Watch the Top StarCraft II Pros Face Off in an Epic E-Sports Battle to the Top
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—September 15, 2011—Calling all StarCraft II fans! NVIDIA is bringing together the e-sports community to watch the GeForce StarCraft II professional championship matches with live premier streaming video and BarCraft events scheduled for Thursday, September 29th from 6pm to 9pm PDT.
The GeForce StarCraft 2 Pro/Am tournament is the first of its kind on GeForce.com where over 9300 players will have competed over 12 weeks to win more than $22,000 in cash and prizes. The live premier streaming video event will feature world-renowned StarCraft II shoutcasters, Husky and Day[9] of The Game Station, commentating the final three professional matches to crown the champion.
“The GeForce StarCraft II Pro/Am tournament has been a great success for us and we deeply appreciate the support of the StarCraft II players, spectators, and our sponsor ASUS,” said Drew Henry, general manager of the GeForce business unit at NVIDIA. “We’ve had over 70 professional and over 9300 amateur players compete and over seven million spectator views of the Husky and Day[9] shoutcasts to date. We applaud the StarCraft community for gathering around the GeForce StarCraft II Pro/Am tournament and making it one of the largest tournaments to date.”
NVIDIA is providing three exciting ways for StarCraft fans to enjoy the championship videos all on the same time and date:
A live premier video will be streamed on GeForce.com as well as on www.Twitch.tv.
For gamers in the San Francisco, California Bay Area, a live BarCraft event will be held at the Mad Dog in the Fog bar at 530 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117.
A virtual BarCraft event featuring the Xmobb technology will be hosted on GeForce.com. Xmobb enables fans to gather in a 3D theater and view their favorite videos together, while interacting via text chat and other fun features.
Stay tuned to GeForce.com for up to date information on the GSPA tournament and its September 29th finale.
About Shoutcasting
Shoutcasting is to video games as sportscasters are to physical sports such as basketball and football. Husky and Day[9] have cast the best of the GeForce StarCraft II Pro/Am professional matches drawing over seven million views to date on their respective YouTube sites where the tournament videos are archived.
About BarCraft
BarCraft events are the latest rage in the StarCraft II community where fans of the game get together at local sports bars to watch the shoutcasts and root for their favorite pro players. NVIDIA is inviting StarCraft fans to schedule their own BarCraft events and show the live premier video timed with NVIDIA’s events. Please contact tournament director James Grunke ([email protected]) if you would like to promote your BarCraft event on GeForce.com.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) awakened the world to the power of computer graphics when it invented the GPU in 1999. Since then, it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from tablets and portable media players to notebooks and workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. The Company holds more than 1,800 issued patents worldwide, including ones covering designs and insights that are essential to modern computing. For more information, see www.nvidia.com.