World Cyber Games Announces Kunshan as the Host City for WCG 2012 & 2013 Grand Finals

KUNSHAN, China, November 18, 2011 -

- The World’s Premiere Global e-Sports Tournament and Festival Goes to China for the Next 2 Consecutive Years

World Cyber Games Inc. (WCG), organizer of the premier international video game competition and festival, announced today at the signing ceremony that Kunshan, China will be the host city of WCG 2012 & 2013 Grand Finals. As the official host city for WCG 2012 & 2013 Grand Finals, elite gamers from all around the world will flock to Kunshan International Convention & Exhibition Center next year to compete for the title of world’s best gamer.

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In bringing the Grand Final to China for the second time after WCG 2009 in Chengdu, WCG decided to stage Grand Final in Kunshan for the next 2 consecutive years. China is the world’s fastest growing market in video gaming industry, and WCG had made its final decision to Kunshan, where it has been increasing its international reputation in IT industry.

“Kunshan is now promoting the further development of its economy by giving priority to modern service industry, culture industry and digital animation industry. It will try its best in welcoming the international delegates for a successful WCG 2012 & 2013 Grand Finals,” said by Vice-Secretary of Kunshan Municipal Committee of CCP and Acting Mayor of Kunshan Municipal Government Lu Jun.

“This year’s host city selection process was very careful due to the intense competition among excellent candidate cities; and after considering many factors, the World Cyber Games Committee came to a clear decision to go with Kunshan,” said Brad Lee, CEO of World Cyber Games, Inc. “WCG 2009 in Chengdu was extremely successful and we believe WCG 2012 & 2013 in Kunshan will be the greatest ever with the wholehearted support from Kunshan city.”

WCG 2011 Grand Final is going to be held in Busan, South Korea from Dec. 8 to 11, and Samsung Electronics is sponsoring worldwide.

For more information, please visit www.wcg.com.

About Kunshan City

Kunshan is located in the core of China’s Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle, neighboring to Shanghai in the east and Suzhou in the west. It covers an area of 931 km2 and has a total population of 2 million. As a frontal city in China for opening up, Kunshan has attracted more than 6,300 foreign investment projects from 56 countries and regions. In 2010, Kunshan achieved per capital GDP of more than 20,000 U.S. dollars and total import-export volume of 82.12 billion U.S. dollars. Covering 1/10,000 land of China, Kunshan gathers 17/1,000 of foreign investments in China and accounts for 3/100 of China’s total import-export volume. It has ranked first among Top 100 Chinese Counties (Cities) for many years successively. Moreover, Kunshan ranked first among similar cities for two years successively in List of Best Business Cities in Mainland China released by Forbes.

At World Cyber Games, Inc., Director of Global Partnership Division, Ryan Oh, realizer at wcg.com, +82-2-2106-6543