(Stockholm, SWEDEN) - July 10, 2006 - Home to many of the
world's most famous gaming teams, Sweden is a strategic
location for KODE5 to help spread its message of competitive
gaming to the world. Today, KODE5, in association with Gamers
Paradise and GosuGamers.com, is proud to announce the launch of
KODE5 Sweden - a gaming event that combines both online and
offline qualifiers to determine the gamers that will represent
Sweden at the KODE5 Global Final in September. Featuring
Counter-Strike 1.6, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, and Quake
4 tournaments, KODE5 Sweden joins the growing list of KODE5
events taking place around the world. Supported globally by
Foxconn, Corsair Memory, and Razer, and supported regionally by
many others, the KODE5 Global Gaming Revolution takes
competitive gaming to an international stage with events being
held in 20+ countries worldwide. Details for the KODE5 Sweden
event are as follows: KODE5 Sweden Regional Qualifiers
Counter-Strike 1.6 Online Qualifier Registration: Monday, July
10, 20:00 CET ~ Sunday, July 17, 20:00 CET Registration Link:
http://www.kode5.com/homepage.php?page=events&ev_id=18
Qualifier Dates: One round per day at 20:00 CET beginning
Monday, July 18 More info available on IRC at #KODE5.cs
(Quakenet) Top 2 advance to offline finals in Stockholm
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Online Qualifier Registration:
Monday, July 10, 20:00 CET Registration Link:
http://www.gosugamers.net Qualifier 1: Sunday, July 16th, 15:00
CET Qualifier 2: Friday, July, 21st, 19:00 CET More information
available at GosuGamer.net's Warcraft III News section Top 2
advance to offline finals in Stockholm Quake 4 Online Qualifier
Registration: Monday, July 10, 20:00 CET ~ Friday, July 15,
20:00 CET Registration Link:
http://www.kode5.com/homepage.php?page=events&ev_id=18
Qualifier Dates: Saturday, July 16, 20:00 CET More info
available on IRC at #KODE5.q4 (Quakenet) Top 2 advance to
offline finals in Stockholm KODE5 Sweden Offline Qualifier On
Sunday, July 30th, the KODE5 Sweden Finals will take place at
the state-of-the-art Gamers Paradise gaming facility. Located
in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, Gamers Paradise has hosted a
number of international gaming events, and offers gamers an
extreme gaming experience for all in attendance. The winners
from the offline qualifier will earn the right to represent
Sweden at the KODE5 Global Finals in September. Details for the
KODE5 Sweden Offline Qualifier are as follows: Registration
Dates: Monday, July 10th ~ Friday, July 15th CS 1.6 6 spots + 2
spots for those which have qualified online Cost: 100 SEK per
person = 500 SEK per team WC3: TFT 6 spots + 2 spots for those
which have qualified online Cost: 125 SEK per person Quake 4 6
spots + 2 spots for those which have qualified online Cost: 125
SEK per person Gamers interested in attending the KODE5 Sweden
offline qualifier can send an e-mail to kode5@gamersparadise.se
with contact information and awards and international results
to apply for the selection process. Gamers Paradise,
Stockholm, Sweden An extreme gaming experience! Gamers Paradise
develops and to markets centralized gaming hosting solutions
for operation of gaming centers, as well as betting
technologies to be used when playing various online games.
Gamers Paradise runs gaming centers by themselves as well as
through licensing and franchising. Gamers Paradise strongly
believes in professional e-sport and contributes to the
development of one of the world's best CS teams as well as well
developed gaming companies, NiP. "We are honored that KODE5 has
chosen Gamers Paradise, Northern Europe's newest and most
professional gaming center chain, to host the Swedish KODE5
finals," says Peter Hedlund, CEO Gamers Paradise Holding AB.
"The teams and players attending the finals can look forward
receiving an extreme gaming experience while competing to win
the Swedish KODE5 finals." Catch all the action on big screens
Register now for KODE5 Sweden! "Sweden, home to some of the
world's oldest and most respected gaming teams, has a long and
illustrious history in the world of e-sports," says KODE5
Revolutionary-at-Arms Thomas Kuhlenbach. "We are proud to be
working with Gamers Paradise to bring KODE5 Sweden to the
world. With their extensive experience with holding top-notch
events, we are confident that gamers will have a great time at
KODE5 Sweden." For more info on Gamers Paradise, please visit:
www.gamersparadise.se and www.nip-gaming.com For more info on
GosuGamers, visit their website at www.gosugamers.net More
details on this exciting event will be revealed at
www.kode5.com About Foxconn FOXCONN is the global leader in the
manufacturing of Motherboards, Graphics Cards, Optical Storage
Devices, Workstations, Servers, Slim PCs, Barebones Systems and
IA Products. With more than three decades of manufacturing
experience that includes global distribution and logistics,
Foxconn is dedicated to making business easy and affordable for
its customers, offering innovative, award-winning products that
propel the market forward. More information: Please see
www.foxconnchannel.com Press Contacts: China/APAC - Christin
Wang + 86. 2812. 9800 ext 25503 christinwang@foxconn.com About
Corsair Corsair Memory, a member of JEDEC, has been a leader in
the design and manufacture of high-speed memory modules since
1994. We have earned our reputation as being the first to
market with leading-edge products supporting new computing
platforms and technologies. Corsair supplies memory for
applications ranging from mission-critical servers to
ultra-high performance gaming systems. The performance and
reliability of Corsair memory products makes them ideal for
memory-intensive computing. Additional information about
Corsair is available at www.corsair.com. About the Razer
Group Razer is the world's leading brand in high-end
computer gaming peripherals. The company designs, engineers and
markets cutting-edge gaming peripherals that provide
professional gamers with the competitive edge through a
combination of technology, innovation and design. Recognized as
the pioneers of the high-performance gaming mouse, our
superiority in gaming peripherals stems from our ability to
understand and conceptualize peripherals that gamers need.
Engineered to near perfection, Razer's reputation of being the
leaders in peripheral technology is embodied in every single
Razer product. Razer-For Gamers. By Gamers
For more information, please log onto www.razerzone.com. About
KODE5 KODE5 masses gamers in 16 countries in a series of
regional events to find the best gamers from around the world.
The best then fly to an undisclosed location to square off
against the world's gaming elite. With television crews from
around the world broadcasting, international media in
attendance, and mass crowds rioting for their favorites, the
KODE5 Global Finals will bring gaming to the center stage like
no other gaming event. KODE5 will take competitive gaming to
another level and gain the respect that gaming deserves. To
join the revolution, go to the KODE5 website at www.kode5.com.
