|
Best Buy to Sponsor G3: Games, Gear and Gadget College Tour
(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
Video game tour, GAME U, is launching a new Spring Tour - G3: Games,
Gear and Gadgets.
Over the next six weeks, the National Tour, which is presented by Best
Buy and hosted by Motorola, is expected to reach more than 40,000
videogame enthusiasts at 20 major colleges and universities. The game
technology tour will be featuring the latest new video games, game
technology and digital music. Apple is also a sponsor with new iPOD and
iMac products available to the students.
The 08 College Tour, Game U's 7th to date, will showcase the Best Buy
Plasma Lounge & Cyber Laptop Bar with interactive demonstrations and
competitive gaming competitions. As a National technology tour sponsor,
Motorola will be demonstrating their Motorokr S9 stereo Bluetooth
headphones and the new Motorokr T505 in-car speakerphone and digital FM
transmitter in a MotoPlay environment, Motorola's Wireless Bluetooth
Experience. Motorola will be staging interactive competitions within
their environment, including: Competitions with Guitar Hero III:
Legends of Rock on Xbox 360 and a Blue Tooth 'Name that Tune'
Challenge, giving away Motorola Bluetooth Music Packages and assorted
prizes. In a return engagement, The Official Xbox Magazine is
sponsoring a Halo 3 Challenge which will be staged in a newly created
Xbox 360 Arena - a One to One Halo 3 'Winner Take All' match with
unique game prizes at each stop.
GAME U reaches the core of the young adult game-playing audience -
college students. These early adopters and game enthusiasts will get
the first opportunity to play several newly released titles on Tour.
The Tour will be featuring the top tier of Spring titles from: EA
SPORTS - Army of Two, NFL Tour and NCAA March Madness 08. Ubisoft will
have the highly anticipated Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Las Vegas 2.
Midway will be showcasing NBA Ballers: Chosen One and TNA iMPACT!.
Sierra Entertainment will feature the soon to be released The Bourne
Conspiracy based on the hit film trilogy. From Konami Digital
Entertainment: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, Silent Hill Origins and
Target Terror. THQ will be featuring the Frontlines: Fuel of War title.
Xbox will have Mass Effect, Halo 3 and the acclaimed Lost Odyssey. The
games will be displayed on more than 30 Sharp Aquos HD LCD Televisions.
"The videogame industry is now in a major content phase," said Game
Live Events' Founder Antonio Capretta. "The titles are more
sophisticated and the graphics, due to the high powered consoles on the
market, are now very close to film quality. We continue to have the
support of the top publishing partners on our tours - providing us with
the highest quality games. G3 brings together all of the elements that
are now prevalent in the young adult digital universe."
Media Sponsors represented on this Tour include: IGN.com - the Official
Internet Sponsor of the Tour, and, The Official Xbox Magazine - the
Official Magazine Sponsor of the Tour. Sharp Aquos is the Official 2008
HD Television Sponsor of the national presentation.
The Best Buy Game U College Tour kicked off on March 31st.
The event is free admission to all college students.
Full tour schedule: www.gameulive.com.
((Comments on this story may be sent to newsdesk@closeupmedia.com))
((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd -
http://www.m2.com))
((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com))
Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News
[ Back To Contact Center Global Community's Homepage ]
|
