web2zone® Launches Nationwide Network of Video Game Tournament Venues - Announces Intel and PNY Technologies as Charter Members
web2zone, the nation’s leading retail Cyber Center, announced today the official launch of its new Cyber Square(sm) Alliance (CSA) initiative, a nationwide network of premium LAN centers for hosting competitive video game tournaments and events for sponsors, leagues and other organizations. The CSA will kick-off its inaugural year with alliance center partners in five major U.S. regions and plans to expand the network to at least ten regions in 2006.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 21, 2005 -- web2zone, the nation’s leading retail
Cyber Center, announced today the official launch of its new Cyber Square(sm)
Alliance (CSA) initiative, a nationwide network of premium LAN centers for
hosting competitive video game tournaments and events for sponsors, leagues and
other organizations. The CSA will kick-off its inaugural year with alliance
center partners in five major U.S. regions and plans to expand the network to at
least ten regions in 2006.
Charter members include Intel Corporation and
PNY Technologies®, who have signed-on to support the CSA’s 2005 video game
tournament circuit by providing standardized hardware for their video game
tournament systems. Intel is the exclusive provider of systems using the Intel®
Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition supporting Hyper-Threading Technology and
PNY Technologies is the exclusive provider of Verto® Graphics Cards and Verto®
Hi-Speed Gamer Memory. The CSA will be featuring these high performance systems
and components at its alliance centers throughout the U.S.. The CSA will also
host a series of networked nationwide competitive video game tournaments under
the Intel and PNY brand names.
“The Cyber Square Alliance offers the
first standardized gaming platform by providing identical tournament systems and
event management at each venue,” says Ed Tomasi, director of marketing for CSA.
“We are the first multi-venue, national network to have leveled the playing
field for competitive video gamers and professional video game
leagues.”
In addition to venue-based activities, the CSA also offers
video game event management and consulting services for companies looking to tap
the explosive video game market. CSA’s established reputation for quality and
professionalism has enabled it to establish strong relationships with many
national and international video game event sponsors and leagues. For more
information about the CSA, please visit www.cybersquare.com.
In development since early 2004,
the CSA has successfully organized national video game events and tournaments
for Intel, the U.S. Army, Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), PNY Technologies, and ABIT
Computer Corp. Most recently, it managed three of the top global leagues’
U.S.-based events including the ACON5 North American Regional and National video
game qualifiers which culminated at the 2005 E3 show in Los Angeles, the
Cyberathlete Professional League® 2005 USA Regional Qualifiers and the Global
Gaming League’s 2005 Electronics Sports World Cup USA LAN Finals.
“We are
excited to work with CSA as they launch their nationwide network for competitive
video game tournaments and events,” said Tim Takeuchi, Intel’s consumer campaign
strategy manager. “High performance Intel® platforms set the new standard for
gamers and game centers across the country. The Intel Pentium processor Extreme
Edition and the Intel Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition supporting HT
Technology are for those gamers who want to experience best-in-class
performance.”
“As a charter member of the CSA, PNY will market to a
nationwide gaming audience,” said Marca Armstrong, senior marketing manager, PNY
Technologies. “Every player who participates in a CSA event will be gaming on a
PC that contains a PNY Verto graphics card and PNY Verto Hi-speed gamer memory,
a powerful combination. The CSA sponsorship provides PNY with a unique
opportunity to build brand with an influential market segment.”
About
web2zone, Inc.:
web2zone, Inc. is the nation's leading brick and mortar
retail "Cyber Center". It is a wholly owned division of Samsung America, Inc., a
global trading and Investment Company that functions as an independent American
subsidiary of the Korean conglomerate Samsung Corporation. web2zone is a retail
destination that provides the technology generation with an access point for
Entertainment Technology, Video Game Access and Events, Internet Connectivity
and Business Services. For more information, please visit the company's website
at www.web2zone.com.
About the Cyber Square Alliance
(CSA):
The Cyber Square Alliance (CSA) was formed to organize and govern a
standardized platform of premium cyber centers in North America. This reliable
national network of self-owned and operated centers offers premium-level
facilities and standardized equipment for successful venue-based video game
tournaments and events. These venues serve as beacons for marketers to reach a
highly desired audience of 16 - 30 year old male technology users at the
grass-roots level. The CSA also offers professional consulting services and
solutions to companies that target this demographic group or seek to enter the
exploding video game industry. For more information, please visit www.cybersquare.com.
About PNY Technologies,
Inc.:
Established in 1985, PNY Technologies, Inc. is a leading supplier and
marketer of Verto®-brand consumer graphics cards and NVIDIA Quadro® by PNY
Technologies, Inc. professional graphics boards and. The company also offers a
full line of high-end memory upgrade modules, flash memory, Attaché™ USB flash
drives, flash peripherals and digital entertainment products. Headquartered in
Parsippany, N.J., PNY maintains facilities in North America (Santa Clara, Calif.
and Parsippany, N.J.), Europe (France, United Kingdom, Germany) and Asia
(Taiwan). For additional information, please visit the company’s Web site at http://www.pny.com.
Note:
Intel, and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation
or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. web2zone and Cyber
Square Alliance are trademarks or registered trademarks of web2zone,
Inc.
Contact:
web2zone, Inc.
Edward Tomasi
Director of
Marketing
(212) 614-7300 x14
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