Joward's forward: PH gamer wins Asian Nissan GT PlayStation Academy - Inquirer.net
Policarpio, 25, one of the six Philippine national finalists sent by Nissan Philippines, Inc. (NPI) to the fabled Silverstone race circuit in Northampton, England for the 2015 Asian Race Camp of the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy competition, drove a yellow Nissan 370Z to victory in the final race on Aug. GT Academy was created in Europe in 2008 by Nissan, Sony Computer Entertainment and Polyphony Digital, Inc. In this way, GT Academy takes gamers from the virtual world to real racing circuits, supporting their new career as professional race car drivers. After its launch in Europe, GT Academy grew in popularity all over the world so much so that competition now takes place everywhere from Germany to the United States and Russia to the Middle East. GT Academy Asia was launched in January 2015 to join GT Academy Europe and GT Academy International as an international region. The Asian component of GT Academy was opened to gamers from Thailand, India, Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines. Nissan held live events in various locations nationwide in the Philippines during which thousands of aspirants competed in time trials behind the. Source: motioncars.inquirer.net
