As summer begins to take its hold on the state, the tournament action is only getting warmer. This weekend has plenty of gaming events to partake in courtesy of AZHP Gaming, LAN Speed Games, and Spiral Series Entertainment.
LAN Speed Games Lock-in (Friday)
-10 straight hours of gaming for $20 a person ($10 if you bring your own laptop or $15/person if you are a part of a group of 3) kicking off at 10 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »
With Phoenix Comicon less than two weeks away, AZHP Gaming is preparing to hold its gaming room for the 8th year running at the event. The group released their competition schedule late Monday night and are featuring over ten tournaments and plenty more.
The group will be running casual stations for the Thursday preview night from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. The action really kicks off on Friday. Their tournament schedule is as follows:
Friday-
All these tournaments is making Bob sweat!
Gears of War Judgment (360) – 11 a.m.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3) – 1:30 p.m.
Halo 4 [2v2] (360) – 4 p.m.
Injustice: Gods Among Us (PS3) – 6:30 p.m.
Mortal Kombat (PS3) – 9 p.m.
Saturday-
King of Fighters XIII (PS3) – 11 a.m.
Persona 4: Arena (PS3) – 1:30 p.m.
Street Fighter x Tekken (PS3) – 4 p.m.
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (PS3) – 6:30 p.m.
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (PS3) – 9 p.m.
Sunday-
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) – 11 a.m.
Call of Duty Black Ops II [2v2] (360) – 2 p.m.
The group will give away slews of prizes which include NoS energy drink packs, Aqua Red t-shirts, $20 giftcards to The Game Zone, Evil Controller controllers, comic books, prints and much more.
Along with regular tournaments, AZHP will be hosting casual game stations throughout the weekend for attendees to freely play. All the competitive action will be streamed by Team Hazmat and Team Mailorder. Tickets for Phoenix Comicon are currently on sale at their website.
As a gamer (especially in the fighting game community), we get the opportunity to see a lot of comic book characters in games these days.
One of the biggest competitive games is Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Not to mention the recently released Injustice fighting game, along with the success of the Batman Arkham series, and even the upcoming Deadpool game. Indeed, video games owe quite a lot to comic books and their lore. This weekend will give gamers all around the opportunity to support the comics from whence these games came from.
This weekend is the annual Free Comic Book Day. Locations across the valley will be holding various events and of course, passing out free comics and swag. Some of the participants will include Samurai Comics, Drawn to Comics, All About Books and Comics, Jesse James Comics and tons more.
So pick up your Injustice fight sticks and “When’s Marvel?” signs and head out to your nearest comic shop to show your support!
The highly anticipated fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds will officially be released on February 15 in the United States and March 31 in the United Kingdom, Capcom announced on Tuesday.
The official box art for Marvel vs. Capcom 3, as posted by Capcom.
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be the first installment to the series since its popular predecessor, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, debuted in 2000. The game features numerous comic book characters from the Marvel universe as well as popular Capcom video game characters and pits them against each other in tag team fights. Read the rest of this entry »
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