MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Leading game center organization iGames today announced that Antec has joined the Gamers Tour (www.gamerstour.com) as a prize sponsor for eight upcoming regional LAN competitions, featuring Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike 1.6.

When and Where:

The events will take place over the next four months at 8 select iGames member centers across the United States. Each event will be a double-elimination or pool-play local LAN tournament with a maximum of 8, 12, or 16 teams.


Schedule:

July 12, Counter-Strike 1.6, Gigabits LAN Center (Orlando, FL)
July 19/20, Counter-Strike 1.6, X3O Gaming Center (Rockville, MD)
August 2, Counter-Strike 1.6, Euphnet Cyber Café v3 (San Jose, CA)
August 9, Counter-Strike 1.6, Howie’s Game Shack (Moreno Valley, CA)
August 23, Counter-Strike: Source, CyGamZ (Ypsilanti, MI)
August 30, Counter-Strike 1.6, GameFrog (Pineville, NC)
August 30, Counter-Strike 1.6, Gamestation (Cornwall, NY)
October 25, Counter-Strike: Source, Sin City PC (Las Vegas, NV)


Prizes:

With prize pools ranging between $1,500 and $3,250 per event, more than $15,000 in total cash and prizes will be awarded.

Players on the top-placing team at each tournament will receive, as apart of their winnings, product prizes courtesy of Antec.

For registration and additional information about the Antec sponsored tournaments, go to www.gamerstour.com/antec. For other event information, including additional iGames events, visit www.gamerstour.com and www.igames.org or contact the iGames events team at events@igames.org.

About Antec, Inc
Antec, Inc., is the leading global brand of high-performance computer components and accessories for the gaming, PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) markets. Founded in 1986, Antec is recognized as a pioneer in these industries and has maintained its position as a worldwide market leader and international provider of efficient, quiet, and reliable products. Antec has also achieved great success in the distribution channel, meeting the demands of quality-conscious system builders, VARs and integrators.

Antec’s offering of enclosures includes a large range of cases, such as its technically advanced Performance One Series, cost-effective New Solution Series and server grade cases designed for the needs of all workstation and server markets. Antec’s products also include front line power supplies such as its TruePower Quattro series, NeoPower series, and EarthWatts, the most
environmentally friendly power supply available. PC gamers are an increasingly significant consumer of performance components, and many Antec products are geared toward the gaming demographic, like the Nine Hundred, the premier gamer enclosure. Antec also offers a computing accessories line comprised of many original products, including its patented LED Fans and
Notebook Cooling solutions.

About iGames
iGames, Inc. offers a wide range of services to help independent and franchised game centers. iGames’ mission is to promote and develop the growth of the game center industry. Its services unite game centers with the goal of establishing them as the driving force enabling the interactive entertainment industry to become the number one form of entertainment around the world. iGames has established strong relationships with industry leaders to provide a wide variety of products, services and programs to member game centers and gamers including software licensing, hardware discounts, exclusive game premieres, tournaments, and game nights. Today the company counts well over 600 centers and 1.2 million gamers per month, initiating and co-organizing more than 200 events a year. To learn more about iGames, go to www.igames.org.

About Gamers Tour
The Gamers Tour is composed of regional and national eSports tournaments managed and executed by iGames and many of the nation's leading iGames member Game Centers. The events are held throughout the year, all around the country, for the top competitive video games. The Gamers Tour in 2008 will include more than 30 tournaments and will award over $50,000 in total cash and prizes to gamers. To find out more about the Gamers Tour, including a list of upcoming events, go to www.gamerstour.com.