Think you can steady your nerves to hit a game-deciding free throw with no time left on the clock? How about smash a cross-court backhand winner in the final set of a championship tennis match? Can you hole a 30-foot putt on 18? What about ride the rails on the world’s hottest mountains? Now try it with $25,000 on the line. Today, gamers on the Xbox video game system and Xbox Live online game service are able to register for the XSN Sports World Championship, the most competitive and intense online sports tournament in the history of console video games, at http://www.xsnsports.com/xswc/ .
The XSN Sports World Championship will be held Feb. 11-12, 2004, in Los Angeles. Eight participants, with one guest each, will be flown to that city to compete for a $25,000 grand prize and the bragging rights that come with the title of XSN Sports World Champion.
“The XSN Sports Championship is proof that online sports gaming has arrived and that Xbox continues to lead the way in innovation,” said Ed Fries, corporate vice president of game content at Microsoft. “Since launching the XSN Sports line of video games and bringing XSNsports.com to life, we’ve seen an explosion in the number of gamers who are creating customized leagues and tournaments among their friends. The XSN Sports Championship is a celebration of this competitive sports fan and provides the perfect forum for the best of the best to go head to head and earn ultimate bragging rights.”
To make it to Los Angeles, XSN Sports gamers must register at http://www.xsnsports.com/xswc/ and win an online feeder tournament that will be held for each of the six XSN Sports game titles: “NFL Fever 2004,” “NHL Rivals 2004,” “Amped 2,” “Top Spin,” “NBA Inside Drive 2004” and “Links 2004.” Two at-large gamers will be invited to round out the competition. The feeder tournaments will begin Dec. 29 and continue through Jan. 27, 2004. Feeder tournament winners will collect a $1,000 check and trophy, and earn a free trip to Los Angeles to compete for the overall title.
The six feeder tournaments are as follows:
Microsoft, Xbox Live and XSN Sports will crown the ultimate sports gamer in all six of the titles the XSN Sports World Champion. Proficiency in all the games is necessary to have a shot at winning the top prize. If “Top Spin” is your game, that could get you as far as winning the “Top Spin” Championship Series, but to win the XSN Sports World Championship you’ll want to develop skills in “Links 2004,” “NFL Fever 2004,” “Amped 2,” “NBA Inside Drive 2004” and “NHL Rivals 2004” too. No online gaming athlete will pocket the $25,000 unless he or she can compete in multiple games.
The XSN Sports World Championship will be the most grueling and competitive sports online tournament in the history of video games, with the top 256 XSNsports.com gamers in each sport taking part in the six feeder tournaments. Do you have what it takes to qualify?
Registration for the XSN Sports World Championship is now live and will continue through Tuesday, Dec. 23. There has never been a better time to pick up the latest XSN Sports titles and begin practicing. Use the next few weeks to build your XSN Sports resume, improve your stats and battle against the world’s best XSN Sports gamers on http://www.xsnsports.com/ . If you want a shot at the glory and the cash, you must play more than you have ever played before.
