After the runaway success of the World GameMaster Tournament held last year, the world’s leading hardware manufacturer ASUS Technology Pvt. Ltd. has now announced its next venture in the series of PC Gaming competitions, titled the AGA League 2007. Starting in the 3rd Week of April a series of gaming competitions will begin at various gaming cafes across 10 cities in India. Initiated by ASUS India, this event will be co-sponsored by the major chipset and graphics chip vendor NVIDIA. All events will be executed by Live2own.net who will be the official gaming partners for the league.

The AGA League 2007 will kick-start in the 3rd Week of April in Mumbai followed by other major cities. It will be held between April and October 2007 in all the top game cafes in the cities. Amateurs as well as pro gamers will compete for cash prizes ranging between Rs. 4000/- to 13000/- per competition. Two well known games, Counter Strike which is an FPS game and DoTa which is an upcoming strategy game are selected as official games for the league. The event schedule and participation details will be available, on the official AGA website www.asusgamers.com and also on the ASUS India website www.asus.in . This ten city event includes major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Jalandhar, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Cochin.

In each competition, gamers will get to score points for each match played. The scores will be updated after every competition in the scoreboard integrated in the AGA website. Teams will be ranked as per their scores listing the best team performed till date from each city.

The ASUS Gamers Association or AGA as it is popularly known in the PC gaming community is the gaming arm of ASUS India. The objective of the event is not just to promote gaming as a respectable sport, but also to increase the awareness of today’s technology among enthusiast gamers. ASUS being a technology major is one of the world’s leading vendor for gaming hardware among other products. Its gaming product portfolio includes products like gaming motherboards, graphics cards, LCD monitors, chassis, thermal solutions and also gaming laptops. The company aims to increase awareness about its latest hardware technology through its initiative. This is also an attempt to integrate ASUS, its technology partner NVIDIA, the gaming community and game café owners so that PC gaming can come to the level, where Indian gamers get the name and recognition which is equivalent to their international counterparts.

According to Mr. Amit Jaokar, Technical Promotion Manager, ASUS India, “The AGA League 2007 isn’t merely about gaming and winning money, it’s about technology at its best. A professional gamer, if given the right technology knowledge can become a very successful hardware consultant in the future to suggest you the perfect PC configuration according to your requirements. At ASUS we believe in not just selling products, but educating people about the latest technology as well.”

“With the release of DX 10, gaming as a whole will be taken to a completely new level. It is therefore important for gamers to understand the technology benefits brought to the table by DX10 and NVIDIA SLI. The right hardware makes a big difference in their gaming experience and can often be the decider between winning and losing.” added Taher Kagzi, Distribution Sales Manager, NVIDIA India.

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About ASUS Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Asus Technology Pvt. Ltd. is a leading provider of 3C total solutions. With a global staff of more than 100 thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the turnover for 2006 was 16.5 billion U.S. Dollars. ASUS has been ranked in Business Week InfoTech 100 for 9 straight years, and was ranked No.1 by the Wall Street Journal for best quality products in Taiwan. Its product portfolio includes notebooks, motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, LCD monitors, information appliances, desktop PCs & PC components, servers, wireless solutions, mobile phones, handhelds, digital home solutions, broadband communication products and networking devices.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation is the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies. The Company creates innovative, industry-changing products for computing, consumer electronics, and mobile devices. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA and has offices throughout Asia, Europe, and the Americas. For more information, visit www.nvidia.com.