Westwood Studios has announced that it will take Command & Conquer Renegade, its upcoming action game, on a nationwide tour starting this month. The five-city tour will give fans across the country a chance to play the game prior to its retail release on February 26.

　　The tour is sponsored by Alienware, a manufacturer of computer gaming machines; Nvidia, the graphics processing technology company; Discreet, a developer of digital content creation and management tools; and iGames, an organization of independent and franchised gaming centers. The tour will stop at five gaming centers across the country, and it will let players try out Renegade's single- and multiplayer modes. Players will also be able to enter a random drawing to win a variety of prizes, including a fully loaded PC.

　　The Command & Conquer Renegade tour will stop in the following cities:

　　January 26, 2002 -- Los Angeles, California

　　ICELAN

　　3580 Temple Ave., Suite I, Pomona, CA 91768

　　909-594-3800

　　February 2 -- Madison, Wisconsin

　　Ping Time

　　506 State Street, Madison, WI 53703

　　608-663-4664

　　February 9 -- Indianapolis, Indiana

　　Net Heads

　　1011 East Westfield Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46220

　　317-257-6635

　　February 16 - Denver, Colorado

　　CyberLAN Gaming

　　1005 W. 120th Ave., Suite 250, Westminster, CO 80234

　　303-920-2985

　　February 26 - San Francisco, California

　　Rivalution Network Center

　　1172 N. Capitol Ave, San Jose, CA 95132

　　408.821.9124

　　Renegade is a 3D action game set in the universe of Westwood's popular Command & Conquer real-time strategy games. For more information about Command & Conquer Renegade, take a look at our previous coverage of the game.