GGL partnering with Weinstein Company for Call of Duty tournament

by: Chuck - posted: 7/30/2009 12:00:00 PM

The folks at GGL have signed a deal with the Weinstein Company to create the Inglorious Bastards video game tournament which will be held from August 26th to September 13th.  You'll be slagging other competitors in Call of Duty: World at War so ramp up on your Natzi killing skill.  You can sign up now and start jockeying for bracketing which will take place on July 29th?

Why would you want to participate?  Well you could score a Dell Mini 12 netbook, signed Inglorious Bastards movie posters, and tokens for the upcoming Call of Duty: World at War map pack. 

GGL Global Gaming Teams up with The Weinstein Company for Inglourious Basterds Video Game Tournament

Players to compete in Call of Duty: World at War Tournament to win Dell Mini Netbooks, and posters signed by the cast of new Quentin Tarantino Movie


Los Angeles, July 29, 2009 – GGL Global Gaming <http://www.ggl.com/> , one of the world’s largest community networks for gamers, today announced a video game tournament in conjunction with Quentin Tarantino’s newest film, Inglourious Basterds. Dubbed the Are You a Basterd? Call of Duty: World at War Tournament, the competition givesfans the chance to battle it out for new Dell Mini 12 Netbooks, movie posters signed by the cast, including Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, and Eli Roth, as well as tokens to DLC 3 Map Pack, the newest fighting realm for Call of Duty: World at War. The tournament is co-sponsored by The Weinstein Company and Wolfenstein, a game by id Software.

GGL.com, the online gaming network which provides millions of gaming fans with a unique social/interactive platform where they can connect, compete & manage their gaming lives across hundreds of game titles on all game platforms, will be host to competition for the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles. Competitors can access the micro-community created for the competition at http://inglouriousbasterds.ggl.com <http://inglouriousbasterds.ggl.com/> where they can also watch trailers for the upcoming movie, see the countdown to the premiere, and join one of the competition ladders.

The team tournament will allow competitors to battle each other in the Activision Publishing, Inc. produced exclusive first person shooter, Call of Duty: World at War. “Basterd” participants will face the most harrowing and climatic European and Pacific battles in which an enemy, who knows no surrender and no retreat, will fight to the last breath, unleashing an arsenal of lethal tactics. Registration for the practice ladder is now open, and competitors will move into the tournament ladders on July 29th to compete for positions in the bracket, which will run from August 26th to September 13th. The top teams from each ladder in the competition will advance to a single-elimination bracket to determine the ultimate champions.

There will be eight Dell Mini Laptops awarded to the winning teams in each of the Xbox 360 and PS3 competitions, with the eight second place finishers receiving an official movie poster signed by the cast of the upcoming action thriller. In addition, the members of the top 25 teams from each competition will receive a free token to download Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 3. Players can also win prizes without winning matches – any player whose team plays at least 10 matches will be entered into a raffle to win one of 50 pairs of movie tickets.

To join the open ladder, participants can log on to http://inglouriousbasterds.ggl.com, and complete the online registration form. Once registered, players will be asked to link their accounts to the Call Of Duty: World at War website as part of GGL’s unique tournament platform, designed to help gamers easily interact with others and organize their entire gaming lives across all consoles and game titles.

About GGL Global Gaming
GGL Global Gaming (GGL) is an online gaming network providing millions of gaming fans with a unique social/interactive platform where they can connect, compete & manage their gaming lives across hundreds of game titles on all game platforms. Founded by gaming fanatics and lead by a collection of gaming insiders, GGL works in partnership with leading game publishers and developers to provide users with access to game play data and statistics related to their own personal gaming experiences. With 2.5 million registered gamers and more than 20 million monthly unique users across their properties, GGL has been a major part of the growth of the video gaming industry and culture since the company's launch in 2003.

About Call Of Duty: World at War

Call of Duty®: World at War completely changes the rules of engagement by redefining WWII gaming and thrusting players into the final tension-filled, unforgiving battles against a new ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever seen in WWII. Powered by Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare technology, Call of Duty: World at War brings an uncensored edge to combat, as soldiers face the most harrowing and climatic European and Pacific battles in which an enemy, who knows no surrender and no retreat, will fight to the last breath, unleashing an arsenal of lethal surprising tactics. Peril and danger lurk throughout the battlefield as players combat the unknown risk of the new chaos of battle.



About Inglourious Basterds
In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.

Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as "the basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane
Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own....

Employing pulp and propaganda in equal measure, Quentin Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS weaves together the infamous, oppressed, real and larger-than-life stories of WWII.