Championship Gaming SeriesTM (CGS), the only worldwide professional gaming league, today announced its schedule of events for the 2008 North America Season and World Final, beginning Monday, June 2 and running through the 2008 CGS World Championship on Monday, July 28.

During the course of those action-packed two months, gamers from eight teams across the globe will convene in Los Angeles to battle over US$1,000,000 in prize money and the winning team will receive a payout of US$500,000. Players will live in CGS-supplied apartments in Los Angeles and practice with their team players every day in preparation for the World Final, which begin with quarterfinal matches on Monday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 16.

The North America Season and World Championship will be broadcast live in front of a television audience, in HDTV, on DIRECTV. Additional events throughout the summer will be covered live on thecgs.com, including the kick-off for the 2008 CGS North America Season, which will broadcast live daily June 2-June 13 beginning at 6 p.m. PDT / 9 p.m. EDT on theCGS.com from the campus of Electronic Arts Los Angeles.

Outside of North America, televised coverage of the World Championship will air in the UK on BSkyB, in Asia on STAR and ESPN-STAR and in Australia on STAR. In September, Eurosport 2 will broadcast the 2008 World Championship to more than 41 nations in continental Europe.

Additional details on each of the events will be forthcoming:

• 2008 CGS NORTH AMERICA SEASON KICK-OFF
• Hosted at the Electronic Arts LA Campus
• Monday, June 2-Friday, June 13, 2008
• Airing nightly on thecgs.com Mon-Fri at 6 p.m. PDT / 9 p.m. EDT

• 2008 CGS REGULAR NORTH AMERICA SEASON
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Mon. June 16 -- two televised matches
• Wed., June 18 -- two televised matches
• Sat., June 21 -- broadcast online at thecgs.com
• Mon, June 23 -- two televised matches
• Wed., June 25 -- two televised matches
• Mon, June 30 -- two televised matches
• Wed., July 2 -- Playoffs -- Semifinals -- two televised matches
• Thurs., July 3 -- Qualifier for wildcard #8 team in World Final
• Mon., July 7 -- North America Final
• Airing on DirecTV

• 2008 CGS UK/EUROPEAN FINAL MATCHES
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Friday, June 27–Saturday, June 28, 2008
• Taped before a television audience for broadcast on SKY

• 2008 CGS NORTH AMERICA FINAL COMPETITION
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Monday, July 7, 2008
• Televised matches airing live on DirecTV

• 2008 PAN-ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA FINAL COMPETITIONS
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Thursday, July 10, 2008
• Taped before a television audience for broadcast on STAR, DirecTV Latin America and SKY

• 2008 CGS WORLD INDIVIDUAL COMPETITIONS
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Saturday, July 12, 2008
• Airing on thecgs.com

• 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS QUARTERFINALS
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Monday, July 14, 2008 -- Quarterfinals #1 and 2
• Wednesday, July 16, 2008 -- Quarterfinals #3 and 4
• Televised matches airing live on DirecTV

• 2008 CGS WORLD OF WARCRAFT ARENA CHAMPIONSHIP
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Saturday, July 19, 2008
• Airing on thecgs.com

• 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMIFINALS
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Monday, July 21, 2008 -- Semifinal #1
• Wednesday, July 23, 2008 -- Semifinal #2
• Televised matches airing live on DirecTV

• 2008 WORLD FINAL MATCH
• Hosted at Barker Hangar, Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, Calif.
• Monday, July 28, 2008 -- Final match
• Televised matches airing live on DirecTV