After 4 months since the arrival of Street Fighter 4, Play-Asia finally has Madcatz products in stock along with some arcade joysticks from Hori.

At the time of this post, the products posted below are available in stock. If you haven’t pick up any arcade joysticks, here’s your chance to do so now.

Links Updated 22nd August 2009

Xbox 360

Hori Blazblue Fighting Stick (available)

Hori Fighting Stick EX 2 (pre-order for September 2009 restock)

Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition (available)

Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightStick (available)

Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightPad Ken Edition (available)

Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightPad Blanka Edition (available)

Playstation 3

Hori Blazblue Fighting Stick (available)

Hori Real Arcade Pro Stick 3 (pre-order for August 2009 restock)

Hori Fighting Stick 3 (pre-order for September 2009 restock)

Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightStick (available)

Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightPad Ryu Edition (available)

Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightPad Chun Li Edition (available)

Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightPad Ken Edition (available)

King of Fighters XII Arcade Stick for Playstation 3

Joytron The King of Fighters XII 3in1 USB Pro Stick (White) (available)

Joytron The King of Fighters XII 3in1 USB Pro Stick (Black) (available)

Exar The King of Fighters XII USB Stick (available)

Other Playstation 3 arcade joysticks that might interest you (cheaper than Madcatz or Hori)

Mayflash Universal Fighting Stick, Saulabi 4k Arcade Joystick, R4 Ready4 Fighting Stick

• Great mixture of 2D and 3D Graphics.
• Awesome music.
• Combat system a bit complex, satisfying however once you manage to pull them off.
• Astral Finishes will leave your opponents devastated.

I have been using the Ear Force X1 for a while now and I have to say, this is THE ideal headset for night crawlers such as myself. This is a must have for Xbox 360 gamers if you fit the following pre-requisites …

• You are in the market for a good and decent quality headphones (not ultra high end ones)
• Most of your gaming sessions are at night
• and you have parents, sisters, brothers, neighbours that will come chasing you with a <insert scary weapon> the moment you blast your 7.1 surround sound speakers.

The key feature of X1 is that it combines both Xbox live chat and in-game sounds under one headset. Which means you can game at night without disturbing others and at the same time trash talk with your mates.

However you might be wondering “What if the in-game sound drowns out the chat and I’m too blur/busy/lazy/ to change the sound settings every time”. This is where the next key feature comes in. The X1 is equipped with separate volume controls. You can increase or decrease the in-game volume without affecting the chat volume and vice versa.

The X1 comes with everything you need out of the box. An audio splitter, A USB extension cable, the Xbox 360 Mic adapter and of course the headphone. The USB extension cable was a great welcome as I was worried the one on the headphone was too short to be connected to my Xbox. Just to let you know the X1 needs to draw power from (any) USB ports in order for it to work.

Sound quality wise, the X1 gets no complain from me. The bass is great for games like Gears of War 2 and the voice chat works really well. I have no trouble communicating with Neko during our many Street Fighter IV sessions.

The only downsides I can see is, the X1 cables are very long which could get pretty messy and the headset gets uncomfortable after long hours of gaming. If you got the cash, you might to consider the X3 or X4 which uses wireless technology. For me, the X1 does it job well.

TurtleBeach headsets are rare to find in Asia countries, so if you are looking to pick one up, try finding in Amazon.