Enemydown (ED), Midway and online games retailer PLAY.com (www.play.com) to collaborate in Unreal Tournament 3 event
London ? 7th November 2007 ? Enemydown [www.enemydown.co.uk], part of the TNWA Group, one of Europe’s leading online tournament team-play gaming sites, today announced their arrangement with Midway and Play.com for a massive �50,000 cash play-off celebrating the launch of the eagerly awaited Unreal Tournament� 3 on PC DVD from Epic Games.
Only gamers pre-ordering and purchasing Unreal Tournament 3 from PLAY.com before its scheduled launch in November and post launch through December will receive a unique registration code allowing them to enter two massive competitions with their new game. One is a single player tournament with a fantastic first prize of �20,000, and the other is a team-based tournament with an even bigger prize of �30,000.
Online competitions will take place following the launch and the finalists will be invited to the grand-slam shoot out in March 2008 at a soon-to-be-announced UK venue worthy of such a showdown.
Martin Spiess, Managing Director ? Europe, Midway Games Ltd, said: ?Enemydown is the spiritual home for many of the UK’s online gaming elite, so this tournament is the perfect way to celebrate the launch of this latest and greatest Unreal� game.?
Gian Luzio, Head of Games at PLAY.com, commented: ?Unreal Tournament 3 is already generating a lot of interest on Play.com. We are delighted to be able to offer this to all customers who buy from Play.com, whether experienced Unreal players or newcomers to the series.?
?We look forward to engaging the already dedicated Unreal Tournament fans and bringing the game to a whole new target audience. The launch of the new game is a calendar event for the gaming community,? Paul Sulyok, CEO of The TNWA Group said. ?We’re delighted to be working with Midway and Play.com for this tournament and remind people it’s exclusive to those purchasing their copy of UT3 from PLAY.com?
Andy Taylor, Head Administrator for Enemydown, said: ?Here at ED we are dedicated to giving gamers the best gaming experience and we put our growing community at the heart of online gaming. With our experienced team of tournament administrators we look forward to delivering a fair and professionally run competition.?
Enemydown hosts the largest UK community of online PC gamers. The site has hosted some of the largest online gaming tournaments in recent years, attracting both amateur and professional clans. The site is widely regarded as a premier destination for Europe’s competitive PC gamer teams.