Gaming News - February 2004
Redmond, WA (February 13, 2004) - Microsoft Game Studios today
announced that 19 gamers representing nine nations will be compete on February
17 at the Halo for Windows Worldwide Championship in Los Angeles, California.
From Microsoft:
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 Alienware® 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
Phone: 310-324-5525
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
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