Samsung Announces World Cyber Games Asian Championship 2012

World`s largest E-Sports festival and tournament kicks off from 7-9 September 2012 in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, 6 September, 2012– Samsung Malaysia Electronics, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced the world’s largest e-Sports festival, the World Cyber Games Asian Championship 2012, which will be held together with the World Cyber Games Malaysia National Final 2012.The three-day event of adrenaline-filled action offers teams and individuals the opportunity to battle it out to claim victory of championship titles, representing Malaysia at an Asia-wide level – culminating at the Grand Final in Kunshan, China from 29 November to 2 December, this year.

Uniting gamers from all over the world in an enjoyable and respectful environment, the World Cyber Games Asian Championship 2012 is a platform for gamers to get together, exchange ideas and strategies, whilst demonstrating their skills.

The largest cyber-gaming event will be held from 7–9 September at Hall 1, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in association with the National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM). In the Asian Championship 2012, there will be gamers from 9 other countries who would be wrestling for the individual and team game titles. The World Cyber Games Asian Championship will feature three official games titles – DOTA 2, FIFA12 & Tekken 6.

The Samsung Notebook Series 7 GAMER will take pride of place as the chosen model for the FIFA12 game. It is the first adjustable gaming notebook that enables users to switch into different modes by simply adjusting the dial built on the top right end of the device – enabling them to determine various modes for various gaming circumstances.

Hard-core gamers can bury qualms over overheating their notebook while gaming, as the Samsung Notebook Series 7 GAMER is equipped with aTurbo Cooling System that optimises the device’s CPU performance and provides maximum fan speed. Other Series 7 Gamer features include a 17.3-inch full HD LCD display (120Hz) with 400-nit brightness, awesome Dolby® Home Theater® sound, rich NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX675M graphics and a 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor.

For avid gamers who play high-end graphics or online games, they can now experience unrivalled image and motion picture quality with the Samsung Notebook Series 7 GAMER through the 2012 NVIDIA® Geforce® 675M graphics card, which promises a seamless gaming experience.

“The World Cyber Games offers a fantastic opportunity for Samsung to showcase the pioneering gaming features of the Samsung Notebook Series 7 Gamer,” said Kwon Jae Hoon, Managing Director, Samsung Malaysia Electronics.

“Offering a mind-blowing and immersive experience, the Samsung Notebook Series 7 Gamer promises to take gaming to the next level,” added Kwon.

The World Cyber Games Malaysian National Finals 2012 is expected to attract about 600 Malaysian gamersfrom across the country. The tournament is open to all Malaysian citizens and players who are below 18 years old would need to secure parental approval before they can participate. The seven games titles featured in the National Championship are FIFA12 (individual players format, and will feature the Samsung Series 7 Gamer), DOTA2 (a team of 5 players), Counter Strike-Online™ (a team of 5 players), World of Tanks (a team of 7 players), StarCraft II (individual), Tekken 6 (individual) and Counter Strike Global Offensive (a team of 5 players).

The selected winners will get the opportunity to compete with other world-class gamers to represent Malaysia at World Cyber Games Grand Final 2012 which will be held from 29 November – 2 December 2012 in Kunshan, China.

Samsung is also organizing a ‘’Samsung Super Match’’ for Samsung fans, bloggers and high-profile gamers. To enter, prospective contestants must first ‘like’ the Samsung Malaysia web page. Participants then register with a simple introduction and upload a photo of themselves. Participants must then engage friends to vote for him/her. The four participants with the highest number of votes will be selected to move on to pairing with four pre-determined gamers. Samsung fans can register by logging on to the Samsung Malaysia Facebook page: www.facebook.com/samsungmalaysia.

All gamers may log on to my.wcg.com for registration or to find out more information on WCG Malaysia National Final and WCG Asian Championship 2012.