Another blow to your mom's nagging about how video games will never get you any where just flew onto the scene. EA and Major League Gaming have just penned and signed a new deal hooking up EA as a major sponsor for their gaming tournaments. Something that will totally draw more than their average 600,000 people they get now and 5000 to 7000 that show to the live events. Not to mention to bring some big pull with EA Sports and other franchises under their belt now being added to the list of titles to be played for cash and prizes. With the first major event starting at the end of next month.
That event being the EA Sports Challenge (EASC) by the by. EASC being just as it sounds, a tournament specifically for those sports games that EA is so well known for. This event kicks off on 17th of August with their online qualifiers. Obviously if you meet the qualifier, you'd get to move onto the Live event on the 29th and 30th in Dallas.
There is no official word on what prizes or games will be surrounding this event, but you can check it all out at the two official sites listed above and in the source article. Hopefully this will gain some attention and become more like Poker, something that isn't a real sport at all.[1]
Check It Out1 - Poker is deemed a real sport, but I refuse to believe it as you don't break a sweat if you are good at it.
