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Reliance-Intel Gamebox Nationals from May 28
Country's biggest PC game championship, to be held in 104 cities at 230 WebWorlds
BY OUR TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT
May 26, 2005
Reliance WebWorld and Intel have launched India's biggest multi-player PC
gaming tournament. Called Gamebox National Championship 2005, the tournament
will be held in more than 230 WebWorlds across 104 cities in India between
May 28 and June 12.
Some 15,000 gaming enthusiasts are expected to participate in the
championship that includes popular games such as Counter Strike: Condition
Zero, Need for Speed, Unreal Tournament 2004, Warcraft III: The Frozen
Throne and FIFA 2004.
Winners from each participating Reliance WebWorld will fight it out at the
WebWorld level between 30th May to 2nd June-05 and circle level between 4th
to 6th June 04 and Zonal levels between 10th to 12th June-05. The Zonal
winners will lock horns at the national finals on June 18th & 19th in
Mumbai.
While the national winner will win a TVS Victor motorbike, thanks to TVS who
are prize sponsors, circle level winners will pocket a Yepp55 Samsung
Digital Audio Players.
Announcing the launch, Sarup Chowdhary, CEO, Reliance WebWorld said, "Gamers
across India now have a chance to test their skills at these action-packed,
thrilling PC games. Multiplayer online gaming is one of the key broadband
applications at WebWorld. Creating an environment of competitiveness among
participants in the interactive entertainment space is a business imperative
today. The Gamebox National Championship is a great beginning for gaming in
India."
In addition to supporting play on the Reliance WebWorld network, special
Game Dedicated Servers have been set up at the Reliance Data Centre to allow
hordes of gamers to game.
Sunil Buch, Head Marketing WebWorld adds "The Gamebox National Championship
is being supported by Radio in the 6 top cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata,
Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad. There is also a huge online campaign on Yahoo,
MSN, Rediff and technology / gaming sites like Techtree, Kawabonka. This is
the biggest online gaming championship with a total prize kitty of over
Rs. 1mn across all levels".
Reliance WebWorld is a world-class nationwide chain of retail outlets for
all Infocomm products and services, digital information, entertainment and
communication in Real Broadband. Each store has three modules - a Customer
Convenience Centre, a JAVAGREEN, and a Broadband Centre (BBC). While
JAVAGREEN is a gourmet coffee bar, at the broadband centre one can enjoy
video chat and conferencing, multiplayer online gaming, Digital Electronic
News Gathering (DENG), digital photo imaging, virtual office and high-speed
Internet surfing - about 100 times faster than a dial-up.
Reliance Infocomm Ltd., a Reliance group company, is India's largest private
telecom service provider with a subscriber base of over 11 million. Reliance
Infocomm has established a pan-India, high - capacity, integrated (wireless
and wireline) and convergent (voice, data and video) digital network to
offer services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain - infrastructure,
services for enterprises and individuals, applications and consulting. The
Reliance Group, founded by Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932-2002), is India's
largest business house with total revenues of over Rs 99,000 crore (US$ 22.6
billion), cash profit of Rs 12,500 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs
6,200 crore (US$ 1.4 billion) and exports of Rs 15,900 crore (US$ 3.6
billion).
BY OUR TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT
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