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Sunday, January 11, 2009

MLG Gets More Moolah

1:00AM Owen Good | Major League Gaming got another US$7.5 million from one of its venture capital firms, which called the pro video gaming league “a cultural phenomenon.” More »
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Friday, July 25, 2008

Metal Gear Online Tournament Hits Comic-Con, Kojima Signs Stuff

6:00AM Brian Crecente | Konami and Major League Gaming have teamed up to host a Metal Gear Online Tournament at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego. Prizes for the tournament include a PS3 bundle and game bundles as well as some shirts, gift cards and such. You can register for the tourney all day today and a chunk of tomorrow, but they only have a set number slots to fill, so if you’re interested get to it. The tournament itself will kick off Friday at 12:30 p.m. and wrap up Saturday night. More importantly Hideo Kojima will be around Friday at the booth from 10 a.m. to noon to autograph things. Hit up the jump for the full schedule, game setting and break-down of prizes. More »
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Bungie Chill-Out Map Remake Debuts at MLG San Diego

6:00AM Owen Good | Chill Out, an all-time greatest hit for Halo gamers from the Combat Evolved days, is getting a makeover and will be coming to Halo 3 soon. Bungie debuted “Cold Storage” at Major League Gaming San Diego over the weekend, to wild applause from the gallery, which watched the first match on the new map. Bungie offered no word on when specifically it will drop. MLG’s site has some low-res shots of the event (camera shots of the monitor). You can at least make out the chilly, blue-hued, nitrogen-spewing environment familiar to the original Chill Out. Three more pics after the jump, and more in MLG’s gallery. More »
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

ESPN To Take Major League Gaming Seriously

12:01PM Michael McWhertor | We don’t think you’ll be seeing ShocKWav3 or OGRE2 appearing on SportsCenter any time soon, but it would appear that ESPN is taking Major League Gaming at least as seriously as lumberjack competitions, as the outlet has struck a deal with the pro gaming league for coverage. Sure, watching sports reporting on other people playing video games very well may not be your bag—or even a considerable alternative to actually playing games yourself—but it’s a big deal for the MLG, we think. ESPN will be on hand at all of this year’s MLG Pro Circuit Competitions, with coverage appearing online at ESPN360.com at the very least. Thrilling, no? The prospect of hearing from your favorite wispy virtual athletes with extremely toned thumbs? Sign us up! Additionally, we’ve signed a content agreement with the press release. Our contractual obligation is after the jump. More »
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