MatchBox360 are pleased to announce the overwhelming success of their Xbox 360 eSports tournament series in 2007 as a sell out crowd of over 350 gamers descended upon the Birmingham NEC Toute Suite for the third instalment of XL on the weekend 17-18th November.
Once again, gamers travelled from across the UK and Europe to compete on all the latest Xbox 360 titles. MatchBox360 XL3 featured the first major European tournaments on Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4, alongside the hugely popular Gears of War, FIFA 08 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2008.
MatchBox360 XL continues to set the standard for competitive console tournaments in the UK with more than 80 Xbox 360 consoles hosting tournaments and freeplay, and £6500 in cash prizes being won throughout the XL3 weekend!
“With its growing reputation, XL is now being recognised as one of the premier console eSports tournament in Europe, and we would like to thank everyone who has supported XL over the last 12 months. We aim to build upon the success of our first 3 events, and look forward to providing the European gaming community with bigger and better XL events in 2008.” - Chris Barnes (XL Event Manager)
MatchBox360 would like to thank the following games publishers, sponsors and community websites their invaluable support and generous assistance:
• Electronic Arts
• Activision
• Ubisoft
• Konami
• Microsoft
• XLEAGUE.TV
• Lime Ltd
• Halo3forum
• Console Gaming
MatchBox360 will soon be releasing details of their forthcoming XL events in 2008. For all the latest XL news and information, please visit the website and community forum: http://www.xlgaming.co.uk