2008 CGS World Championship
Schedule for North American season and world final laid bare.
LOS ANGELES – May 20, 2008 – Championship Gaming SeriesTM (CGS), the only worldwide professional gaming league, today announced its schedule of events for the 2008 North America Season and World Final, beginning Monday, June 2 and running through the 2008 CGS World Championship on Monday, July 28.
During the course of those action-packed two months, gamers from eight teams across the globe will convene in Los Angeles to battle over US$1,000,000 in prize money, and the winning team will receive a payout of US$500,000. Players will live in CGS-supplied apartments in Los Angeles and practice with their team players every day in preparation for the World Final, which begin with quarterfinal matches on Monday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 16.
The North America Season and World Championship will be broadcast live in front of a television audience, in HDTV, on DIRECTV. Additional events throughout the summer will be covered live on thecgs.com, including the kick-off for the 2008 CGS North America Season, which will broadcast live daily June 2 – June 13 beginning at 6 p.m. PDT / 9 p.m. EDT on theCGS.com from the campus of Electronic Arts Los Angeles.
Outside of North America, televised coverage of the World Championship will air in the UK on BSkyB , in Asia on STAR and ESPN-STAR and in Australia on STAR. In September, Eurosport 2 will broadcast the 2008 World Championship to more than 41 nations in continental Europe.
Additional details on each of the events will be forthcoming:
• 2008 CGS NORTH AMERICA SEASON KICK-OFF
Hosted at the Electronic Arts LA Campus
Monday, June 2 – Friday, June 13, 2008
Airing nightly on thecgs.com Mon. – Fri at 6 p.m. PDT / 9 p.m. EDT
• 2008 CGS REGULAR NORTH AMERICA SEASON
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Mon. June 16 – two televised matches
Wed., June 18 – two televised matches
Sat., June 21 – broadcast online at thecgs.com
Mon, June 23 – two televised matches
Wed., June 25 – two televised matches
Mon, June 30 – two televised matches
Wed., July 2 – Playoffs – Semifinals – two televised matches
Thurs., July 3 – Qualifier for wildcard #8 team in World Final
Mon., July 7 – North America Final
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV
• 2008 CGS UK/EUROPEAN FINAL COMPETITIONS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Friday, June 27 – Saturday, June 28, 2008
Taped before a television audience for broadcast on SKY
• 2008 CGS NORTH AMERICA FINAL COMPETITION
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV
• 2008 PAN-ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA FINAL COMPETITIONS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Taped before a television audience for broadcast on STAR, DIRECTV Latin America and SKY
• 2008 CGS WORLD INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Airing on thecgs.com
• 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS QUARTERFINALS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Monday, July 14, 2008 – Quarterfinals #1 and 2
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – Quarterfinals #3 and 4
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV
• 2008 CGS WORLD OF WARCRAFT ARENA CHAMPIONSHIP
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Airing on thecgs.com
• 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMIFINALS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Monday, July 21, 2008 – Semifinal #1
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 – Semifinal #2
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV
• 2008 WORLD FINAL MATCH
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Monday, July 28, 2008 - Final match
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV
About Championship Gaming Series
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, the Championship Gaming Series ® (CGS) is the only worldwide professional video gaming league. Launched in 2007, and a joint venture among BSkyB, DIRECTV and STAR, CGS features teams of the world's best gamers from North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. The league distributes entertainment content to more than 400 million viewers worldwide via DIRECTV in North America and Latin America, BSkyB in the UK, Eurosport in Europe, ESPN-STAR and STAR in Asia and STAR in Australia. CGS sponsors include Mountain Dew, Creative, Xbox 360 and Dell XPS.
Media Contact:
Michael Hope
Championship Gaming Series
(310) 574-5142
mhope@thecgs.com
Christian Averill
Fleishman-Hillard
(212) 453-2341
christian.averill@fleishman.com