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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West closed down the inaugural “Call of
Duty XP” convention, a two-day event celebrating the popular
Activision Blizzard Inc. shoot-’em-up video game franchise, with an
explosive concert inside a hangar on the old airfield where Howard
Hughes built the Spruce Goose. West’s performance included such
hits as “Gold Digger” and “Love Lock Down.”
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West, who was joined several times throughout the show by 20
scantily clad female dancers, kicked off the Saturday spectacle by
ascending more than five stories above the crowd on a platform
inside the cavernous space. Earlier, the hangar stage served as the
final battleground for a “Call of Duty” tournament that awarded $1
million in prize money.
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The four-man group Optic Gaming from the United States toppled 31
other teams from across the globe to win the event’s
single-elimination “Modern Warfare 3” tournament. William
“BigTymer” Johnson, Blake “Vengeance2T” Campbell, Joseph “Merc SD”
DeLuca and Matthew “NaDeSHoT” Haag bested the United Kingdom team
Til Infinity to take home the $400,000 grand prize.
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“This is definitely the most that we’ve ever won,” said Johnson,
20, of Marked Tree, Ark.
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“Call of Duty” devotees lined up at the extravaganza for a chance
to play the multiplayer mode of “Modern Warfare 3,” spar on
paintball fields modeled after “Modern Warfare 2” levels, glide
over the event on a zipline, zoom around an obstacle course in a
Jeep and grab grub from an eatery resembling the game’s fictitious
Burger Town fast food chain.
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