US finals, to be played September 8 through 10 in New York, will bring together 184 American gamers competing for cash and a spot on the world gaming stage.
If you are in New York between September 8 and 10, you may want to make your way to the Hammerstein Ballroom for some video game action. It is from here that the World Cyber Games US Final will be.
This event, now in its fifth year, brings together approximately 184 gamers who battled their way through a crowd of over 40,000. The stakes for winning the tournament are high, with winners getting a part of the $34,000 prize. In addition, they will go on as group Team USA to compete in Singapore in the world grand finals this November for an additional $420,000.
Games under which competitors will take on one another include (on the PC) Half-Life: Counter Strike, FIFA Soccer 2005, Need for Speed: Underground 2, StarCraft: Brood War, WarCraft III: the Frozen Throne, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, (on the Xbox) Dead or Alive Ultimate and Halo 2.
Samsung, Intel, Shuttle and Razer are sponsors of the US finals.
“After the success of last year’s Grand Final in San Francisco, it’s clear that e-Sports are starting to come of age here in the United States,” said Hank Jeong, World Cyber Games CEO. “The World Cyber Games ushers in a new dimension of e-Sports, where game enthusiasts can look forward to some of the most intense and dynamic video game action by the nation’s best players. We have been committed for the past five years to see this take root in America and we will continue to create an environment for e-Sports to grow and flourish.”
