Resistance PSP Tournament Offers $25,000 in Prizes

With Sony Bend's Resistance: Retribution (PSP) now at North American retailers, publisher Sony Computer Entertainment has paired with community site Global Gaming to throw an online multiplayer tournament for the portable third-person shooter.

Registration opens today and runs until May 10, 2009. Two ladders, 2v2 and 4v4, are open. Combined, the two brackets offer over $25,000 in prizes for U.S. gamers.

The actual tournament portion begins on April 8, with winners declared May 31. Oddly, some of the prizes include a PSP--something you'd think participants in a tournament for a PSP game would already have. The listed prizes follow below:

2v2 Competition Prizes

• First Place (2 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle Gift Cards, and PSP TV Prize Pack (32" XBR TV, PSP-3000, 16GB PRO Duo and Component AV Cables. ARV $1420) for each player

• Second Place (2 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle Gift Cards, and PSP Pack (PSP-3000, 16GB PRO Duo. ARV $370) for each player

• Third Place (2 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle Gift Cards for each player

• Fourth Place (2 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle Gift Cards for each player

4v4 Competition Prizes
• First Place (4 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle Gift Cards, and PSP TV Prize Pack (32" XBR TV, PSP-3000, 16GB PRO Duo and Component AV Cables. ARV $1420) for each player

• Second Place (4 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle Gift Cards, and PSP Pack (PSP-3000, 16GB PRO Duo. ARV $370) for each player

• Third Place (4 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle Gift Cards for each player

• Fourth Place (4 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle Gift Cards for each player