SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) announced that its GameSpot Web site
(http://www.gamespot.com), the leading online gaming site, will today launch its
comprehensive coverage of this year's Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3),
beginning with live Webcast coverage of the highly anticipated pre-show press
conferences by industry leaders Microsoft and Capcom, and followed tomorrow by
Sony and Nintendo.
Throughout the week, GameSpot users can view live video broadcasts of the
latest breaking E3 news, as covered by GameSpot editors from their booth on
the show floor. In addition to extensive video coverage of key events,
interviews, and booth tours, GameSpot will provide up-to-the-minute reports,
product previews, screen shots, and more, all created to give GameSpot users
the closest experience to being live on the E3 show floor.
"GameSpot's traffic jumped nearly 50% during last year's show," states Joe
Fielder, site director of CNET Networks' GameSpot. "Our simultaneous viewers
doubled during last year's Webcasts, and our average streams per day were
10 times higher than usual. These numbers are a testament of the importance of
E3 to GameSpot's four million unique monthly users, and with this year's more
extensive video coverage, we expect even better results."
Scheduled to run from tomorrow until Friday, May 24, at the Los Angeles
Convention Center, E3 is the premier interactive entertainment and gaming
event for industry players, providing them with trend-spotting and an advance
look at what the hottest gaming products will be during this year's holiday
season. The show's conference program brings together key industry
professionals to share ideas and strategies via workshops and panel
discussions. GameSpot co-founder and senior vice president of Consumer Media
for CNET, Vince Broady, will moderate this year's panel discussing the
changing face of game retail on Wednesday, May 22, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. PT.
GameSpot, http://www.gamespot.com, is the most highly trafficked game content
site on the Web. Offering inside scoop on anything and everything related to
games and gaming, the site gives users instant access to tens of thousands of
game reviews, previews, downloads, guides, hints and news stories. Launched in
May of 1996, GameSpot is the winner of the "Best Entertainment Site" award in
1999 and 2000 from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and has become
the information brand of choice for millions of hard-core and casual gamers
worldwide.
Visit GameSpot at booth #2900 in the West Hall, or join via live video
broadcast at http://www.gamespot.com/live/. For more information on E3, visit
http://www.e3expo.com/
About CNET Networks, Inc.
CNET Networks, Inc. is the world's leading source of information and
services for buyers, sellers and suppliers of technology, including IS/IT
professionals, enterprise decision makers, executives, gamers, and technology
shoppers. As a top 10 Internet company with established Web sites throughout
the United States, Europe and Asia, CNET Networks provides its award-winning
content via the Web, wireless devices, broadband, radio and print. Its
respected brand portfolio includes CNET, ZDNet, TechRepublic, mySimon,
News.com, Download.com, GameSpot, Builder.com, Shopper.com, Computer Shopper
magazine, CNET Radio, and CNET Channel.
SOURCE CNET Networks, Inc.
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