Year: 2015

A golden opportunity!

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Hey you,

Yeah you,

Are you a college student? Do you play video games? Are you tired of all these questions? I know I am! Well let me explain where I'm getting at with all this interrogation.

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Blizzard Entertainment and TeSPA are offering both undergrads and graduate students in the North America region a chance to win up to $25,000 a year by competing in its Heroes of the Dorm tournament.

Now what exactly do you have to do?

Step 1: Sign up your team, the team itself is comprised of five individuals.
Step 2: Compete Online with your team through group stages in the Open Qualifying rounds..
Step 3: Advance to the Top 64 Single Elimination Bracket Play.
Step 4: Prove your skills in the Heroic Four at the Live Finals Event.
Psst, by the way, it'll be televised live on ESPN for all of your family and friends to see.

To enter your team now just follow this link here: Registration and get gaming!

Now here's what makes this worth the while.

Prizes Include:
Winning Team: The five players on the winning team will earn the tuition for their college career!

  • Fourth year students on the winning team can win up to $25,000 to pay back college expenses


Top 4 Teams: Epic Gaming System for Heroes of the Storm

  • Each member of the winning team will receive:
  • Intel i7-4790K CPU
  • GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Motherboard
  • GIGABYTE GTX 960 series Graphics Card
  • Intel 530 Series 180GB SSD
  • 8GB (4x2) 2133 MHz DDR3 Memory
  • Rosewill Star Predator Case
  • Rosewill PSU: Arc 750
  • HyperX Cloud II Headset
  • SteelSeries Heroes of the Storm Mousepad

* Also includes an all expenses paid trip to the Finals.

Top 64 Teams: Teams that make it to the Round of 64 will receive a $40 Battle.net Balance Card to help you stock up on heroes for the competition ahead.

·         All Teams: Free Beta Access

The prizes don't stop there!

Not only are Blizzard and TeSPA giving away prizes just for showing interest in the game, but they are also giving away prizes for those who compete it it's Fantasy Pick's during the tournament. Here are the prizes:

Top 5 Predictions will each receive

  • Epic Gaming System for Heroes of the Storm
  • HyperX Cloud II Headset
  • SteelSeries Heroes of the Storm Mousepad
  • Top prediction will also receive $10,000!

25 Randomly Selected Winners will get one of the following

  • Epic Gaming System for Heroes of the Storm (x5)
  • SteelSeries Heroes of the Storm Gaming Mouse (x10)
  • HyperX Cloud II Headset (x5)
  • SteelSeries Heroes of the Storm Mousepad (x5)

    • All Fantasy Bracket Participants Exclusive
    • Exclusive "Heroes of the Dorm" in-game Azmodan Portrait


Registration is going fast, so you better get going soon!

As always, Keep playing!

-Tisnight
(Photos Courtesy of Blizzard)
 

BlazBlue Fighting Its Way To PS4, Xbox One

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Fighting game fans rejoice! BlazBlue is making its way to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, according to Aksys Games' official BlazBlue website. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (try saying that three times fast) will feature a newly revamped Guard system, additional story mode scenarios, and two new playable characters, Celica A. Mercury and Lambda-11.

The game will also be coming to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The given release date is Summer 2015. That's coming up pretty fast, so be sure to have your arcade sticks ready in time.

[Image: Aksys Games]

Andrew J Amideo

Day 1: Pax East

As the title states, today started PAX East and boy did it start with a bang.
A couple notable games such as Overwatch, Splatoon, and The Behemoth's Game kept the headlines flowing with tons of information.

Blizzard announced the release of two new characters for Overwatch named Zarya and McCree. IGN's Vince Ingenito and Mitch Dyer were two of the first players to get their hands in the ring and give the new characters a go.

Up first, McCree a very hard hitting, high damaging character that attacks with rapid fire pulling in tons of damage. Upon  triggering his ult, it slows down time and gives guaranteed hits. "Mcree does not seem as useful of a character compared to Zarya," quoted Dyer. Zarya being the second released, was introduced as a heavy hitting support character, that can be used in both offensive and defensive situations.  However, these new characters are still in the testing phases and could be subjected to change at any point.

Next up Splatoon, you're a squid, in a platoon. Literally!

Ingenito was also roaming the halls and was able to snag a few minutes of update game play of the highly anticipated Nintendo game. The game was originally announced last year at E3 and hasn't had a ton of new information released on it, until now. The game's creators, when coming up with the concept, decided to make a game that did not focus on KDR ratio, but rather the tactics of teamplay and map coverage.

"You aren't looking for enemies to kill, you're scanning the mini-map to find areas that need painting, and wherever blue paint meets orange paint, you can almost always expect a firefight to happen." - Ingenito

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Another big hitting game at PAX was The Behemoth's Game, tentively titled Game 4. A brand new title game, that is completely different from anything you've played before. A turn based RPG, but with one big condition. You can move your character, but cannot control their abilities. This game can be only described with one word quirky, though it comes with enough cartoon violence to sedate even the weirdest cravings.

Behemoth, most widely known for Battleblock theater and Castle Crashers, has been working on Game 4 for some time now, with no definite release date. This game will first be released for XBOX One and PC, but it's not meant to be an exclusive.

Check back for more exciting details as PAX East rolls along.

-Tisnight
(Photos Courtesy of Behemoth/Blizzard/Nintendo)