XBOX 360 and Wii Gaming Area
The Billiards and Games Room now offers a comfortable XBOX 360 and Wii Gaming Area in the northwest corner. There are 6 XBOX 360 consoles and 2 Wii consoles, each equipped with an individual flat-screen monitor and a comfortable gaming chair. The XBOX 360 consoles, as well as those of the Wii, are connected through a network for multiplayer game play.
XBOX 360 and Nintendo Wii Gaming Stations Hourly Rates:
Any day before 6 p.m.
1 player: $2.50
2 players: $4.00
3 or more players: $5.25
Any day 6 p.m. - close
1 player: $3.50
2 players: $6.00
3 or more players: $8.50
XBOX Live:
Two of our Xbox stations have an active Xbox Live account. They are the two stations in the middle, facing outward toward the pool tables.
Tournaments:
The XBOX 360 Gaming Area is also the location of the XBOX 360 tournaments hosted every Thursday night at 7pm by the campus rep for EA Sports.Tournaments are FREE to students. Prizes and giveaways every week. Winner will take home a copy of the latest EA Sports releases. UUAP tournaments are on Wednesday nights, alternating between the Michigan Union and Pierpont Commons. Win gift cards and "Munchie Money" which is good as cash in all University Unions eateries. Tournaments are free and open to U of M students.
EA Sports sponsors a tournament of the newly released games every Thursday night. Just show up and get a free t-shirt! If you win the tournament, you take home a copy of the game disk. Tournaments are open to U of M students.
For more information on either of these tournaments, see the XBOX 360 tournaments page.
XBOX 360 Games available to rent:
Nintendo Wii Games available to rent:
Wii Sports, Wii Tennis, Tiger Woods PGA tour 10 and many more...
