Asiasoft Signed Team FMJ As Sudden Attack Ambassador UPDATED

May 23, 2009 by Chapree

[L-R]Sean Foong, Product Development Manager for Sudden Attack holds the MoU together with Team FMJ’s leader, Albert “FMJ|GrifteR” Lim.

Team FMJ, they still around? - we bet that is the 1st question popped out of your head. The team has dominated the local Counter-Strike scene since its inception and has been pretty much everywhere - high or low. They have now moved on to Sudden Attack and has been signed by the game’s publisher - Asiasoft Malaysia as the Game Ambassador.

The signing ceremony between the team and Asiasoft took place at the company’s office two days ago. As the game’s and Asiasoft’s ambassador, FMJ will be involved in Sudden Attack activities throughout the country including online and live events. FMJ long-time leader - Albert “FMJ|GrifteR” Lim commented on the signing,

Asiasoft Malaysia is the first game publisher in Malaysia to recognise the growing market for professional gaming and be involved in nurturing the game community. We are immensely proud and honoured to be selected for this initiative.

Meanwhile, as for Asiasoft Malaysia themselves, they hoped that this move will help to increase the standards of local talents to compete along with international players.

UPDATE: We’ve posted the full press release (available after the jump), as cyruss commented in our comment box that there might some confusion with the Game Ambassador term.

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Asiasoft Malaysia selects Team FMJ for its Sudden Attack Team Nurturing Program

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 21st May 2009 – Asiasoft Malaysia (AS Online Sdn Bhd), the leading publisher of Massively-Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) in Southeast Asia has officially signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the FPS-juggernaut of the local online gaming scene, Sudden Attack Team FMJ of Malaysia.

The signing ceremony of Asiasoft Malaysia and Sudden Attack Team FMJ was held at Asiasoft’s Head-office on 21st May 2009. Mr. Sean Foong, Product Development Manager for Sudden Attack game, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on behalf of the company, while the members of the Sudden Attack Team FMJ was represented by Team Leader Albert Lim aka GrifteR.

The MOU is recognized as the offering of complementary partnership and sponsorship for Sudden Attack Team FMJ to represent of Sudden Attack FPS Game in Malaysia. This is a nurturing program developed to promote and enhance the team’s performance and progress in the gaming scene that they will participate.

“Asiasoft Malaysia is the first game publisher in Malaysia to recognise the growing market for professional gaming and be involved in nurturing the game community. We are immensely proud and honoured to be selected for this initiative”, says Albert Lim aka GrifteR, Team Leader for FMJ.

With this in mind, Asiasoft Malaysia hopes that it will help develop more local FPS-gaming talents (team or individuals) to be on par with the standards set in the international scene.

Team FMJ will also be involved in all Sudden Attack promotional activities in Malaysia, inclusive of online forum discussions and gaming portals, live gaming events and exhibitions, and being the Game Ambassadors to the game and Asiasoft.

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