Hi-Rez Studios has announced the first stops for its Global Agenda North American tour, and the first one kicks off tomorrow, Aug. 13, at QuakeCon in Dallas. The game's presence will also be felt on Sept. 4 at both DragonCon in Atlanta and the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle.

According to the announcement, fans will get the chance to meet the developers behind Global Agenda and try out hands-on demos of the action MMO. You can actually watch the reactions of players who tried out the game at E3 in this YouTube video. Keep an eye on the tour page for more information and check out the full list of tour dates through January 2010 below.

ATLANTA, AUGUST 11, 2009 - Hi-Rez Studios, independent developer and publisher of online interactive entertainment, announced today initial dates and locations for the Global Agenda North American Tour, providing fans of the upcoming action MMO a unique opportunity to meet the games’ developers and experience Global Agenda’s fast-action play style and intense class-based combat hands-on.

Initial tour dates include events in Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Philadelphia and Las Vegas, and build on the game’s highly successful showings at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco in March and E3 in Los Angeles in June,  where Global Agenda walked away with several high-profile awards from the gaming press.

"Global Agenda’s rapid-pace gameplay and unique combat system is best experienced hands-on," said Executive Producer Todd Harris. "So we are very excited to take the game on the road and expose the rest of the world to the game that we’ve all grown addicted to playing."

Initial tour dates include:

Dallas, Texas QuakeCon August 13 - 15

Atlanta, Georgia DragonCon September 4

Seattle, Washington Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) September 4-6

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Games and Media Expo (GameX) October 22-24

Las Vegas, Nevada Consumer Electronic Show (CES) January 7-10

Global Agenda developers are looking forward to meet and play with gaming enthusiasts across the country.

For more information, updates, and additional tour dates, please continue to watch www.globalagendagame.com/tour and follow Hi-Rez Studios Twitter feed @hirezstudios for all the latest Global Agenda news and events.