If you want to play games at one of the best locations in the US or participate in their awesome pinball tournaments, you won’t want to miss GameWorks in Schaumburg, IL! For 2010, GAMEWORKS of Schaumburg, Illinois is once again teaming up with the Midwest Gaming Classic to co-promote some of the most competivie tournaments in the region!  Together, the most incredible arcade in the Midwest and the largest all-encompassing electronic gaming event will be working together to give fans of arcade video and pinball some great stuff that will be revealed in the coming days and weeks ahead – both for the GameWorks tournament happening at the end of February and the Midwest Pinball Championship at the Midwest Gaming Classic! As part of this, GameWorks has officially become a sponsor of the Midwest Gaming Classic again for 2010! GAMEWORKS Schaumburg is the Premier gaming facility in the country. Owned by SEGA, GameWorks has over 250 games and we are a test facility for new machines in the gaming industry! GameWorks have games here that no one else has! We are one of the homes to the “GameWorks Pinball Tournament of Champions”, with the next tournament event being held on 5/22/09-5/24/09.

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GameWorks Schaumburg returns as Sponsor

Want to play in a pinball tournament before the Midwest Pinball Championship… and get a coupon to play in the MPC by doing so?  Don’t miss the GameWorks Pinball Tournament of Championship starting tomorrow! GameWorks Schaumburg is the Premier gaming facility in the country. Owned by SEGA, GameWorks has over 250 games and is a test facility for new machines in the gaming industry! This means that GameWorks has games that no one else has! This weekend, GameWorks will be hosting a spectacular pinball tournament, the GameWorks Pinball Tournament of Champions.  These quarterly tournaments draw some of the best players in the world, and are always super fun to participate in! If you think that you have what it takes to take down some of the best regional players, or if you just want an awesome pinball tournament in the area to play in before the Midwest Pinball Championship, you don’t want to miss the GameWorks Pinball Tournament of Champions coming this weekend.  If that isn’t enough, there is another reason to participate in this amazing tournament – if you enter the tournament, you will get a card worth $5.00 off tournament entry for the Midwest Pinball Championship, or any other Midwest Gaming Classic tournament! So do your best to take down the other pinball tournaments at GameWorks, win the $800 grand prize, and then take your skills to the Midwest Gaming Classic with your $5.00 off tournament entry coupon! It’s a great win for pinball tournament players! GameWorks also has 2 full bars and a casual dining restaurant, as well as tons of games that aren’t pinball machines!  It’s the perfect place to hang out with family or friends

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GameWorks Touranment of Champions this Weekend

Winning money, trophies, and titles not enough for you?  The two IFPA Championship slots up for grabs are interesting, but just not enough?  Place high in your division, and get a registration package to PAPA too! The prizes for the Midwest’s largest pinball tournament keep getting better!  If you place in the top two in your division (or the top four in the Juniors division), you’ll get a certificate for entry into the Professional & Amateur Pinball Association (PAPA) tournament held on August 12-15th, 2010! The PAPA tournament is one of the oldest and most respected pinball tournaments in the world! This year marks the 13th year of PAPA, where top players will once again clash to determine who is the best pinball player.  If you can take down the players in the Midwest Pinball Championship, you’ll have a great shot at claiming the top prize at PAPA — and now you’ll have your first entry free to boot! For the Midwest Pinball Championship, if you win or are the runner up in A division, B division, C division or the Women’s division, you’ll get one of these certificates.  Place in one of the top FOUR Juniors positions, and you’ll also get one! This just adds one more awesome reason to play in the pinball tournament at this year’s Midwest Gaming Classic!  For more details, visit Midwest Pinball Championship Gets Even More Prizes

2010 was another great Midwest Gaming Classic, with more attendees, displays, vendors, and fun than ever before!  Hope to see you again in 2011 when the show returns for it’s 10th anniversary! 2010 was the biggest Midwest Gaming Classic ever!  We crammed the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield full of every type of electronic gaming that there is!  The event featured over 170 pinbal and arcade video machines, millions of games for sale on vendor tables, thousands of games to try out and play, a highly competitive Midwest Pinball Championship and lots of other great tournaments, and incredible speakers! Plans for the 2011 Midwest Gaming Classic are already well underway!  2011 will celebrate the 10th anniversary of this incredible all encompassing electronic gaming trade show made by fans, for fans!  You won’t want to miss all the fun that the 2011 show will have!  To make sure you hear it all, sign up for the Midwest Gaming Classic email list today in the upper right hand side of the site, and we’ll keep you up to date with emails.

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Thanks for a great 2010, see you in 2011!

New for 2010, you don’t have to wait in line to register to play in the official Midwest Gaming Classic tournaments – you can register online before the show at the Midwest Gaming Classic web site and get your player number so when you show up, you are good to purchase your entries and start playing immediately! Tournament registration is done simply by giving your name, address, email address and then checking your ranking (if any) in the World Pinball Player Ranking (WPPR) listings.  This way, you will be assured of competing in the right divisions at the show if you are planning to compete in the pinball tournament.

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Online Tournament Registration Open

Think you are good at Halo? Check out our Halo 3 tournament at the show! If you think you are good at Halo, stop at the Versus room between 10am and 6pm Saturday or while slots last to sign up for the 2010 Halo 3 Championship!  Two player teams pay $5 to enter and get the chance to win some great Halo prizes like helmet sets from McFarlane toys and bobble head toys! Have what it takes to be the top at one of the top shooting games ever made?  Prove it on Saturday at the Midwest Gaming Classic!  Make sure to sign up early when you arrive though, spots are limited and once they are sold out — they are sold out!

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