Tonight’s episode of the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) featured a pair of highly competitive matches: the eternal rivalry of Los Angeles Complexity vs. 3D.NY and San Francisco OPTX vs. Dallas Venom.

L.A. Complexity vs. 3D.NY

Complexity went into the match against 3D.NY badly needing a win after suffering defeat at the hand’s of OPTX the first night of the competition. On the other hand, 3D.NY was looking for another victory after barely squeaking by the Dallas Venom the previous night.

The Forza 2 competition opened up the match. The race was to be waged on the Maple Valley Short track. 3D.NY’s Dark-Storm took the lead almost immediately and maintained it until the end. The other racers went back and forth in their position, with ComeBackDan spinning out near the end of the race. This resulted in Complexity’s players, Chavison and GeeTeeOh, coming in second and forth respectively. The final score was 4-3 in 3D.NY’s favor.

Next up was the Dead or Alive 4 (DOA4) female competition. Belle from the Complexity fought 3D.NY’s Coolsvilla. Both women’s strategies seemed to be to wait patiently for the other to make a mistake. By the sixth round, both players were tied 3-3. Finally, Coolsvilla’s Christie beat Belle’s Kokoro two times in a row, cementing another win for 3D.NY with a final score of 5-3. Continued…



After a six-month hiatus, the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) is back for its second season. The 2008 North American competition began today at Electronic Arts’ headquarters in Los Angeles. As with the 2007 season, six franchises will compete against one another in four video games. The two finalist franchises at the end of the two-week competition win the chance to continue to the World Finals.

There are a few changes to the games lineup this season. CGS fans will be glad to hear that fan favorites Counter-Strike: Source and Dead or Alive 4 both return. The popular soccer game FIFA has been upgraded to this year’s version, FIFA 08. Perhaps the biggest change is the choice to replace last year’s racing game, Project Gotham Racing 3, with the more simulation-oriented Forza 2.

Three matches took place tonight. As with last season, the CGS divides each match into five rounds relative to the four featured games (there are five rounds because male and female DOA 4 players fight seperately). Each team has ten members: five Counter-Strike players, two DOA 4 players (one male, one female), two Forza 2 players, and one FIFA 08 player. Both the Counter-Strike and Forza 2 players act as a team to achieve victory.

Chicago Chimera vs. Carolina Core

First up was a re-match between rival franchises the Chicago Chimera and Carolina Core. This rivalry is no doubt due to the fact that Chimera won both the North American and Worldwide championships over the Core in 2007. Fans will remember that the outcome of both matches depened upon the results of the Project Gotham Racing 3 competitions. Ironically enough, Forza 2 was the opening game of 2008 season. Unfortunately for the Chimera, their star players Ch0mpr and Jason-X were almost immediately knocked out by Core players GeneralELive and Phantom. The Chimera could not recover from this start and lost the race, 6-1. Continued…



Check out the DigitalLife 2007 Counter-Strike: Source final between compLexity Los Angeles and Turmoil!

See all of our videos at the DigitalLife 2007 video page and follow the jump for an interview with the winners. Continued…