MLB® '09: THE SHOW ALL-STAR CHAMPIONSHIP

OFFICIAL RULES

VOID WHERE PROHIBITED

Major League Gaming, Inc. ("Major League Gaming" or "MLG") will conduct this MLB® '09: The Show All-Star Championship Online Tournament (the "Tournament") in accordance with these Official Rules, unless otherwise indicated. By participating in a Tournament, each participant agrees to abide by these rules and decisions of judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects. Participation requires a PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, a copy of the MLB® '09: The Show video game. Broadband service and a PlaySation®Network account.

1. Description of Tournament/Participation.

A. Dates of Tournament: Registrations for the online ladder portion of this Tournament will begin at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time ("EST") on July 10, 2009, and end at 12:00 pm EST on August 31, 2009. The online ladder portion of this Tournament will be conducted beginning 12:00 pm EST on August 3, 2009, and end at 12:00 pm EST on August 31, 2009. The bracketed online playoff portion of this Tournament will be conducted beginning at 12:00 pm EST on September 2, 2009, and end at 12:00 pm EST on September 24, 2009. Participants must first register for the online ladder portion of this Tournament in order to be eligible to qualify for the bracketed online tournament portion of this Tournament.

B. How to Enter: You must be an active and registered member of MLG's GameBattles.com site (the "GameBattles Site") to enter. You may register for the Tournament by logging on to the GameBattles Site and completing the free on-line registration form at http://www.gamebattles.com/join. Please provide a valid e-mail address, as e-mail will be the primary method of contact. Tournament registration is on a first come first serve basis and is open until all applicable Tournament spots are filled. One entry per person per Tournament. Valid Tournament entries must contain all information requested. Incomplete and/or multiple entries will be disqualified. All entries become the property of the MLG and will not be acknowledged or returned. MLG is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or misdirected entries

C. How to Play: The online ladder portion of the Tournament will be an open challenge system and participants are required to schedule their own games. The top 128 single players from the ladder will be seeded into a single elimination bracketed online tournament. All participants are required to schedule their own games (within the allotted times inside the "Challenge System" of the tournament on www.gamebattles.com) based on the applicable Tournament bracket. All Tournament games must be played under the rules set forth for each individual Tournament.

GENERAL ONLINE LADDER/TOURNAMENT RULES

1. General

-       It is the responsibility of all users of this ladder to know and understand the rules before accepting a challenge or playing in a match.

-       By sending or accepting a challenge in the challenge system, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to abide by the rules posted here which include posting or accepting challenges in Match Finder.

-       Our goal here at GameBattles is to provide gamers with a place to find fun and competitive battles. In order to accomplish this goal, we will not tolerate players or teams with an unsportsmanlike demeanor attempting to destroy the friendly atmosphere we are trying to create. Violators of this rule will be dealt with accordingly. Intentional abuse of a rule to use any rule against another player to secure a win will warrant action from GB staff.

-       No XP will be awarded for playing a player 10 levels above or below your level.

-       Gamebattles prohibits members from creating or managing more than one active username on a ladder from the same household.

-       Staff abuse will not be tolerated in any form, be it messaging, forums, or tickets. Situations such as this will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

-       Verbally abusing other players is unacceptable. This includes but is not limited to the use of foul or degrading language on this ladder. If you are unable to be respectful to any player or GameBattles staff, you risk warnings up to removal from this ladder.

-       Rules are subject to change at any time, so please check them often.

-       A player has 15 minutes to show-up and be ready to start the match. If a player does not show up in the first 15 minutes, the opposing player can report a forfeit, thus the late player will lose the match.

-       "Glitching" and abusing the In-Game mechanics in ANY way is not tolerated. Our goal is to give the online gaming community a place to compete with others and we will not allow cheaters to get in the way of that goal.

-       Each player needs to show proof of winning each match to be given the win for it. All proof must contain the in game full scoreboard (showing clearly) at some point during that match, with both players to be considered valid.

-       Both players are responsible for reporting the win / loss within 30 minutes of the completed match.

-       For a match to be official, the challenge must be accepted in the match scheduler.

-       Any player participating in a match must be on the roster for at least 12 hours and can't be updated within the past 12 hours prior to the match start time indicated in the accepted match settings.

-       All roster spots must be comprised of only one valid PSN ID. Spelling and spaces must be exact, but is not case sensitive.

-       Winners will be contacted via the e-mail address provided at the time of registration

2. Prize(s). Each of the top 3 players will receive the prizing described in the "Prize Value Per Player" and "Type" columns in accordance with the chart below:

Prize is not transferable, assignable, or redeemable for cash. No substitution for the prize by the winner will be allowed. If necessary, due to unavailability of the prize for any reason, a prize of equal or greater value shall be awarded at the sole discretion of MLG. All Federal, State and local tax liabilities, gratuities and unspecificed expenses are the sole responsibility of the winner. Winner assumes all liability for use of the prize. Winners will be notified by e-mail and/or posted on the GameBattles Site within approximately two (2) weeks after the end of the Tournament. Winners will be required to sign and return, within five (5) days of receipt of notification, an Affidavit of Eligibility and liability/publicity release prior to receipt of prize and tax forms. If a winner cannot be contacted within five (5) days of first notification attempt, if any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, if winner rejects his/her prize or in the event of noncompliance with these Official Rules and requirements, such prize will be forfeited and may be awarded to an alternate, in MLG's sole discretion.

3. Eligibility and Limitations. All participants must be legal residents of the United States and at least 13-years old as of date of entry. Children under 13 are not eligible to win prizes. If a minor wins a prize, the prize will be awarded to the parent or legal guardian who signs the release. Only one (1) prize, per household, per Tournament. Employees of MLG, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. ("Sponsor"), and their advertising agencies, and members of the immediate family of any such persons are not eligible to participate and win.

4. Conditions.
MLG is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by users of the Site or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized on the Site or in any Tournament or by any technical or human error, which may occur in the processing of registrations, entries into any Tournament, or otherwise in connection with any Tournament including, without limitation, any technical limitation or other event that results in the disqualification or loss of ranking status of any participant in any Tournament. MLG assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, or communications line failure relating to the Site or any Tournament, or for any theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any registration materials or entries. MLG is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone, network, satellite, cable or lines, computer, on-line-systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of e-mail, registrations or entry submissions on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site or combination thereof in connection with the Site or any Tournament, including, without limitation, any technical limitation or other event that results in the disqualification or loss of ranking status of any Player in any Game. MLG is not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating, downloading or uploading materials from the Site or in connection with any Tournament. Any use of robotic, automatic, micro, programmed or like entry methods will void all such entries by such methods, and disqualify any person using such methods. If, for any reason, any Tournament, in MLG's sole opinion, is not capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of MLG which, in the MLG's sole judgment, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of any Tournament, MLG reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Tournament and proceed in such a manner as may be deemed fair and equitable by MLG in its sole discretion.

IN NO EVENT WILL MLG, ITS PARENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, SUPPLIERS, AND RELATED COMPANIES, ITS SPONSORS, ADVERTISING OR PROMOTION AGENCIES OR PARTNERS (INCLUDING SPONSOR) OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR: (A) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND UNDER ANY THEORY (WHETHER CONTRACT, TORT, WARRANTY OR OTHERWISE), INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS OR TOURNAMENT PRIZES, ARISING OUT OF ANY PARTICIPANT'S ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SITE OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY TOURNAMENT OR (B) FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND IN EXCESS OF ANY FEE PAID BY YOU (IF ANY) TO ENTER THE APPLICABLE TOURNAMENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THE SITE AND IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TOURNAMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN LIABILITY OR WARRANTIES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, MLG'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

5. Publicity.
By participating, all participants and winner(s) grant MLG and Sponsor permission to use their names, nick-names, gamer-tags, characters, photographs, voices, and likenesses in connection with promotion of this and other Tournaments, in perpetuity, throughout the world, and waive any claims to royalty, right, or remuneration for such use, except where prohibited.

6. Release.
By participating, each participant and winner waives any and all claims of liability against the MLG, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, subsidiaries, suppliers, and related companies, its sponsors, advertizing and promotion agencies and partners (including Sponsor), and any of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, and agents , from any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, cost or expense, including without limitation property damages, personal injury and/or death, arising out of participation in any Tournament or the acceptance, use or misuse of the prize. If any part of these Official Rules shall be held or declared to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective but shall not affect any other part of these Official Rules and the invalid portion of any provision shall be deemed modified to the least degree necessary to remedy such invalidity while retaining the original intent of the parties. The failure of MLG to partially or fully exercise any rights or the waiver by MLG of any breach of these Official Rules by you, shall not prevent a subsequent exercise of such right by MLG or be deemed a waiver by MLG of any subsequent breach by you of the same or any other term of these Official Rules. The rights and remedies of MLG under these Official Rules shall be cumulative, and the exercise of any right or remedy shall not limit a right to exercise any other right or remedy hereunder.

In case of dispute, entries will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of registration. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, on-line service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

7. Taxes.
Each winner is solely responsible for any and all applicable taxes. MLG and Sponsor are not responsible for any unspecified expenses which shall be the responsibility of winners. Any person winning over $600 in prizes from the MLG will receive an IRS form 1099 at the end of the calendar year and a copy of such form will be filed with the IRS.

8. Conduct and Decisions.
By participating in the Tournament, participants agree to be bound by the decisions of MLG and MLG' personnel. All decisions of the Tournament organizers or of their representatives regarding this Tournament are final and without appeal. Participants must conduct themselves in a reasonable manner, maintaining a friendly and polite demeanor to competitors, Tournament officials, and to other participants of the Tournament. Participants who violate any rule, gain unfair advantage in participating in the Tournament, or obtain winner status using fraudulent means will be disqualified. Unsportsmanlike, disruptive, annoying, harassing or threatening behavior is prohibited. MLG will interpret these rules and resolve any disputes, conflicting claims or ambiguities concerning the rules or the Tournament and the MLG's decisions concerning such disputes shall be final. If the conduct or outcome of the Tournament is affected by human error, any mechanical malfunctions or failures of any kind, intentional interference or any event beyond the control of the MLG, the Company reserves the right to terminate this Tournament, or make such other decisions regarding the outcome as the MLG deems appropriate. MLG reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds (a) to be tampering with the registration or entry process or the operation of the Site or any Tournament; (b) be acting in violation of these Official Rules; (c) to be hacking, or to be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person; or (d) to have provided any false or misleading information as part of the registration process including, without limitation, any false names, addresses or e-mail addresses. All decisions will be made by the MLG and are final. ANY ATTEMPT BY A PARTICIPANT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TO DELIBERATELY CIRCUMVENT, DISRUPT OR DAMAGE ORDINARY AND NORMAL OPERATION OF THIS TOURNAMENT, TELEPHONE SYSTEMS OR WEBSITE, OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE TOURNAMENT IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, MLG RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PARTICIPATE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

9. Miscellaneous.
If for any reason, any Tournament, in MLG's sole opinion, is not capable of running as planned, including, but not limited to, by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, worms, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of MLG which, in the MLG's sole judgment, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of any Tournament, MLG reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Tournament and proceed in such a manner as may be deemed fair and equitable by MLG in its sole discretion.

10. Arbitration and Governing Law Any controversy, claim or dispute arising out of or relating to this Tournament shall be settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its Commercial Rules including Emergency Interim Relief Procedure in New York, New York, except that, to the extent any participant, winner or guest has in any manner violated or threatened to violate MLG's intellectual property or confidentiality rights, MLG may seek injunctive, monetary or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of New York (and MLG may assert both intellectual property causes of action and other appropriate causes of action in any such action), and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

11. Use of Data. MLG will be collecting personal data about participants online, in accordance with its privacy policy. Please review the MLG's privacy policy at http://www.gamebattles.com/privacy.php. By participating in a Tournament, participants hereby agree to MLG's collection and usage of their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted MLG's privacy policy.

12. Rules and List of Winners: For a copy of the rules, or a list of winners, please send your request within thirty (30) days of the end of the Tournament by mail with a stamped, self-addressed return envelope with Tournament name and addressed to: Major League Gaming c/o GameBattles Tournaments, 420 Lexington Ave, Suite 2820, New York, NY 10170.

SPONSOR: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC., 919 AND 989 E. HILLSDALE BLVD. FOSTER CITY, CA 94404, USA.

TOURNAMENT PRODUCER: MAJOR LEAGUE GAMING INC., 420 LEXINGTON AVE., SUITE 2820, NEW YORK, NY 10170, USA.