MLG and the US Army teamed up to have a Halo 3 film festival.  Here's a look at the top 3 videos:

From subtheorist at MLG:

"You asked for it and Bungie has delivered! As promised, the MLG Playlist officially went live at 5 a.m. EST. Thousands of gamers are already enjoying an exact replica of MLG v4 settings, without the hassle and time involved in searching for a custom match. You’ll find the MLG Playlist under a brand new Matchmaking tab titled “Community.” Even though it’s not found under “Ranked” lists, the MLG Playlist is ranked and also counts towards your ranked match total."

I'll be on this playlist tonight. Anyone else?

Goku and Gnome will be coming to stay with me before we go to MLG Chicago in a couple of weeks. Before we go, we are going to play on LAN and we need some people to play against.

The potential LAN will happen on Wednesday the 15th.

Who can attend?

Make sure you know your way around Shadowrun or we'll just have to play against the bots.

Gotfrag.com has been acquired by MLG. Gotfrag is one of (if not the) place to go for competitive gaming news. In the last few years they've started covering competitive console gaming.

It will be interesting to see how MLG controls the website. Will other leagues and tournaments be covered by Gotfrag now?

Sure an MLG can't buy an ESPN and have them only report on baseball news.

Out of nowhere, MLG has added Gears of War as a main title to their tour. Over the course of the 2007 Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit, MLG will be awarding over $140,000 in Gears of War prize money and pro player benefits, with the National Championship first place prize weighing in at $25,000!

MLG's GoW tournament rules:

1. No leaving the normal boundaries of a Map.
2. No shooting while Roadie Running.
3. No use of the Chainsaw on yourself.
4. No Land Surfing
5. No Skydiving
6. No Airwalking
7. No Instant Chainsaw.
8. No Remote Control Chainsaw.
9. No Canceling the Chainsaw Animation.
10. No looking at an opposing Team’s TV or projected screens by Players or Coaches.
11. No starting Games until all Player’s status has been Set to Ready.
12. Breaking any of the above rules will result in a Forfeit of the Game.
13. Any sign of cheating may result in a Forfeit of the Game and possible ejection.
14. The Team that doesn’t Host will choose to play as the COG or Locust for each Game.
15. Quitting out of a Game will be considered a suicide. If the Host quits out of a Game their Team will forfeit the Game.
16. All Players must play as a different COG or Locust character.
17. Players must use their registered MLG Login Name during all Games. No Team Name abbreviations are allowed.
18. No Warm-Up Games may be played outside of scheduled Warm-Up periods.
19. During scheduled Warm-Up periods the winners can stay, but the losers must get up.
20. During scheduled Warm-Up periods, Teams still active in the Event have priority over open Stations.
21. When Players are given the option of using a Full-Screen, Teams can use 2-4 TVs.
22. Players may not raise the volume of a TV above 50. This rule doesn’t apply to Station 1 or Players using headphones.
23. In the case of an Xbox 360/TV malfunction, the Game will be restarted from the beginning.
24. Games started without the approval of a referee will be restarted.
25. If a Team fails to report to their Station within 5 minutes of the announcement, they will Forfeit the first Game. 10 minutes after the announcement, a Team will Forfeit their Best of 3 Game Match or the 2nd Game of their Best of 5 Game Match. 15 minutes after the announcement, a Team will Forfeit their Best of 5 Game Match.

Finally, Major League Gaming (MLG) goes next gen. MLG has added Rainbow Six Vegas as an official game on their circuit. Scores of teams will have the chance to turn "pro" by playing R6V. This also means that MLG is finally incorporating the XBOX 360 platform in their events.

It's about time. HALO 2 was released in 2004. The XBOX which is the most dominate platform at MLG was released in 2001. You can bet that this tournament is a "feeler" for the upcoming release of HALO 3, likely to be released in November of 2007. Although HALO 2 is backwards compatible with the XBOX 360, MLG has not made the move to the XBOX 360 platform. HALO 3 will be exclusive to the XBOX 360 platform.

The Hushed Casket is participating in the first ever Major League Gaming Gears of War (GoW) Tournament. Visit the THX.com frontpage (hushedcasket.com) for details on other THX events including participation in Major League Gaming and Team Warfare League tournaments.

Myself, FoulBreed, Sparda, and Oculus are registered for the GoW tournament at MLG. It looks like they opened up registration to a total of 160 teams instead of the original 80, and all 160 slots are full, with one team on the waiting list to get in. Our "group play" starts this week with the following schedule. All games are from 8-9 PM CST.