World Series of Video Games

World Series of Video Games
SportEsports
Video games
Founded2002
Replaced byCyberathlete Professional League
Owner(s)Games Media Properties
CommissionerMatt Ringel
CountryUnited States

World Series of Video Games (WSVG) was an international professional electronic sports competition. It held its first season in 2006, with competitions in six different games and six events held around the world including the finals of the event. The total prize purse of the season was US$750,000 which includes the $240,000 prize purse that was winnable at the finals. The WSVG was operated by Games Media Properties, an American gaming company founded in 2002 with the BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) Lan section subcontracted out to Lanwar Inc.

The series was the continuation of the one million dollar 2005 CPL World Tour, as one of the founders of the WSVG as well as Intel, the major sponsor of the tour left the Cyberathlete Professional League to help fund these series.[1]

  1. ^ "After the collapse of the 2006 CPL World Tour, the WSVG was announced and took over basically every prior scheduled World Tour stop. They strived to not repeat any mistakes the CPL had made in prior years, and also have a better plan to bring gaming to television." l- [1]