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After last week’s announcement of the event, the full English-language press release for GGL’s Digital Games is out.
Read below.
2008 Digital Games’ Global Videogaming Tournament to Culminate in Shanghai at Official 2008 Olympic Games Welcome Event
China Internet Gaming Organizing Committee (CIG) and GGL Global Gaming Sign Pact to Host Global Videogame Tournament
Amateur Gamers and Fans can immediately get more information at www.GGL.com
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — February 19, 2008 — In a move that will start a new chapter in videogame history, GGL Global Gaming today announced that it has signed an agreement with the China Internet Gaming Organizing Committee (CIG) to launch The Digital Games. Under the Our Olympic Series of Large Scale Cultural Activities, GGL has been appointed the official partner and co-producer for making videogames an official “Welcome Event” of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The appointment was made by the 8 branches of the China Government that comprise the Beijing Olympic Welcome Events committee; known as “Our Olympic Organizing Committee” (OOOC) which is supervised by The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). Continued…
It’s nothing new, but it’s always good to see a player like Lim “Boxer” Yo Hwan get more English-language exposure on a site like CNN.
