GAMERIOT TO ROLL ACROSS AMERICA
THIS SPRING
World’s Largest Traveling Video
Game Festival To Hit Eight Cities And Feature 30 Of The Most Sought After Video
Games
(New York) – March 16, 2005 – Games
Media Properties, a leading creator of video game entertainment and media, today
announced that GameRiot will launch its fourth national tour this spring. The
world’s largest traveling video game festival and competition will hit eight
cities in March, April and May to offer gamers the chance to play the hottest
new and unreleased console and PC video game titles. Throughout 2005, GameRiot
will host a total of 85 events in 30 markets, with an expected attendance of
300,000 casual and hardcore gamers. The spring schedule includes stops at two
popular music festivals and six trips to the wildly popular touring event Hot
Import Nights. One of the fastest-growing lifestyle events in the country, Hot
Import Nights regularly packs in sell-out crowds that come for the high-energy
display of cars, music, models and more. The complete GameRiot spring schedule
is as follows:
DATE
CITY
LOCATION
Saturday,
March 26
Las Vegas, Nev. – Extreme Thing
Saturday,
April 2
San Mateo, Calif. – Hot Import Nights
Saturday,
April 9
Houston, Texas – Hot Import Nights
Saturday,
April 16
Orlando, Fla. – Hot Import Nights
Saturday,
April 23
Charlotte, NC – Hot Import Nights
Wednesday,
April 27 to Sun., May 1 West Palm Beach, Fla. – Sunfest
Saturday,
April 30
Boston, Mass. – Hot Import Nights
Saturday,
May 21
Atlanta, Ga. – Hot Import Nights
Featuring 30 playable new and
soon-to-be-released titles, GameRiot will bring the ultimate video game party to
festivals, fairs and events throughout the country. Gamers will be able to test
their skills in intense competitions for cash prizes and, at certain tour stops,
go head-to-head against some of the best pro gamers in the world. Among the high
profile titles GameRiot will feature this spring include Area 51®, and Unreal
Championship®2:
The Liandri Conflict from Midway;
FlatOut , Cold Winter and SWAT®4 from Vivendi Universal Games; Star Wars
Republic Commando from LucasArts; and Juiced from THQ. Additional titles will
include Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory from Ubisoft and many more! More
game titles and competitions schedules will be announced online soon at
www.gameriot.com.
“GameRiot has proven to be a
tremendous success thanks to the dedication of gamers everywhere,” said Matthew
Ringel, Executive Producer of GameRiot and President of Games Media Properties.
“We are thrilled about working with Hot Import Nights, Extreme Thing and Sunfest
this spring as these events draw large crowds of gamers and provide an
entertainment setting that perfectly complements the high-adrenaline environment
of GameRiot.”
About Games Media Properties LLC:
Games Media Properties is dedicated
to the creation of new properties, programming and marketing opportunities
around video game content, competition and lifestyle. A venture of the William
Morris Agency, the company was founded in 2002.