Tournament.com Announces Agreement For Skill-Based Games
Tournament.com is the Only Licensed Online Game Service of its Kind to Offer Half-Life® and Counter-Strike® Matches for Cash Prizes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norwich, U.K. - May 1, 2007 - Tournament.com, a pioneer in licensed online PC gaming competition, today announced an agreement making the site the only officially licensed arena to host Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and Counter-Strike: Source game matches with cash prizes. Users will be able to compete against each other online and place small-scale stakes on their skills.
"Counter-Strike is the No. 1 online action game in the world, generating over 6 billion player minutes per month," said Marcus Pearcey, cofounder of Tournament.com. "We've worked hard to create a fair and equitable environment for people to compete for money, and offering Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch completes our attempt to become the world's leader in this service."
Tournament.com is committed to creating a safe and secure environment for online gaming. Players start by downloading the client from the Tournament.com website. Once the client is installed and an account has been established with Tournament.com, players can deposit money into their account or "wallet" for small scale stakes games of Half-Life 2: Deathmatch or Counter-Strike: Source. To ensure responsible gaming, Tournament.com allows users to stake no more than $10 per match and deposit a maximum of $150 in their account each month. The service also provides a ranking system that allows players to view other users' skill levels, and a handicap system to allow players of all levels to play against one another. To use the service, all players must be 18 or older, which Tournament.com enforces with special age verification software that is presented to all players upon installation of the client.
Tournament.com will go live in May. To sign up for the service and for more information, please visit www.tournament.com.
About Tournament.com
Based in Norwich, U.K., and founded in 2006, Tournament.com is a pioneer in licensed online PC gaming competition. Tournament.com is the first company to offer players a safe and secure platform to compete in the leading competitive online games for money. With a strong technology infrastructure that ensures fairness and match fidelity, Tournament.com offers the best player versus player experience available.
Contacts:
Dana Jongewaard / Sean Kauppinen
Kohnke Communications
+1-415-777-4000
dana@kohnkecomm.com / sean@kohnkecomm.com