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ASTRO Gaming at PAX Prime 2010
September 2nd, 2010

Taking PAX by storm and then some

Posted by: Stan 'stanimal' Press in Seattle, WA under Events

Attention all ASTRO enthusiasts,

PAX 2010 is opening tomorrow morning to thousands of the most passionate gamers in the world and ASTRO Gaming will be there in full force. Yes, you'll see our sweet lookin' booth staffed with the exhilarating ASTRO stanimal (me!), ASTRO Xariun, our awesome support team and of course the always lovely ASTRO girls.

In addition to being the official headset provider of PAX, we're bringing along a PAX exclusive which we are SO happy to announce. ASTRO Gaming and the Penny Arcade team have brought their brilliant minds together to bring you something special that you will absolutely love...

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Attention all ASTRO enthusiasts,

PAX 2010 is opening tomorrow morning to thousands of the most passionate gamers in the world and ASTRO Gaming will be there in full force. Yes, you'll see our sweet lookin' booth staffed with the exhilarating ASTRO stanimal (me!), ASTRO Xariun, our awesome support team and of course the always lovely ASTRO girls.

In addition to being the official headset provider of PAX, we're bringing along a PAX exclusive which we are SO happy to announce. ASTRO Gaming and the Penny Arcade team have brought their brilliant minds together to bring you something special that you will absolutely love.

Available only this weekend and at the Penny Arcade booth, we brought with us 400 Special Edition ASTRO A30 headsets with speaker tags featuring signature artwork of Penny Arcade’s Gabe and Tycho characters for $99. You can get a sneak peak as to how freakin' cool they look right above.

"Each year we try to create one special item for the attendees, and we're super happy that Astro agreed to do these with us." says the enigmatic Robert Khoo, President of Operations and Business Development of Penny Arcade.

It doesn't stop there. You'll be able to try out ASTRO A30 and A40 headsets at the following booths and games:

Ubisoft: Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, HAWX 2 and Outland
Electronic Arts: Dragon Age 2, Dead Space 2, Darkspore, and Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
HotHead: DeathSpank 2
Wizards of the Coast: Magic the Gathering: Duals of the Planeswalkers
SEGA: Vanquish
Capcom: Okamiden, Ghost Trick
Machinima: Machinima's Tournament Setup
Gunnar Optiks: 2v2 Gaming Setup
Instant Action: Instant Jam

Looking to maybe win some ASTRO Gaming A30 headsets/audio systems? Giveaways will be happening here:

Ubisoft:

- 3x Assassin's Creed A30 Audio Systems in their ACB tournament
- 3x HAWX 2 A30 Audio Systems for their HAWX 2 tournament
- 3x Assassin's Creed A30 Audio Systems for their ACB cosplay contest

Machinima:

- 3x Machinima Respawn A30 Audio Systems in their tournament

Dtoid Live Panel (Saturday, 10:30AM at the Unicorn Theater)

- 3x Dtoid A30 Audio Systems

OnLive

- 3x OnLive A30 Headsets

Wow, long-ass blog post. I'll sum it up quickly. PAX Prime 2010 will be totally amazing and we're gonna make it just a little bit more amazing. Who are we kidding? A lot more.

Oh, and be sure to stop by the booth and say hi to us! We like that stuff. :D

- ASTRO stanimal

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MLG Raleigh Event Recap
5. Did you know Faruq could cook?
6. I don't know why we can't keep him out of our booth though.
8. It is just me, or are these MLG players getting smaller?
9. That's some intense Tekken.
10. We can't keep Herbie out of our booth. So we hired him instead.
14. Gumby says he'll be there too. Ask him to break dance for you if you see him.
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September 1st, 2010

The hardest part of the game: the Final Boss

Posted by: Walter "Xarion" Duccini in Raleigh, NC under Events

It seems these days that each event brings new twists and turns on the circuit as upsets are in no short supply when it comes to Halo 3. Many of the top rated teams were taken aback by amateur teams still clawing at the opportunity to make a name for themselves.

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It seems these days that each event brings new twists and turns on the circuit as upsets are in no short supply when it comes to Halo 3. Many of the top rated teams were taken aback by amateur teams still clawing at the opportunity to make a name for themselves. With Halo 3 winding down and Halo Reach quickly approaching the circuit, there is a new energy radiating from the players, and many are eager to start something new. However, one of the resounding themes I heard as I was talking to different pro players over the weekend is that there needs to be a focus from all of the players on finishing out the season with the same level of passion for Halo 3 that was there two years ago. Final Boss proved over this very special weekend that same level of passion still courses through them as they dominated the circuit, reclaiming the status that goes along with their team name.

FB definitely had an agenda walking into this event: dethroning Instinct in their attempt to take home their third consecutive championship. Instinct pushed back, and fought a great battle in the finals, but in the end it just wasn’t quite enough. This loss for Instinct will only continue to add fuel to the rivalry, and the next event in DC is sure to be one to watch as these teams both have something to prove.

For the first time since it’s addition to the pro circuit, I kept hearing a consistent and extraordinarily high level of cheering coming from the Tekken stage. Apparently those guys from Atlanta are abundantly proud of their Tekken skills and were fervently cheering each other on throughout the weekend. It created quite the spectacle, and brought many of the event attendees who were there for some of the other games over to check out the action.

I’d say that the celebration for the 50th MLG Event in Raleigh this past weekend was an overwhelming success. Each of the headline games had a great crowd there participating and supporting, highlighting that this 50th event definitely won’t be the last milestone the MLG celebrates. With chart breaking stream views across the board, many of you who couldn’t attend also helped to make this an event to remember. See you all in DC!

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MLG's 50th Event Celebration
August 26th, 2010

Get all the perks of the pros.

Posted by: Walter "Xarion" Duccini in Raleigh, NC under Events

This weekend’s tournament at Raleigh happens to be a very special event for Major League Gaming. They get to check off a pretty big milestone in their history, their 50th event. To help them celebrate the special occasion, we are bringing a plethora of fun stuff to this event for the first time:

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This weekend’s tournament at Raleigh happens to be a very special event for Major League Gaming. They get to check off a pretty big milestone in their history, their 50th event. To help them celebrate the special occasion, we are bringing a plethora of fun stuff to this event for the first time:

Attendees to the MLG Raleigh event this weekend will get the opportunity to check out the new MLG A30 Audio System, as well as the BXR Edition A40 Audio System. Both of which, have never previously been able to be purchased at any live event. You’ll get a chance to try and compare the two different headsets head to head at our 2v2 station featuring Halo 3, Modern Warfare 2, and Transformers: War for Cybertron throughout the weekend.

As many of you know, for each event, we do a limited collectors run of event specific speaker tags. We’ll have the Raleigh event tags on both black and white speaker tags, but we also cooked up another super collectible set to celebrate this milestone. For the 50th event, we did a batch of 50 A40 speaker tag sets featuring the special 50th event logo. Again, we only printed 50 of these commemorative sets, and fully expect them to sell out quickly. Be sure to come swing by the booth early if you’ll be at the show.

Additionally, we brought back the A40 MLG Pro Team Speaker Tag sets from some of the top teams. Show your support for your favorites in style as we’ll have limited quantities of tags from: Str8 Rippin’, Final Boss, Instinct, Carbon, Believe the Hype, and Status Quo.

We somehow also managed to pull the last few MLG Mission Bags from our inventory for this event as well. These are stocked out online, but we’ll have a few available at the ASTRO Booth for those of you that make the journey to the “City of Oaks”. Did you know Raleigh is jam packed with Oak trees? We didn’t until we got here.

Did I mention that we’re also treating every event attendee like a pro player? That’s right… for those of you attending the event(or know someone that is), you’ll also get to score these new headsets at the same discounted prices that the pros get. That’s a rock solid 20% discount from our regular prices.

On a side note, during setup we also had a chance to scope out the Sony booth which will be giving 3D Killzone 3 demos all weekend. In a word: amazing. I’ll bet you wish you would have bought that spectator pass now eh?

-W

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MLG Walshy's Photoshoot at ASTRO
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August 24th, 2010

Rockin' those bomb-ass custom Red Bull A40s

Posted by: Stan 'stanimal' Press in San Francisco, CA under ASTRO News

Just last week, MLG's favorite player Walshy flew into San Francisco for a photoshoot with our mutual friends at Red Bull. Now what better place could there be to have this shoot other than at ASTRO Gaming?

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Just last week, MLG's favorite player Walshy flew into San Francisco for a photoshoot with our mutual friends at Red Bull. What better place could there be to have this shoot other than at ASTRO Gaming?

Now here's the totally awesome part and it's going to make you really freakin' jealous. As you can clearly see, Walshy is now sporting a custom set of Red Bull A40s. When I first saw them, I was like "Dayum dude." Even I was totally envious and I work here. The even cooler thing about the headset is that it was painted by the guy that actually does the Red Bull racing helmets. Doesn't get much more legit than that kids.

Also, don't forget to catch the last day of Walshy and his crew prepping for MLG Raleigh on Red Bull USA's live stream!

And if you want to see some more awesome shots of Walshy's shoot and his custom Red Bull A40s, head over to our Facebook. While you're there, hit that pretty "Like" button at the top if you haven't already. It'll do you good.

- ASTRO stanimal

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Wired Gamelife Blog Reviews Scout Backpack

August 12th, 2010

'Seriously consider this bag for your next geek outing'

Posted by: Stan 'stanimal' Press in San Francisco, CA under Reviews

The brilliant folks at Wired Gamelife took some time to see how you as a the gamer can truly take advantage of this versatile mofo of a backpack. Yes, I totally said versatile.

Click "Read more" to... well, you know. Read more.

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The brilliant folks at Wired Gamelife took some time to see how you as a the gamer can truly take advantage of this versatile mofo of a backpack. Yes, I totally said versatile.

To be more specific, Gus Mastrapa, a fellow Scott Pilgrim fan and PC gamer, put the Scout Backpack through the freakin' paces. The man filled it up with a laptop, books, a Nintendo DS, gaming accessories, and still had room for his A30 headset.

To quote:

"Created by Astro Gaming, purveyor of high-end gaming headphones, the Scout Backpack is designed with the gamer in mind. From the outside, the bag appears modest. But inside, it is lined with a buttery fabric that softly cradles all your gear."

Want to read more? Click here for the full review!

- ASTRO stanimal

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