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MEDIA ALERT:
-Electronic Sports World Cup-
ELECTRONIC GAMING PLAYS WITH THE BIG KIDS
Bercy June 29 – July 2nd 2006
Theale, England – June 2nd 2006 – Paris is waking up to the latest signs that one of this summer’s most exciting sporting events is almost here. The Fourth Electronic Sports World Cup, supported by main sponsor NVIDIA and produced by Games-Services, was officially launched today with a billboard campaign on the Paris Metro. Finalists from all over the world are preparing to compete at the Palais Omnisport Paris-Bercy for a prize fund of $400,000 in what promises to be an unmissable event.
Since its opening in 1984, the Palais Omnisport Paris-Bercy has been the venue for numerous major competitions, from the Paris Master tennis tournament to the Moto Supercross. This year the Electronic Sports World Cup will take its place amongst Paris-Bercy’s prestigious sporting visitors, the clearest signal yet that gaming is defying its stereotypes and stepping into the limelight.
Over the last few months, competitors from fifty three countries have been taking part in a series of qualifying events and each nation will send its best male and female teams to the prestigious finale in Paris-Bercy. When filled to capacity, the stadium will play host to 17,000 people hungry to catch all the action from Gran Turismo 4, Counter Strike, Quake 4, Warcraft 3, Trackmania Nations and Pro Evolution Soccer 5.
For thousands of gaming fans, their World Cup fever starts June 29 in Paris-Bercy. Tickets are on sale at http://www.ticketnet.fr/shop/e¬n/manif.asp?idtier=237143&IdMa¬nif=97324 from 10 euros, and passes for the entire competition are also available.
About Games-Services
Games–Services (formerly Ligarena) is a production and publishing media company dedicated to digital entertainment. Since 2000, Games-Services’ gaming events and activities have generated more than 1,200 national and international press articles and the production of more than 300 hours of TV reports all around the world. Games-Services directly manages all the logistic, marketing and sports sides of the events produced and supervises the Electronic Sports World Cup in over 50 countries. Games–Services also publishes the Cyberleagues.net on-line system and the video game magazine Overgame.com. www.games-services.com
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors. The Company's products enhance the end-user experience on consumer and professional computing devices. NVIDIA GPUs (graphics processing units), MCPs (media and communications processors) and WMPs (wireless media processors) have broad market reach and are incorporated into a variety of platforms, including consumer and enterprise PCs, notebooks, workstations, PDAs, mobile phones and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered in California and employs more than 2,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the Company’s Web site at www.nvidia.co.uk.
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