events, side events and event partners whom was unknown previously, was unveiled in its full glory. Since we not going to bore you with unnecessary details, jump in for the brief important details now.

CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya - Official Website | Launch Photos @ Multiplay Photo Gallery
GameFest 2009 - Official Website | Lowyat.NET Forums: 1 - 2

First of all, let’s see what does the two organizers got to say about the event.

[R-L] John Docherty of AMD Inc, Redza Rafiq of Cyberview and Dato’ Dr Mohd Sofi Osman of AMD Malaysia during Q&A session.

Redza Rafiq of Cyberview:

Cyberjaya is no stranger to cybergames as we have in the past organized tournaments for gamers, albeit on a much smaller scale which received fantastic response. This event will be the place where the best talents in the games industry to gather, collaborate and share ideas, opinions and experiences. We expect gamers, especially those involved in the creation and developement of games, to benefit tremendously from this interaction with industry experts.

CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya is also part of Cyberview’s cotinuous effort to support the growth of the creative multimedia industry and to build a healthy cyber culture in Malaysia.

Dato’ Dr Mohd Sofi Osman of AMD Malaysia:

CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya provides us with the perfect platform to reach out to the gaming enthusiasts and showcase AMD’s latest technology solutions to our consumers. Supporting this event is a reinforcement of AMD’s commitment towards helping Malaysia develops her gaming industry and cultivates a talent pool of skilled gamers.

Gamers who attended the launch event, signed up for CyberFusion 2009 @ Cyberjaya.

Next, what CyberFusion got to offer throughout it’s 3 days of pure gaming:

One Nation Cyberjaya: Combining the determination of 250 strong gamers and 38 hours of non-stop gaming for Guinness World Records, this is what One Nation is all about - showcasing a united Malaysian gaming community to the world.

One Nation Invitational: Open tournament for local teams and players featuring Call of Duty 4, Counter-Strike 1.6, DoTA, FIFA’09 and Sudden Attack. The invitational term actually implies to foreign teams & players from all over Asia that will be thrown into the mix to spice up the tournament. Prizes worth more than RM 100,000 will be on the line.

GameFest 2009: Initiative led by Game Developers’ Club of MMU Cyberjaya, it’s all-in-one event featuring:

• E-Sport’09: was held last weekend at its campus.
• Consoles Community Gathering
• Future Games Creation Seminar: Game showcase by students, who will be reviewed by industry experts.
• Codeplay 2: Game programming competition.
• Overclocking Workshop: Featuring teams from Lowyat.NET Forums’ Overclockers United
• Board Games Exhibition
• Card Games Tournament

Side Events:

• Digital Games Exhibition: Current and upcoming games showcase by participating game partners, publishers and vendors.
• Sneak Previews: Showcase from 2009 blockbuster movies.

IMPORTANT: Do note that if you planning to compete in One National Invitational, you can’t participate in the LAN Party record breaking attempt, as it might breach Guinness World Records technical specifications.

Registration wise, it will be free of charge and can be done online at CyberFusion’s official website soon.

Irman “Bun” Nawawi of GameGen discussing the details of One Nation Cyberjaya and One Nation Invitational to AMD and Cyberview’s rep. As you might recall, Bun was the General Manager of KL Taufan in the now defunct Championship Gaming Series.

As we mentioned earlier in the post, a number of event partners - not known before these, also made their appearances at the press conference. For the sake of simplicity, we listed all of them here:

• Organizer: Cyberview Sdn. Bhd. & AMD Malaysia
• Official Venue Sponsor: Multimedia University
• Supported by: MDeC
• Premium Game Partners: Asiasoft & Replay Interactive
• Hardware Partner: Computer War
• Sponsors: Gamers Dotcom, New Era, Online e-Club & Sendi Mutiara Multimedia
• Game Consultant: Game Gen

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That’s all I guess for now. Meanwhile, we’ve got another juicy news that came from Cyber Fusion’s press conference. It’s quite juicy that it deserved a post of itself. Stay tuned.

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