The Extreme Sports Channel produced a series of televised pro videogaming events, and Joystick Junkies organised the second in the series; Pro Videogaming: Project Gotham Racing 3 on August 13th at the Ripspeed Donny show

The Extreme Sports Channel have commissioned British fashion and videogame event label Joystick Junkies to produce the Pro Videogaming: Project Gotham Racing 3 tournament at the Ripspeed Donny car show on Sunday 13th August. Ripspeed Donny expects 20,000 visitors at their show which takes place on North Weald Airfield in Essex.

Joystick Junkies are bringing together hundreds of the UK's very best gamers to compete in the pro-racing games tournament. After 7 days of gruelling heats on Xbox Live and in the morning at Ripspeed Donny, the final 16 competitors will be pitting their racing skills against the very best the UK has to offer. They will be playing Project Gotham Racing 3 on an open air 20ft x 15ft LED screen which will be recorded for  television and the pressure will be on to give their best ever performance with a huge audience, and a hot list of prizes up for grabs.

On the day, entrants will be able to compete for one of the final 8 slots in the tournament in the morning, whilst visitors will also be able to try out new and forthcoming video game releases, take part in or watch some special events and much more.


Finalists for the Pro Videogaming: Project Gotham Racing 3 tournament will be found via Xbox Live heats (to find 8 of the 16 finalists) which will take place from 4th-10th August, while a further 8 contestants will be chosen from heats taking place at the Ripspeed Donny event in the morning.

Full details of the event and how to enter the heats can be found here