QuakeCon 07 Dia 1

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hoy es el dia 1 de la QuakeCon 07 y son las 17hs y nadie hablo de ella...

Calendario para hoy

08:00 AM-??:?? ?? BYOC Opens / BYOC
09:00 AM-11:30 AM Tournament Check-In for pre-confirmed players & teams / Tournament Area
10:00 AM-07:00 PM Vendor Area Open / Vendor Area
11:30 AM-12:00 PM Tournament First Come, First Serve checkin for remaining spots / Tournament Area
12:00 PM-11:00 PM Tournament Rounds Scheduled / Tournament Area
02:30 PM-03:30 PM MyInternetServices.com Quick Draw Round / Quick-Draw Stage
04:00 PM-06:00 PM NVIDIA Kick-Off Event / Main Stage
06:30 PM-07:30 PM MyInternetServices.com Quick Draw Round / Quick-Draw Stage
08:30 PM-09:30 PM MyInternetServices.com Quick Draw Round / Quick-Draw Stage
10:00 PM-12:00 AM The Sinus Show Presents: DOOM / Main Stage

Hoy tendria que estar el fixture de los torneos...

Covertura (nada aun)

Anuncion de Prensa

GAMERS UNITE AT QUAKECON 2007
id Software Slated to Make Major Announcements

DALLAS – August 2, 2007 – id Software once again welcomes the loyal fans who make the pilgrimage to gaming holy ground at QuakeCon 2007, August 2-5 in Dallas’ Hilton Anatole Hotel. This year’s QuakeCon is expected to draw more than 6,000 attendees from around the world. Todd Hollenshead, CEO, and John Carmack, Technical Director and co-founder of id Software take the stage Friday evening for a back-to-back press conference and keynote address where several major announcements will be made.

“We look forward to QuakeCon every year as an opportunity to have a great time partying and playing id games with our fans,” said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. “QuakeCon’s continuing popularity is a credit to the dedication of our volunteers and grass-roots support of sponsors and exhibitors; and the fans’ enthusiastic and passionate response to our big announcements is inspiring.”

Now in its twelfth year, QuakeCon continues to innovate in LAN party tournament action with all new gaming competitions. This year, the event organizers will host the first tournament using id Software’s new landmark game, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars. QuakeCon 2007 will also mark the debut of the first Quad Damage tournament spanning all four QUAKE games. The total QuakeCon Championship Tournament purse will be $100,000, courtesy of title sponsor NVIDIA.

id Software will also use QuakeCon 2007 as an opportunity to launch its Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Beta 2.0 with IGN’s Fileplanet (FilePlanet: Free PC Games, Downloads, Mods, Demos, Patches & Maps), giving away 3,000 VIP keys to the loyal fans of the Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) Area. Beta 2.0 will feature “Valley,” one of the maps being used in the QuakeCon Championship Tournament.

QuakeCon 2007 is organized by a dedicated group of 30 year-round volunteers, 200 on-site volunteers and video game pioneer, id Software. The four-day action-packed event offers 96 hours of round-the-clock parties, entertainment, and fierce gameplay action.

QuakeCon consumes more than 100,000 square feet of gaming righteousness, including a 2,800 seat Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) Area and exhibit space that features demos of the latest video games and displays of next-generation hardware from NVIDIA, Activision, EA, Philips, Logitech, Dell and Valve among others.

QuakeCon goers can win swag and gear by participating in fan appreciation events that will take place throughout the four-day event, including a Guitar Hero II competition and NVIDIA’s kickoff event which will spoof popular game show challenges, including classics like Win Lose or Draw, Let’s Make a Deal and The Dating Game as well as new game shows like Deal or No Deal.

The QuakeCon 2007 sponsor line up includes industry giants: id Software, NVIDIA, Activision, Philips amBX, Cenatek, Dell, D-Link, Intel, Logitech, MyInternetServices.com, Haptx, siteofchampions.com, and Sierra’s World in Conflict.

The 25,000 square foot exhibit area at QuakeCon 2007 will include booths from NVIDIA, Activision, Antec, Armadillo Aerospace, Bgears, DeVry University, Dust-Off, EA Mobile, FSP Group USA, GameRail, The Guildhall at SMU, Ideazon, IN WIN, iZ3D, MSI, PNY Technologies, proGAM3R magazine, Patriot Memory, steelseries, Tritton, Turtle Rock Studios with Valve Software, and Wintec Industries.

Galerias de Fotos: QuakeUnity