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CBS Signs World Series of Video Games For Second Year
Posted May 31, 2007 by Kevin
In what appears to be more evidence of video games becoming more mainstream, CBS has decided to renew their contract to cover the World Series of Video Games for a second year.
The 2007 deal will expand WSVG coverage to four separate hour-long events timed after the three major U.S. events and the finals in Sweden. They will air as part of the CBS Sports Spectacular on Sunday, July 29; Sunday, August 19; Saturday, November 17; and Saturday, December 15. Each episode will feature competition footage for featured titles such as Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, Activision’s Guitar Hero II and EA Sports Fight Night Round 3. Segments on the competitors themselves will also be included.
The programs will be produced and directed by Matthew Mills of TV By Mills; he oversaw MTV Networks’ Gamer’s Week 2.0 in 2006. The shows will be hosted once again by sportscaster Greg Amsinger; he previously anchored the WSVG Finals, Presented by Intel on CBS’ College Sports Television earlier this year.
I never saw the first World Series of Video Games on TV, so let’s hope with someone from MTV directing it, we don’t end up with another piece of shit debauchery like Spike TV’s award show.
[Source: Game Daily Biz]
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