Gears of War, is Microsoft’s big 360 hit with over 3 million copies played and over 1.5 million of them playing on Xbox Live. I personally love the game, but every match that I go into everyone claims their the best and all that stuff(*cough*cough*Pat McLane). But, now Microsoft has annouced the official tournament on their tournament website . The gametype is Warzone and matches start April 9th, 2007 and go into May 6th, 2007. The prizes include these as listed on the website:

Grand prize(s): The 11 top ranked overall players receive a trip for 2 to Prague to compete in the Gears of War World Finals.

Secondary prize(s): The top 12-25 overall ranked players (after the Grand Prizes have been awarded) receive an Xbox 360 Bundle (Xbox 360 Pro Console, Viva Piñata, Project Gotham Racing 3, Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged Volume 1, Kameo, and Xbox Live Gold 12 month subscription) and Gears of War faceplates and statues

World Cyber Games Prize(s): The top 4 overall ranked players in each participating country win a trip and automatic entrance to their country’s 2007 World Cyber Games National Championship event.

You have to be 18 to participate. This tournament will show how well a real Xbox Live tournament in Gears of War can go because their is the issue of host advantage and stuff, but the game remains fun and some people are better than others. So we will have to see.

-Ali Shah