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Play Rock Band, win $10,000, and meet Ringo Starr

Harrah's Rock Band Competition

Harrah’s is working with MTV games to repeat last year’s Rock Band competition, adding a few new twists. Basically, bands of 3 or 4 members will compete in local events (of which Dallas will host one), with the top scorers from each local event winning a trip to Atlantic City to compete for the grand prize: $10,000 and a personal meeting with Ringo Starr! The Dallas event is taking place weekly at Dallas Woody’s Sports & Video Bar, on Sunday nights from 8 PM to midnight.

Video Games Live retuns to Dallas June 11-12, 2010

Video Games Live Stage

Now in their sixth year, Video Games Live will be returning to the DFW area in June for two nights.

Borderlands Launches in Plano with developers

Borderlands Launch Crowd

GameStops around the country stayed open until after midnight last night to welcome the arrival of a the new game, Borderlands. Two GameStops out of the thousands around the country, though, had something a little extra. One of the GameStops in Plano, Texas, had over a dozen employees from the Plano-based developer. They were there to [...]

QuakeCon 2009 – A look inside

QuakeCon 2009 Banner

Every year Dallas plays hosts to a convention for gaming geeks, dorks, nerds, and enthusiats. Id Software, makers of the popular Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake games, hosts the event which draws gamers from all over. There are always new announcements from id, prizes to be won, and plenty of games to play. The annual event [...]

QuakeCon 2009 – RAGE Demo impressions

Rage Logo

For an hour this past Saturday, the guys at id demoed their upcoming FPS/Racing game RAGE, much to the delight of those in attendance. When you’re presenting to a group of people that, all combined, have spent thousands of hours traveling to your event, you want to make a good impression, and there’s no doubt [...]