Corsair and 4Players cooperate: New „League of Legends” tournament series on 4Players League

• monthly prize money of 2.500 Euro
• live-casts with commentary on 4PL.tv and own3D.tv

On the online gaming platform 4Players League (www.4pl.de) starts a six-month "League of Legends" tournament series. Sponsoring partner is the hardware specialist Corsair, a worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of high performance components for gaming PCs.

The real-time strategy game "League of Legends" (LoL) is one of the top titles in the 4Players league. Participants from across Europe are now ready to compete in the "4PL Play4Fame Corsair Vengeance Cup". The participating teams can take away a monthly cash prize of 2,500 € and other prizes like Riot Points and Skins.

All Matches are broadcast with a color commentary live on 4PL.tv (http://4p.de/4pl.tv) and own3D.tv (www.own3d.tv/4PlayersLeague) with more than 150.000 hits per tournament.

In the weekly qualifying tournaments - often with more than 500 participants - each team has the opportunity to earn qualification points in exciting 5on5 duels in order to participate in the finals of each month. Here world-renowned top teams such as Moscow Five, Fnatic, CLG and Against All Authority are waiting for challengers. New teams can register at any time for free.

“We are very happy to bring the Corsair Vengeance CUP to central europe", said Sascha Milutinovic Technical Marketing Specialist from Corsair® "True to our performance motto, we focus on 4Players and their long-term experience in gaming. In addition, the motto ´Play4Fame´ corresponds fully to our dedication to gaming! We are looking forward to interesting matches, teams and a season full of Action.”

About Corsair
Founded as Corsair Microsystems in 1994, Corsair originally developed Level 2 cache modules for OEMs. After Intel incorporated the L2 cache in the processor with the release of its Pentium Pro processor family, Corsair changed its focus to DRAM modules, primarily in the server market. In 2002, Corsair began shipping DRAM modules that were specifically designed to appeal to computer over clocking enthusiasts. From its roots in high-performance memory, Corsair has expanded its award-winning product portfolio to include ultra-efficient power supplies, builder-friendly cases, ground-breaking CPU coolers, blazing-fast solid-state drives, and other key system components.

About 4PL
Since its’ development start in 2008 the 4Players League was conceived as logical focus of the year-long gaming experience as well as a connector between the 4Players gaming magazine and 4netplayers. The competitive Online-gaming is interesting for professional players as well as for the fun players. Since the 1st of July in 2010 and after two years of development, the 4Players League has opened its’ gates for thousands of players and offers professional competitive gaming for beginners, advanced and professional eSport-Fans.

The 4Players GmbH is part of the Freenet AG and runs one of the most successful German speaking Gaming-magazines with more than 1.20 Million visitors per month (AGOF internet facts 2012-03). At www.4players.de German speaking readers get updated news and columns, critical reviews, game hints and guides, exclusive video-streams and downloads for PC, Consoles and handheld systems.

Heiko Kaspers
Marketing & PR
Telefon: + 49 (0) 40 513 06 588
Telefax: + 49 (0) 40 513 06 599
E-Mail: pr@4players.de
Website: http://www.4players.de

4Players GmbH
Deelbögenkamp 4c
22297 Hamburg
Germany

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