Professional Gaming League Raises $10M

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "Major League Gaming, aspiring to become the official league of professional videogaming, raised $10 million in funding from Ritchie Capital, and named Matthew Bromberg, the former general manager of Time Warner's Moviefone and AOL Games properties, as president and chief operating officer, the Wall Street Journal reports. 'The championship match for MLG's second season will be held this weekend in New York, where individuals and teams of gamers will battle against others in fighting and shooter games like Microsoft Corp.'s Halo 2 for a total of $100,000 in prizes. ... The company says it is in discussions with various cable networks about deals to have its competitions carried on television. "We want this to be covered as a circuit," said Mr. Bromberg.'"

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Re:I've seen something like this before

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you mean Long Bomb: How the XFL Became TV's Biggest Fiasco. You know, without your pathetic little referer code?

Really?

[taskforce]

The CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) http://www.thecpl.com/ is by far the most respected league out there. The launching of a new league is hardly a news... new ones are made or broken every ,month.

And when people compete in CPL games they tend to play better games than HALO... I'd say professional gamers by and large consider HALO a complete joke, as they will this league.