2K Sports - events feedhttp://localhost/events/topspin3<p>Top Spin 3 fans swung by the Nintendo World store in NYC to take part in the larger-than-life tennis experience at the official Top Spin 3 Launch Tournament on June 28th. </p><p>Winners scored prizes including copies of Top Spin 3, Wilson tennis rackets, Top Spin 3 tennis balls, Puma jackets, and 2K memorabilia. </p><p> Congratulations to winners: Ganesh Kumar, who took home 1st Place, and runner up, Aaron Figgins. </p><p><img src="/media/images/events/launch-event13.jpg" /> </p><p><img width="520" height="346" src="/media/images/events/launch-event23.jpg" /></p><p> <img src="/media/images/events/launch-event33.jpg" /></p><p></p><br /><img src="http://2ksports.com/media/images/events/launch-event_article.jpg" /><br />Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:00:00 -0700http://2ksports.com/events/topspin3/32 <p>While tennis fans clamored for a spot at the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami to see the pros play, it was the virtual court action that added a new twist to the festivities. 2K Sports hosted a special event on March 26th in which the hottest tennis sensations, including Maria Sharapova and James Blake, played <strong><em>Top Spin 3</em></strong>, the highly anticipated video game featuring their likenesses.</p> <p><strong><em>Top Spin 3 </em></strong>is heralded as the industrys most realistic tennis experience and the Sony Ericsson Open provided the ideal backdrop to showcase the game, since it features many of the pros who were competing. The video game challenge featured tennis greats going virtual racket to virtual racket against each other in the first public display of <strong><em>Top Spin 3</em></strong> on the Wii home video game system. Throughout the <strong><em>Top Spin 3</em></strong> event, spectators experienced every adrenaline-fueled, Wii Remote shot as the tennis professionals battled their way to virtual tennis supremacy.</p><p>Check out G4's All Access coverage of the event at <a href="http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/previews/21051/All_Access_Top_Spin_3.html" target="_blank">G4TV.com</a>.</p><p></p><br /><img src="http://2ksports.com/media/images/events/ts3_miami_g4.jpg" /><br />Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:28:00 -0700http://2ksports.com/events/topspin3/8