Optic Gaming wins the grand prize at the Call of Duty XP Tournament

At last week's Call of Duty XP Event, in addition to the huge assortment of panels and activities, they hosted a Million Dollar Tournament which let tourney participants duke it out on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Many teams took part in the tournament, but in the end, there can be only one winning team, and that team was OpTic Gaming.

Gearbox Software gives away free copies of Borderlands 2 at their PAX panel.

Randy Pitchford and the rest of the top staff of Gearbox Software decided to give a surprise for everyone who attended their panel at Pax Prime last week. It wasn't a preview on any new content for the first Borderlands nor was it free convention-only DLC content. They pulled off an Oprah and gave everyone in the audience

Think ahead and save on future Gears of War3 DLC with the Season Pass.

Epic Games' Gears of War 3 is approaching very closely that I swear I could hear the curb stomping and the lancers revving up. As each day passes by, we get closer to the release date of September 20th. And also on that day, we can save ourselves some extra money down the line by purchasing the GOW3 Season Pass for downloadable content.

The season pass will be set at a price of 2400 Microsoft points (which is

Hype for the upcoming Battlefield 3 release gets an added boost today, as the Physical Warfare Pack Trailer has been posted across the Internet. The newest Battlefield 3 promotional release highlights some of the games newest weapon classes, and demonstrates their devastating impact. EA is trying to demonstrate the intensive thought that went into making the game, and with recent increases in competition between EA and Activision this trailer is meant to display the best attributes of Battlefield 3.

Three devastating weapons are highlighted by the video, and I must admit that the game play and weapon classes are more than impressive; they are downright amazing. The type 88 LMG is introduced by a drop shot accompanied by at least a quad spray, and the weapon features a high rate of fire

Modes and Maps for GOW3 are now released to the general public to view.

Just recently, Epic Games unveiled the contents of Gears of War 3's multiplayer maps and modes for all their fans to see. A surprise to a lot of the fans of the series is the remastered version ofGears of War classic multiplayer map, Gridlock. Including Gridlock, the maps round out to ten multiplayer maps that will be included in the game.

With only a few weeks until Gears of War 3's release, numerous Gears-related sales pop up.

Whenever a game as big as Gears of War 3 is getting closer to its release date, usually games and gear that are related to the game partake in the excitement by announcing various sales or new products. Gears of War 3 is no exception.

Just recently,Canadian stores will be selling a XBOX 360 Bundle

Boston-based Irish Punk Band Dropkick Murphys to perform at upcoming Call of Duty event.

Released in a statement from Activision, Irish-punk rockers Dropkick Murphys will be performing on the closing of the first night of the Call of Duty XP event in September. They will be joining Kanye West as part of the musical entertainment

Future Shop to give out Gears of War 3 bandages as a pre-order bonus.

When you pre-order or purchase the special edition of games like Gears of War or Call of Duty, usually you get some extra content like in-game unlocks or costumes and/or you get some real life content like a RC camera car (which you got from you pre-ordered the specialized edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops). Well Future Shop (Canada's answer to Best Buy) decided to add something different to the amount of swag you get for pre-ordering Gears of War 3, bandages.

Epic Games programs two fates for Carmine in GOW3 in case of early spoiler leaks.

If you remember back in 2010, Epic Games stated that fans of Gears of War 3 will have a voice in the decision of what will happen to the character Carmine. This was done via purchasing one of the two shirts with one saying "Save Carmine" and another saying "Carmine must die". All the $150,000 of the proceeds from the two shirts went to the Penny Arcade charity Child's Play. But while the fundraising is done, the general public will not know the

Call of Dutys dominance in the first-person shooter category has relied heavily upon their annual releases of new titles. Last years Call of Duty: Black Ops left video game fans in awe of the advanced game play, and stunning additions made to the title. Black Ops has served as a reigning force in the video game universe, and one can expect that this years Call of Duty release will cause the same amount of fervor.

Modern Warfare 3s release date is set for November 8, 2011; a mere two days shy of last years Black Ops release. In celebration of Black Ops success, Jeep dedicated a special edition of the Wrangler to the Call of Duty franchise. Once again, Jeep has decided to celebrate Modern Warfare 3 with an updated version that features MW3 branding throughout the vehicle.

As if the Call of Duty games do not draw