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Best Buy G3: Games, Gear and Gadgets Rolls with New Phase of College
Program
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
The video game tour, Best Buy G3: Games, Gear and Gadgets, is launching
the second phase of its new college program this fall.
Over the next six weeks, according to the company, the National Tour,
which is presented by Best Buy and hosted by Xbox 360, GamePro and IGN,
is expected to reach more than 40,000 videogame enthusiasts at 20
colleges and universities. The game technology tour will feature new
videogames, game technology and digital music. Apple, Dell and
Alienware are also sponsors with new iPod, iMac and PC products
available to the students.
The 08 College Tour will showcase the Best Buy LCD Lounge & Cyber
Laptop Bar with interactive demonstrations and competitive gaming
competitions. As national technology tour sponsors, Apple, Dell and
Alienware will have live demonstrations of state of the art PC
technologies.
According to the company, students will have the opportunity to play
Gears of War 2 before its November 7th release and compete in the Gears
of War 2 Wingman Challenge sponsored by GamePro Magazine and Xbox 360.
Wingman is one of the many multiplayer modes new to Gears of War 2 and
hosts up to 5 two-player teams that compete in points based
deathmatches. The top players from each college will compete online for
the grand prize: a trip to Epic Games to meet the creators of Gears of
War and a Best Buy Home Theater Prize Package.
The Tour will be featuring top tier fall titles from: EA Sports -
Madden NFL 09, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09, NHL 09 and NCAA Football 09.
Ubisoft will have the Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party. THQ will be
featuring the franchise game Saints Row 2. In addition to showcasing
the new Gears of War 2, Xbox 360 will also have Halo 3 on tour. EA
Games will be showcasing the new RockBand 2 title. The games will be
displayed on more than 30+ Sharp Aquos HD LCD Televisions.
Media Sponsors represented on this Tour include: GamePro Magazine - the
Official Magazine Sponsor of the Tour and IGN.com - the Official
Internet Sponsor of the Tour. Sharp Aquos is the Official 2008 HD
Television Sponsor of the national presentation featuring their new
1080 product line.
Best Buy G3 College Tour Information: www.gameulive.com.
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((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd -
http://www.m2.com))
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