Registration is now open for Southern Arkansas University’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament, to be held from 1-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Borderland Games, 2846 Richmond Rd., Texarkana, Texas.
Sponsored by the university’s gaming and animation design programs, the tournament is open to high school students in grades 9-12. There is no entry fee, but the tournament is limited to 32 players and six standby players.
Prizes will be awarded, and refreshments will be served. Spectators are welcome to attend.
To reserve a seat, interested students should pre-register at www.SAUmag.edu/Gaming.
SAU recently became the first and only university in Arkansas to offer a complete program dedicated to providing instruction from the technical as well as the artistic sides of computer gaming and animation design. The new BFA in Art and Design for Game Animation and Simulation Design as well as the new BS in Computer Science option in Computer Gaming and Animation Design offer students a competitive and more affordable avenue to a future in developing mobile apps, 3-D designs, and lifelike animations.