Samsung Electronics America renewed a commitment to sponsor the U...
Samsung Electronics America renewed a commitment to sponsor the U.S. leg of the World Cyber Games (WCG) tournament for the 5th consecutive year. Terms weren’t disclosed, but Samsung said it agreed to sponsor all WCG U.S. events including the…
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WCG USA online preliminaries, WCG U.S. Open, WCG USA Regional Tournaments and WCG USA Championship National Finals. Samsung will be exclusive provider of HDTV displays for Xbox 360 matches and other monitors for the PC game matches, it said. Other exclusive sponsorship categories include cellphones, MP3 players and computer printers. U.S. competition has started, with matches July 15-16 in Austin, July 29-30 in Indianapolis, Aug. 5-6 in Irvine, Cal. and Aug. 12-13 in N.Y.C. The U.S. tournament culminates in the WCG USA Championship Final Sept. 15-17 at a location to be announced where 175 top gamers will face off for $76,000 in prizes and the chance to represent the U.S. on Team USA at the Grand Final in Monza, Italy. This year’s tournament features 6 PC games - StarCraft: Brood War, WarCraft: Frozen Throne, Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1.6, Warhammer 40,000: Winter Assault, FIFA Soccer 06 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted - as well as the Xbox 360 games Dead or Alive 4 and Project Gotham Racing 3. The U.S. program also adds more competitions at its major live events, including Major League Baseball 2K6, Halo 2, Geometry Wars and others for the Xbox 360. The event, which began as the World Cyber Challenge in 2000, is the world’s largest video and computer game tournament festival, with more than 1.25 million people competing in 2005 in local, regional and national qualifying tournaments, its produce said. Organizers expect up to 700 gamers to travel to Italy in Oct. for the Grand Final. Samsung is the worldwide sponsor for the World Cyber Games; other sponsors include Microsoft.