CONTACT: Sgt. 1st Class Arthur Coon, 761-7919

FOR RELEASE: Saturday, Sep 11, 2010

ON SITE: Sgt. 1st Class Arthur Coon, 761-7919

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (09/07/2010)-- The New York Army National Guard Interactive Game Experience is coming to The Queensbury Armory on Saturday, September 11, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Queensbury Soldier Readiness Center, 65 Stone Quarry Road. This free event for the community invites local area students and electronic game enthusiasts to participate in an afternoon of gaming and learning about the New York Army National Guard in their hometown. The Interactive Game Experience will provides a forum for electronic gaming on some of today's most popular titles and gives young men and women in the community an opportunity to visit a Soldier Readiness Center and learn about different career paths and educational opportunities with the New York National Guard. The Interactive Game Experience, visiting college and university campuses and other locations across New York, is an innovative outreach by the New York Army National Guard to showcase the career and educational opportunities available to young men and women as they gather to play this year's latest video games. Over 30 of today's popular electronic games will be featured including: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2011 Transformers: War for Cybertron Iron Man 2 Skate 3 Red Dead Redemption UFC Undisputed 2010 NCAA Football 11 Madden NFL 11 The Exhibit includes 17 game ports with 19" and 42" HD flat screen monitors featuring Nintendo® Wii™, PlayStation® 3, and Xbox 360™ game consoles. In addition to regular play, gamers can sign up to participate in the following 2 tournaments during the afternoon; prizes to all winners. UFC Undisputed 2010 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 "In this era of intense demands on the United States military, the mission of recruiting outstanding men and women as the New York Army National Guard's future officers and enlistees is one of the most important contributions we make to this nation and its security," said Marketing Specialist Ed Smith. "In pursuit of this mission, we are constantly looking for creative, contemporary ways to be in conversation with high quality young men and women about a career in the Guard and we have found the Interactive Game Experience to be a really effective vehicle for this mission." IGX, Interactive Game Experience is a leader in producing live events for the video game industry. The company provides electronic gaming attractions for a variety of different host venues including fairs, festivals, theme parks, consumer shows, colleges, corporate events and sporting events such as the NCAA Final 4 and the Indy 500. For more information on Interactive Game Experience Exhibits go to www.igxnet.com. The New York Army National Guard has approximately 10,500 citizen-Soldiers from New York City to Buffalo New York Guardsmen are involved in hundreds of community service projects across the state each day. When called to duty for state or federal missions; from disaster relief recovery to supporting operations in the war on terrorism, they are prepared to serve. For more information on putting part-time service into your full-time lifestyle and exploring your Path to Honor, visit www.NATIONALGUARD.com for more details.