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  • Mr. Destructoid Walks Into a Bar...

    • 6 May 2011
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    ...And meets a happy, hard-working monkey named "Playhem".

    Today, Playhem is ecstatic to announce the implementation of a partnership with Destructoid, which to quote from their 'WTF is Destructoid?' page, is "that gaming news site with the robot mascot and crazy community". There's more awesome on that WTF link (including their sexy staff that spends so much time together so as to make the site feel 100% community generated) than we care to shake a stick at. From our side, Playhem is psyched to be invited to the cool kids table.

    Shut the fuck up and just play games

    You want details? All D'toid devotees will see the 'fight' tab at the top of their homepage. Upon clicking, users will pass through a window (that Mrs. Destructoid picked out the drapes for) to be dropped smack-dab into the Playhem experience. At this new modern online soiree, they meet their friends to play games and tourneys for cash and prizes. The communities will be linked, there will be joint prizes / contests once the Dtoid users get comfortable in the system, and all will have access to challenge gaming around our sports titles, Starcraft II, and the many more titles coming soon.

    Friday Night Fights

    As part of the integration, Senor Destructoid's iconic community-hosted 'Friday Night Fights' will be enhanced as Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be given the Playhem tech treatment. With all of the prizing that Mr. D'toid has drops on a daily basis, that generous soul will keep it's roots firmly emplanted while adding a snazzy new interactivity thanks to Playhem. As always, the 'Fight' community will be organized, hosted, and loved unconditionally via regular Dtoid posts from the jefes at Destructoid.

    In short, we're fired up to have made new friends in the Destructoid team, and all friends of Mr. Destructoid are friends of ours. Let's do this. 

    UPDATE: See the post on destructoid.com for partnership details.

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  • Watch IPL Season 1 Tonight and Brief Details on Playhem — IGN Partnership

    • 21 Apr 2011
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    We, like you loyal Playhemmers, were excited to have our upcoming partnership with IGN and the IGN Pro League made public on Wednesday: http://go.ign.com/e8tkNi

    There are many details to come, but we'll start by emphasizing that we share David Ting and the IPL team's passionate vision for creating the best competitive gaming experience this burgeoning community has yet seen. Integrating an IGN version of the Playhem experience into the larger IPL initiative allows players of any skill level to compete against their friends and rivals for cash and prizes.

    Suffice it to say we are beefing up our tournament commissioner tools to allow for more user control of the tourneys in this very moment. Look for this deployment early next week, alongside key features that are specific to Starcraft II gameplay and tourneys. All games that are part of the Playhem experience will be available also on the IGN-Playhem shared platform, with more titles being added soon. The Playhem functionality will launch with IGN in time for IPL Season 2 in June.

    Most importantly, watch Season 1 starting tonight. 16 of the top North American SC2 players duke it out for $5,000 in prizes. Tune in and support eSports, the IPL, and Playhem by tuning in tonight, April 21, at 8 PM EST: ign.com/ipl

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