``IGN Live'' Expands Lineup to Become the Ultimate Gamer Lifestyle Festival.BRISBANE, Calif. -- IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) Entertainment: --Festival To Include the Best in New, Classic and Wireless Gaming; Top DJs; Insider Seminars; Videogame and Poker Tournaments; State-of-the-Art Theater; Art and Car Exhibitions; Free Trial Gaming Subscriptions and More "IGN Live," the two-day festival inspired by and celebrating IGN.com's videogamer lifestyle, has expanded its lineup to create the definitive gamer event. The festival will include music, art, cars, tournaments, seminars and environments allowing for the greatest gaming and entertainment experiences possible. Fans will be able to preview the latest games from a variety of the industry's biggest publishers, challenge other gamers for cash prizes, and meet game developer heroes to learn tips about getting into the game industry. The Dolby(R) HD Theater
HD Theater is a high-definition television network from Discovery Communications Inc., owners of the Discovery Channel. will provide a matchless way to enjoy brand new game and movie trailers, and PokerStars.com will give players a chance to prove their mettle alongside poker superstars Greg Raymer Gregory Raymer (born on June 25, 1964) [1] is a professional poker player. He is best known for winning the 2004 World Series of Poker main event, and for the opaque holographic sunglasses that he sometimes wears during hands. and Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. : TNG's Wil Wheaton, with winners receiving a trip to the Bahamas. All the while, attendees will groove to beats spun by top DJs including 8-Bit Weapon and Power 106's Mr. Choc and Turbulence. --Games The hottest new and upcoming games from top publishers including Electronic Arts (EA), 2K Sports, Midway Games Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American video game publisher. Midway's legacy includes landmark titles such as Ms. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Mortal Kombat, and NBA Jam. Inc., NovaLogic, THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters , Ubisoft, and Vivendi Universal Games and others will be playable throughout seven zones inspired by gaming's most popular genres, each featuring special attractions. Near the sports-focused "Norcent All-Pro Zone," THQ, whose many playable games not yet on shelves will include WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW (Exciting Pro Wrestling 6 in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation 2 console by THQ and developed by YUKE's Future Media Creators. 2006, will be building a life-size wrestling ring. Racing game zone "The Drag Strip" will allow gamers to get behind the wheels of Action Media's coolest and craziest cars. Other titles gamers can get their hands on or see before they hit store shelves include The Outfit, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat(TM), 50 Cent(R): Bulletproof Refers to extremely stable hardware and/or software that cannot be brought down no matter what unusual conditions arise. See industrial strength. bulletproof - Used of an algorithm or implementation considered extremely robust; lossage-resistant; capable of correctly , Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, Need for Speed(TM) Most Wanted, and many, many more. --Tournaments Intel will allow players to compete for cash at the GameSpy Arena! Tournaments including fan favorites Battlefield 2, Counter-Strike: Source and Halo 2. EA is scheduled to offer gamers the once-in-a-lifetime chance to play against the makers of Battlefield 2: Modern Combat(TM) days before the game hits store shelves. Fans will also be able to participate in the ANA-LAN Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC BYOC Bring Your Own Computer BYOC Bring Your Own Chair BYOC Build Your Own Clone BYOC Bring Your Own Coffee BYOC Bring Your Own Console (gaming) BYOC Bring Your Own Cup (conservation) ) tournament area that will have numerous prizes for its participants. This BYOC area will feature tournaments across F.E.A.R., Quake 4 and Lord of the Rings(TM): Battle For Middle Earth(TM). --Seminars Game fans hoping to prove their parents wrong and turn their hours of gaming into a career will be able to hear from industry insiders and gain perspective on the opportunities available within the increasingly viable industry at the Game Developers Conference's five-session, two-day seminar "How To Break into the Game Industry." Other panels taking place at IGN Live include "The XX Factor: Girls and Gaming;" "Next-Generation Game Play;" "Videogame Journalism;" "The Future of MMOGs;" "Multiplayer Gaming;" "Games and Entertainment;" and "Videogame Education." Speakers scheduled range from executives at talent agency CAA Caa See CCC. , to developers/executives at Ubisoft, Epic Games and Trilogy Studios, to renowned IGN and GameSpy editors like Peer Schneider, Tal Blevins, John Keefer, Doug Perry, Miguel Lopez, Steven Horn, Craig Harris, Dan Adams, Jeremy Dunham, Chris Carle and Rob Semsey. --Gamer Lifestyle Activities Activities at "IGN Live" also include exclusive wireless play areas to allow gamers with their own Nintendo DS or Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable) See PlayStation. to connect with others; classic gaming areas featuring vintage arcade games on auction by SuperAuctions.com; an art exhibition celebrating the videogames of the 1980s titled "I am 8-Bit I Am 8-bit is a collection of art pieces featuring the old Namco and Nintendo characters, such as Mario, Zelda, Pac-Man, and Frogger. History I Am 8-bit debuted in spring 2005, as “a daring collection of new art that treated the games as a subject worth ;" and music by several top DJs including game music stylist 8-Bit weapon, Power 106's Mr. Choc and Turbulence, DMC DMC Devil May Cry (video game) DMC Detroit Medical Center DMC Darryl McDaniels (rapper) DMC Destination Management Company DMC Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, TX) Champion Rocky Rock and others. --Dolby HD Theater Attendees will have the chance to experience exclusive trailers of upcoming games and movies with state-of-the-art visuals and sound at an HD theater Dolby Labs is creating for the festival to seat over 250 people. --PokerStars.com Tournaments Featuring Greg Raymer and Wil Wheaton Guests of "IGN Live" will have the opportunity to play in PokerStars.com tournaments divided into 15 hands, with the chance of playing against 2004 World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker is the largest set of poker tournaments in the world. It is held annually in Las Vegas, lasting just over a month. A bracelet is awarded to the winner of each of the fifty-plus events which include all the major varieties of poker. Champion, Greg Raymer, or poker professional and star of television's "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Wil Wheaton. The winners of the tournaments' two final tables will receive satellite entries into PokerStars' Caribbean Adventure, a 2006 World Poker Tour For the PBS network with the same abbreviation, see . The World Poker Tour (Abbreviated WPT) is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. event at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas next January. "IGN Live" takes place Oct. 22-23 at Southern California's Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. . Discount tickets are now available for $15 at www.ignlive.com. Tickets will also be available at the event for $25 and at selected Southern California Best Buy stores. Tickets purchased online include free trials to GameFly's videogame rental service and IGN Insider, a total value of $23.99 for attendees. For more information, please visit www.ignlive.com. "IGN Live" is presented by IGN Entertainment, a leading Internet media and services company focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets, and Best Buy, America's #1 specialty retailer of consumer electronics. IGN Entertainment has partnered with live event producer, Action Media, to bring "IGN Live" to life. About IGN Entertainment IGN Entertainment, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc., is a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN's properties reached more than 30 million unique users worldwide in the month of August 2005, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix. IGN's network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Direct2Drive and others), is the web's number one videogame information destination and attracts one of the largest concentrated audiences of young males on the Internet. IGN also owns and operates the popular movie-related website, Rotten Tomatoes and one of the leading male lifestyle websites, AskMen.com. In addition, IGN provides technology for online game play in videogames. IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , with offices throughout the U.S. and in Montreal. 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