January 17, 2007
Electronic Sports World Cup to Launch Portal
ESWC.com
Worldwide Online Community Platform to
Federate Electronic Sports
“Games-Services”, owner of the Electronic Sports
World Cup, announces the worldwide launching of its community Internet platform
“ESWC.COM” dedicated to video games players, teams and tournament organizers
affiliated with the ESWC. “ESWC.COM” links up 36 private organizations,
representing 45 countries using an exclusive online software designed by
Games-Services.
The “ESWC.COM” portal aims to be the database of
electronic sports, referencing all players taking part in ESWC competitions
throughout the world, formalizing their associations in clubs and teams.
Supported by an online software of tournament management, designed to provide
real time information, “ESWC.COM” will certify the eligibility of a player for
the Electronic Sports World Cup.
“ESWC.COM” will provide tournament calendar for
each country, coverage of competitions, search engines for teams and players,
and live match results for ESWC tournaments. Registered members will be able to
access all features of the site:
- Obtaining an ESWC player license;
- Registering and managing clubs and teams;
- Organizing a tournament;
- Requesting ESWC accreditations;
Eventually “ESWC.COM” will publish periodic
national and international rankings based on players and teams achievements in
ESWC competitions.
The Electronic Sports World Cup was launched in
2003. The last Grand Finals were organized in Paris, France, at The Carrousel du
Louvre in 2005 and in Bercy in 2006. The ESWC has rewarded the champions with
more than 1 million dollars of prize money over the last years. The next ESWC
Grand Final will be organized from 5 to 8 July 2007 in Paris Expo Hall 5, and
will gather 1,000 of the best video games players from all over the world, and
more than 50,000 visitors.
Technical Information
“ESWC.COM” will be available in 10 languages when
launched: French, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian,
Chinese, Indonesian, and Spanish.
“ESWC.COM” will include 45 countries when
launched. This list is not closed and will be extended to new countries in the
next weeks:
ALGERIA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BAHRAIN, BELARUS,
BELGIUM, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHINA, CROATIA, DENMARK, EGYPT, FINLAND,
FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRAN, ITALY, KAZAKHSTAN, KOREA,
KUWAIT, LEBANON, LIBYA, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, OMAN, PAKISTAN, POLAND, PORTUGAL,
QATAR, ROMANIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, SWEDEN,
TUNISIA, TURKEY, UKRAIN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES.
Hosting and administration are directly managed
by Games-Services on DELL POWEREDGE 1855 servers and Blades 1955 with INTEL CORE
2 DUO processors.
Internet:
http://www.eswc.com.
