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Video Game Tour Invades College Campuses!
LARGEST COLLEGE VIDEOGAME, PC & WIRELESS TOUR TO DATE
"2004 Spring College Tour" Features Top Unreleased Titles from Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Midway, U.S. Army, RockStar Games and Nokia
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - March 23, 2004 - Game Live Events, the most established live Video Game and PC touring event in the U.S., today announced their "2004 Spring College Tour." With the demand from college campuses for interactive videogame events at an all time high, the 20-stop Spring College Tour begins on Friday, March 26th in Austin, TX at the University of Texas at Austin and runs through Wednesday, May 5th at the California State University at Long Beach.
Players will preview for the first time the spring's most popular video games, PC games and wireless games from Nokia N-Gage, as well as be able to play unreleased betas and gold builds of this year's hottest new titles. New titles on display include major releases from EA SPORTS(tm) "Fight Night 2004" and "MVP Baseball 2004," EA GAMES(tm) "James Bond 007(tm): Everything or Nothing"(tm) and "Burnout 3" (Unreleased Beta). Ubisoft's entire new "Tom Clancy" line of games including "Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow," "Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm" and "Rainbow Six 3" will be exclusively featured on tour. Midway(r) will be previewing the nationally anticipated "NBA Ballers" and "The Suffering." Rockstar Games will showcase the highly successful next installment of the "Max Payne" series, "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne." The U.S. Army's "America's Army: Special Forces" PC game will be featured on 8 fully networked high-speed computers for high action game play.
In a special on-tour presentation, the Nokia N-Gage will feature demonstration of the hottest new wireless games in a unique live event lifestyle environment.
More than 18 titles will be featured on a state-of-the-art, 50-screen Game Live interactive 'GamePort' system from publishing partners Electronic Arts(tm), Rockstar Games, The U.S. Army, Midway(r) and Ubi Soft Entertainment(tm). PC partners include ATI Radeon 9800XT, RIO MP3 and Alienware. The NYKO Air Flo EX is the Official Controller Partner of the Tour. G4(r), the cable TV network dedicated to video games, has signed on again as the Official Broadcast Media Partner. Klipsch is the speaker partner of Ubisoft titles.
Admission is free and game play is unlimited. For complete details of the tour, including tour locations, event times, and the latest list of games included on the tour, visit
www.gameliveevents.com.Game Live 2004 Spring College Tour Schedule - 20 Colleges:
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Friday, March 26 University of Texas at Austin
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Monday, March 29 University of North Texas
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Tuesday, March 30 Baylor University
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Wednesday, March 31 University of Louisiana
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Thursday, April 1 University of New Orleans
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Saturday, April 3 Virginia University (Commonwealth)
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Tuesday, April 6 Virginia Polytechnic
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Thursday, April 8 East Carolina University
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Monday, April 12 St. Louis University
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Wednesday, April 14 University of Nebraska
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Thursday, April 15 University of Iowa
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Monday, April 19 University of Minnesota
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Tuesday, April 21 Indiana University
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Thursday, April 22 Marshall University
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Friday, April 23 Bowling Green State University
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Saturday, April 24 Penn State University
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Wednesday, April 28 Temple University
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Thursday, April 29 University of Maryland
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Tuesday, May 4 University of California at Berkeley
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Wednesday, May 5 California State at Long Beach
Show Times Start at either 10:00 AM or 11:00 AM - Check Website for Exact Times
Game Titles on Tour:
EA SPORTS(tm)
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"Fight Night 2004"
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"MVP Baseball 2004"
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EA GAMES(tm)
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"Burnout 3"
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"James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing"
UBISOFT ENTERTAINMENT(tm)
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"Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow"
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"Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3"
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"Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm"
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"Far Cry"
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"Prince of Persia: Sands of Time"
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"XIII"
MIDWAY(r)
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"The Suffering"(tm)
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"Psi-Ops(tm): The Mindgate Conspiracy"
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MIDWAY SPORTS(tm)
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"NBA Ballers"
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"MLB(tm) Slugfest(r): Loaded"(tm)
THE U.S. ARMY
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"America's Army: Special Forces"
ROCKSTAR GAMES
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"Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne"
ADDITIONAL PARTNERS INCLUDE
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ATI RADEON 9800XT - Official Graphics Card
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NYKO AIR FLO EX - Official Controller
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G4 - Media Partner
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Alienware - Official PC Partner
*All logos and trademarks are the property of each respective sponsor.
About Game Live Events
Game Live Events, based in Sausalito, Calif., is the country's most established producer of computer and video game tour events. Game Live Events state-of-the-art Gameport Touring Systems features 50-screen PC or video game capability that enables consumers to preview top-rated PlayStation(r) 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Nintendo GameCube (tm) and PC game titles. Wireless games are also featured on this year's Game Live Events.

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