Virgin Gaming Offers PlayStation 3 Gamers the Chance to Win $40,000 Playing Killzone 3
New tournament sponsored by PlayStation and Edge Shave Gel focuses on three-player multiplayer
Playing games can now earn you cash prizes. Virgin Gaming has partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment America and Edge Shave Gel for the KZ3 Get Your Edge $40,000 Challenge. For the very first time in a Virgin Gaming tournament, teams of three will compete for cash and prizes to stake their claim as the top team of Killzone3, the new 3D game from Guerrilla Games available exclusively for the PlayStation 3. Sir Richard Branson talks about his return to video games in this exclusive video interview from E3.
“Shooters are the perfect games to compete as a team, and Killzone 3 is so intense, you definitely need a couple of guys who will have your back to succeed,” said Billy Levy, President and Co-Founder of Virgin Gaming. “We’re pumped to be working with both Sony and Edge to ratchet up the excitement even further by offering $40,000 in overall prize money.”
"Killzone 3 delivers one of the most intense and challenging multiplayer experiences available in online gaming," said Ginger Kraus, Senior Director of Marketing Alliances."Together with Edge and Virgin Gaming, we'll give Killzone 3 fans the chance to be recognized and rewarded for the skills they demonstrate during the competition.”
Killzone 3 puts players in the midst of an epic battle between warring Helghast factions, all in the fight for human survival. Killzone 3 delivers a brutal and futuristic first-person shooter with an immersive single-player campaign, intense multiplayer action, and full stereoscopic 3D compatibility along with PlayStation Move functionality.
“Killzone 3 brings the most explosive action yet, truly delivering the definitive cinematic sci-fi war experience to fans,” said Scott A. Steinberg, Vice President of Product Marketing, SCEA. “This title has raised the bar in first person shooters by introducing new weapons and vehicles with varied environments, all tied together in a gripping story of human survival. With the addition of Stereoscopic 3D and PlayStation Move, this is a game that will not disappoint fans.”
In Killzone 3, players find themselves in the midst of a battle for human survival. The story begins where the story Killzone 2 left off with Visari, the vicious Helghast dictator, lying dead at the feet of ISA soldiers Sev and Rico. However this war is far from won. In the wake of Visari’s death, Helghan has devolved into a world of political scheming, rapid infighting, and murder. Now, the two most powerful men on Helghan are fighting for complete and utter dominance while Visari’s vision of Helghan is in jeopardy.
With limited supplies and no re-enforcements, the ISA must now fight not to win a war, but to survive a lost one.The ISA is strengthened by a host of new weapons and vehicles in the war to stop the Helghast, including the WASP missile launcher, aerial combat with jet packs, and intense gunfights on Intruders. The landscape and terrain encountered is diverse, with noticeably detailed scenery – including nuclear wastelands, alien jungles, and arctic vistas. Players can also now engage in a new Brutal Melee system and deliver a variety of close-quarters attacks to finish off enemies.
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