GAMETRAILERS
TO COVER
“GEARS OF
WAR
BACKSTAGE
PASS” EVENT
AT EPIC
GAMES STUDIO
Fans Go
Behind-The-Scenes
to Play
“Gears of
WarŽ”
on Xbox 360Ž
and Meet Its
Creators
GT’s HD
Event
Coverage to
be Featured
Exclusively
on
Xbox LiveŽ
Marketplace
Beginning
November 12
GameTrailers
(GT), a
division of
Viacom
Inc.’s
(NYSE: VIA,
VIA.B) MTV
Networks, is
set to
provide
exclusive
coverage to
Xbox Live
Marketplace
of this
year’s
highly
anticipated
“Gears of
War
Backstage
Pass” event,
being held
at Epic
Games on
October 27,
2006 in
Raleigh,
North
Carolina. GT
will be on
hand as fans
have the
unique
opportunity
to go
behind-the-scenes
to play
“Gears of
WarŽ” on the
Xbox 360Ž
video game
and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft,
and meet its
creators
before the
game hits
stores
shelves in
November.
GameTrailers,
one of the
leading
producers of
gaming
related high
definition
video
content,
will shoot
and produce
the “Gears
of WarŽ”
event in HD.
Xbox LiveŽ
members will
be able to
experience
all the
action from
the event by
tuning into
the coverage
on Xbox
LiveŽ
Marketplace
for the Xbox
360™ video
game and
entertainment
system from
Microsoft
beginning
November 12.
“Gears of
WarŽ”
thrusts
gamers into
humankind’s
epic battle
for survival
against the
Locust
Horde, a
nightmarish
race of
creatures
that surface
from the
bowels of
the planet.
Blending the
best of
tactical
action games
with the
best of
survival
horror
titles,
“Gears of
WarŽ”
features
cinematic,
beautifully
rendered
interactive
environments
with
high-definition
visuals.
Providing
premier
video
content to
Xbox Live on
Xbox 360 is
nothing new
to the
GameTrailers
team. This
past
September,
to showcase
the power of
the HD
gaming
experience,
Xbox 360
enlisted the
expertise of
GT to shoot,
capture and
edit HD
video game
segments for
Xbox Live
Marketplace
on an
ongoing
monthly
basis.
About
GameTrailers
GameTrailers
(GT) is the
premier
online
destination
for
broadcast
quality
videogame
media. GT
delivers
timely, high
resolution
broadband
video
content for
gamers that
includes
product
features and
reviews;
video game
movie
trailers;
GameTrailers
Television (GTTV)
coverage of
news and
events;
interviews
with
industry
thought
leaders, and
more. GT has
a robust
community
that
features
user-generated
content, so
gamers can
talk to
friends and
share media
such as fan
movies,
machinima
and daily
blogs. GT
has offices
in Los
Angeles, San
Francisco
and New
York.