If your Team Fortress 2 squad is looking for some extra fun this summer, the Escapist's Team Fortress 2 Tournament is now taking applications. The 5v5 tournament, which will run from May 27th - May 31st, is sponsored by Razer and features some great prizes for the winning squads. All team members MUST have an Escapist User name and Steam ID in order to participate, so if you are interested head on over to the Official Tournament Page today! Hurry though, registration ends this Friday, May 22nd. 

For those interested in attending the MLG Columbus 2009 event, spectator passes have officially gone on sale. A discounted price of $15 is being offered to early registrants through April 30th.
The event will showcase some of the top players in HALO 3 and Gears of War 2 for the XBox 360, and a World of Warcraft Tournament for PC. The event takes place at the Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio June 5th-7th 2009. For more information on the event, or to purchases spectator passes, visit the Official MLG Event Page.
Over the past week, many gamers have publicly spoken out against the recent Counter-Strike 1.6 update and the effects it has had on the competitive gaming world. The patch, which aimed to fix silent crouch hopping (aka Russian Walking Exploit in the release), has resulted in giving a jumping sound to any in-game jump movement. While this may seem like a minor change, in the world of competitive gaming, the effects have forced many players to drastically alter their game play. Even despite that many players had considered silent crouch hopping a bug that needed to be fixed, the unintended results of the patch have led many to demand a rollback patch from Valve to remedy the situation.
GotFrag recently took the opportunity to sit down with several professional players and managers to get their reactions to the update. Here's a snippet below from Alex Garfield, Team EG Owner/Manager, and for more player reactions, checkout the Complete Article Here.
As league season is about to kick off, we wanted to let everyone know about a few Team Fortress 2 leagues that are currently accepting registrations from teams.
ESEA Season 3
ESEA has opened registration for Season 3 of their Team Fortress 2 league. The event will run throughout the summer, with play kicking off the first week of May. Teams will be competing for a total cash purse of $6,700 between both the Open and Invitational divisions. Get all the details below, or for more information and registration visit the official ESEA Season 3 Website.
The folks over at CEVO announced this week that they would no longer be holding a Team Fortress 2 Season 4, but instead would be holding the OCZ Team Fortress 2 Open Tournament. The OCZ Open Tournament will kick off this summer, with registration for the event running from April 16th through May 3rd.
Teams will be competing for OCZ hardware and swag, with the top three teams receiving gear worth nearly $2,500 in value. For more information on the event you can read the full press release below, or head on over to the Official Event Page.
The Total Gaming League has officially relaunched its Team Fortress 2 6vs6 league for this upcoming season. The league has already begun accepting signups and pre-season play kicks off April 8th, so if your team is interested competing head on over to the Official TGL TF2 Website today.
While the pre-season starts next week, the regular season will begin April 15th and run for 8 weeks through June 3rd. You can checkout all the official league rules below.
A new Battlefield 2 tournament called Middle East Conflict is preparing to kick-off and looking for new teams to join. While the tournament is technically single player, clans can join the game where the winning side on a 64 man team server wins a nice prize. Checkout the Middle East Conflict Website for more information or to join.

Dr. Pepper and Major League Gaming have teamed up to bring everyone the 2009 Dr Pepper Ultimate Gaming House contest. Four lucky winners will be chosen to receive a $5000 gaming room makeover, which includes a top of the line Gaming-optimized LCD TV, brand new gaming rig, all the MLG swag you could ask for, and much more. Winners will be picked based on user submitted videos explaining why they deserve the complete room makeover. Registration is open now, so for more information, check out the Gaming House Official Site, or get some of the rules/terms below.
After a very disappointing CEVO Alienware tournament, including allegations of poor tournament management and unpaid prize money, GotFrag sat down with Moe Assad, a gamer at the tournament, to discuss what went wrong. While no official word has come from CEVO or Igames, the interview gives some interesting insight into what happened at the event. You can checkout a snippet below, or checkout the Full Interview Here.
Battlefield 2 Combat has announced that they are getting ready to kick off Tour 14 of their popular Battlefield 2 league. Battles kick off today, February 12th, so head on over to the Official Site if you are interested in joining or for more information.

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Again, please visit HERE for all the tournament rules and to find out what prize packages RAZER will be giving away.
All of this and more can be found on The Escapist's TF2 forums, located HERE."