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GameStop To Offer FREE Rare Pokemon Download

Zach Lott — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:56:34 -0500

If you've been waiting for a chance to snag a rare, event-only Pokemon for your copy of Pokemon Diamond or Pearl, now is your chance, as GameStop is going to offer a free download of the legendary Pokemon Deoxys.

Those interested in downloading Deoxys can bring their DS with a copy of Diamond or Pearl to GameStop from June 20-22 and June 27-29.

Music And Gaming Festival. January 3-6

Aaron Dunlap — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:12:23 -0600

Reader Nick M. sent in this tip:

It's coming again! The Music And Games Festival, this time in alexandria, virginia. Like last year, it will be over 3 days of gaming goodness, with 2 full evenings of video game music concerts. You'll hear some of the best VG covers ever in the style of chip tunes, rock, and even hip hop. Bands playing include:

The Advantage

The smash brothers (featuring Jake "Virt" Kaufman)
Select Start

Powerglove
WaveTheory/Planetskill
Armcannon
Shawnphase/Temp sound solutions
This Place is haunted

The gaming room is 24 hours, and features near every gaming system imaginable (including PC engines, neo geos, saturns, and a ton of arcade machines), and there are tournaments running through the whole convention. A LAN room is there and also 24 hours, so feel free to bring your PC. There are panels as well. Some of the panel topics include: various topics of game industry discussion, music composition, gaming talk in general, and drunken nintendo karaoke is going to make an appearance in there somewhere.

The convention goes from thursday morning to sunday evening, so that's over 3 solid days and nights of gaming, music and partying. Tell the hotel when you're booking your room that you're part of the magfest block, and you'll get a discounted fee of only $100 a night!

Check out the website at http://www.magfest.org to preregister and find out more about the convention and what it's all about.
Where:
Hilton Mark Center Hotel
Alexandria, Virginia
When:
January 3-6, 2008

Pre-Registration fee: $35

Call of Duty 4 Play and Win Sweepstakes Starts Tomorrow

Shiva Stella — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:07:20 -0600

Shoot to win.

Call of Duty 4 fans interested in earning freebies via logging in online play time on the 360 version may do so beginning Friday, Nov 16 at 12:01 est for a 72-hour "play and win sweepstakes."

A winner will be selected every hour and gamers are automatically entered for each hour of play. Here's a look at prizes and instructions:

Friday, Nov. 16 Sunday, November 18 Play and Win.

Register and Play COD4: Modern Warfare on Xbox LIVE during the weekend and win an Xbox 360 Elite, Infinity Ward team autographed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare swag, limited edition Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare faceplates, Xbox 360 accessories, Microsoft Points and other great Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare prizes. There will be one winner for every hour this weekend (72 hours) as well as the grand prize which includes the Elite, autograph swag, faceplate and accessories. (The hourly winners get Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare poster, t-shirt, and MS Points.)

Here's an "event" schedule:

Friday, Nov. 16 6pm -9pm EST Play with over a dozen gamers from developer, Infinity Ward.

Saturday, Nov. 17 The PMS Clan joins the online action for Saturday night gaming.

Hopefully Infinity Ward has addressed those multiplayer issues to the point that people are actually able to play online and thus enter the sweepstakes. Cross your fingers.

First US Consumers Line up for Super Mario Galaxy

Shiva Stella — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:05:14 -0600

And the winner is... Julio Sarmiento. And Mario, of course.

Nintendo has published a few images of some of the first consumers to pick up Super Mario Galaxy at launch from the Nintendo World store in New York. Here's the excerpt published Nov 11, 2007:

Kicking off the holiday shopping season on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 11, a multitude of Nintendo fans lined up at New York's Nintendo World store to be the first in the country to buy Super Mario Galaxy, the highly anticipated new game for Nintendo's Wii system. True to its heritage, Super Mario Galaxy continues the legacy of fun and joyful Mario games. Every few years, a Mario game sets a new standard for the video game industry. That new era began tonight.

Have a peek at two others at the jump. To those who picked up the game: what do you think?

Parker Higgins, of New York, dressed as Nintendo's Mario, waits to be among the first in the U.S. to purchase Super Mario Galaxy for Wii, early Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, at Nintendo World store in New York.

Aaron Lunning, 11, of New York, reacts as his mom Rachel Cohen-Lunning is among the first in the U.S. to purchase Super Mario Galaxy for Wii, early Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, at Nintendo World store in New York.

Sony Gamers Day In San Diego

Tim Grube — Mon, 14 May 2007 17:07:56 -0500

Well, I just arrived in San Diego and now in the hotel room relaxing just before the annual Sony Gamers Day starts up this evening. The event will officially begin tonight and end tomorrow night. There haven't been any big rumors circulating around yet, but we did hear there will be announcements regarding the PlayStation Store.

Expect news to start circulating within a few hours. Keep checking back!