NVIDIA GeForce eSports World of Tanks International World Finals Kick-Off at PAX 2013 with Live Stream on Twitch
Regional Champions From Around the World Compete for $100,000, Bragging Rights and the Coveted GeForce Green
NVIDA’s first ever GeForce eSportsWorld of Tanks Open Tournament will culminate with its world finals at the close of PAX Prime on Sunday, Sept. 1 at 7:00 pm PDT at Showbox SoDo in Seattle, WA. Brought to you live by Twitch, the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers, and Wargaming, a new world war will be staged – with finalists from China, South East Asia, North and South America, Europe and Russia competing for their share of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 600-series graphics cards and $100,000 in cold hard cash! Matches will be broadcast live on Twitch and available on–demand.
“Now more than ever, competitive gaming is pushing players and hardware limits to extremes,” said James Grunke, manager of the GeForce eSports program at NVIDIA. “We at GeForce eSports are committed to upping our game by delivering the gear gamers demand to win. We’ve got a rock star team of partners in Wargaming and Twitch to execute this fierce global gaming war.”
Following the intense epic battle, NVIDIA along with their tournament partners Wargaming and Twitch, will host Party of 3, the mother of all PAX parties! The celebration begins at 9:30 pm – immediately following the global tournament, also at Showbox SoDo. Sure to be the ultimate party of PAX, the event will rage on until 1:00 am and feature meet-ups, complimentary drinks and food, and the chance to win high octane prizes.
“Twitch is known for having a major presence at PAX, so every year we are looking to raise the bar with the events we drive or take part in,” said Amber Dalton, director of marketing and events for Twitch. “By live streaming the World of Tanks Grand Finals at an event co-hosted by NVIDIA and Wargaming, that bar has definitely been lifted. With eSports trending in the news now more than ever before, this showcase will illustrate its competitive spirit and spectator appeal.”
“We’re going to see the best and brightest World of Tanks players in the world in Seattle for the NVIDIA GeForce eSports World of Tanks Grand Finals,” said Caleb Fox, head of eSports at Wargaming. “Getting so much talent in one place and competing for great prizes and cash is going to be a truly memorable event.”
NVIDIA, along with their partners and sponsors, EVGA and Razer, will give away cutting-edge products, such as GeForce GTX 660 GPUs, WG gold, gaming mice, PC accessory packs and much more!
General admission for NVIDIA GeForce eSports World of Tanks Grand Finals is free but interested gamers need to RSVP at http://wot100kopen.eventbrite.com/and will be admitted onsite on a first come, first serve basis. Doors will open at 6 pm Sunday night for a World of Tanks Community Meet-Up Event. The first attendees to arrive will receive free drink tickets.
World of Tanks is a team-based, massively multiplayer online game dedicated to armored warfare in the mid-20th century. With more than 60 million registered users worldwide, World of Tanks is a fast-paced PC shooter game with in-depth weaponry, economics and robust eSports tools such as spectator mode and replay file support.
There are two ways to tune in:
- In Person: If you’re at PAX Prime, RSVP now athttp://wot100kopen.eventbrite.com/. Doors will open at 6 pm and gamers will be admitted onsite on a first-come, first-served basis. After the battle, NVIDIA, along with our tournament partners Wargaming and Twitch, will host Party of 3, the mother of all PAX parties. There will be giveaways.
- Online: If you can’t be there, watch it live on Twitch.tv on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 7 pm.
Official GeForce eSports World of Tanks Open Tournament rules and regulations are available at http://esports.geforce.com.
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