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The Championship Gaming Series is no more. Sponsors BSkyB, STAR and DirecTV have officially ended their professional gaming business, according to an announcement posted on the league's web site. The statement explains that the CGS — which I'll always fondly remember as my ticket into the Playboy Mansion — was killed off because "profitability was too far in the future for us to sustain operations in the interim." Things are tough all over, basically. More »
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G4 is about to get another dose of genuine video game focused content as it has struck a deal with the Championship Gaming Series—the only worldwide professional video gaming league, according to them—to air four 90 minute episodes of other people playing video games beginning this summer. They will, of course, be playing video games much better than you or I ever will, if that sort of thing appeals to you. More »
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Getting paid to play video games is something many of us can only dream of. With the advent of the Championship Gaming Series last year, that has become a reality for six teams of North American gamers. The CGS has expanded for its second season, now spanning six regions, which includes every continent except Antarctica. This weekend is the second North American Combine and Draft in the history of the series, and Canadian gamer, Andrew "anomaly" Brock will be there in the thick of the action. More »
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In preparation for the Championship Gaming Series 2007 World Championship being held in Los Angeles (6-14 December), CGS has announced the Asian final. Teams coming from Seoul, Dubai, Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lampur, and China will meet to determine which four teams will be heading on to LA. So if anyone's going to be running around Kuala Lampur next month, the pan-Asian finals will be held from the 15th to the 18th. Full release after the jump. More »
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The Championship Gaming Series has announced that Seoul is the newest franchise city for their world-wide league - not a huge surprise when you consider Korea is one of the few countries where video game competitions are a viable spectator sport. The gamers for the new franchise (save one female DOA player) were selected after "an exciting showdown" at the eStars Seoul game festival. More »
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So far the Championship Gaming Series' first ever draft is every bit as surreal as I had hoped it would be. More »
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That's weird. More »
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