Zombie outbreak at LAN Speed Games this weekend

Time to put those Left 4 Dead skills to good use for LAN Speed Games‘ Zombie Night this Saturday.

The event is slated to kick off at 9 p.m. and go all the way until 2 a.m. For $8 a person, attendees can enjoy zombie games, prizes, and movies throughout the night.

The folks at LAN Speed Games have encouraged those who wish to attend to either call their office at (623) 979-0560 or message them through their Facebook page to secure a seat before they all sell out.

LAN Speed Games is located at 6750 W. Peoria Ave. in Peoria. Check out their Facebook event page for more details.

AZHP at Amazing AZ Con and Black Ops II tourney this weekend

For all those who have been waiting for gaming competitions to ratchet up, some tournament action has finally turned up for the last weeks of January courtesy of AZHP Gaming and Fix & Play.

AZHP Gaming will be hosting several tournaments and casual play in their gaming room for this years’ Amazing Arizona Comic Con. The convention will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center on Friday the 25th through the 27th. 

Their tournament schedule will be noticeably lighter compared to their other events, but it means plenty of time will be allotted for the competitions that are run. Their schedule is hemmed down to a Halo 4 (2v2 teams) tournament on Friday at 4 p.m., on Saturday a Super Street Fighter IV: AE (2012 ver.) competition at 12 p.m. and an Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament at 3 p.m., and finally a Call of Duty Black Ops II (2v2 teams) tournament at 12 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets for the con vary from $25 single day passes for Friday and Sunday, $35 single day passes for Saturday, or $50 for a full weekend pass. The AZHP Gaming crew will offer up prizes such as Boson sunglasses, a controller from Evil Controllers, Aqua Red t-shirts, or a prize pack from the University of Advancing Technology. 

Not to be left out of the fun, the folks at the Fix & Play location on 83rd Ave. and Camelback Rd. will be hosting a Call of Duty: Black Ops II tournament on Saturday. The details on the actual game format are unknown, but the competition will kick off at 5 p.m. and the winner will net themselves $60 store credit. For more info, check out their official Facebook event page.

DEV comes back with Madden tourney next week

January may be taking a little while to gain its gaming momentum, but that doesn’t mean there’s no fun to be had! This Sunday, the DEVASTATION crew will be hosting  a Madden NFL 13 tournament in Phoenix.

Image courtesy of 98 KUPD.

The DEVASTATION crew, in conjunction with the 98 KUPD radio station, will be running a huge single-elimination tournament for Madden NFL 13 at Stand Up Live in downtown Phoenix. The tournament has already slotted 98 competitors through pre-registration, but will be taking another 98 competitors the day of the event on a first come, first served basis.

LAN Speed Lock-In builds up January momentum

With Taiyou Con behind us, there’s a fresh new year to dive into for gaming. For those who are looking to attend for gaming events, the crew at LAN Speed Games is hosting their first Lock-in/All Nighter of 2013 next week.

For those unfamiliar, the LAN Speed Lock-ins are monthly events where attendees are sealed into the venue for an entire night of games, tournaments, pizza, and prizes.

AZHP Gaming kicks in the new year at Taiyou Con

For those who aren’t sure how to dig into 2013, AZHP Gaming has got a solution. The entire crew will be running a gaming room with multiple tournaments at this weekends’ Taiyou Con in Mesa.

Taiyou Con is an anime convention that will be held at the Hilton Phoenix/East Mesa hotel on January 4-6. The convention will feature numerous anime-related guests such as Sonny Strait, Christina Vee, and many more. Alongside all of the anime programming, the good folks with AZHP Gaming will be running another one of their gaming rooms for attendees. 

Over the weekend, the crew will be hosting a slew of tournaments for some awesome sponsored prizes from Boson, Aqua Red, UAT,and Evil Controllers: