World Cyber Games Completes 10th Annual Grand Final in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Cyber Games (WCG) 2010 Grand Final came to a close at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California last night. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the World Cyber Games, the world's largest computer and video game festival, celebrating the best in gaming.

The WCG 2010 Grand Final proved to be one of the organization's most-watched events to date. 32,000 spectators watched the tournament at the Los Angeles Convention Center with tens of millions of viewers watching a live stream of the games via the Internet at live.wcg.com, Facebook.com/SamsungUSA and on official partner IGN's premium gaming site www.ign.com. The WCG 2010 Grand Final was also broadcasted in eight countries, including China, Germany, and Russia. 400 international media representatives attended the event, which featured 450 players from 58 countries battling it out for more than $250,000 in cash and prizes.

After a hard fought WCG 2010 Grand Final tournament, South Korea took home first overall place with 3 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals. The Brazil, United Kingdom and Germany teams tied second with 1 gold, and 1 silver each and Teams Australia, Ukraine, Sweden and the United States tied third with 1 gold medal each.

Last night at 7:00PM PT, the WCG 2010 Grand Final came to a spectacular close on the Main Stage of the LA Convention Center, with a Closing Ceremony featuring a medal ceremony for each of the winners that was hosted by entertainment star, Cory Almeida.

Thanks to Samsung, the worldwide partner of World Cyber Games, the 2010 Grand Final was the 'greenest Grand Final ever.' Samsung worked with Carbonfund.org to offset the WCG carbon footprint including everything from the electricity used at the tournament to the airline emissions of the players traveling from all over the globe. During the WCG Closing Ceremony, Samsung was presented with the first Corporate Climate Leadership Award by Carbonfund.org in recognition of all their environmental programs.

Today, the Los Angeles County Education Foundation will take a delivery of more than $120,000 worth of Samsung SyncMaster monitors, a donation from the World Cyber Games, to enhance classrooms and after-school programs, and encourage the use and development of technology in education throughout the state.

The WCG 2010 Grand Final also included the live taping of WCG's Ultimate Gamer Season 2 finale which will air at 11:00PM this Thursday, October 7. Tune in to watch the dramatic climax, and find out who is this year's WCG Ultimate Gamer. The winner will take home the Ultimate Samsung Electronics Package and $100,000 in cash.

World Cyber Games 2010 Grand Final Results

 Medalists of the 10 Official Titles:

Medalists of the Mobile Title:

Not included in the medal tally

Medalists of the 3 Promotion Titles

Not included in the medal tally

About World Cyber Games (WCG)

World Cyber Games Inc. (WCG) is the organizer of the largest global videogame tournament and festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010. With a yearlong competition spanning online, regional and national qualifying matches, elite gamers ascend to represent their countries at the WCG Grand Final, a thrilling high-pressure challenge to crown the world's best gamers. More than 1.6 million players from 65 countries competed for a spot in the WCG 2009 Grand Final in China. Los Angeles, the entertainment capital in the world, most recently hosted the exciting grand final competition from September 30 to October 3, 2010. To showcase the passion and competitive spirit of gamers, WCG also produces the hit reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer, which is currently airing on Syfy. For more information visit www.wcg.com, or m.wcg.com on smart phones. Follow us on Twitter @beyondthegame.

SOURCE World Cyber Games Inc.