Major League Gaming League
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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.
MLG has its own competition from other organizations attempting to become the official league of professional videogaming. In November, representatives of various nations competed in the World Cyber Games in Singapore, playing titles like FIFA soccer, Halo 2 and CounterStrike.
MLG typically sets up its tournaments in hotel conference rooms or convention centers where as many as 1,200 competitors assemble before 1,000 spectators to play each other.
Can you imagine pay-per-view gaming events? And what about shows like Arena on G4 television, who have been doing something like this for a few years already? Will the new league take their cues from them, or from the NFL?
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