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Collaborating with developer Rovio Entertainment, GSN Games has released a twist on the Angry Birds formula. Angry Birds Champions features the same bird-flinging gameplay, but now you can catapult Red and co for cash.

The partnership uses GSN’s WorldWinner games platform, which has been offering tournament versions of popular titles for 20 years. WorldWinner isn’t a casino app, though – you have to beat real opponents with real skill to win any money. Angry Birds Champions matches you with players of a similar level, and then it’s down to you to show your pig-thwacking prowess.

The game features two tournament modes – Best of 3 and Progression. During Best of 3, you play the same level three times, and only your highest score counts towards the result. So you can use the initial turns to hone your aim and strategy. Progression is less forgiving, challenging you with three different levels and tallying up the total of each level. In other words, every level counts.

Players based in the U.S. and Canada can start chucking birds for cash by downloading the WorldWinner iOS app, which features Angry Birds Champions, along with tournament twists on a host of other popular mobile games. The platform has awarded players with over $1.5 billion since it began, so there’s plenty to flap about.
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Super Evil Megacorp, in partnership with ESL (the world's largest esports company), is holding the first ever official Vainglory Cup Series in Europe.

Dead Trigger 2, by Madfinger Games, is having a new ITHACA Tournament Tour. The tournament will visit London, Paris, Berlin, Prague, and Moscow, and offers real prizes for the winners in the form of in-game currency. The tour will feature the new ITHACA shotgun and M1 Garand. Players will have 3 attempts and only their best score counts. Can you reach the top and win the first place prize of $500,000 of in-game cash?

The Dead Trigger 2 ITHACA Tour has already kicked-off today, and ends on Sunday, October 5, at 11:59pm PDT. You can pick up a copy of Dead Trigger 2 for free on the App Store now.

A tournament has begun for Dead Trigger 2, challenging players to slaughter better than the rest of the world. Dubbed the 'Slaughter Master Tournament', the winner will receive an iPad Mini, with positions up to 10,000th set to receive varying amounts of in-game Gold.

In order to take part, players will need to be Tech-Level 5 and pay up 20 Gold. In the challenge itself, boosters and second chances aren't allowed, but players can pick any weapon and equipment they like. Players get three attempts, with their best being the only one that will count.

Dead Trigger 2 is available now and is free to download. The tournament should be available to play in-game now, and ends at 11:59 PM PDT on Monday, August 4.

March Madness is here, and that means everyone and their mom is going to try and make the perfect bracket. ESPN's bracket-making app, called ESPN Tournament Challenge, has received an update and it's waiting for you to make your picks.

The updated app is now ready for the 2014 season and features a slick new iOS 7 design and icon, making it a beautiful mobile client for ESPN's Tournament Challenge competition. From within the app, you can create entries for the competition, join groups, follow friends' brackets, as well as get news and highlights as the tournament progresses.

The app is available on the App Store right now, for the low price of free. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad running iOS 7.0 or later.

It's time to take up the paddle once more. For justice!

2013's Golden Gate Smackdown saw an impressive turnout of folks looking to have a good time and play some ping pong for charity. This year's 32 person tournament is scheduled for February 12 (7pm-12am) at the Mezzanine in San Francisco.

It's going to be a tournament to remember; with plenty of major companies representing themselves on the tables, and this year's special musical guest will be The Pharcyde. So, think you've got what it takes to go up against Silicon Valley's toughest paddlers?

Ping pong hopefuls can email the event coordinators at [email protected] or go through Eventbrite if they would like to sign up and show off their skills.

Newtoy Inc has been picking up some great press of late for its brilliant Words With Friends game, including our four star review. The popular multiplayer app is reminiscent of a word-based board game you may know (that rhymes with dabble) and is now available for the iPad as Words With Friends HD.

The biggest print title in Dallas, Texas, D Magazine, recently featured Words With Friends and its creators, fellow Texans Paul and David Bettner, as its cover feature and is now launching its own Words With Friends celebrity tournament. With 64 places available, the tournament is open to all and will include D Magazine staff, the Bettner brothers and even Dallas Cowboys’ Martellus Bennet among the players. According to Newtoy, Words With Friends is popular with members of both the Cowboys and Texas Rangers.

For your chance to play, click here and sign up before June 1.

Bracket busters, diaper dandies, Cinderella teams, sweet sixteen, great eight, final four - all terms you only hear in March. To celebrate the fantastic March Madness we're kicking off our first March Madness Contest. To join in on the fun, sign up for the CBS Brackets on Facebook and join the 148Apps Readers Group.

We'll have prizes for first and second place. As follows:

1st place overall - $30 in iTunes Gift Cards (US only)
2nd place overall - 148Apps T-shirt from AppTees

Please note, to enter the contest you must have a Facebook account and join the 148Apps Readers Group in the CBS Brackets app.

And if you want to keep up on the tourney on the go, CBS has just released the CBS March Madness On Demand app. It lets you watch every single game of the tourney when connected to a WiFi network and listen to audio over 3G/Edge. We'll see how it works, CBS has always had trouble meeting the demand for their web streaming during tournament time. The iPhone app uses the MobiTV network, so hopefully it won't have the same issues.

And even though I know that Perrin will likely kick all of our butts, 148Apps staff are not eligible to win but can join in on the fun.