Samsung Malaysia Reiterates Its Commitment to WCG Malaysia

August 15, 2007 by Chapree

Last week, Samsung Malaysia formally announced its continuous support to World Cyber Games Malaysia Championship 2007. Samsung Electronics, their parent company have been supporting World Cyber Games since its beginning in 2000 as the worldwide sponsor. This year marked the 6th year of sponsorship deal between Samsung and WCG Malaysia.

According to Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME) Sdn Bhd Marketing General Manager, Mr Jimmy Tan, Samsung has consistently supported WCG since 2000 as a platform for them to connect with youth through their product and technologies that are able to enhance gaming experience. With this sponsorship confirmation, participants of WCG Malaysia in September later will be provided with latest monitors from Samsung’s Syncmater lineup. About 300 monitors will be used during WCG Malaysia 2007 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre from 8th till 9th September 2007.

For this year’s WCG Malaysia, Samsung have planned a number of activities for both gamers and non-gamers alike such as:-

• Exciting activities at their booth with giveaways for visitors.
• Special offer on their latest MP3 player, the ultra slim U3 for booth visitors.
• Online microsite at Samsung Malaysia’s site with games and downloadable vouchers redeemable at Samsung’s booth during the event.

Together with the announcement held at FMJ SS2 Petaling Jaya, members of media were treated to WCG Malaysia 2007 preview - a mini tournament against each other. Needless to say, game journalists pretty much pwning ahead the rest *ehem*. Blake Hoo, editor of GameAxis Malaysia emerged as the mini competition winner with his imbalanced CT team. Imbalance I tell you, IMBA!! XD

Full press release available after the jump.

Samsung Malaysia Official Website

WCG Malaysia Official Website
WCG Malaysia @ Lowyat.NET Forums

Samsung Malaysia Reiterates its Commitment to World Cyber Games Malaysia Championship 2007

Wide range of activities for gamers and non-gamers

Petaling Jaya, 9 August 2007 – Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME) Sdn Bhd today formally announced its continued sponsorship of the World Cyber Games Malaysia Championship 2007. Its parent company, Samsung Electronics is the worldwide sponsor of the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2007 since 2000.

“As a brand of choice for youth, Samsung has consistently supported the World Cyber Games since 2000 to create a platform for gamers and youth to harness the power of gaming to connect and engage with each other. In doing so, we wish to harness the power of gaming to foster our relationship with youths and promote cross-cultural dialogue and spark off conversations about dreams and passion for gaming, music, sports and other activities in this region. Samsung and World Cyber Games are a natural fit with our range of LCD products and technology to enhance the gaming experience,” said Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME) Sdn Bhd Marketing General Manager, Mr Jimmy Tan.

In conjunction with the much-anticipated Malaysia Championship on 8-9 September 2007, Mid Valley Exhibition Hall, Samsung has lined up an exciting range of activities for gamers and non-gamers alike to pursue their passions through WCG, including:

• a special offer for Samsung’s latest super-slim U3 MP3 player for the visitors at its booth
• exciting activities for visitors at the booth with prizes to be given away.
• an online microsite that incorporates a game and downloadable vouchers to redeem exclusive Samsung premiums at its booth during the Malaysia Championship. More updates will be available at www.samsung.com/my

Interested participants can visit http://my.worldcybergames.com/games2.asp for the rules and regulations. Followers of the WCG can obtain further information on the preliminary kick-off at: http://my.worldcybergames.com.

Samsung has been the worldwide sponsor of the World Cyber Games since 2000, and the Asian Championships since its inauguration last year. The sponsorship is part of the company’s continuous efforts to nurture relationships and build brand preference among youth who are early adopters of technology, and cyber gamers who are technology opinion leaders.

Participants of WCG Malaysia Championship have always enjoyed playing the games with Samsung’s state-of-the-art Syncmaster monitors. This year, there will be about 300 units of Samsung’s Syncmaster monitors at the finals, offering exceptional gaming experience to the participants.

In Singapore, Samsung recently launched a special WCG 2007 Asian Championship web portal. Samsung conceived, co-developed and sponsored this portal that offers regular leagues and online contests. With this portal, both casual and hardcore gamers are able to get into the thick of the gaming action all year long:

• Battle Arena - For hardcore gamers to pit their skills against other gamers
• Games Village - Where causal gamers can enjoy simple flash games and chat with other gamers

Furthermore, Samsung’s partnership with AXN/Animax enables gaming fans to witness gaming action not only online and on the ground, but also on air.

During the preliminaries and finals of the Malaysia Championship 2007, fans of World Cyber Games can look forward to an exciting time with StarCraft, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, FIFA 2007, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Need for Speed: Carbon and Half-Life: Counter-Strike.

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