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