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Bomberman LIVE tournament headed our way for the new year photo

In the before time, the long-long ago, there existed an Xbox Live that did not have Halo 3 or Call of Duty 4 on it. Yes, I know I speak heresy but it is true, I remember it! You remember it to, if you cast your mind back to long suppressed ages. In this bleak and untamed prehistoric realm, we played other games online. Games like Bomberman LIVE. Remember that? Hudson remembers, and has announced a tournament for explosion fanatics everywhere (the ones who aren't Bin Laden's chums).

The "Bomberman LIVE New Year's Bash Tournament & Sweepstakes" will be for US gamers (boo) who can compete for the grand prize of an almighty 100,000 Microsoft Points. Think of the amount of times you can download Space Giraffe with all that abstract moolah! One time. You can download it one time. Here's how we throw down:

In the "Bomberman LIVE New Year's Bash Tournament," players will drop
bombs with reckless abandon.  They will attempt to get the most frags
on the "Weekly Ranked Friendly Fire Leaderboard" which records
performance in the new "Friendly Fire" game mode on any map.

The games shall begin at 5:00 a.m. PST on January 6, 2008 and end at 8:59 a.m. PST on
January 13, 2008. The one catch is that you need the Bomb Up Pack 3 add-on downloaded to your HD, but who cares? It's a great little game, right? Hit the jump for the dirty press release.

HUDSON ANNOUNCES "BOMBERMAN LIVE NEW YEAR'S BASH TOURNAMENT &
SWEEPSTAKES"

U.S.-Only Leaderboard Tournament Has Top Prize of 100,000 Microsoft
Points


REDWOOD SHORES, CA - December 31, 2007 - Hudson Entertainment, the
North American publishing arm for Hudson Soft, today announced the
"Bomberman LIVE New Year's Bash Tournament & Sweepstakes," in which
U.S. players will compete both for bragging rights and for prizes,
including a 1st-place prize of 100,000 Microsoft Points. Registration
begins at 9:00 a.m. PST on December 31, 2007 and ends at 8:59 a.m. PST
on January 13, 2008.

In the "Bomberman LIVE New Year's Bash Tournament," players will drop
bombs with reckless abandon.  They will attempt to get the most frags
on the "Weekly Ranked Friendly Fire Leaderboard" which records
performance in the new "Friendly Fire" game mode on any map.  This new
mode is available only by downloading the "Bomb-Up Pack 3" add-on pack
for Bomberman LIVE from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace.  The tournament begins
at 5:00 a.m. PST on January 6, 2008 and ends at 8:59 a.m. PST on
January 13, 2008.  Concurrently, people will be able to enter the
"Bomberman LIVE New Year's Bash Sweepstakes" by simply registering at
the official registration page.

(http://www.hudsonentertainment.com/tournament_register.php?tournament_id=1)

"Our goal with Bomberman is to bring the fantastic gameplay to a wider
fanbase." said John Greiner, President and CEO of Hudson
Entertainment. "We start off the new year with a big tournament in
Bomberman LIVE on XBLA, then move into new Bomberman Land releases on
the WiiT, DST, PSP®, and mobile. We have lots more planned to bring
even more fans into the community in 2008."

For Registration, Official Rules, and more information, visit Hudson's
website.

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21 comments | showing # 1 to 21

lem's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 23:18
lem
Bleh, US only as usual.
Turtule Soup's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 23:22
Turtule Soup
I suck at bomberman no joins 4 me
SPIDER PIG's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 23:30
SPIDER PIG
a also suck bad at the bombermans
Orionsaint's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 23:31
Orionsaint
Speaking of The New Year! Time for my list of the best games of 08! I'm from the future! J/K I'm not from the future.
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 23:52
Namelessted
wait, 100,000 MS points? That is $1,250 worth of points. that has to be unpossible.
cainball's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/31/2007 23:57
cainball
Explain to me the logic of making this US only? Aren't we all basically paying Microsoft the same amount of money for our live accounts and games? Dammit, games in Australia cost more off the shelf. So why can't we participate? I argue this point, knowing full well that I wouldn't make it past round one, but it's the principle.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 00:43
Neonie
I automaticly already hate whoever wins.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 00:59
Sharpless
Oh, and

-the-mole-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 01:37
-the-mole-
eh... this may give me the incentive to download bomberlive over the 90,000 other things i want off of xbla... though, i must admit, i'd rather have 2nd place... then i could sell off my pro, get a hefty sum of cash and get more than enough gp to last me awhile... and a larger harddrive to store it all :D
Scrixx's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 02:00
Scrixx
I don't has the add-on D:
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 04:05
Samit Sarkar
Holy crap, $1250 worth of MS Points?! Too bad I only have a PS3.

Also,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JIM!
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 05:18
Kif
Is there even 100,000 points worth of stuff on the Marketplace?
Bas's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 05:58
Bas
What's up with it being US only? It can't be that hard to transfer 100K points to a Euro account.
Detry's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 06:02
Detry
Yea, fucked up that it's us only.

Happy Birfday Jimmles!
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 07:43
Fading Star
Happy Birthday Jim. BOMBERMAN!
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 07:56
Cheeburga
Birthday Happiness
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 11:19
Dexter345
Tell Grim about this. I want to see a Destructoid representative win this. And then he can gift us some of his points.
nicojay's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 12:41
nicojay
US only.
This makes Manjimaru and Bonks angry (the characters my friend and I play as).
Then again still haven't bought a RROD360 yet.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 13:15
Holyetheline
Ha. This is awesome.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/01/2008 14:55
Necros
Oh shit. I would love that much money to toss around on Live. Shame there's so man people who completely own at the game, making my regular skills woefully inadequate.
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