Astro Professional Gaming Headsets & Bags

In a cold weekend in February, Mike “hastr0” Rufail opened up his gaming house in Greensborough, NC to host The GUNNAR LAN. Pro Gamers from Team EnVyUs and OpTic Gaming were invited out to stay for the weekend and play, practice, and strategize with their fellow gamers with Activision‘s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. GUNNAR Optiks and TwitchTV were the main sponsors of the event and much of the gameplay was live streamed throughout the weekend (VODs available here).

Hastr0 also put it out there that he would like more of these events to happen, with fan interaction, competitions, and more. Let us know if you’re interested in watching or attending events like this by posting a comment below, or on the YouTube video.

-ASTRO Warblade

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As a new experiment for this year’s PAX East, we wanted to capture more of what goes on at PAX and give those who were unable to attend a hands-on view from ASTRO. Throughout the weekend, we had a video crew dedicated to capturing things like our brand new show booth, a YouTube meet up with our Eon team and other YouTube producers, and some of our highlights of games on the floor.

Our photo albums for each day have also been uploaded to our Facebook account.
Booth Photos | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

Sneak Pic at the new ASTRO Gaming Booth:

ASTRO Gaming’s EON & YouTube Directors Meet-Up at PAX East 2012:

Nexy’s Favorite Games from PAX East 2012:

ASTRO Gaming’s Partner Activations at PAX East 2012:

Nexy’s Hidden Gem of a game: LOADOUT at PAX East 2012:

We’ll continue to have more videos from PAX and other Expos in the coming months. If you like what you’ve seen, please feel free to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. Also, let us know in the comments below if you think we should have covered anything else!

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ASTRO returns to Boston as the Official Headset of PAX East 2012! Not only that, but this will be the unveiling of our new booth! Products like our A40 Gaming Headset + MixAmp, A30 Cross-Gaming Headset, Transport Series bags and A*STARs will be available for purchase.

Our gear will also be outfitting a number of booths to provide some great audio with their games. Check out all the latest games and demos from developers like Ubisoft (Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Assassin’s Creed 3), Square Enix (Sleeping Dogs), Red 5 Studios (FireFall), Riot (League of Legends) and more.

Booths:

* ASTRO Gaming Booth # 1018
* Riot Games – Booth # 690
* Wizards of the Coast – Booth # 462, 562
* Sega – Booth # – 448, 548
* Red 5 Studios – Booth # 536
* Square Enix – Booth # 850
* Ubisoft – Booth # 824, 836
* Perfect World Entertainment – Booth # 736
* Uber Entertainment – Booth # 1062

If you’re not attending, we still got your back. We’ll walk the floor for you, check out the games and give our opinion on the latest and greatest things at PAX East. Our crew will be posting pictures and videos each night of games we like, cosplay, our new booth, and more crazy antics all weekend. Be sure to check out our Facebook and YouTube for that exclusive content. For PAX East exclusive updates via our Twitter, check our our custom search parameters here.

-ASTRO Warblade

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The 2012 competitive schedule is already well under way, and MLG is kicking off their live events for spectators this weekend in Columbus, Ohio for the very first MLG Pro Circuit Winter Championship. Over 1,000 gamers will compete in StarCraft 2 and Halo Reach and in three new fighting games to the circuit, Mortal Kombat, Soul Calibur V, and King of Fighters XIII. With a combined $200,000 prize pool, it’s sure to draw out the best competitive gamers in the world.

ASTRO will continue to support the MLG and gamers by providing full MixAmp racks at all Halo team stations and the main stage, as well as at all PC setups for StarCraft 2. Competitors need only to plug their A40 or A30 headset in to our MixAmps for full Dolby 7.1 audio and be able to hear your teammates for crucial team communication.

Eon Instinct is set to defend their title after winning the MLG National Championship last November in Providence, RI. They remain one of just a few teams without any changes to their team or coach since the last competition. They’ve proven that with time, skill, and keeping their roster the same, that it can lead to winning several Halo titles. In the same fashion, Instinct has been an ASTRO supporter and used our gears for many years, and we were happy to partner with them and the rest of Eon for competitions throughout the year.

Be sure to catch all the live streams of the event, as the SD quality streams are free for the whole weekend at http://www.majorleaguegaming.com!

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The competitive gaming season kicked off this last weekend with Hypefestation, a Gears of War 3 tournament held in Newark, NJ. We are a big supporter of the eSports scene, and we participated as one of the premiere sponsors of the event by providing our MixAmps at all of the main tournament stations.

For Hypefestation’s 2nd tournament theyere invited out 32 of the best Gears of War 3 teams who battled it out for a prize pool of $12K. Sponsors BeyondGaming and Twitch.tv provided live streaming of the event and matches, featuring ASTRO Listen Ins.

A big congrats to the first place winners Infinity and the second place team NSAN3Z. You can catch all the replays of the matches on BeyondGaming’s Twitch.tv channel. We look forward to seeing more Gears of War 3 in the eSports scene!

Be sure to check out our Facebook photo album with all the pictures from the weekend.

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This is it! The MLG Finals for 2011, held in Providence, RI. The best of the best gamers competed in a fierce battle in Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Black Ops, League of Legends, and StarCraft II. Get a glimpse of all the action that happened over an epic weekend.

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So we have a bit of a busy month here… Simultaneously, ASTRO will be supporting IGN Pro League 3 in Atlantic City, NJ and DEVESTATION 2011 in Phoenix, Arizona!

The IGN Pro League 3 Tournament October 6th-9th, is drawing both Starcraft 2 and League of Legends fans en mass to Atlantic City, NJ with a total prize pool of over $100,000. The event is in the heart of Atlantic City’s entertainment life split between two different venues: Bally’s and Caesars. With a lineup of pros, personalities, and casters such as: BoxeR, IdrA, HuK, MC, djWheat, the IGN eSports cast team, Anna Prosser, Rachel ‘Seltzer’ Quirico, and NBA player Gordon Hayward, you can be sure this is the RTS gaming event you can’t miss. We’re excited to announce that we are a supporter for this landmark event, and will be outfitting the entire tournament area with our award winning A40 Audio Systems, and will also be providing 40 pairs of our A*STAR Earbuds for attendee prizing throughout the event.

DEVESTATION 2011 is taking place in Phoenix, AZ on the same weekend. Featuring tons of tournaments for the biggest and best fighting games like Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter IV, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and more. Other awesome games that’ll be featured for tournaments are Halo Reach, Black Ops, Gears of War 3 and even League of Legends new Domination mode. Throw in some fun cosplay contest and more, you’ll have a pretty rad event. That and all competitions will be played with A40 Audio Systems.

Keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter feed for more updates as we go!

- ASTRO stanimal

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ASTRO returns from Call of Duty XP with enough Burger Town action, zipline rides and Modern Warfare 3 gameplay to hit the ground running this November. And seeing Dropkick Murphys is always rad. Kanye was cool too.

Catch up on the event by checking out our video recap on YouTube and our Facebook photo galleries from the 1st day and 2nd day!

Like what you see? Leave a comment!

- ASTRO stanimal

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ASTRO Gaming will be down in Los Angeles this coming weekend to ensure that Call of Duty XP has the best communications gear for competitive play. Get your first look at Modern Warfare 3 and participate in the $1 Million Tournament, powered exclusively by ASTRO’s award-winning A40 Headsets and MixAmps.

Going from September 2nd through the 3rd, each CoD station will feature the same ASTRO Pro MixAmp Racks used on Major League Gaming’s Pro Circuit, providing equal footing to all teams pro and amateur as they fight for the insanely huge $1 million prize.

See you there!

- ASTRO stanimal

PS. Check out this sweet setup video for Call of Duty XP!

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ASTRO Gaming returns to PAX Prime as the Official Headset of PAX 2011! You know you love it. While we won’t have our booth gracing the show floor this PAX Prime, rest assured that we will still have our presence known.

Only available at PAX Prime 2011, we are bringing the next A30 Penny Arcade Limited Edition to the PAX Merch Booth for a special show price of $99. This 2011 edition also features magical new artwork from the heroes over at Penny Arcade. Only 400 exist and they won’t last long so you know what you have to do.

In addition to having 400 of our headsets available to try out in the PC Free Play area, our A40s and A30s will also be at the following booths:

- EA – Battlefield 3, Need for Speed: The Run & Mass Effect 3
- Sony PlayStation – Starhawk, Resistance 3, Uncharted 3 and Twisted Metal
- Ubisoft
- Perfect World
- Square Enix
- Capcom
- Wizards of the Coast – Magic: Duals of the Planeswalkers
- Activision

Lastly, looking to score some custom branded ASTRO gear? We’ll have giveaways at:

- EA’s Need for Speed: The Run
- Perfect World’s Rusty Hearts
- OnLive

Have a fun and safe PAX! Be sure to follow our updates on our Twitter and Facebook.

Go unicorns,

- ASTRO stanimal

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