The Midwest Gaming Classic is known for having some of the most highly competitive tournaments, and this year a ton of sponsors have stepped up to make the tournaments even more lucrative for the winners.  Here is a list of sponsors, the tournaments they are sponsoring and the extra goodies competitors will get because of it! GameWorks Schaumburg – GameWorks Schaumburg is sponsoring the Midwest Pinball Championship for the second year in a row!  If you compete in A or B division, you will get a one-hour play card for the incredible arcade — including great pinball line up — at the Schaumburg, Illinois GameWorks! Panini America, Inc – The company behind the best trading card sets has a really cool new product – Andrenalyn XL gets you in the game by allowing you to track the cards you own online and play a very cool game of basketball against others from around the world!  Enter the NBA Fastbreak Tournament, and you’ll get a free pack of Andrenalyn XL trading cards, win and you’ll get a bunch more! J2Games.Com – This online game vendor is your source for just about any type of game you want!  J2Games is sponsoring the Tetris tournament this year, and awarding the winner with a great FC II Mobile portable NES system! goatstore.com – The long time Midwest Gaming Classic supporter has published five Dreamcast games, with the most recent being Irides: Master of Blocks.  Play in either of the Irides: Master of Blocks tournaments at the show, and you’ll be competing to win a copy of the special, very limited edition version of Irides: Master of Blocks LE courtesy of the GOAT Store, LLC! Hyperkin – If you want an awesome update for your favorite classic video games, Hyperkin is the company you want to be buying your systems from!  Hyperkin is donating one of their FC Mobile II systems for the main prize in the Fire Super Mario Speed Run challenge! Pepsi AMP Energy Drink – Need energy?  Get AMPed up!  Pepsi AMP Energy Drink will be providing prizes (and energy!) for a variety of tournaments throughout the weekend! 102.9 the Hog – Like rock? You want to tune into WHQG Milwaukee, 102.9 the Hog!  This station plays all of the greatest rock tunes, and also provides the MGC with support for the Speedy New Super Mario Bros Wii Challenge!  Don’t miss the entertaining finals, hosted by the Hog’s Gasman on Saturday! SEGA – Sega of America makes great games, and is providing the Midwest Gaming Classic with copies of their latest, greatest Super Monkey Ball game to be able to run the Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll Tournament!  Make sure to check out this and all of Sega’s other great games! Chiquita Bananas – What good would a Super Monkey Ball Tournament be without bananas?  Luckily, we’ll never know as Chiquita Bananas is providing the Midwest Gaming Classic with a year supply of bananas to give the winner of the Super Monkey Ball Tournament! FM 102/1 – This great local rock station plays tunes from all of the great bands that you want to hear, and is helping to coordinate the Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll Tournament! Again, a special thanks to all of these great sponsors!

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Tournament Sponsors Announced