Heavy Gear II Multiplayer Tournament

Heavy Gear II Multiplayer Tournament is the story today, and it is the kind of late-April 1999 news blast that makes the pre-E3 season feel like someone kicked the hornet nest. One elite Gear pilot will be $5,000 richer after winning the Heavy Gear II Duelist Tournament, the most heated multiplayer warfare ever to hit the Internet. Beginning April 1 on Case’s Ladder and Mplayer.com, Heavy Gear II enthusiasts can put their combat skills to the ultimate test when they are summoned to play in the title’s two-player gladiatorial-style combat Duelist mode. The three-month long tournament will end in a final showdown between four supreme pilots who will fly to Los Angeles to compete for cash prizes, including a first prize of $5,000, a second prize of $2,500, a third prize of $1,500 and a fourth prize of $1,000. Consisting of three phases, the Heavy Gear II Duelist Tournament begins with a preliminary period running from April 1 through May 28.

It may not be the same thrill as a fresh demo, but this stuff shapes what actually reaches players. Boring paperwork today can turn into games on shelves tomorrow.