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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Battle Gear Counter-Strike


3-Month Weekly Competition Offering Over $3,500 in Player Product Prizes at 50+ iGames Centers across US and Canada

Product Sponsors Include BFG®, Razer™, Antec®, Patriot Memory and Abit

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, September 19, 2007—iGames, the world’s leading game center organization, today announced the Battle Gear Counter-Strike™ Source Fall Game Night, a 3-month weekly ladder with special events to be held at 50+ iGames member centers across the United States and Canada, with over $3,500 in player prizes in the balance from top gear sponsors BFG®, Razer™, Antec®, Patriot Memory and Abit.

Format:

• The program will run every Wednesday evening from Sept 12 through Dec 12 from 7 PM to 10 PM EST.

• The event will be a team-based 5-v-5 Ladder facilitated over IRC complete with Match History and Standings tracked on a dedicated iGames Mini-Site.

• A special night of events will occur on Wednesday, October 17 for a Mid-Season Break. Additional details will be posted at a later date on the event Mini-Site.

• In total 8 teams will advance to the playoffs which will run November 28 to December 12.

Prizes:

Each player (five per team) on a winning placing team at the conclusion of playoffs will win the following respective prizes:

1st Place Team
+ BFG 6800 GTS OC 256MB PCIe video card

2nd Place
+ Razer Tarantula gaming keyboard
+ Razer DeathAdder gaming mouse

3rd Place
+ Antec Nine Hundred computer case

4th Place
+ Patriot Extreme Performance (EP) Low Latency PC2-6400 2GB memory kit

5th Place
+ Abit IL9 Pro motherboard

For registration and rules, along with the event schedule and complete list of participating iGames center, visit www.igames.org or contact the iGames events team at events@igames.org.