Electronic Arts is hosting a Wing Commander Arena Tournament and we were lucky enough to be invited to join in on the action. A total of sixteen different community sites will be participating. The tournament will start on Monday, July 30th at 8:00 PM PST. Here is a breakdown of the event:
1st Game

Rounds: 2

Players: 16

Type: Free for All

Frags: Stops when one player reaches 25 Frags

Rule to Advance: Have one of the top 8 kill counts
2nd Game

Rounds: 1

Players: 8

Type: Free for All

Frags: Stops when one player reaches 25 Frags

Rule to Advance: Have one of the top 4 kill counts
3rd Game

Rounds: 1

Players: 4

Type: Free for All

Frags: Stops when one player reaches 25 Frags

Rule to Advance: Have one of the top 2 kill counts
4th and Final Game

Rounds: 1

Players: 2

Type: Free for All

Frags: First to 20 Frags

Special: Splinter Bomber Ship in the pit, frags against him count

Rule to Advance: Be the player with the highest kill count
Whoever makes it into the 3rd game will receive prizes to give away. Here are the prizes:
1st Place:

Panasonic 50" 1080p Flat-Panel Plasma HDTV (
Details)

Bose 3-2-1 GSX Home Theater System with Progressive-Scan (
Details)

Xbox 360 Elite (
Details)

Xbox 360 Controller (
Details)

Xbox Live Gold Membership

Wing Commander Arena

11,200 Microsoft points
2nd, 3rd, and 4th place:

Xbox 360 Elite (
Details)

Wing Commander Arena

11,200 Microsoft points
Among the fighters are some of our buddies at
Konsole Kingz,
Kotaku, and
Xbox360Fanboy. Jonathan, better known as
Monster 2 of 2, will be representing our site. No pressure, but you are also representing every single achievement junkie out there. Make us proud and do your best! Feel free to cheer him on in
this thread. If you have any tips or suggestions for Jonathan, go ahead and post them in
the forums as well.
As for smack / trash talk, well, that won't happen on our end. We will post another article after the event with the results, so stay tuned!
