Alienware Arena Left 4 Dead Tournament

no.spam@gameriot.com (iGamesWayne) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:17:48 -0400

iGames and CEVO have announced a free online tournament for Left 4 Dead, featuring $1,500 in cash prizes. It's part of the new Alienware Arena gaming league (http://www.alienwarearena.com).

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Alienware Arena is excited to present the Survival of the Fittest tournament for Left 4 Dead. Tell your friends and register today – it’s free to compete and you’ll have a chance at a $1,500 cash prize pool.

In the opening phase of the tournament, August 10th – September 3rd, up to 256 teams will compete in group play matches with up to 8 teams per group. The top team from each group, 32 groups in all, will advance to the double-elimination finals bracket running from September 10th to October 8th.

The Survival of the Fittest Championship on Saturday, October 10th will feature the top 8 teams and will broadcast on the Alienware Arena site by the casters from PwnageTV. We promise there will be plenty of flesh destroying action!

All matches will be played 4-on-4 versus mode, using official maps and custom server plug-ins for match management. The Match Network Client will ensure fair game play and enable teams to reach each other at game time.

For more information about the Survival of the Fittest tournament and to register now, navigate the pages of the micro-site at

Have you got what it takes to survive? Join us.

Alienware PC Gaming Season Celebrates eSports with $7,500 Counter-Strike: Source Tournament, June 28-29

no.spam@gameriot.com (iGamesWayne) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:39:43 -0400

Alienware® PC Gaming Season Celebrates eSports with $7,500
Counter-Strike: Source Tournament, June 28-29

Latest National Event in Popular Gamers Tour to Feature 2-Days of
Counter-Strike: Source Action, Cash & Prizes

Event Will Also Include Free T-Shirts for All Participants and
the Chance to Have Your Moves Captured in Special Highlights Video

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, June 5, 2008—Leading game center organization iGames today announced the details of the Alienware $7,500 PC Gaming Season Open, the latest event in its popular Gamers Tour (www.gamerstour.com), featuring a two-day, double-elimination Counter- Strike: Source frag-fest at 8 select iGames centers in California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Michigan, and Texas.

The event will conclude Alienware’s inaugural PC Gaming Season – a nine-week celebration of gamers and PC gaming that includes special activities, features, offers and interviews geared to enhance the PC gaming experience.

WHERE & WHEN:

Saturday & Sunday, June 28-29, at 8 select iGames member centers across the US & Canada. Saturday will be a double-elimination local LAN tournament with a maximum of 8 teams at each of 8 participating centers (64 teams, maximum). The 8 winning teams, one from each center, will advance to Sunday, which is a WAN (online) double-elimination tournament against other LAN winners, presented in association with CEVO (www.cevo.com). Participating centers for both days include:

• GameFrog in Winston-Salem, NC
• Gigabits LAN in Orlando, FL
• Gamestation in Cornwall, NY
• CyGamZ in Ypsilanti, MI
• Howie’s Game Shack in Westminster, CA
• Euphnet Cyber Café v3 in San Jose, CA
• The Digital Nexus in Toms River, NJ
• Xtreme Gaming Cybercafe in San Antonio, TX

WHY YOU SHOULD GO:

The event will include a $7,500 cash prize pool.

Saturday Prize Distribution:

At each of the 8 locations -

1st - Advance to Sunday
2nd - $235 Cash

Sunday Prize Distribution:

1st - $1,250
2nd - $1,000
3rd - $875
4th - $750
5th - $500
6th - $500
7th - $375
8th - $375

AND, YES, EVEN MORE REASONS:

• Highlight Video: A highlight video, featuring the best shots from the events as well as camera shots from the centers themselves, will be created by renowned eSports videographer Michael “numlocked” Cragg which will be released at
www.alienware.com on July 21st.

• Free T-Shirts: All event participants will receive a free Alienware t-shirt.
For registration and other event information, including additional iGames events, visit www.igames.org/alienware or contact the iGames events team at events@igames.org.

About Alienware
Established in 1996, Alienware® manufactures high-performance desktop, notebook, media center, and professional systems. Operating under the philosophy of “build it as if it were your own,” Alienware has earned numerous awards for excellence and has become a respected brand name worldwide with systems available direct within the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. For more about Alienware, go to www.alienware.com.

About iGames
iGames, Inc. offers a wide range of services to help independent and franchised game centers. iGames’ mission is to promote and develop the growth of the game center industry. Its services unite game centers with the goal of establishing them as the driving force enabling the interactive entertainment industry to become the number one form of entertainment around the world. iGames has established strong relationships with industry leaders to provide a wide variety of products, services and programs to member game centers and gamers including software licensing, hardware discounts, exclusive game premieres, tournaments, and game nights. Today the company counts well over 600 centers and 1.2 million gamers per month, initiating and coorganizing more than 200 events a year. To learn more about iGames, go to www.igames.org.

About Gamers Tour
The Gamers Tour is composed of regional and national eSports tournaments managed and executed by iGames and many of the nation's leading iGames member Game Centers. The events are held throughout the year, all around the country, for the top competitive video games. The Gamers Tour in 2008 will include more than 30 tournaments and will award over $50,000 in total cash and prizes to gamers. To find out more about the Gamers Tour, including a list of
upcoming events, go to www.gamerstour.com.

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Media Contact:
Bill Lessard
iGames
wlessard@igames.org
914.476.6089

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