Archive: november 19, 2008
Another Pro Gaming League Goes Under [Championship Gaming Series]
![Another Pro Gaming League Goes Under [Championship Gaming Series]](/images/news/41755.jpg)
The Championship Gaming Series is no more. Sponsors BSkyB, STAR and DirecTV have officially ended their professional gaming business, according to an announcement posted on the league's web site. The statement explains that the CGS — which I'll always fondly remember as my ticket into the Playboy Mansion — was killed off because "profitability was too far in the future for us to sustain operations in the interim." Things are tough all over, basically.
The CGS focused on competitive gaming in titles like Counter-Strike: Source, Dead or Alive 4, FIFA, World of Warcraft and more. It join...
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