CGS Announces 2008 Schedule of Events

Posted by: chataum

Championship Gaming SeriesTM (CGS), the only worldwide professional gaming league, today announced its schedule of events for the 2008 North America Season and World Final, beginning Monday, June 2 and running through the 2008 CGS World Championship on Monday, July 28.

During the course of those action-packed two months, gamers from eight teams across the globe will convene in Los Angeles to battle over US$1,000,000 in prize money and the winning team will receive a payout of US$500,000. Players will live in CGS-supplied apartments in Los Angeles and practice with their team players every day in preparation for the World Final, which begin with quarterfinal matches on Monday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 16.

The North America Season and World Championship will be broadcast live in front of a television audience, in HDTV, on DIRECTV. Additional events throughout the summer will be covered live on thecgs.com, including the kick-off for the 2008 CGS North America Season, which will broadcast live daily June 2-June 13 beginning at 6 p.m. PDT / 9 p.m. EDT on theCGS.com from the campus of Electronic Arts Los Angeles.

Outside of North America, televised coverage of the World Championship will air in the UK on BSkyB, in Asia on STAR and ESPN-STAR and in Australia on STAR. In September, Eurosport 2 will broadcast the 2008 World Championship to more than 41 nations in continental Europe.

Additional details on each of the events will be forthcoming:

2008 CGS NORTH AMERICA SEASON KICK-OFF
Hosted at the Electronic Arts LA Campus
Monday, June 2-Friday, June 13, 2008
Airing nightly on thecgs.com Mon-Fri at 6 p.m. PDT / 9 p.m. EDT


2008 CGS REGULAR NORTH AMERICA SEASON
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Mon. June 16 -- two televised matches
Wed., June 18 -- two televised matches
Sat., June 21 -- broadcast online at thecgs.com
Mon, June 23 -- two televised matches
Wed., June 25 -- two televised matches
Mon, June 30 -- two televised matches
Wed., July 2 -- Playoffs -- Semifinals -- two televised matches
Thurs., July 3 -- Qualifier for wildcard #8 team in World Final
Mon., July 7 -- North America Final
Airing on DirecTV


2008 CGS UK/EUROPEAN FINAL MATCHES
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Friday, June 27–Saturday, June 28, 2008
Taped before a television audience for broadcast on SKY


2008 CGS NORTH AMERICA FINAL COMPETITION
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV


2008 PAN-ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA FINAL COMPETITIONS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Taped before a television audience for broadcast on STAR, DirecTV Latin America and SKY


2008 CGS WORLD INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Airing on thecgs.com


2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS QUARTERFINALS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Monday, July 14, 2008 -- Quarterfinals #1 and 2
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 -- Quarterfinals #3 and 4
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV


2008 CGS WORLD OF WARCRAFT ARENA CHAMPIONSHIP
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Airing on thecgs.com


2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMIFINALS
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Monday, July 21, 2008 -- Semifinal #1
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 -- Semifinal #2
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV


2008 WORLD FINAL MATCH
Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
Monday, July 28, 2008 -- Final match
Televised matches airing live on DirecTV


Portuguese Version:
A Championship Gaming Series™ anunciou hoje sua programação de eventos para 2008. Suas atividades irão do dia 2 de Junho até 28 de Julho.

Durante este período de quase dois meses, jogadores de oito equipes de todo o mundo estarão em Los Angeles em busca da premiação total de US$1,000,000, na qual a equipe vencedora receberá US$500,000. Os jogadores irão ficar em apartamentos cedidos pela CGS em Los Angeles, onde irão treinar todos os dias para a Final Mundial, que começa com os jogos das Quartas de Finais nos dias 14 e 16 de Julho.

Os principais jogos, da Etapa Norte-Americana e a Final Mundial serão transmitidos ao vivo pela DIRECTV. Os eventos paralelos serão transmitidos pelo site thecgs.com.

Fora dos Estados Unidos, a transmissão televisiva da Final Mundial será feita pela BSkyB na Inglaterra, pela STAR e ESPN-STAR na Ásia e pela STAR na Austrália. Em Setembro, a Eurosport 2 irá transmitir a Final Mundial 2008 para mais de 31 países da Europa. Na América Latina, as responsáveis pela transmissão serão a DirecTV Latin America e SKY.

A franquia brasileira Rio Sinistro irá jogar contra a franquia mexicana Mexico City Furia no dia 10 de Julho, para decidir quem irá representar a América Latina na Final Mundial.