Professional Gaming League Raises $10M

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday February 22, 2006 @03:42AM from the hope-they-hire-madden-to-draw-lines dept.

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:Would it kill you to spell the headline right? by chrismcdirty · 2006-02-22 03:47 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Could you spell "know" right? Seriously... it isn't that much to ask.

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Re:South Korea? by Golias · 2006-02-22 04:12 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So, is it true that you can only watch old people playing computer games in South Korea?

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