Hold onto your trousers / pants / trousers AND pants, week 4 of the International 360Gamercast Pinball FX2 Marvel Pinball League is DOWN TO THE WIRE!

With FunkyM0nk storming to the top and XxSTEVIECEExX struggling with the Blade table, a hole has opened up that leaves the crown potentially in the hands of three competitors!

So step on up FunkyM0nk, XxSTEVIECEExX and Bollo82 your pinball destiny is in your hands next week with the Wolverine table. Start playing Monday until 12 NOON UK TIME FRIDAY 14th OCTOBER

Everyone else keep playing too! As you can see, with cheeky chappie polarfirthy beating XxSTEVIECEExX this week, YOU can impact on the outcome at the top. Also it is always good to rank up the table, beating your fellow gamers (mrc1501-3-nil, bring it).

WEEK 3 FINAL BLADE PLACINGS

1) Funkym0nk – 47,197,600 – 30 points
2) bollo82 – 36,597,600 – 29 points
3) XXXMCBEEXXX – 35,702,800 – 28 points
4) CheshireTomcat – 32,802,400 – 27 points
5) polarfirthy – 31,802,400 – 26 points
6) XxSTEVIEECEExX – 29,690,000 – 25 points
7) delboy07wales – 28,534,000 – 24 points
8 ) COOPSTER18 – 23,183,000 – 23 points
9) FrostyPints Rob – 22,049,000 – 22 points
10) dhaunsch – 20,023,000 – 21 points
11) FingerPuppet – 18,568,500 – 20 points
12) TCV – 18,270,500 – 19 points
13) sideefect2009 – 15,646,000 – 18 points
14) mrc1501 – 15,178,000 – 17 points
15) unifiedtheory44 – 12,800,000 – 16 points
16) Fud72 – 12,644,000 – 15 points
17) Cinema Dan – 12,610,000 – 14 points
18) Evil Donn – 11,739,000 – 13 points
19) Pitbullpeebs – 11,643,400 – 12 points
20) Scoobius Pip – 11,131,000 – 11 points
21) mrdaafies – 10,704,000 – 10 points
22) jelibee – 10,393,000 – 9 points
23) craigieh – 9,936,000 – 8 points
24) Fatherlvsbeaver – 8,389,500 – 7 points
25) TripMcNealy – 8,013,000 – 6  points
26) NiNJa x RoDz – 7,710,000 – 5 points
27) steve zodiac – 7,586,000 – 4 points
28) H34DCA5E – 7,333,000 – 3 points
29) The Lynx Defect – 6,271,000 – 2 points
30) MisterMonday – 6,066,200 – 1 points
31) Chappo GFE – 5,498,000 – nil points

MAIN TOURNAMENT AFTER 3 WEEKS

1) FunkyM0nk – 88 points
=2) XxSTEVIECEExX – 85 points
=2) Bollo82 – 85 points
3) CheshireTomcat – 79 points
=4) mrc1501 – 68 points
=4) XXXMCBEEXXX – 68 points
5) Cinema Dan – 61 points
6) Fud72 – 57 points
=7) Fatherlvsbeaver – 55 points
=7) unitedtheory44 – 55 points
=8) dhaunsch – 54 points
=8) COOPSTER18 – 54 points
9) TCV – 51 points
=10) Scoobius Pip – 50 points
=10) delboy07wales – 50 points
11) polarfirthy – 41 points
12) Pitbullpeebs – 38 points
13) FingerPuppet – 37 points
14) steve zodiac – 36 points
15) Evil Donn – 34 points
16) jelibee – 30 points
17) sideeffect2009 – 27 points
=18) H34DCA5E – 25 points
=18) mrdaafies – 25 points
19) NiNJa x RoDz – 24 points
20) Chappo GFE – 23 points
21) FrostyPints Rob – 22 points
22) TripMcNealy – 21 points
23) craigieh – 16 points
24) Jaymogee77 – 8 points
25) simongraeme – 7 points
26) LordOfLetterbox – 6 points
27) Doomsday1997 – 4 points
28) Grumpy Git UK – 3 points
=29) xDrunkzz HD – 2 points
=29) The Lynx Defect – 2 points
=30) Webby317 – 1 point
=30) MisterMonday – 1 point

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS PLACINGS AFTER 3 WEEKS

1) FunkyM0nk – 28 points (+10)
2) XxSTEVIECEExX – 26 points (+6)
3) Bollo82 – 25 points (+9)
4) CheshireTomcat – 20 points (+7)
5) XXXMCBEEXXX – 17 points (+8)
6) Cinema Dan – 13 points
7) Fud72 – 10 points (+1)
8 ) dhaunsch – 7 points (+4 points)
9) COOPSTER18 – 5 points (+5)
=10) Scoobius Pip – 4 points
=10) unitedtheory44 – 4 points (+2 points)
=11) steve zodiac – 3 points
=11) FingerPuppet – 3 points (+3)

and yet to score…

mrdaafies, Chappo GFE, Evil Donn, Stone Cold Spur & GrizzlyTel

PODCAST TEAM PLACING AFTER 3 WEEKS

1) Cinema Dan – 15 points (+5)
2) Pitbullpeebs – 11 points (+4)
3) H34DCA5E – 10 points (+3)
4) TripMcNealy – 6 points (+2)
4) Webby317 – 1 point (+0)

We have a code to give away to one lucky 360Gamercast listener / reader for the awesome Fruit Ninja Kinect!

Yes, you too can be slicing and dicing water melons, apples and kiwis in the face whilst aiming for the top score in this excellent 1 or 2 player score attack Kinect game.

To be in with a chance of winning we want you to tell us your favourite fruit and why.

Simply put your entries in the comment section below and follow the twitter feeds of @360Gamercast & @Webby317

We shall then pick our favourite.

Good luck!

Small print nonsense…

Closing date for entries is 19:30 GMT Sunday 25th September.

The winner will be announced on Episode 185 of the podcast available from Tuesday 27th September.

Thanks go out to LordOfLetterbox for the generous donation. You’re a gent sir.

Time is almost upon us to start the next tournament of four tables. In case you were unaware (where have you been, playing WoW?) this set of pinball tables from Pinball FX2 feature some of the most fun and intuitive in the whole Zen cannon.

If you are planning to take part the tables you require are: Spider-Man, Iron Man, Blade and Wolverine. These cost a reasonable 800 msp from XBLA so download them as soon as you read this.

Like before ensure that you have added the gamertag Cinnamon Dan360 to enter the tournament as this will enable me to easily compile the scores and give you frequent updates.

Scoring this time around will be different. Since we had typically over 30 entrants each week, scoring will range from 30 points down to 1 point depending on placing. For example 1st place will get 30 points, 2nd 29 points, 3rd 28 points etc… down to 30th which will get 1 point.

If less than 30 people play, say it’s 28 people, the last place position – 28th, will score 3 points.

If you come 31st or lower then it’s nil points for you nub nub.

There will also be two separate leagues that will be worked out separate to the main league. The first one will be Champion of Champions and will feature all of those who scored on the leaderboard for the previous tournament. FingerPuppet, XxSTEVIECEExX, Bollo82, FunkyM0nk, Scoobius Pip, XXXMCBEEXXX, CheshireTomcat, Stone Cold Spur, dhaunsch, LordOfLetterbox, Cinema Dan, Chappo GFE, Evil Donn, unifiedtheory44, Fud72, mrdaffies, GrizzlyTel, COOPSTER18 & steve zodiac will all therefore feature. A total of 19 combatants.

Scoring will be like the previous Pinball FX2 tournament 10 points for 1st, 9 points for 2nd etc… down to 1 point for 10th. 11th to 19th will score nowt. I am doing it this way as it prevents people choosing to score 2 – 3 points by coming last so to secure a position come week 4. Nail biting to the finish.

Finally there will a podcast team league. Since there is no hope in getting Colin to enter, Scoring will be 5 points for 1st, 1 point for 5th AS LONG AS A SCORE IS RECORDED THAT WEEK. Yes Webby, no score – no points.

So when do you play?

This tournament starts Monday 19th September with the Spider-man table.

Simply add the Cinnamon Dan360 gamertag and play between Monday 19th September and 19:00 GMT / UK time on Friday 23rd September. I am fitting the end of this week around my shifts at work.

Expect daily updates as and when during the week.

Also as a heads up the table running order will be: Spider-man, Iron Man, Blade and Wolverine.

GOOD LUCK!

PS – if you have any queries then please list them below and / or shout me on twitter

1) XxSTEVIECEExX – 26 points
2) FingerPuppet – 25 points
3) FunkyM0nk – 16 points
4) Bollo82 – 19 points
5) Scoobius Pip – 12 points
=6) Stone Cold Spur – 10 points
=6) XXXMCBEEXXX – 10 points
=8) LordOfLetterbox – 7 points
=8) Cinema Dan – 7 points
=8) Chappo GFE – 7 points
11) CheshireTomcat – 5 points
12) Evil Donn – 4 points
13) dhaunsch – 6 points
14) unifiedtheory44 – 3 points
15) mrdaffies – 2 points
16) GrizzlyTel – 2 points
17) COOPSTER18 – 2 points
18) steve zodiac – 2 points

As you will have seen a couple of weeks ago Webby asked us all to vote 360G for the Podcast Awards 2010. Well the nominations where announced yesterday and 360Gamercast is officially nominated for Best Gaming Podcast of 2010.

The nominations in the Gaming category are as follows:

360GamerCast

Aetheryte Radio

Drunk Tank

Griant Bomb Cast

Jake and Mike VGS

Pet Food Alpha

Polycast

Talk Radar

The Gamespy Debriefings

The voting opens on Wednesday 1st December. So lets prove that 360Gamercast is THE WORLDS #1 BRITISH GAMING PODCAST!

Gaming is at 12:50. Sorry for the Adverts, they are put in the stream by UStream.

Source: http://www.podcastawards.com/

Are you in need of more Alan Wake? Don’t have the code for the first DLC? Well here at 360GamerCast we have you covered. Aren’t we just great?

If you brought this game new, you should have the code anyways so this is more for those renting the game or planing on purchasing its 2nd hand in the near future.

Prize

1 (ONE) xbox live redeemable code for Alan Wake “The Signal” Avaliable to download 27th July.

How to Enter

Simply answer the following question.

In what year was Alan Wake Officially announced?

2004

2005

2006

2007

Send your answer via e-mail to me at taylor_youtube@hotmail.co.uk

Subject line: Alan Wake Comp

Body: Your answer and your forum name.

Rules

The only rule is that you MUST be a member of the forums, simples. O yeah and only 1 (ONE) entry per forum user.

Receiving your Prize

The winner with notified via a PM on the forums prior to release of the DLC (27th July although this date may change). So make sure you give a valid Forum Name!! I will also e-mail you but the code will be in the PM.C

Closing Date

The competition will close on June 10th at 11:59pm. Any e-mails received after this will not be included.

Thanks to the folks over at activision we have three codes to give away for the Blur multiplayer beta.
The codes are going to be given away on a first come, first served basis so to get one all you need to do is be one of the first three people to post a comment below. Get in there quick folks.

“Who: The Carphone Warehouse is searching for the Fifa 10 ‘Supreme Gamer’ (open to people aged 16 and over)
What: Compete against other players live on big screens in stores for a chance to win the coveted title and some great prizes.
Where: 32 people (in each of the following areas) who have signed up online will be drawn at random and invited to play at Carphone Warehouse’s flagship stores: Manchester, Ipswich, Exeter, Cardiff, Salisbury, Oxford, Brighton and Hanley
When: The in-store contests will take place week commencing Monday 15th February.
How: If you want to prove you’re the best at Fifa 10, sign up online at http://supremegamer.ning.com/ before Monday 8th February. You’ll then be entered into a draw and allocated your first opponent.
Why: The winner in each area will win a Sony Ericsson Yari handset, a £50 Carphone Warehouse voucher and an invitation to compete in the UK final. Runners-up will receive a £25 Carphone Warehouse voucher. The overall UK ‘Supreme Gamer’ will win a 32in HDTV, a gaming console of their choice, 2 accompanying games and a Logitech Squeezebox

For full instructions and competition terms and conditions visit http://supremegamer.ning.com/“

To celebrate the release of Bayonetta by PlatinumGames we’re giving away one copy of the game to a lucky member of the 360G community. All you have to do to stand a chance of winning this absolutely amazing game is to answer the following question:

What are the names of Bayonetta’s four guns?

To enter, send your answer to the above question to: Bayonettacompo@hotmail.com

The closing date for this competition is next Friday (January, 15th) at 5pm. The winner will be announced in the comments of this item and notified by email. You MUST include your forum username in the email in order to be entered into the competition. If you’re not yet registered for the forums, but would like to be, then you can do so here

Keep checking 360gamercast.com for our full Bayonetta review which will be online this Sunday.