Posted 6/6/2008 at 9:30 AM By GamingShogun
Alienware has announced the PC Gaming Season Open, which they are putting on in partnership with iGames centers across the United States. The Counterstrike: Source tournaments will begin on June 28th with double elimination rounds at each of the 8 iGames locations. Then on Sunday, the finalists will complete in a WAN elimination round. There is $7,500 dollars in prize money in total for the event with the winner of the Sunday battles receiving $1,250 dollars.
You can find out more info here.
Official Release:
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.
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
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