Update: See below for the new start time for the tournament! It's noon on Feb. 4th, not midnight as previously reported.

PGC is proud to help promote the first sanctioned online DS game tournament (that we know of, anyway). User Moellenium in the Tony Hawk's American Sk8Land (THAS) forums has organized a single-elimination tournament, and Activision has been kind enough to donate some great prizes for the winners.

Grand Prize: Custom Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (THAW) skate deck from E3 2005, plus one copy of THAW for GameCube.

2nd-6th Prizes: One copy of THAW for GameCube.

The action starts at noon EST on Saturday, Feb. 4th, but participants are advised to arrive in the tournament chat room at 11AM to get ready. The tournament is open to players worldwide, but please note that the prize games are from North America and may not work on systems in other regions.

Tournament participants must register to the list of names and friend codes in this thread at the official THAS game website. (You'll also need to register for the website, if you haven't already.) Complete rules and other details are also listed in that thread; please direct questions about the contest to Moellenium in the THAS forums.