Whether
you're a core gamer, casual gamer, or just someone who likes to check
out the latest and greatest new thing, Best Buy's Gaming Invasion,
hosted at Dundas
Square in downtown Toronto, is a great place to get
your game on and get an early look
at some of the major video game
titles set to release during the holiday season,
especially because
it's free. Gaming Invasion '08 will be no different, with this year's
major preview titles being
Gears of War 2
,
Guitar Hero World Tour
and
Little Big Planet
.
Gaming
Invasion '08 will be running this weekend from 2:00 p.m. Friday,
October 17
th
until 7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 19
th
and will include an exclusive live performance from JUNO
award-winning band Mobile and an autograph session with female gaming
team The FragDolls. The AMP
Energy Pro Team will also be taking part in various events on
Sunday.
Here's
a short look at some of the events happening over the weekend:
Friday,
October 17
·
10:00 am: Wristband distribution to first 100 people in line
at Best Buy’s Bay and Dundas location for the VIP section of the
Mobile live performance.
Limit one wristband
per person.
·
12:30 – 2:00 pm: Media preview Gears of War 2,
Guitar
Hero World Tour and
Little Big Planet at Yonge-Dundas
Square
·
2:00 – 9:00 pm: Gaming Invasion ’08 is open to the general
public to experience one of Canada’s largest multi-platform gaming
events
·
4:00 – 5:00 pm: A
utograph session with
Mobile at Best Buy’s Bay and Dundas location for first 150 people
in line
·
5:30 – 6:00 pm: A battle of the bands performance of
Guitar
Hero World Tour by Mobile and the Z103.5 winning band on the main
stage
·
6:30 – 7:30 pm:
Mobile
perform live on the main stage
Saturday,
October 18
·
12:00 - 9:00 pm: Gaming Invasion ’08 is open for the
general public to experience one of Canada’s largest multi-platform
gaming events
·
12:30 - 1:30 pm
:
Game with Fame: Play Xbox 360 with Mobile on the main stage at Gaming
Invasion
·
2:30 - 3:30 pm
:
Participate in a
Tom
Clancy’s Endwar
tournament (involves
2 on 2 game play with voice command)
·
3:30 - 4:30 pm:
An autograph session
with The FragDolls on the main stage
Sunday,
October 19
·
12:00 – 9:00 pm: Gaming Invasion ’08 is open for the
general public to experience one of Canada’s largest multi-platform
gaming events
·
2:00 – 3:00 pm: Toshiba endorsed AMP Energy Pro Team
events on the main stage at the even
t
For
complete event details, visit www.bestbuy.ca/gaminginvasion.