Tonight November 6th, 2008 GameStop will be hosting a launch party for the release of Gears of War 2. GoW2 is expected to be one of the best games for the Xbox 360 in 2008 and is definitely going to be a big seller. Come out to the GameStop in Tyson’s Corner Mall for live music, red bull energy drinks and to compete in a 1 vs. 1 Gears of War 2 tournament hosted by X3O for prizes! Outside of all of the festivities you will be able to hang out with our very own Nick Fitz and Ryan “NineSpot” Bell.

Everything should be kicking off at round 9:30PM EST tonight. It is definitely going to be a blast and there is no entry fee to participate in any of the events. The GameStop party will be located at:

We will post the tournament results and photos from the event here so definitely check back for more details.

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Updates:

The event was a great succcess with over 75 people coming out and supporting GameStop, X3O and Gears of War 2. Below are the details from the tournament:

Format
1 vs. 1
16 Players
Single Elimination
Gridlock

Round 1: First to 5 Kills (3 Minutes) - Best of 3
Colton B. (5/4/5) > Rakan O. (2/5/1)
Luke I. (5/5) > Corey A. (2/2)
Imran O. (5/5) > Sergio G. (1/1)
Doug D. (1/5/5) > Connor (5/3/0)
Lehi R. (5/5) > James B.
James A. (1/2) < Cesar P. (5/5)
Mike L. (0/5/3) < Basel A. (5/2/5)
Aaron T. (5/5) > Mike N. (0/1)

Round 2: First to 3 Kills (1 Minute) - Best of 3
Colton B. (0/2) < Luke I. (3/3)
Imran O. (3/3) > Doug D. (1/0)
Lehi R. (3/2/3) > Cesar P. (2/3/0)
Basel A. (3/0/0) < Aaron T. (2/3/3)

Semi Finals: First to 3 Kills (1 Minute) - Best of 3
Luke I. (FF) < Lehi R.
Imran O. (FF) < Aaron T.

Finals: First to 3 Kills (1 Minute) - Best of 3
Aaron T. (3/3) > Lehi R. (0/0)

Final Placings
1st. Aaron T. - $20 GameStop Gift Card + T-shirt
2nd. Lehi R. - $10 GameStop Gift Card + WWE Mini-Cooler
3rd. Imran O. - $10 GameStop Gift Card
4th Luke I.
5th. Basel A. - T-shirt
6th. Cesar P. - T-shirt
7th. Doug D. - NBA Hat
8th. Colton B. - Ghostbusters Key Chain

You can now check out the photo gallery for this event here: GameStop Gears of War Launch Party Gallery.

You can also check out all of our photo albums by visiting our Gallery page at www.x3o-gaming.com/photos.