Hello again guys, lately Type-Z board of directors have been working on some new things for the team. We have new sponsors, website, forums, clothing partners, gaming partners and many other great things this year for Type-Z. The team 7yr anniversary will be next month (May). Hope everyone is looking forward to the new things this year. See you soon :) .

Hey guys, my new Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 montage is now on youtube. I created the whole montage myself. I dedicated the montage to my brother who past away name “Tee” & all the players that have teamed with me in the past. I thank everyone now and all past Type-Z players for all the hard work you guys put into this organization. This year we will rebuild the future Type-Z. Watch my montage and every comment means a lot to me. Subscribe as well. Click here to watch youtube.com/shinde0n Enjoy!

Hey guys this raffle is a bit different than our past ones and this time you have to follow the TypeZ Raffle twitter and Retweet the message I’ve put up. Their will be two winners for this raffle and each will receive a free t-shirt from American Guru Clothing. So go follow the twitter at https://twitter.com/TypeZRaffles and on March 21st we’ll announce the winners.

So far MW2 has been making big waves in the pool of competitive gaming. Gamebattles, one of the largest online competition sites, has held multiple tournaments with cash prizes for the champions. Now none of the other tournaments have had the large turnout like this one. The tournament I speak of is the Gamestop MW2 1v1 Tournament. For this tournament Gamestop partnered up with GB to start up the beginning ladders for this event. Thousands of players turned out and now we have 16 left. One of which is John “NoXiDe” Monsalve who will be competing at the live event in San Francisco this weekend. Now gamestop is being a real charmer with this tournament because they are flying out the final 16 players and giving them a hotel to stay in for the weekend. The grand prize for this event is $5,000 for the sole champion of the event.  So without further adieu we bring you Noxide Z who will be the one man wrecking crew at this event. Click here to view more

With the end of an 2009 MLG season behind us there are always plenty of team changes going around to make your head spin. One team change that is close to home with the Type Z team is the departure of Type Z Vision who placed 2nd for GoW2 at the MLG 2009 National Championships in Orlando, FL. This team of Franchise, Wingos, Eternity, Puff, and coach Konvict look to broaden their possibilities with long time gaming team vVv. We would like to wish vVv Vision good luck in the upcoming 2010 MLG season and any other events they attend.

Hey whats up guys this is Ewalk728 one of the Management staff members. We at Type Z would like to give back to the community. At the beginning of each month we will be putting up a new raffle and as the year progresses we will be offering up headsets, custom controllers, and any other products our sponsors give to us. To join these raffles all you have to do is just comment on the thread and say “sign me up” or something of that nature.

The February Raffle is Presented by Xfuel. They offer our free t-shirts for events and will be selling our own Type Z shirts within the month. They also sell an energy drink just for gamers. I’ve tried these things and if your in a state of fatigue at events they will pick you up and get you back on your game. So go to the link above and buy your selves some Xfuel today or one of their t-shirts!!!

February Raffle Prizes: 2 winners will receive a case of Xfuel and a Xfuel t-shirt with their own gamertag on the back!!!

This raffle will close on February 28th

Spread the word to all and anyone can sign up!

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The Razer Onza professional gaming controller, made exclusively for console gaming, revolutionizes console controllers brings a new dimension to video gameplay by adding features tailored specifically to the gamers need to be as versatile as possible.
Putting two multi-function buttons (MFB) at your fingertips and featuring adjustable tension on the analog sticks, the Razer Onza lets every gamer modify the controller to work exactly how they need it while putting comfort at the heart of every detail.

Created to be the ultimate controller for every game you play, the Razer Onza is designed to be as versatile as possible, making the choice of which controller to use a no-brainer.

With a 15 foot super long light weight braided cable and a gold plated USB connector the Razer Onza guarantees tournament grade lag free gameplay and will always have you connected to the game in the most crucial moments.

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Ewalk728: Hey what’s up Type Z fans and readers. If you didn’t know our Gears of War 2 team, Type Z:Vision who consists of PuFF, Eternity, WiNGOS, Franchise, and their coach Konvict. They played an amazing tournament at the MLG National Championships in Orlando at the beginning of January. They were seeded 13th and finished in 2nd place along with getting a $20,000 check. They plan to stay with Type Z again next season as we are working to make Type Z into a multi-national power on the Console and PC.

So what have you all been up too since the event? Puff: Just chillen and taking a break from gaming for a bit. Wingos: I’ve been playing WoW all week since we haven’t been doing any scrims. Franchise: Focusing on school and just taking it easy.

Back to before the event we know that you all LAN’d with “Get Bronco”, did that help with your strats and get you pumped up for the event? Franchise: It helped a little to see how our strats worked on LAN before the event. Wingos: We embarrassed some teams.

Which match do you all feel was your best? Wingos: Legacy Franchise: Definitaley Legacy Puff: We took two maps on their host so we def did best against them.

What was going through your alls minds as you started beating teams such as zYn, Infinity, and Legacy? Wingos: It was too easy Puff: Every map it just us pumped up more and more.

How did you all feel as you were coming into the match against “Get Bronco” ? Franchise: We felt like we had so much momentum and we would beat them. Wingos: I just wanted to beat them so badly

What changes would you all make in your match against the NSAN3Z? Franchise: The break we took made us loose our adrenaline rush and kind of hurt us. Puff: Pretty much if we wouldn’t have taken that break we would of beat them.

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Xfuel was formulated from the ground up to be a performance enhancing drink; unlike many of their competitors it has no sugars, no salts, no carbs and no calories. It is full of healthy vitamins and an energy formula that is designed to have a smoother incline with longer lastly energy without the abrupt crash like most of today’s energy drinks. Xfuel is able to be bottled in a convenient 2oz container because we took out all the extra water that is necessary to keep the sugars suspended that are in our competitors drinks – no sugar, no extra water, smaller size! By doing this Xfuel with its steady energy is able to increase your energy, awareness, focus and stamina without all the added ingredients. Xfuel with steady energy was originally formulated for the gaming population that needs to stay calm, cool, and collected while doing battle, in other words focused.

Major League Gaming are in Orlando this weekend. Type-Z players are making their first 2010 appearance to this years MLG competition. The players are competeing in Halo 3 and Gears of War 2. Hall of fame players Hulk, Str8pimp and Infinity are stepping out of the Z-retirement to compete at this event. For Gears of War, Type-Z:Vision are going in with the original roster. The players wants first place and nothing lower. As the new year begins with the first MLG, Type-Z are starting this year off with official members of Type-Z for both Halo 3 and Gears of War 2. Wish the teams luck. I will keep everyone up to date on Type-Z’s statistic on the forums.

Congrats to all Champions

Halo 3: Believe the Hype takes 1st place and Team Classic 2nd

Gears of War: The NSAYN3Z takes 1st and Type-Z Vision placing 2nd

World of Warcraft: CompLexity Black took 1st as CompLexity Red placed 2nd

MLG Weekend has ended as Type-Z Vision took 2nd place in Orlando. Vision was taking victories in 3-0 to 3-1 games against the best. A performance haven’t been seen in a major tournament from Type-Z since ShadowRun when Type-Z took 1st place going up against powerhouse teams back to back like FeaR, Final Boss, iP etc and Halo 2 when Type-Z lost from taking top 8 by 1 kill in the final game of TeamSlayer. Great performance from Vision taking home $20,000 and God bless the future of Type-Z.

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Hey whats going on Type Z I’m here with Type Z Vision our Gears of War 2 Team who will be competing in the upcoming MLG event in Orlando taking place on January 9th and 10th. They will have to make it out of the AM bracket and then smash through the Championship losers bracket to be crowned 2009 National Champions and get their hands on a $40,000 check. Now lets get some more info on these guys and see what they are doing to get ready for this Event.

Ewalk728: So tell us your best placement in GoW 2 so far? Eternity: 3rd Dallas Puff: 4th Columbus Wingos:3rd Dallas Franchise: 4th Meadowlands

Ewalk728: This is your first event together, how did you all end up teaming with each other? Eternity: We came back from WCG with LtZ and things didn’t work out with them, so Wingos and I joined with Franchise and Puff.

Ewalk728: Sounds good is there some good chemistry going on? Franchise: We’ve teamed together for about 5 months and it been going good ever since.

Ewalk728:What place are you all looking to get in Orlando? Wingos: Nothing but first. Puff: Deffinitelly first no matter what.

Ewalk728:Sounds like you all have a lot of drive, how have you all been preparing for that acheivement? Wingos: Just scriming every day, working on strats,and going hard.

Ewalk728:What big teams have you been scriming? Wingos: Every pro and semi pro team except ZyN.

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Merry Christmas to all friends, fans and guest. Type-Z enjoyed 2009 with all of you. We couldn’t have done it without your support. Wish all of you the best Christmas.

It’s Christmas Time by Bob Lazzar-Atwood.

Put your problems on probation Run your troubles off the track, Throw your worries out the window Get the monkeys off your back. Silence all your inner critics With your conscience make amends, And allow yourself some happiness It’s Christmas time again! Call a truce with those who bother you Let all the fighting cease, Give your differences a breather And declare a time of peace, Don’t let angry feelings taint The precious time you have to spend, And allow yourself some happiness It’s Christmas time again! Like some cool refreshing water Or a gentle summer breeze, Like a fresh bouquet of flowers Or the smell of autumn leaves, It’s a banquet for the spirit Filled with family, food and friends, So allow yourself some happiness It’s Christmas time again!

Type-Z: Europe has been knocked out from MLG Gamestop 10k Europe tournament. The European players has defeated Sandhurst spongers, Team YoyoTech and eG:Elite Gaming. On Monday Dec. 21st Type-Z: Europe lost in round 4 to Team Infused who is also part of the Sennheiser Sponsorship. Z:Europe had a great time in the tournament and will be more prepared for future tournaments.

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To all Type-Z friends, fans & guest. If you’re enjoying the Quake videos that are posted on the front page of the site. Then you can try this game out yourself for free. It’s very easy to get connected for Quake Live Beta, all you need to do is go to the website www.QuakeLive.com. Then register your e-mail and password. After you have done this, then you are now able to play Quake Live Beta through the website after a simple download. It’s fun and try finding some of your console friends on here, their gamertag may just be up there with their real name. Enjoy!

Recent Update on December 20th for the MLG GameStop tournament

The MLG GameStop International North American Round 1 Pro Brackets are starting Dec. 14, 2009 at 9:00 PM EST. Their are many top gaming teams that are sign up for this tournament. I was going down the list and have came across teams such as FeaR (1), TLR (89), OpticGaming (477), SidexSide (328),Type-Z (8), TriggersDown (309), AoX (3), Envyus (34) and many other top gaming teams. Over 400 teams are in the playoff bracket for a chance to win $10,000. We will keep everyone up to date on Type-Z:Aggression status for this tournament.

*Sadly but Type-Z:Aggression has been knocked out of the MLG Gamestop tournament in round 3 losing [0:3].Teams such as FeaR, EnvyUs:Black and AoX are still in the tournament and will be moving into Round 4 for Wed. Dec 23rd.

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Type-Z Gears of War team Vision took 11th place and will make their next show at MLG Orlando. Don’t forget to Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Youtube.

Call of Duty 4 National Champion: Extravagant Icons 2nd place:Envy Us

Halo 3 Anaheim Champion: Triggers Down 2nd place: Str8 Rippin

Gears of War 2 Champion: NSAN3Z 2nd place: Get Bronco

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Champion: Rage 2nd place:EFX Rewritten

EA Sports Madden Challenge: Los

World of Warcraft Champion: Button Bashers 2nd place: SK EU

Type-Z Congratulate all Champions on their victory

For more details and information visit MLGpro.com

StarCraft II’s Beta registration is now open to anyone interested in testing. The game appears to be solid from some of the latest vid shown. View a vid then comment and discuss your opinions in Type Z’s  ”Other Games” forum section thread entitled StarCraft II: Protoss vs Zerg. There are sure to be gameplay imbalances, but with Blizzard’s track record they are sure to be fixed in a timely manner. StarCraft II will boast both 1v1 and 2v2 high level competition. For more information visit Blizzard’s StarCraft II portal at http://www.StarCraft2.com

If you are familiar with the OG SC/BW then you remember the editor mode. This mode basically allowed you to edit & create new maps. Many editors were rewarded by having their maps entered as official maps in the MBC Proleagues for StarCraft competitons. Well now you are able to do so much more as Blizzard has expanded the editors capabilities. You will now not only be able to make new maps but you will be able to create new units as well. Then you can price them & sell them on Battle.net. This is a great addition for the SC community. More info can be found in this month’s Game Informer.

Last week was the fifth round in Street Fighter 4 New Egg single elimination tournament. ShinDeon (Blanka) took and upset lost to Hitsugi (Akuma). ShinDeon has taken a top 10 placement out of 256 players. A few of the matches are posted on the front page of our site.

As for Gears of War 2, Type-Z: Vision has lost to TakeDowN (TdN) in a close game (13-11). Type-Z: Vision could not attend the match in the losers bracket against Ambition (AbN) and has taken a forfeit loss. The team ended up placing top 8 out of 57 teams in this tournament. Wish them luck in the future.

Newegg tournament winners In Street Fighter IV, ShinDeon Local friend Ev1lLee has won the tournament. Ev1lLee defeated one of the West Coast best players “Mike Ross” and another top player name “Jonathon (Rico) Deleon”. Congrats to who we know him as Ryan aka Ev1lLee for taking 1st place. In Gears of War, MLG pro team LeGacy has won the tournament. Congrats to LgC.

Type-Z welcome old school player Mistar Puff and friends to Type-Z. Puff (Mistar P) has always been a great multi gamer. Puff will lead “Type-Z: Vision” in Gears of War 2. The new GOW2 (Gears of War 2) players are Franchis, Wingos, Eternity and Puff. Show your love and welcome the new players to the team.

That’s right! You can now download the most played sport game now on Xbox 360’s Marketplace.If your a fan of football and FIFA 09, then this demo to highly recommended. The demo allows you to play as six popular teams against the computer players. What we’ve noticed is that the graphics is very similar to FIFA 09 but just slightly more polished. With the amazing addition of 360 dribbling, you have more control of how the ball is directed. Well stop waiting and get the demo today!

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Quakecon has hosts yearly Grand Finals in Dallas Texas and attracts the best “Quake” players in the world to their events. This years event was the fist ever Quake Live tournament and  it was incredible! After thousands of frags, the finals contained American player (Rapha) and Sweden player (Spart1e) for the prize of $14,000. As the commentators said, no one expected Rapha to be in the finals but Spart1a was a definite. Well, enough talk, the video’s your about to see is how all tournaments should be played!

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2009 marked a new era in gaming technology. Slowly, gamers were beginning to understand how quality products such as headphones could give them the advantage they needed while competing at the highest level.

With an already top class reputation for making quality PC headphones, Sennheiser was a company with new aspirations to widen their target market and appeal to the growing number of gamers playing on consoles as well as continuing to hold their immense reputation for PC gaming equipment.

Sennheiser had first launched a multi-platform headphones in the form of their HD series. These were given exceptional reviews by gamers on all platforms mainly due to the world class Sennheiser sound quality that customers have grown to expect. The only downside of this series of products was that they didn’t have an attached microphones and therefore many gamers reverted to alternatives.

The companies next attempt at a multiplatform gaming headphone came with the highly awaited Sennheiser PC350 range. Although the name may suggest they have been created to satisfy the needs of only the PC gamer, the headphones can also be used with consoles. Upon the creation on these headphones the company’s main motif was to create a pair of multiplatform headphones that not only featured the world renowned sound quality but also had a fully functional microphone. Sennheiser however did not stop there with the PC350’s and using their vast experience have clearly successfully put together a revolutionary pair of headphones capable of satisfying the needs of their entire customer database.

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It’s been an eventful start to our time in Type-Z and this week we have had another big breakthrough in terms of acquiring a new sponsor deal. Sennheiser are a company committed to providing top quality headphones and with our team looking to challenge for every major tournament in Europe we have long been looking for a company with an arsenal of products capable of meeting our high expectations.

The team is extremely pleased to finally cement this great partnership which will see Sennheiser providing our team with their outstanding products. We look forward to a long lasting relationship and one that will bring a great deal of success to each and every one of us.

If you do have any queries relating to Sennheiser or any of their products please feel free to check out their website at http://www.sennheisergaming.co.uk/

Since the European division joined Type Z they have long been busy with acquiring the gaming services of some of the best players on the European scene. In the last few weeks the team has been at it again by recruiting two of the bigger names in gaming here in Europe.

Firstly, I’d like to welcome R3dMaGiK Z to the clan. For those of you who don’t know, Liam has been a long term friend on many of the English players in the team. Back in the days of Perfect Dark Zero and Rainbow Six Vegas he was once apart of the same team as the rest of us enduring vast success however he later decided to leave in order to gain a reputation for himself in both the playing sector as well as in the management field. His achievements range from helping team dignitas assemble one of the greatest console teams they have ever had as well as running the entire console division for another aspiring console team ‘Team infused’. The return to his former team has sparked great interest among the console scene as Type Z prepare for a successful year with the release of Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2. I think it’s safe to say that this is a great pick-up, an experienced console manager and great individual player helping to strengthen the team in many different areas. Welcome Liam!

Our other new recruit is another familiar face to our European roster. Through a variety of different teams Griffin has been a huge part in winning a vast archive of tournaments and ladders and with an immense reputation across almost ever shooter on the Xbox, Griffin is known as a player who you need to be at your very best to beat. His experience and achievements across all Ghost Recon games where he has been vastly regarded as the greatest European player contemplates both his successful spells on Call of Duty 4 and Rainbow Six : Vegas 2 to give Griffin a phenomenal reputation and one that he will continue to build upon with his new team. A big Type Z welcome to Griffin.

With the addition of these two players we are excited with strengthening our squad once again as we embark upon new challenges in a period we aim to add another bundle of achievements to the Type Z portfolio.

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Halo 3
Triggers Down wins MLG Dallas

1st: Triggers Down has won their second Live Competition of the 2009 Season, taking Dallas without dropping a series. TD looked strong throughout the weekend, tossing aside the competition almost effortlessly. While Str8 Rippin faded into a fourth place finish, Triggers Down held off an on-fire Carbon team to bring home first place and $20,000. Congratulations to Heinz, Hysteria, Pistola, and SK on the win!

2nd place: Carbon

Gears of War 2
AmazYn Wins Gears of War 2 Competition at MLG Dallas

1st: Defeating the extremely skilled vVv Less Than Zero in the Losers Bracket Final, AmazYn stepped up into the muck for yet another very long series against the Columbus Champions MbN The Business. Already in a hole 3-1 in map score, AmazYn pulled out all of the stops as they fought a challenging battle that ended up bringing us to an 11th game. Having come from behind and tying the series at 5-5, AmazYn had one more push in store for MbN The Business as they took over River on Prison’s host. Having Calinorth and Skyllus pull off the best performances of their careers definitely helped as AmazYn proved that they are the number one team in Gears of War 2.

2nd place: MBN The Business

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Type-Z Hall of Fame players in their prime. Type-Z, today are looking for players that can perform as well as Type-Z Hall of Fame players for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2

Type-Z vs 5k “MLG Halo 2″



Watch Type-Z vs AnaLog Sports Call of Duty 2

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Vo0 was recently at Dreamhack Summer where he won the Quake 3 CPM tournament and got to the quarterfinals of Quakeworld. He also spoke to SK-Gaming about Deathmatch in general and why he thinks Quake Live will not succeed.
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We Type-Z, would like to hear your thoughts on what do you think we should add to our website in the future update ? We’ll make an announcement of a date when we have more ideas. At the moment were thinking early 2010.

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Sony’s 256-player PS3-exclusive military shooter now officially delayed until next year Jan 26, 2010; community event planned for PAX.

Developed by former SOCOM specialty studio Zipper Interactive, MAG is an ambitious online military shooter that will feature 256 players in a single game. Each player will assume a different rank on each side, viewing the battlefield according to their station. Commanders will see the action from a top-down view from which they can direct lower-level soldiers, who will see from a first-person POV on the front lines. info from Gamespot.

New member of Type-Z is Mr.X. This player has proved that he’s a multi game player. Mr.X, was a top player at Wolfenstein back in 2003. Then decided to moved over to Rainbow Six Vegas 1 and 2. Mr. X, had a top 3 team for MLG on Rainbow Six Vegas 1 and the #1 team on Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Type-Z are excited to have Mr.X part of the team and hope we may do great things together in the future. His profile will be uploaded and updated soon. Welcome to Type-Z, his gamer is Mr X is Z

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CEO John Riccitiello says that his company will support Microsoft’s, Sony’s camera-based peripherals, first details coming in the first half of next year.

CEO John Riccitiello says that his company will support Microsoft’s, Sony’s camera-based peripherals, first details coming in the first half of next year. So, it should come as no surprise that EA plans to fully back Project Natal, as well as its Sony EyeToy equivalent. As part of EA’s post-earnings conference call yesterday, CEO John Riccitiello expressed optimism over both Sony and Microsoft’s new hardware, noting that his company should have some kind of support to announce by next year.

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We’ve only just finished icing our enemies as Johnny Klebitz in GTA IV: The Lost and The Damned. So it’s good to know Rockstar is on the case with its next installment of Liberty City–based downloadable mayhem. The Ballad of Gay Tony has been known about for a while, but now it’s been dated for 29 October. Read on to find out how you can lay your hands on your next GTA IV hit.

GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony is all primed and ready to go. Rockstar has said you can expect to grab the second lot of downloadable content from 29 October. Once again this is an Xbox 360 exclusive, with PS3 punters being kept in the cold.

The Ballad of Gay Tony will see you play as Luis Lopez, working for club impresario Gay Tony. We’re promised that means fighting for loyalty with family friends. Hopefully that’ll lead to excessive firefights, hitting missions with GTA IV’s put upon hero Niko Bellic and making occasional trips to the strip joint. source http://www.mirror.co.uk/news

Halo Wars Title Update 3 Patch Notes

The Halo Wars Title Update #3 is set to become available for download on Xbox Live, tomorrow, July 17th worldwide. Users who launch Halo Wars after the Title Update has been released will be prompted to automatically download the update. If you are playing when the update is released, it will be available the next time you launch Halo Wars. Enjoy!

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Providing everything goes well.

Mass Effect has always been touted as a trilogy of games, but it now seems that BioWare is considering extending the franchise beyond what was planned.

Speaking to Gamerzines, BioWare VP Greg Zeschuk said: “We’ve said Mass Effect is supposed to be a trilogy… so you’re going to see at least a third Mass Effect, and even more if everything goes well.”

We loved the first Mass Effect and can’t wait for the sequel, more on which you can find on the Mass Effect 2 Page.

Hurt her hand playing a tennis game.

Showbizspy reports that pop superstar Christina Aguilera has been injured playing on her Wii.

The singer, whose hits include Beautiful, Dirrty and Genie in a Bottle, is reported to be a big fan of the Wii, but a recent game of virtual tennis left her with a bruised hand.

“Christina loves her Wii as a fun way to do a little work out,” a source said. “Now she’s a mother, it’s perfect for her.

“On this one occasion she and Joel were in the middle of a particularly heated game of tennis and Christina came off a little worse for wear in a run-in with a table lamp. She has a bruised hand but is more upset that she lost the game!”

source: www.Videogamer.com

Includes four new maps and new Achievements

Microsoft has announced that Historic Battles DLC will be released for Halo Wars on July 21 priced 800 MS Points.

The new DLC will feature four new multiplayer maps and four Achievements worth a combined 100 gamerscore points.

Barrens (1v1 Map): Difficult terrain channels units into killing zones. The side that controls the Forerunner artefacts will have the advantage.

Blood River (1v1 Map): Secure base locations on nearby cliffs overlook this naturally red-tinged river. The soldiers that fought over its two narrow crossings gave the river its name, which has since taken on a greater meaning.

Glacial Ravine (3v3 Map): A snow-topped mountain range forms a natural barrier that cuts this region in half. Control of the two energy walls at the narrow central pass often determines the outcome of the battle, though clever use of the Sentinel Factories may play a role as well. Click here for full story

GameSpy-By: Bryn Williams Capcom’s Ryota Niitsuma concedes that two characters from Street Fighter IV are a little too powerful. Both Sagat and Seth are overpowered according to a report from VideoGamer.com. The site recently hit up Capcom’s assistant producer Ryota Niitsuma, who admitted that the two Street Fighter IV characters “might have turned out a little bit stronger than we expected.” When we asked Niitsuma, who is currently producing the western version of Wii-exclusive fighting game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, if, looking back, he felt any Street Fighter IV characters were overpowered, he replied: “Well first of all I might have to apologise! Does he involve being slightly blinded and scarred [laughs]?” He added: “Yes, Seth and perhaps Sagat might have turned out a little bit stronger than we expected.” At the end of June, UK pro Ryan Hart won the official Street Fighter IV European Championship in London. He beat Frenchman Alioune Camara in the grand final. Both players picked Sagat. Niisuma went on to add however that a good player of any character can always beat a good Sagat or Seth player. According to the article, the top three SF4 players in the world don’t use Sagat or Seth. Sagat: Cheap or Just Tough ? Leave a Comment

We’ll appreciate it, if you add us on Youtube. On our youtube channel you’ll find all type of games and POV’s from Type-Z members.We just started our channel but are adding videos quickly as we can. Here’s a preview of some gameplay. Stick around the Type-Z website and youtube site for more custom gameplays & tournament videos.

Yes, we are now on Youtube. In the channel we will upload our scrims and practice games against players from many types of games (FPS, Fighting, RTS, etc. At the moment we don’t have any videos up but we will upload some when we get the time, so check back later. Don’t worry we will continue to upload tournament/event videos to the TypeZ.tv on the website. We hope you like our youtube channel and will like it, if you became friends with us on Youtube.

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Type-Z: Europe team will start where they left off for the EGC tournament in September. For more information, please view the community section on the site.

Here’s the message from EGC

The beta version of the website has helped EGC to gather feedback and numerous recommendations from gaming enthusiasts with regards to their ideal gaming website. We value this feedback and would like to thank all members for the support shown so far. To allow us to make the necessary modifications we have decided to remove the beta site and launch EGC version 1.0 in September.

All tournament matches which took place last night are to be voided and restarted once the full site is launched, all future tournaments due to take place will commence in September. Member, clan and team details will be retained and will be available in version 1.0.

We apologise for any inconvenience, wish you an enjoyable summer and look forward to seeing you again in September.”

We will like to hear your say about this move from EGC, comment here.

Type-Z: Europe team are getting ready to start the EGC tournament June 30, 2009. This tournament is maxed out at 64 teams and 99 tried to sign up. If you would like to get some practices in with Type-Z: EU then send Hazordous Z a message on our forums. For rules and prizes on the EGC COD4 tournament please click here

Halo Wars: MLG Gamebattles 2v2 July Mayhem Tournament Sign Up are open now

- Price: 20 credits per player

- Registration Starts: Sat 20 Jun 2009, 12:00 PM EDT
- Registration Ends: Sat 27 Jun 2009, 9:00 PM EDT

- Tournament Bracket Play Starts: Mon 29 Jun 2009
- Tournament Bracket Play Ends: Wed 22 Jul 2009
- Tournament Schedule: Monday 9:00 PM, Wednesday 9:00 PM

- Tournament Type: Double Elimination
- Tournament Size: 16 Teams

- Minimum Team Size: 2 Player(s)
- Maximum Team Size: 3 Player(s)
- Players In Match: 2 v 2

- Games Per Round: 3

EVO NORTH/ Midwest Championship
Location: Northbrook, IL
June 12 – 14th
Friday’s Results


Capcom VS SNK 2
1: Justin Wong
2: Rusteezy
3: John Rambo
4th: DSP Super Street Fighter II Turbo
1st: Justin Wong
2nd: NKI
3rd: John Rambo (CT)
9th: DSP Super Street Fighter 2: HDR Remix
HDR Remix
1st: NKI
2nd: DAMDAI
3rd: DSP Street Fighter 4
1st: Marn
2nd: Antwan Ortiz
3rd: REX
4. Humbag (IL)
5. Perfect Sin (VA)
5. Damdai (NY)
7. Sabre (AZ)
7th: DSP (CT)

A few of DSP games are in the Type-Z: TV section

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Painkiller = A Crazy Fast paced Shooter… not Unreal Tournament nor Quake 3 has the character speed of this shooter game. If you will like to see the original Painkiller in tournament action just click here to view Fatal1ty vs Vo0 competeing for $1,000,000 dollars.



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Type-Z:Europe are signed up and ready for EGC nation. Our EU team will try their best to take first place out of 32 teams starting June 24. Here’s some info about the tournament. Keep and eye out for future updates about this tournament.

- Title – Rainbow Six Vegas 2
- Entry Requirements: EU Residents Only
- Description: Launch Tournament – 4v4
- Roster Size: Minimum – 4, Maximus – 5
- Platform: Xbox 360
- Registration start: 06/05/09
- Registration end: 06/22/09 – 23:00pm
- Tournament launch date: 06/24/09
- Time: 19:00GMT on the date specified.
- Entry Fee: ‘Free Play’
- Format: Single Round Knockout
- Tournament size: 32 teams


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This Project Natal trailer shows many ways to play games with your hands.

Here is a first look at the US version of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.

What we heard: With the retirement of the infamous “Surfer Girl” last May, game news addicts have been searching for another leak-happy industry insider. They may have found one in Game Fork, the nom de tweet of someone claiming to be a well-placed “game journo.” The person also appears to be British, since he claims to have “no links to Sony or SCEE”–Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, based in London–and follows Queen’s English spelling rules.


Beginning last week, Game Fork has been twittering with a vengeance about a single subject: Microsoft’s upcoming press event at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo. “MS is about to stun E3 with their lineup,” crowed the shadowy figure, who claims to have visited Microsoft’s offices on May 5.
According to the truncated, 140-character-limited posts, Microsoft will use its E3 press gathering, which starts at 10:30 a.m. PDT on June 1, to unveil the following:

-The all-but-confirmed motion-sensing camera controller for the Xbox 360, titled “Xbox Fluid.”

-Metal Gear Solid 4 + Oxide, the long-rumored Xbox 360 port of the best-selling PlayStation 3 stealth actioner and GameSpot’s 2008 Game of the Year. The announcement will be the finale of the presentation, apparently, although the game may the subject of Kojima Productions’ May 18 mystery announcement.

-A top-secret Konami exclusive for the Xbox 360. “NOBODY outside of Kon[ami] has been told what this is,” claims Game Fork. (Emphasis in the original.)

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The Ball Park Call of Duty: World at War Winter 2009 Season came to a spectacular finish this past Friday as the #1 seeded iNDepeNDeNCe defeated Team RusH in a thrilling five-map championship match. The playoffs began on April 6th, and iNDepeNDeNCe out-battled 31 other teams to take home the Championship — not to mention their share of the $5,000 prize pool. Congratulations to iND SiLeNtKiLL and the rest of iND! Here’s a brief recap of their incredible season.

Independence finished the regular season in first place with a record of 216 wins and 31 losses. The 216 wins were the second most on the ladder, and good enough for 7,510 XP — over 2,000 XP more than second place Nobody Left Behind. They entered the playoffs on a 13 game winning streak, and at one point in the season won 36 straight matches. Given their regular season domination, it was no question that they were the early playoff favorite.

That domination continued right through the playoffs. Independence did not lose a single map in any of their first three matches: all 3-to-0 wins over Fierce Alliance, J-o-C-o-Gaming, and The PGBK. The #4 seed MoB Gaming was able to win a map, but ultimately lost the match 3-1. Even Team FeaR, a veteran squad who also had a strong season, was defeated by a 3-0 score in the semi-finals. Source: www.Gamebattles.com

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In a epic battle against Supermin, Type-Z player TonyB has taken another Street Fighter 4 tournament for Type-Z. In the final 8, I (ShinDeon) has lost the first game to Magno and Game 2 was a Double K.O (Draw). There was no game 3 since Magno has won game 1 against me (ShinDeon) putting the scores 1-0 Magno. The Finals of May 2009 tournament are uploaded to the Type-Z updated website.

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MLG Gamebattles first Streetfigher IV 1v1 Street Brawl tournament ended. Fist of Arcadia has taken first place and I (ShinD) has taken 5th. There were 64 players in this tournament with double Elimination Brackets. The players had great attitudes and the community of SFIV is great. Friends and Fans please wish me luck on future tournaments.

MLG Gamebattles 1v1 Street Brawl Tournament Bracket

Top 5 players
1. Fist of Arcadia (EMP Triforce)
2. vVv Slob Murph
3. SimplyPh33r
4. Chun-Li
5. Type-Z: ShinD

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Yes, it’s true my son Deontae jr. was born on Easter Sunday. I (ShinDe0n) have not been playing or practicing for my upcoming Street Fighter 4 tournaments because of something more important. Easter was a very exciting day for me and if you are a dad then you know what I’m talking about. My son is healthy and great. With me having more important things to worry about in my life, I will find some time to update Type-Z fans, friends and random guest with information on the site.

Also, just to mention here is a list showing Type-Z members who are now fathers:

Hulk, had a girl
Jayroc, had a son
Absolute, had a girl
ShinDe0n, son

Congratulations and Godbless

Type-Z GOW2 has been getting some new practicing in ever since MLG Meadowlands. The GOW2 division has signed up for the CEVO tournament. Cyber Evolution (CEVO) is a company which holds tournaments for not just basic popular games but very strategic, skill and basic popular titles for console and PC all over the world with great online cash prizes. Type-Z is now in the Semi Finals in the CEVO tournament.

Let’s take a look at the teams Type-Z had to play to make it this far

Group B Upper Brackets
Round 1: Type-Z wins (2-0)Slawter
Round 2: Type-Z lose (1-2)MoB Fifty Fifty

Group B Lower Bracket
Round 2 : Type-Z wins (2-0) Roadie Run Melee
Round 3: Type-Z wins (2-0) HOTTIES WITH BODIES

Group B Lower Bracket Finals:
Type-Z wins (2-0) Left Hand Shame

Championship Bracket (Top 8 teams):
Round1: Type-Z wins (2-0) Epic o Impact
Round 2: Type-Z wins (2-0) prOphEcy

Championship Semi-Finals
Type-Z vs RAW TALENT – 5SG ( April 12)

Championship Loser Bracket Semi-Finals
( Will be updated after April 15 )

CEVO championship brackets

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MLG GB SF4 tournament is coming to an end and as the leader of Type-Z, I will take on the most talked about GB player vVv Slob Murp before Tuesday. Both players are now in Loser Bracket Round 8. Let’s take a look at the opponents I (ShinD) had to go up against from the start of this 64 player tourney.

Player name by Gamertags
Round 1 Winners Bracket: EarthWormJim lose (0-2)
Round 2 Winners Bracket: BOTTY NOTA LOKA(guile, dhalsim) knock me (ShinD) in to the losers bracket (2-1)
Round 2 Losers Bracket: IfritPhantom lose (0-2)
Round 3 Losers Bracket: Deiux lose (0-2)
Round 4 Losers Bracket: EA AfterShock lose (0-2)
Round 5 Losers Bracket: ColtZz x (blanka) was my toughest opponent but he loss (1-2)
Round 6 Losers Bracket: BOTTY NOTA LOKA (guile, ryu) this is the same guy who knock me into the losers bracket back in round 2 I had to face him again but I changed my strategy. We played best out of 7 games and BOTTY loss (1-4)
Round 7 Losers Bracket: Norunkai (ryu) loss (0-2)
Round 8 Losers Bracket: vVv Slob Murp (coming soon)

Round 8 may be one of the best matches of the tournament. Stay up to date and leave a forum comment  and wish me luck on my next rounds.

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Type-Z Halo 3 division returns from MLG Meadowlands after losing in Round 8 losers bracket to 12th placed team High Society. Leader of the division LastOne said that the team had a great time at Meadowlands and aim to do better next event. Type-Z: Animosity takes 33 out of 250+ teams for MLG NJ, Meadowlands.

In Gears of War 2, ShadowKon and the team lack the practice time because of family emergency with one of the members. The team get knocked out the tournament in Losers Bracket Round 5. ShadowKon guarantees a better placement for the team next event. Wish both teams luck in the future.

This weekend Type-Z players have entered Major League Gaming in New Jersey, Meadowlands. MLG is a gaming event that hold tournaments for gamers who are great at videogames. This year Type-Z is competing at this event and will try its best to win the MLG prize money. The titles Type-Z will be competing in this event are Halo 3 and Gears of War 2. To view this event live you can go to MLGpro.com. View Type-Z forums in the Halo 3 or Gears of War 2 section and talk about this event.

On Saturday January 24th, Type-Z Gears of War 2 team team which consists of ShadowKon, Dragon, v8 and Carnage went on to win the Digital Mayhem LAN tournament. Type-Z Gears 2 division LAN skills are improving everyday. If you haven’t met them then get to know the players because they’re the next generation for Type-Z. Wish Type-Z GOW2 division luck on their future success.

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Congratulations on Type-Z new partnership with CustomInk. A quick overview of this company and the customers they serve: CustomInk started back in 1999 and are a company that anyone can use. This company specializes in custom t-shirts for all occasions and they serve a wide range of customers: individuals who order for their family reunions and birthday parties, wedding participants, businesses, high school and college student groups, sports teams, military units, bands, religious groups, recreational leagues, esports teams and more. Type-Z says if you want to stand out more in Major Gaming tournaments like WCG/MLG or small local tournaments. Then start walking in tournament doors with your custom team shirt, the best t-shirt designs are here in front of you at CustomInk. You can just click on the banner. Start creating your team shirts and get free shipping today.

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MLG Gamebattles are hosting their first Unreal Tournament 3 1v1 tournament. The tourney will be double elimination, Type-Z players are signed up and will practice until the January 10th 2009 when Bracket Play begins. Tournament Rules and Prizes:

Goal Score: 0
Time Limit: 15
Game Mode: Duel
Match Type: Player Match
Server Type: Listen
Max Players: 2
Private Slots: 2

Map Pool:
Map #1: Sentinel
Map #2: Diesel
Map #3: Shangri La

Prizes: 1st prize will be awarded to the winning team. The 1st place team shall receive: One Hundred Dollars (US $100) in cash. 30 credits per player. 2nd prize will be awarded to the 2nd place team. The 2nd place team shall receive: Eighty Dollars (US $80) in cash. 30 credits per player.

In a 32 man bracket competing for the number 1 spot Type-Z member Terry15 has won the Grand Finals in the FarCry 2 tournament from College Gaming League. Terry15 defeated s1refrosty 20 to 15 and will be taking home $1,200. Congratulations to Terry on another 1st place finish for Type-Z.

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Type-Z Gears of War 2 players have been knocked out of the World Cyber Games Holiday Heroes single Elimination tournament by MLGpro Top 4 team FragDominant. Type-Z GOW2 players put up a great battle against FragD and will definetley show a much better performance in GOW2 come MLG 2009. Much respect to FragDominant, Type-Z is available to run scrims against them any time. Just send a text Message to ShadowKon Z. I would like to thank our GoW 2 team as we have enjoyed the tournament, and I would also like to extend my thanks to the Type-z fans who have supported us through this event.

Connection: LAN at WCG NYC

Type-Z (1:2) Single Elimination
Shadowkon, Dragon, v8, Carnage
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FragDominant (2:1)
KillerCrank, Cream, Killaspawn, U1337

Game 1: Jacinto (5-4) FragD win
Game 2: Pavillion (5-2) Type-Z win
Game 3: Security (5-3) FragD wins
Win rounds: [12:12] Type-Z lose

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Type-Z new Gears of War 2 team are heading down to World Cyber Games. ShadowKon, Dragon, V8 & Carnage have been brought out by their good friend and retired player ShinDe0n (leader) who can’t make it to the event to coach them with his smart tactics but early this week the players showed that they can handle themselves against a MLG pro team. On the GameBattles ladder Type-Z: GOW2 team went up against old school rivalry Pro Gears of War 1 team “vBi” known as “zYn Gaming” and Type-Z defeated them 5-1 on zYn (vBi) home server with ease and taking vBi out 2 games to 0. It’s still early to say Type-Z new GOW2 players will be pros but the boys are going to try their best to perform great at WCG NYC. Type-Z players are very excited and hope their practice pays off at this event. Wish them luck

Location: New York
Tournament: World Cyber Games

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Type-Z member Terry15 has entered the FarCry 2 tournament and is trying to put another victory of tournaments under his belt. Terry will be facing off against “s1refrosty” and loser will be sent to the loser bracket finals. Winner of the tournament will be taking home $1,200 in cash, 2nd place winner takes $750 while 3rd place will sit in college with $500 in their pocket. Wish Terry some luck on his match today and more info on his performance will be up soon.

Tournament: College Gaming League

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Type-Z lead player for the Fighting game division DarksydePhil (DSP) has entered the first Pro players Super Street Fighter 2:HD Remix tournament. In the singles 32 player bracket ladder DSP ended up getting a 10th place finish. DSP got knocked out of Winners bracket by the 1st place winner Damdai and in losers bracket he lost to 4th place winner Biran. That wasn’t the end of it for DSP because when the 2v2 team games started for SSF2:HD DSP & partner D.nice ended up finishing 3rd place for the NorthEast Championship tournament. To view DSP matches from the tournament, please click on the link below.

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Type-Z new Gears of War 2 team has signed up and is ready to play in WCG NYC tournament coming this December 13 – 14. The players that will be attending the event for Type-Z are Shadowkon Z, Carnag3 Z, Dragon is Z and V8 Z.

Event: World Cyber Games (www.wcg.com)
Location: New York, NY Tournament.
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