Games Media Properties has announced that GameRiot will launch its fourth national tour this spring. The world's largest traveling video game festival and competition will hit eight cities in March, April and May to offer gamers the chance to play unreleased console and PC video game titles. Throughout 2005, GameRiot will host a total of 85 events in 30 markets, with an expected attendance of 300,000 casual and hardcore gamers. The spring schedule includes stops at two popular music festivals and six trips to the wildly popular touring event Hot Import Nights. One of the fastest-growing lifestyle events in the country, Hot Import Nights regularly packs in sell-out crowds that come for the high-energy display of cars, music, models and more. The complete GameRiot spring schedule is as follows:
Saturday, March 26 Las Vegas, Nev. - Extreme Thing
Saturday, April 2 San Mateo, Calif. - Hot Import Nights
Saturday, April 9 Houston, Texas - Hot Import Nights
Saturday, April 16 Orlando, Fla. - Hot Import Nights
Saturday, April 23 Charlotte, NC - Hot Import Nights
Wednesday, April 27 to Sun., May 1 West Palm Beach, Fla. - Sunfest
Saturday, April 30 Boston, Mass. - Hot Import Nights
Saturday, May 21 Atlanta, Ga. - Hot Import Nights
Featuring 30 playable new and soon-to-be-released titles, GameRiot will bring a video game party to festivals, fairs and events throughout the country. Gamers will be able to test their skills in intense competitions for cash prizes and, at certain tour stops, go head-to-head against some of the best pro gamers in the world. Among the high profile titles GameRiot will feature this spring include Area 51, and Unreal Championship 2:
The Liandri Conflict from Midway; FlatOut, Cold Winter and SWAT 4 from Vivendi Universal Games; Star Wars Republic Commando from LucasArts; and Juiced from THQ. Additional titles will include Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory from Ubisoft and many more! More game titles and competitions schedules will be announced on the official tour website, a link to which, is available by following the download tab above.
