More Than One Million Gamers Expected to Participate Worldwide
Finals of World's Top Digital Entertainment Event to Be Held This October in
San Francisco
First Online Qualifying Events in U.S. and Canada 'Go Live' May 15
LOS ANGELES, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- San Francisco will be the world's
Cyber capital this coming October when Samsung Electronics, a global digital
entertainment leader, brings the World Cyber Games (WCG) Grand Final to the
U.S. for the first time. The tournament, which has grown into the greatest
global festival for gamers and digital entertainment culture, will allow 700
of the world's best gamers from 60 countries to compete for the #1 position at
the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, October 4-10. The announcement was made at
the E3 show in Los Angeles.
In addition to holding the finals in the U.S., the World Cyber Games 2004
and Samsung are giving more gamers than ever a chance to win $400,000 in
prizes via the Internet. For the first time ever, beginning May 15, 2004, an
extensive roster of WCG online qualifier events will be held in the U.S. and
Canada each month through August. Online competition will include four world
renowned games -- Half-Life: Counter-Strike (team-based), Unreal Tournament
2004, Starcraft: Brood War, and Warcraft III: Frozen Throne -- and the top 2
players or teams in each game in each country advance directly to the WCG 2004
USA Final and WCG 2004 Canada Final. Casual gamers can also join in the
excitement by logging on to play special Samsung-developed Flash games.
"As a global digital leader, Samsung is proud to again support the World
Cyber Games, one of the world's most exciting digital entertainment events,"
said Peter Weedfald, Senior Vice President of Samsung Electronics America.
"Samsung has been a worldwide sponsor of the World Cyber Games since its
inception in 2000 because we are committed to promoting a fun and challenging
digital entertainment culture, and to building greater friendship and harmony
among the youth of this world."
More than one million gaming lovers from around the world are expected to
participate in this year's online and offline events. Eight official WGC 2004
games will be played offline this year: StarCraft(R): Brood War(TM),
WarCraft(R) III: The Frozen Throne(TM), Counter-Strike(TM): Condition-Zero,
Need for Speed(TM): Underground, FIFA Soccer 2004(TM), Unreal(TM) Tournament
2004, Halo(TM) (Xbox), and Project Gotham Racing 2(R) (Xbox). In the U.S. and
Canada this year, the top two winners from the seven individual games, and the
top one Counter-Strike team, will advance from each offline qualifier to the
WCG 2004 USA Final or WCG 2004 Canada Final, which will both be held in
September.
Tens of thousands of gamers can participate in multiple online and/or
offline tournaments until they earn a spot in the national final. Winners at
national finals become the 25 members of "Team USA" and 25 members of "Team
Canada," and will advance to the international WCG 2004 Grand Final in San
Francisco.
Samsung Electronics, a global leader in LCD panel manufacturing and the
WCG presenting sponsor, is proud to provide all the TFT-LCD monitors used in
the WCG finals.
With Samsung's support, the WCG launched in 2000 with a preliminary event
called the World Cyber Challenge, and was first held officially in 2001 as the
World Cyber Games. Since then, the WCG has grown to be the greatest global
festival for gamers and digital entertainment culture throughout the world,
with 55 countries now participating. Over the last three years, the WCG Grand
Final has been held in the Korean cities of Seoul and Daejeon. However,
starting with San Francisco in 2004, the WCG Grand Final will continue to be
held in different cities across the globe.
For more information or to register, please visit http://www.wcgusa.net in the
U.S., http://www.wcgcanada.ca in Canada, or http://www.worldcybergames.com for the worldwide
site.
About Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
(SEA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., markets a broad
range of award-winning, advanced digital consumer electronics and information
systems products. The SEA organization oversees the North American operations
of Samsung's Consumer Electronics Division (CED), Information Technology
Division (ITD), as well as its subsidiaries including Samsung
Telecommunications America (STA) and Samsung Semiconductor Inc (SSI). Please
visit http://www.samsungusa.com for more information.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductors,
telecommunications, and digital convergence technology. The company employs
approximately 75,000 people in 87 offices in 47 countries, and posted record
US $36.9 billion in sales and US $5.05 billion in net income in 2003. Samsung
Electronics is the world's leading manufacturer of advanced semiconductors,
TFT-LCDs, CDMA mobile phones, monitors and VCRs
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http://www.wcgusa.net http://www.worldcybergames.com
http://www.wcgcanada.ca
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