Halo for Windows Championships concluding tommorow
by VGLN Staff

Monday, February 16, 2004

Winner will be crowned King of Halo PC.

Microsoft Game Studios today announced that 19 gamers representing nine nations will be duking it out on February 17 at the Halo for Windows Worldwide Championship in Los Angeles, California. The Halo for Windows Worldwide Championship is a truly global event; spanning more than 275 iGames centers and worldwide partners gaming centers across five continents, including locations in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Australia and the United Kingdom. The exciting championship and semifinal rounds will showcase some of the world's greatest Halo talent. Halo fans are invited to stop by and catch all the action, which starts at 1 p.m. PST on February 17. >From 6-10 p.m. PST, all fans are invited to come play Halo for free in a LAN frag-fest on 60 PCs.

Prizes for the worldwide finalists include RADEON 9800 PRO graphics cards by ATI . The top three finalists will walk away with an Alienwar Aurora™ Gaming PC from Alienware and AMD. And of course, the top winner will be crowned Halo Worldwide Champion with all bragging rights included.

The Halo for Windows Worldwide Championship will take place in the Los Angeles area, at:

Internet PC Cafe, Nuritech
1452 W. Artesia Blvd #3
Gardena, CA 90248 USA

The finalists and the countries they represent include:

India: Nickunj Bansal
Holland/Netherlands: Stefan Dammers
France: Sam Cheikh-Saad
UK: Jonathan Finglass
Austria: Helmuth Melcher
Australia: Josh Hall
Japan: Teppei Terabe
USA: Noah Evans
Brazil: Henrique Santos Pinto de Souza
Finland: Juho Vainio
Denmark: Jacob Grubbe Rasmussen
Sweden: Anders Rudolfsson
Norway: Dag Erik Jorgensen
Singapore: Sunny Oke Ching Siang
Ireland: Rick Sundberg
Mexico: Ricardo Pedroza Herrera
Chile: Nicolas Friedli Leon
Korea: Ju Yong Shin
Taiwan: Hong-Chi, Jang

--- Paul