BWI: The Winners of WCG 2010 India Announced

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: UTV Indiagames.com
Monday, August 30, 2010 02:40 PM IST (09:10 AM GMT)
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The Winners of WCG 2010 India Announced
The champions will now compete at the World Finals held at Los Angeles, USA

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, August 30, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- The results are out! WCG India officially crowned the National Winners of the WCG 2010 India Championship at EsselWorld, one of India's largest gaming park. Competing across four extremely popular yet competitive games, eight very dedicated gamers - Rahul Kumar (FIFA), Team ATE (Counter Strike), Naveen Uraon (Asphalt 5) and Gana Sekhar (T20fever) were crowned as the National Winners today. The winners of FIFA, Counter Strike and Asphalt 5 will represent India in the Grand Final at Los Angeles (USA), between 29th September 2010 and 3rd October 2010.

Starting 20th July 2010, WCG organized online as well as offline events travelling across six cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai in search of gamers, who could compete across four games namely - FIFA Soccer 2010 , Counter strike, Asphalt and promotional game for India - Cricket T20fever. Through a series of supreme and unparalleled competition, the winners from each city were brought to the last destination - Mumbai to compete for the title of WCG India 2010 Finalist and a chance to compete at the WCG 2010 Grand Finale at L.A.

Concluding this mega gaming tournament in search of India's most deserving gamers, the national finals saw a clash of regional winners from across six cities battling it out for the India title. With astounding and unmatched skills - Rahul Kumar emerged as the undisputed winner for the popular soccer game - FIFA Soccer 2010. For Counter Strike, the team of 5 that struck the winning gaming chord were Team ATE, comprising of Ritesh Shah, Ben Verges , Poojan Mehta, Mikhel Mehra and Pranay Bhatia. Aspalt 5 saw some intense competition between all the regional finalists but Naveen Uraon walked away with the final title and Gana Sekhar, through his passion for both gaming and cricket won the India promotional game - Cricket T20fever.

"'UTV Indiagames has been the strategic partner to WCG in India since 2002 and with each year, we see a phenomenal participation from young gamers across India and this year certainly has been no different. The response from all six cities has been tremendous and our heartiest congratulations to all the winners. We hope they make India proud at the Grand Finale" said Mr. Vishal Gondal, Founder and CEO UTV Indiagames Ltd.

On Hosting the WCG India Championship, Mr. Anand Lamdhade, Vice Presidents, Operations, said, "EsselWorld is the one stop destination for fun and gaming, hence it is the ideal location to host the National Finals for the one of the world greatest and biggest gaming tournament, we never thought that the games can become a team event and involves so much fun and grace as one play same in rides together. The response has been tremendous and we would like to congratulate all the winners and wish them all the luck for the world finale, bright eyes taking India ahead. It's been a pleasure to associate with UTV Indiagames for WCG India 2010"

The presenting sponsor worldwide is Samsung and co-sponsor for India is Tata DOCOMO and silver sponsor is Maruti Suzuki.

About UTV Indiagames

UTV Indiagames is India's benchmark mobile and online games company and a leading global mobile game publisher. The Company is engaged in publishing and developing games across various platforms including Online and Mobile.. UTV Indiagames' products are developed and published across all major technology platforms and are distributed through partnerships with mobile operators in over 75 countries.

In India, the Company also distributes games via its consumer focused website and operates a broadband Games on Demand service located at http://www.indiagames.com. UTV Indiagames has over 300 employees and offices in Mumbai, London, Los Angeles & Beijing. Internationally the company publishes mobile titles via its IG FUN brand. Key investors include UTV - India's foremost Media & Entertainment Company, Adobe Inc., and Cisco Systems Inc.

About World Cyber Games (WCG)

World Cyber Games Inc. (WCG) is the organizer of the largest running global videogame tournament and festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010. With a yearlong competition spanning online, regional and national qualifying matches, elite gamers ascend to represent their countries at the WCG Grand Final, a thrilling high-pressure challenge to crown the world's best gamers. More than 1.6 million players from 65 countries competed for a spot in the WCG 2009 Grand Final in China. Entertainment capital Los Angeles will host this exciting competition in 2010 from September 30 to October 3. To showcase the passion and competitive spirit of gamers, WCG also produces the hit reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer, which premieres a second season in August.

For more information visit www.wcg.com




CONTACT DETAILS
Pallavi Deshmukh,, UTV Indiagames.com, +91 9321556801, pallavi.deshmukh@utvgroup.com
Aishwarya Gurjar, UTV Indiagames.com, +91 9619847047, aihwarya.gurjar@utvgroup.com

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