The World Cyber Games holds a lot of prominence in the Indian gaming community but besides that there is one more tournament that is seeing a lot of participation. It is the World GameMaster Tournament (WGT). Now Asus, who are supporting the event have sent word that WGT 2007 Grand Finale will take place in Mumbai on December 15, 2007 at the Earth Castle Mall.
The WGT preliminaries have already taken place in cities like Chandigarh, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore. The Mumbai preliminaries of WGT 2007 are before the Grand Finals as they take place on December 13 and 14. The top teams of the city preliminaries will join the winners from other cities, with the winners poised to take home with some of the best gaming graphics cards from ASUS at the World GameMaster Tournament 2007 Grand Finale.
Andrew Tsui is the MD at Asus India. He quoted, “ASUS believes in allowing the gamers to experience for themselves the best technology for gaming. That’s the reason why the WGT is not just a competition but also a learning experience for gamers as well as others to learn how to choose the right components for your PC system for optimum performance.”
Games that feature in WGT 2007: Counter Strike, Call of Duty 2, F.E.A.R. and DOTA All Stars
Gamers are in for a treat as the WGT Gaming Machines are powered by the EN8800GT TOP 512 MB special overclocked edition graphics cards. Besides Asus, major gaming hardware and chipset vendors like Kingston, Razer and AGEIA are also backing the tournament.
Amit Jaokar is the Technical Promotion Manager & WGT Project Leader for ASUS India. He explains, “WGT will create a thrilling environment for gamers to compete in. It will also allow them to experience the cutting edge performance of powerful gaming hardware. To run any high-end game, the gaming hardware should be strong and must be equipped with the latest in technology, which is exactly what ASUS products offer to gamers.”
Robert ‘Razerguy’ Krakoff, President, Razer said, “Razer is keen to showcase the technological edge our peripherals are known globally for at WGT. As a WGT hardware sponsor, we are supplying 30 units of the Razer Barracuda Integrated Audio System, Razer Tarantula, Razer DeathAdder and Razer Mantis for this event. ASUS is a leading brand in their own right, and we are equally excited to work with them to bring gaming in India to the next level.”
Michael Steele, VP Marketing, AGEIA Technologies stated, “AGEIA Technologies is not only proud to have ASUS as a technology partner but equally excited to be a sponsor of the WGT. Our involvement with the WGT has enabled AGEIA the access to literally thousands of gamers all whom will be able to play on the games and experience the power of AGEIA PhysX first hand in an actual game play environment.”
Nitin Malhotra is the country manager for India at Kingston Technology. He commented, “Speed, one of the most important factors in gaming, can mean the difference between winning and losing a competition. Kingston’s high performance, HyperX memory modules, provides gamers who look for great performance with extra edge through better speed, reliability and performance.”
The World GameMaster Tournament has been conducted in many places like UK, Singapore, Australia, Korea, Taiwan, China and Thailand. Click here to head to the official website of WGT 2007 India and click here and here to view our coverage on WGT 2006.