WORLD CYBER GAMES MAPS OUT ROAD
TO GOLD
– Field set for World’s Largest
PC and Video Gaming Festival – World’s Elite Gamers Eye First Round Competition
SAN FRANCISCO, September 29: The
road to PC and Video game glory continued today with the World Cyber Games
Committee drawing the preliminary brackets for the World Cyber Games Grand
Final. The drawing took place at the official Players’ Village, the Courtyard
Marriott Hotel in San Francisco, with Professor Jason Wiener of the California
Art Institute’s Games Department presiding.
First round matches begin Thursday,
October 7th. Competitors face off during two days of group full league play
before the final single elimination rounds commence on October 9th. With over
$400,000 in prize money for the taking, the drawing determines who will have an
easier road to the Gold and who will have to fight for the Final round.
The random group drawing creates
some exciting potential match-ups. CounterStrike Group J will be heavily
contested, as will Group N, featuring the much-anticipated France-Germany
match-up.
Reigning Halo gold medallist Matthew
Leto is in Halo group C with challengers from Korea, Canada, Mexico and fellow
American, Stephen Booth. The group placement of Warcraft finalists Joe Anderson
and Matthew Anderson means that the two may have the opportunity to face off
against each other in later rounds of play.
A complete listing of first round
draws by category can be found online:
http://www.worldcybergames.com/
Samsung Electronics is the global
sponsor of the World Cyber Games, the premier annual festival of digital sports
and cyber culture.
About the World Cyber Games The
World Cyber Games (Co-Chairmen Chung, Dong-chea & Yun, Jong-yong) is a global
game culture festival that was founded in 2000 to promote global harmony through
e-sports. The event started in 2000, and has been running annually ever since
(this will be the fourth year). With the slogan "Beyond the Game" and with
contestants from more than 60 countries expected to participate in this year’s
event, the World Cyber Games has truly developed into a global game phenomenon
with arguably the largest prize amount at stake. The World Cyber Games prides
itself on leading the "Digital Entertainment Culture." The 2004 Games in San
Francisco will run for 5 days from October 6 through October 10.
About SAMSUNG Electronics SAMSUNG
Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication,
digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2003 parent company
sales of US$36.4 billion and net income of US$5.0 billion. Employing
approximately 88,000 people in 89 offices in 46 countries, the company consists
of six main business units: Corporate Technology Operations, Digital Appliance
Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and
Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing
global brands, Samsung Electronics is the world’s largest producer of color
monitors, color TVs, memory chips, TFT-LCDs and VCRs.
www.samsung.com
