Videogame tour of 25 college campuses comes to a close

Black Issues in Higher Education, April 21, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO

Game Live Events, one of the best known Videogame and PC tours in the United States, will conclude its largest campus tour, "2005 GAME LIVE on XBOX Spring College Tour," at the end of April. Interactive videogame events have become enormously popular, especially on campuses. The 25-stop Spring College Tour began on March 5 in Pullman, Wash., at Washington State University and finishes April 28 at the University of Arizona. Total campus enrollment for the 2005 Spring Tour campuses is more than 500,000 students.

College students have been playing the spring's latest XBOX console releases, as well as previewing unreleased betas of this year's most anticipated new titles. More than 20 titles will be featured on a state-of-the-art interactive "GamePort" system from publishing partners Electronic Arts, the U.S. Army, Midway, LucasArts, Vivendi Universal, Majesco, Sammy Studios and Ubisoft. The GamePorts will feature over 40 LCD and Plasma televisions supplied by Norcent, the official electronics partner of the tour.

The tour features free admission and unlimited gameplay. For details of the remaining tour, including tour locations, event times, and the latest list of games, visit <www.gameliveevents.com>.