College Gaming League Partners With CGS

Posted by: MarkDolven

COLLEGE GAMING LEAGUE BECOMES FIRST OFFICIAL AMATEUR DIVISION
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMING SERIES
Dell College Gaming League Gets Worldwide Exposure

ROUND ROCK, Texas, May 14, 2008 - Dell's College Gaming League (CGL), the community for avid PC and console Collegiate gamers and the Championship Gaming Series (CGS), the sole worldwide professional gaming league, have joined forces and established the CGL as the Official Amateur League Partner of CGS.

The College Gaming League was founded by Dell, Intel and Microsoft as part of the Dell University program, which offers educational discounts and customized PC bundles for students, faculty, and staff at thousands of participating schools across the country.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, the Championship Gaming Series™ (CGS) is the only worldwide professional video gaming league. Launched in 2007, and a joint venture among BSkyB, DIRECTV and STAR, CGS features teams of the world's best gamers from North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. The league distributes entertainment content to more than 400 million viewers worldwide via DIRECTV in North America and Latin America, BSkyB in the UK, Eurosport in Europe, and STAR in Asia and Australia. CGS sponsors include Mountain Dew, Creative, Xbox 360 and Dell XPS.

Highlights of the partnership include:

* - Qualification for 2009 North American Combine and Draft for CGL premier division winners
* - Viewing parties during the televised CGS US season coordinated by CGL campus representatives
* - "Play with a Pro" nights that feature CGS players both online and live at CGL campus events
* - Featured seating area at the 2009 North American Combine and Draft for CGL participants
* - Nationally televised CGL events

"We're very excited to partner with Dell on the College Gaming League," said Championship Gaming Series Commissioner and CEO Andy Reif, "Together, we'll reach hundreds of campuses throughout the CGS North America region and engage a huge number of students to find out which schools have the top players and which of them will have a chance to join CGS as professional gamers. We can't wait to start scouting the talent."

Links to:
CGL.DellUniversity.com
www.DellUniversity.com
www.thecgs.com

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Media Contact:
Jay Pinkert
Dell, Inc.
512-632-7728
jay_pinkert@dell.com


Media Contact:
Michael Hope
Championship Gaming Series
(310) 574-5142
mhope@thecgs.com