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The International Pokémon Showdown

Are you the best Pokémon trainer in the entire world? Are you willing to admit that? Pokémon USA has just announced the first ever Video Game Showdown, which will pit the very best the United States has to offer against the top Pokémon Diamond and Pearl players in Japan to determine once and for all which country has more free time. Tournaments will be taking place in New York and Los Angeles on July 19th and 12th respectively, with 256 players in each city vying for sixteen paid trips to Orlando to battle against the Japanese players, who incidentally get a much better trip.

"Pokémon strives to create fun products and events for players of all skill levels and interests," said J.C. Smith, director of marketing for Pokémon USA, Inc. "The Pokémon Video Game Showdown provides the most skilled Pokémon players an opportunity to determine who is truly the best."
To qualify for the Qualifiers, players can head to http://showdown.pokemon.com and complete an online quiz. Do it for your country, people. The U.S. has been behind in the Pokémon warfare race for far too long.
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10:40 AM on Thu May 15 2008
By Mike Fahey
3,130 views, 53 comments

Latest by TheUnmaker: Heres an idea nintendo, why not the internet and have the competitions over the internet.It could be implemented in platinum or something. more »

super smash bros brawl

"Improved" SSBB Tourney Trophy

You were, I'm sure, as horrified as we were when you caught your first glance of the GameStop Super Smash Bros Brawl trophy.

Lucky for us, we weren't the only ones permanently scarred by the sight of a singlet-wearing, gold-dipped high school wrestler. The assistant manager of a EB Games said he and his fellow employees broke into gales of laughter when they unboxed the trophy at their story. Fortunately, they figured out a way to make the trophy more SSBB "appropriate."

I like it!

[Thanks Brett]

4:00 PM on Sat Mar 8 2008
By Brian Crecente
10,787 views, 77 comments

Latest by freespeech: much BETTER!!!!!!!!! more »

just rewards

The GameStop Super Smash Bros. Brawl Trophy

After reading the news yesterday morning, thousands of gamers across the country made plans to get up early on Saturday and head down to their local GameStop store to enter the gigantic, nationwide Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament for a chance at prizes and glory. Now that they've seen the trophy the local winner receives, courtesy of Kotaku commenter Prguitarman GoNintendo reader Travisto, sleeping late is looking a bit more attractive. What is that, a High School wrestling trophy? Nothing says you kicked ass at a video game than an athletic young man in a tight singlet. You go, you local legend of wreckage!

UPDATE - PRGuitarman failed to tell us that the picture was taken by Travisto and submitted originally to GoNintendo. If you're going to send us a picture from another site, just send us the link. Thanks!

GameStop's Brawl trophy is...well... [GoNintendo]

8:00 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Mike Fahey
16,949 views, 101 comments

Latest by freespeech: i think that trophy is for taking the prize for taking the biggest DUMP!!!!! more »

super smash bros. brawl

GameStop Launches Brawl With Massive Tournament

Are you the best Super Smash Bros. player in the United States? GameStop wants you to prove it. Along with midnight launches at over 2,500 locations, the retailer has announced a nationwide Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament event to celebrate the launch of the Wii game, which starts this Saturday at stores across the country. Store tournament winners will advance to the district level on March 15th, the regionals on March 29th, leading up to the finals on April 12th in San Jose California. The grand prize? A 37" Vizio LCD television, the entire Wii software library, a Nintendo Wii, and selected accessories, with 2nd and 3rd place winners taking home gift cards. I'm sure they'd have given out more Wii systems but they just never know when they're going to have them. Hit the jump for more details and specifics on the biggest video game tournament since Fred Savage took on Power Glove boy in Super Mario Bros. 3. More »

8:40 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Mike Fahey
11,545 views, 93 comments

Latest by pirate_panda: Surely I'm not the only one who watched "The Wizard" and knows that Fred Savage wasn't the one who took on Power Glove boy? more »

world of warcraft

Blizzard Launches Global WoW Arena Tournaments

If you're one of those obnoxious World of Warcraft players always bragging in general chat about how much ass you kick in the PVP arena, it's time to put your money where your mouth is. No no, stop stuffing dollar bills up your ass - what I mean is Blizzard is launching a new type of Global Arena Tournament, where for a buy in price ($20 USD) players can hop on a special realm, create a level 70 with epic gear, and battle it out 3-vs.-3 style for a chance at a $75,000 grand prize.
"eSports is one of the most exciting facets of online gaming today," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're pleased to expand World of Warcraft's tournament options for players who want to focus mainly on the competitive aspect of the game."
Tournaments are scheduled to begin in April with online qualifiers in Europe, South Korea, North America, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Hit the jump for the full details complete with a run down of the fabulous cash and prizes up for grabs. More »

8:20 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Mike Fahey
3,669 views, 48 comments

Latest by 1ronm4n90: i wonder if someone is worthy? can i be beaten? with epic gear i wonder if anyone in the world can beat me. more »

rock band

The I Love Rock Band Valentine's Day Bash

For all you living room rock stars out there, Virgin Megastore along with MTV Games and 1Up is presenting the I Love Rock Band Valentine's Day Bash. If you live in NYC, Orlando or LA, you can bring your self made band to the Virgin Megastore to battle against other bands for your chance to win a bunch of prizes including a $500 Virgin gift card and other unannounced gifts from Dreamauthentics, Sprint, MTV GAMES, Logitech and EA Games. The tournaments will take place on Feb. 13 at the Virgin Megastores in the Disneyworld Resort in Orlando, the Union Square store in NYC and the Hollywood and Highland store in LA. Starting times vary at the different locations so be sure to check out the official contest page for all the info.

2:00 PM on Sat Feb 9 2008
By fdemarco
1,883 views, 11 comments

Latest by King Seafoam: can you say- "Valentinelonelycockfest"? heh.. none the less thats pretty cool- wish i could participate. more »

e for all

GH2 Tourney Hits E4All

Target and E for All are teaming up starting today to host a $3,000 Guitar Hero 2 tourney at the public gaming convention in LA.

The tournaent will run from today through Saturday with the winner taking home more than $3,000 in cash and Target gift cards. Gift cards? Like 2,000 $1.50 cards?

Hit the jump for the full release and the South Hall of E4All to see it in person. Say Hi to McWhertor if you see him hanging about... and then poke him and tell him to get back to work.

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3:04 PM on Thu Oct 18 2007
By Brian Crecente
936 views, 10 comments

charity tournament

Play Wii Tennis, Win A Lexus IS F

Visitors to the US Open in New York will get a chance to bring home a big prize for playing tiny tennis. From the 4th through the 6th of September, Lexus is setting up a scaled down tennis court in Rockefeller Center (rendered above) where players can participate in a Wii Sports Tennis competition, complete with color commentary from ESPN's Luke Jensen. The top two players will compete in finals on the 6th, with the winner receiving a one-year lease on a new Lexus IS F performance sedan, the same model the Men's Singles Champion will receive in the real tournament, as well as the opportunity to watch the US Open finals from the Lexus Luxury Suite. On top of that, for each serve hit during the competition Lexus donates $1 to the Andy Roddick Foundation to help abused, neglected, or catastrophically ill children. Hit the jump for full details on your chance to win a Lexus while supporting a good cause. More »

9:25 AM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By Mike Fahey
11,111 views, 20 comments

Latest by CiCi84: I wonder why they aren't offering some narrowboat holidays or something like that because just promoting your car as that does not impress the public or at least it does not impress me: let's forget about business when it comes more »

i am iron man

ScrewAttack Announces Iron-Man of Gaming Tournament

ScrewAttack.com founders and video moguls Handsome Tom and Stuttering Craig are spreading their wings and joining up with Video Gamers League to present The Iron-Man of Gaming Tournament. The competition will take place during the Summer 2007 CPL Championships which happens Thursday, August 30 to Sunday, September 2, 2007 (Labor Day Weekend) at the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, Texas. Craig and Tom's take on gaming tournaments is a little different from the usual in that players will compete in a variety of games rather than just one.

Unlike other tournaments where a player is judged on his skills in a single game, the Iron-Man tests a player's skills across all eras and all genres. Player will be awarded points on six games- three classic and three current. Each game is weighted equally and the player with the most total points will be declared the Iron-Man winning $1000 cash and the Iron-Man championship belt.
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11:00 AM on Sun Aug 5 2007
By fdemarco
1,965 views, 19 comments

Latest by GlazedDonut2186: Personally, I think this is a great selection of games, and not because I'm a Microsoft fanboy (I'm not). These are all pretty accurate displays of different genres. I myself would SUCK HARD at Madden 08, but I would ROCK more »

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Wing Commander Tourney

There's going to be a bit of a throw-down tonight on the Xbox Live Arcade. Electronic Arts is hosting a Wing Commander Arena tournament tonight on the cade. The tourney will be between a bunch of editors. I'm not sure who all is going to be participating. Ron Workman over at Dtoid says he's in, but I've not heard anyone else chattering about this... I hope it's not just the two of us. The winner of the tourney gets a $6,400 prize pack. If fate intervenes and gives everyone else playing in the tourney simultaneous heart attacks and I actually win the thing, I will be giving it away on Kotaku. But again, don't hold your breath. I will be livecasting the tourney, or my role in it, tonight at 8 p.m. Specific. ( :p ) Hit the jump for the list of stuff I won't be winning to giveaway to you and for the rules. Feel free to post pro-tips for me in comments. I truly suck at the game. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By Brian Crecente
1,197 views, 30 comments

Latest by SpeakerEnder: I'm a mod over at Achieve360Points.com, and I gotta say, "Monster 2 of 2" has been practicing like crazy, so you might want to be careful there Crecente! more »

skate or die

PlayStation AM JAM Rewards Extremism


The 4th Annual PlayStation AM JAM started back in March of this year, hosting events across the country to find the best of the best in extreme sports (at least the more acceptable ones) The events were spread across 11 cites, with almost 900 contestants signing up to prove their skills in skateboarding, inline skating, and BMX. The tournament culminated in a showdown at Camp Woodward, the premier action sports training camp in the country. More »

11:20 AM on Fri Jun 22 2007
By Mike Fahey
505 views, 3 comments

ps3

Resistance Tourney Announced

A handful of companies have teamed up to throw together a team and singleplayer Resistance: Fall of Man tourney starting next month. More »

5:00 PM on Mon Jun 18 2007
By Brian Crecente
1,463 views, 40 comments

drink up

Wii Tennis Tourney

Live in New York? Like to game? Into drinking? The first organized Wii Tennis tourney I've heard of, Wiimbledon, will be held June 23rd at Barcade in Brooklyn. Entering is totally free. From the event's official site:

Wiimbledon is a Wii Tennis tournament being held Saturday, June 23 from noon until 5pm at Barcade in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. There will be singles and doubles tournaments, prizes and, yes, beer. Maybe even some strawberries and cream. Oh, and cucumber sandwiches.

Beer and Wii Tennis. Sounds fun! Brian Ashcraft More »

5:00 AM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,036 views, 17 comments

Latest by InsipidWays: "Wiimbleden"... sounds like something Ren Hoek would say. But I'm glad they had that caption at that bottom to explain it. Otherwise just staring at the world "Wiimbleden" could drive a person mad. more »

worms

360's Worms Tourney

UK pub 360 Magazine (I write a column for them) is hosting a little Worms tourney this month. More »

10:00 AM on Fri May 4 2007
By Brian Crecente
855 views, 15 comments

gears of war

Gears Tourney Delayed

Technical issues have curb-stomped the Gears of War tournament. More »
pac-man

Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championships

Start cultivating your mullet and break out the American flag neckties, cause it's on baby! Microsoft and Namco have announced the first Xbox 360 Pac-Man World Championship, allowing gamers around the world to finally prove that the only sauce Billy Mitchell brings is teh weaksauce. More »

9:20 AM on Wed Apr 18 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,676 views, 22 comments

malaysia

Malaysia's Mobile Gaming Queen Crowned

Fourteen contestants. One winner. MaxGames, Malaysia's leading mobile game publisher, held a mobile gaming tournament. The winner was crowned Miss MaxGames 2007 and signed a year contract to head up the company's all-female all-mobile gaming team for 15,000 Malaysian Ringgits (US $4,340). Oh and as a gaming non-sequitur, they also gave her a PLAYSTATION 3. Brian Ashcraft More »

4:00 AM on Thu Apr 12 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
857 views, 20 comments

xbox 360

International GoW Live Tourney Launched

Think you're handy with a chainsaw and well placed boot heel? More »