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NVIDIA ANNOUNCES STARCRAFT II TOURNAMENT

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NVIDIA ANNOUNCES STARCRAFT II TOURNAMENT, TO BE CAST BY HUSKY AND DAY9

GeForce StarCraft II Pro/Am Tournament to Offer over $22K in Cash and Hardware in 6 Week Competition

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—June 2, 2011—Calling all Nerd Ballers! Registration is now open for the first ever GeForce® StarCraft II Pro/Am online tourney!  With more than $22K in cash and prizes up for grabs, now is the time to mosey on over to GeForce.com and secure your spot playing one of the world’s most popular PC games and possibly earn the title of grand champion.
There are two levels of participation: Pro and Amateur:
  • Pro Open: The top StarCraft II players in the world will be competing in the pro line-up with no limit to the number of players.
  • Amateur Open: Amateur registration is open and free to all ages of 16 and over with no limit to the number of total entries per Protoss, Terran, or Zerg.
All tournaments are 1 versus 1 (1v1) head-to-head battles. There will be at least 5 weeks of guaranteed group play, with the top players from each group moving on to the double-elimination championship brackets.

In addition, StarCraft II community favorites, Husky and Day 9 will be shoutcasting the battles in real time with live broadcasts streamed on Geforce.com and the Game Station YouTube channel. World-class tournament features including match setting, anti-cheat controls, leader boards and more are being provided by tournament management veterans, Cevo (www.cevo.com). ASUS is the official hardware sponsor offering GeForce GTX 500-series of GPU products to the top 20 pro and amateur winners.

“GeForce.com provides a one-stop shop for all the tournament media including our casting videos, guest commentaries and multiple blogs,” said Mike “Husky” Lamond, the popular StarCraft II shoutcaster on The Game Station. “We can’t wait for the tournament to begin!”

To obtain the official GeForce StarCraft II Pro/Am rules and regulations, or to register for the tournament, please visit: www.geforce.com and follow the links. The tournament is a free North American-hosted event but international players can register and compete where allowed by law. See the official rules for more information.

We also love contests at ABT and we have just completed our Galaxy/Cyberlink-sponsored Facebook Spring into Summer Contest with ABT forum member tviceman winning a Galaxy GTX 560 Ti as grand prize.  We also gave away a Galaxy GTX 550 to moshpit and also runner up prizes that included a couple of Galaxy T-shirts and Galaxy key chains.  ABT forum members  CorCentral, Azena and HappyMedium each won great Cyberlink prizes of PowerDirector 9 or PowerDVD 11.

Stay tuned, we are going to announce a brand new ABT contest beginning on June 12!

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Mark Poppin

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