Twin Galaxies World Championships to Launch at Big Bang 2010

July 15, 2010 - PRLog -- Big Bang 2010 and Twin Galaxies International (TGI) are excited to announce the Twin Galaxies World Championships, August 5 - 8 at the International Video Game Hall of Fame.

The stage is set and the stakes are out of this world. Gamers from across the globe are invited to take their shot at worldwide videogame fame exclusively at the Twin Galaxies Pavilion, with all verified world records to be submitted for the upcoming Guinness World Records 2011 Gamer's Edition.  

“This will be the most important contest Twin Galaxies has hosted in 25 years,” raves Walter Day, Twin Galaxies' founder and just one Big Bang 2010's special guest. “This contest fulfills a sense of destiny in that, once again, we are allied with Guinness World Records and we are doing it in Ottumwa, the birthplace of Twin Galaxies and the birthplace of competitive videogame play.”

Back to where it all began: it’s the Twin Galaxies World Championships, live at Big Bang 2010.

For more information, contact:

Richard Booth
Director of Business Development
Twin Galaxies International
O:(607) 654-0156
C:(607) 382-7635
Richard.Booth@tgi-mail.net

or:

International Video Game Hall of Fame & Museum
217 East Main Street
P.O Box 308
Ottumwa, Iowa 52501
info@ivghof.com

Get a front seat in video game history. For tickets to Big Bang 2010,  visit Ticketmaster.com and search for Key Words Big Bang 2010.

About Twin Galaxies International
Twin Galaxies International is the world's official authority on player rankings, gaming statistics and championship tournaments. Home to over 120,000 verified scores from over 52,000 members around the world, TGI has been featured in 2007's King of Kong' and 'Chasing Ghosts' documentaries, TVs 'Big Bang Theory', 'Chuck' and multiple print publications and as official adjudicators during E3 2009.  The TGI are proud  to be a pivotal part of Big Bang 2010. For more information, visit www.twingalaxies.com

About The Big Bang
The Big Bang is Ottumwa's Annual Video Game Festival, co-created by the Citizens of Ottumwa and the International Video Game Hall of Fame.  The Big Bang 2010: Making Gaming Matter is a four-day event held concurrently with the Grand Induction Ceremonies for the International Video Game Hall of Fame & Museum (IVGHOF&M).  The festival features contests, concerts, dealer showrooms, panel discussions, guest celebrities, costume contests and much more.  For more information visit: http://www.ivghof.com

About The International Video Game Hall of Fame
Located in Ottumwa, Iowa, the International Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to honoring excellence in the field of electronic gaming by recognizing the champions, industries and professionals related to this popular activity. We will build and maintain a state-of-the art interactive facility containing historical archive exhibits describing the historic milestones of the video game industry, and preserve significant video gaming relics, memorabilia and artifacts of the times past and present.