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Street Fighter X Tekken

Posted May 8, 2012 by infinity

Infinity examines when fighting universes collide in this Street Fighter/Tekken crossover… It’s been out for a couple months now, but just last week I was finally able to grab a copy of Street Fighter X Tekken for Xbox 360. Street Fighter X Tekken is a newer mash-up fighting game consisting of characters from – you [...]

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Iron Storm XIII: State of the LAN

Posted April 30, 2012 by Colin Dean

It’s time again for a fireside chat with el presidente himself, Colin “Rhettigan” Dean. In a tradition started long ago, Rhettigan talks about many aspects of Iron Storm XIII, explaining what went awesome (just about everything!) and what Pittco could have done better. He also talks a little bit about the future of Pittco and LAN gaming in Pittsburgh.

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Iron Storm Is Ready – Are You?

Posted April 20, 2012 by Jon Daniel

Registration closes at 12:00PM today but walk-ins are still welcome and we accept both cash and credit cards at the door. Before you leave for Iron Storm take a few minutes and ensure that all of your games are up to date and launch-able. Steam released an update last night so make sure you have [...]

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Iron Storm XIII Internet Update

Posted April 14, 2012 by Jon Daniel

Greetings Gamers, Iron Storm XIII is less than a week away and it’s looking like it’s going to be our best event ever! Seats are filling up fast so if you want to attend remember to sign up at pittco.org/shop. TL;DR our Internet connection works and is much faster than previous events. Get On With [...]

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StarCraft II Time Change and Call For Casters!

Posted April 10, 2012 by Jon Daniel

Start Time Change After much consideration Pittco has decided to move the start time of the StarCraft II tournament from 6:30PM to 3:00PM Saturday April 21st, 2012. This will allow us to run the tournament at a more relaxed pace and give games a chance to have a “cool down” period between matches. Registration If [...]

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Details for Counter-Strike: Source tournament at Iron Storm XIII

Posted April 9, 2012 by Colin Dean

Because we added the CS:GO tournament, sponsored by Club Conflict in cooperation with Valve Software, we’ve changed the format of our 5v5 Counter-Strike: Source tournament. It will be double elimination with a $25 per team buy-in, winner take all. Maps will include the classic maps we all know and love. The Proposed Map Rotation is: [...]

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How To :: Steaming 101

StarCraft II Time Change and Call For Casters!

Iron Storm XIII Internet Update

Win an Antec Eleven Hundred chassis from Antec, ThinkComputers, and Pittco

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ISXIII – Tournaments Announced!

Posted January 26, 2012 by Nik Parenti

The time has come, the time has come! Us Pittco staffers wanted to give all you gamers the longest amount of time to get ready for IronStorm XIII because you know that the competition will be heavy. Below is a list of tournaments that have already been worked into our 3 day schedule. We will [...]

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Video Game Releases :: 01-24-12

Posted January 23, 2012 by Nik Parenti

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Pay to Play, Worth It?

Posted January 18, 2012 by TheJAEffect

A breakdown of the battle between good and evil: In the past 6 months or so, almost every time I gather in a group of mixed console players (i.e. PS3 and Xbox 360 users) the debate of which online service is better almost always comes up. Both Xbox LIVE and PSN have their own pros [...]

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Pittco Gamer Interview – infinity

Posted December 7, 2011 by Nik Parenti

Well, this has been a long time coming. It’s been far too long since I got behind the mic and executed a proper Gamer Interview so get ready to have some ear-gasms cause this one is a doozy. The console kids that attend Pittco need some love from time to time so I felt generous and [...]

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Pittco Presents: suddenLAN!!!

Posted December 3, 2011 by Nik Parenti

Every heard of a flash mob? Well for those that haven’t I’ve included literature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Mob. Leave it to Pittco to take the idea of flash mobbing, at a LAN and try to create an event so off the wall spectacular that it really has no choice but to be fun. You see, we hear at [...]

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A quick look at Serious Sam 3: BFE

Posted November 24, 2011 by Colin Dean

It’s time to get serious! Again! No cover, no idle health regeneration. Just massive baddies out for your blood, but taking nothing but your lead! Check our quick look at this great new game from Croteam.

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