event

I headed out a bit early yesterday to check out the launch event for Madden NFL 2009 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. I figured with them renting out the entire Rose Bowl and bringing in mainstream bands like Good Charlotte, Bustra Rhymes, and more. It’d be good research for me when thinking about future events for our games. I’m always checking out other games collector editions, launch events, community days, first to play events, etc. for inspiration on what we can do in the future for our titles.

While I was there, I grabbed some quick footage to share the experience with all of you. It was a massive set-up. I was there early, so most people didn’t show up till late afternoon (5pm onwards).

The Dtoid army is descending on the Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky tri-state area for their largest ‘No Apparent Reason Party’ (NARP) ever this weekend and I’ll be flying in from Los Angeles to join them.

With, whats growing to be nearly 1000, gamers locally and from all over the country making their way by land, sea (wait… it’s ohio..), and air to the event for no apparent reason other than to hang out with fellow like minded gamers (and COD4 fans of course); I’ve decided to come fully prepared and will be packing heat… in the form of limited edition Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare t-shirts fresh off the press. We’ll be throwing them out to the crowd during the party so be prepare yo’ snatchin hands.

Live locally or want to make a last minute spur of the moment trip across country to the hot bed of gaming activities Cincinnati Ohio? You can find all the details over at Destructoid.com, but be forewarned… those bitches crazy.

More importantly, I want to know who’s down for a trip to White Castles, Steak N Shake, and Skyline Chili this weekend? Drop me a message if you’re down.

Oh yeah… did I mention I got some awesome news coming down the pipeline at the end of the week for our PC players? I can’t say what it is now, but I’m sure most of you can see it coming a mile away. I’ll have that info for you around Friday hopefully.

Meanwhile, those of you subscribed to the video blog and those (nearly 9 thousand) of you who sent in messages and questions you’d like to see answered in the next video blog, I have a new one currently in the works that answers a lot of your questions as well as will be giving you a sneak peek at a line of new shirts we’re getting printed for Call of Duty 4 fans (and giving some away to subscribers), and one of the prototypes we already printed. I’m going to try to get that out to you guys as soon as I can (I want to capture some footage at the NARP event hopefully) to add to it, in addition to the fact that there is an awesome new Gaming site that’s preparing to launch in the not too distant future that will be playing a crucial role in the future episodes of the video blog series… details on that coming wayyy later.

Conclusion - See you all in Cincinnati, drop me a line if you’re in the area and we can hang out. Come to the Dtoid party, and be sure to check back at the end of the week for some great PC news!! Thanks everyone!!

We’ve touched down in New York and are held up in Hotel Chandler getting ready to head over to the Gamestop on Broadway to check out the set up for the Variety Map Pack hands-on event tomorrow. Before that though I made sure we took advantage of being on the East Coast and hunted down the first White Castles we could find to score a Crave Case of cheeseburgers.

Once we finished up destroying the Crave Case we stopped by the Gamestop location to check out the early set-up process. The first few hundred attendees will snag a token to download the new Map Pack for Free next week on Xbox 360. Along with that we’ll be hosting a tournament on the new maps tomorrow a the Gamestop here in New York where players can win a $1000 in Giftcards to Gamestop as well as some other prizing and swag including Call of Duty 4 Dog Tags to those in line, and a more swag.

If you’re in the area check out the details below, I’ll be there the entire time tomorrow hanging out and playing the new maps. Don’t forget we also have the same event going down in San Jose, CA for our West Coast players:

Be sure to sign-up and get all the details on Gamestop’s page:

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/cod4ftp/default.asp

Locations:

New York
3/28/08, 9:00PM - 12:00AM
Store# 1363 33rd/Broadway
1282 Broadway
New York, NY 10001
(212) 967-9070

San Jose
3/28/08, 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Store #812 San Jose
3580 Stevens Creek Blvd
San Jose, CA 95117
(408) 261-9011

We’re heading back over to the Gamestop now to load up the new Maps and test them out to ensure all is good to go tomorrow evening. We’ll try to snag some more photos and will be sure to report back tomorrow to let you know how it all went down. Looking forward to meeting those of you who emailed me or let me know you’ll be there tomorrow night!!

Some more photos…

The epic opening of the long awaited crave case we walked miles to get and another shot of the Gamestop being set-up. If we snap some more photos tonight when testing out the new maps and set-up I’ll post them up here.

I’ll be in New York this week for an event Gamestop is hosting which will allow you to get some early hands-on time playing the new DLC maps coming out for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as well as celebrating the launch of the new Game of the Year Edition of the game! If you’re in either New York, NY or San Jose, CA you can be one of the first players ever to play on the new maps as well as win gift cards, swag, and other goods for winning the on-site tournament.

If you get there early we’re giving out tokens to the first attendees so that they can download the new map packs for free as well as handing out swag all night, hanging out, and playing the new maps. I’m pretty sure the prizing at each location varies but I heard talk of some high dollar gift cards to Gamestop specifically. Check out the details on the two locations below.

As I said I’ll be at the 2-story Gamestop in New York at Time Square hanging out, talking with people and playing the maps, so if you’re in New York be sure to say hey. Our Lead Multiplayer Designer Todd Alderman will be heading to San Jose for the California event as well as sending a crew to London for a special press / promotional event over there as well.

Be sure to sign-up and get all the details on Gamestop’s page:

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/cod4ftp/default.asp

Locations:

New York
3/28/08, 9:00PM - 12:00AM
Store# 1363 33rd/Broadway
1282 Broadway
New York, NY 10001
(212) 967-9070

San Jose
3/28/08, 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Store #812 San Jose
3580 Stevens Creek Blvd
San Jose, CA 95117
(408) 261-9011