Painkiller Tournament coming
by Kit

Wednesday, June 2 2004

Cyberathlete Professional League to present $25,000 Tournament.

DreamCatcher Games and the Cyberathlete(R) Professional League (CPL) today announced NVIDIA Corporation as the title sponsor for the $25,000 NVIDIA “Painkiller” 1-on-1 Deathmatch Tournament at the upcoming Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships in Dallas, Texas.

Overwhelming demand prompted an increase in number of competitors, bringing the final number to 64 and 5 additional waiting list spots. The world’s top competitive solo game players have signed up for the tournament, including the #1 player in the world, Jonathan ”Fatal1ty” Wendel. Fatal1ty will be challenged by other top-ranked players such as Sander Kaasjager (VoO), Christian Dotzki (Deatz), Daniel Sturdivant (carnage), Roman Tarasenko (Polosatiy) and Sean Price (daler). VoO and Deatz recently battled in the finals of the first Pkeuro.com Duel Competition. VoO was crowned the victor and is a popular favorite to challenge Fatal1ty for the “Painkiller” title at the Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships.

“’Painkiller’s’ status in the multiplayer gaming community keeps on growing,” says Richard Wah Kan, CEO of DreamCatcher. “Having NVIDIA back the tournament, and having Fatal1ty compete in the NVIDIA ‘Painkiller’ 1-on-1 Deathmatch Tournament demonstrates how this game has caught the attention of the best players in the world.”

The NVIDIA “Painkiller” 1-on-1 Deathmatch Tournament carries a total cash purse of $25,000 USD. The top eight finalists will all receive cash prizes. The three top tournament monies will be divided as follows:

* 1st Prize: $7,500
* 2nd Prize: $5,750
* 3rd Prize: $4,250

“Once again, NVIDIA has stepped up to the plate with sponsorship support,” says Angel Munoz, Founder and President of The CPL. “We’re thrilled at their continued support of competitive gaming, and I’m excited to see what these elite players can do in this CPL 1-versus-1 high-stake competition.”

The Cyberathlete Extreme World Championships, primarily sponsored by the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor with HT Technology Extreme Edition, will take place July 28 to August 1, 2004 at the brand new Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas.

With 1,700 competitors already confirmed, this event will be the largest professional gaming competition of 2004. It will also be one of the richest, with more than $275,000 USD in total cash prizes. About 5,000 competitors, spectators, BYOC and general participants are expected at this CPL event.

The “Painkiller” single-player demo and the latest updates are available at www.painkillergame.com.

For more information on the CPL please visit http://www.thecpl.com.

--- Kit