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Dublin Pro Evo tournament ends

Winners of the M&M’s Challenge, a Pro Evolution Soccer tournament, were revealed today in Dublin.

The organisers have said that 300 players played in what they called the Ireland's largest ever football game tournament.

€25,000 Xbox 360 game tournament launched in Dublin

Lisa Geiran, UCD; Barry Dolan, Shamrock Rovers FC, Karina Kelly, UCD.

- €25,000 in prizes
- Xbox gaming centers to be roll-out "across Ireland"

A computer games football tournament with a prize fund of over €25,000 was launched in Dublin today, it is one of the largest marketing spends on a games competition in Ireland to date.

Gaming dolls and super men at Xbox centre

Superman Returns will be free to play at Dublin's Xbox Live Gaming Centre this Saturday, while next week Ubisoft’s girl gamers will be making an appearance.

A promotion for Superman Returns will see the centre host to free play of the game from 11am till 5pm on Saturday, all thanks to publisher EA.

Meanwhile, on next Saturday, December 2, Ubisoft’s Rainbow 6: Las Vegas will be promoted by the company’s ‘Frag Dolls’ (pictured – wasn’t there once five of them?). If you’re up for the challenge, they will be playing the game sometime from 12pm till 2pm [insert tabloid-like joke about boys not playing with dolls here].

The centre is at 51 South William Street, Dublin 2, more info can be found at xboxlivegamingcentre.com.

Nintendo Wii in Dublin this weekend

The Nintendo Wii will make its Irish début this weekend at the ‘Toys 4 Big Boys’ expo at the RDS in Dublin. At the event it will be joined by exhibitors the Xbox Live Gaming Centre and Ubisoft.

The second Irish stages of the Wii tour will be at UCD on December 6 and the final stage at Mahon Point in Cork on December 7 – 10.

Two Irish Wii events appear to be cancelled, with events original listed for Liffey Valley shopping centre in west Dublin, and Trinity College Dublin now not listed at the Wii tour website.

Hummers, gangsters, soccer, and Xbox Live Gaming Centre – who’s keeping score?

[Err, we’re, err… massively late with some of this one…] Xbox and THQ supported the launch of Saints Row in Ireland by kitting out a Hummer H2.

The car is a crazy in-your-face symbol of ‘bling’ easily associated with some of the gangster culture elements in the game.

The launch campaign also utilized the Xbox Live Gaming Centre, South William Street, Dublin, and the city’s FM104 radio station.

The Fridge on FM104, hosted by Jenny Greene (pictured above in the H2), on four nights gave the chance for listeners to attend the launch party at the Xbox Live centre, and compete in a Saints Row Tournament. Of course, the commute wasn’t in the nearby Luas, but the fuel-guzzling H2.