World Cyber Games Kick-Off 2011 Samsung Mobile Challenge in Asia

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — World Cyber Games, Inc. (WCG), organizer of the premier international video game competition and festival, and Samsung Electronics, the world’s leader in mobile technology, started its official kick-off of the 4th annual WCG 2011 Samsung Mobile Challenge (SMC).

This year’s challenge will be opened to participants from 27 countries including: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Mainland China, Costa Rica, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, and Ukraine.

The Asian online preliminary will run for 3 weeks from Sept. 5th to 25th. To participate, gamers will need to have the official challenge phone Samsung Galaxy S II, and log on to Samsung Apps (Samsung application store) or Game Hub, and download the official mobile game title Asphalt 6. After playing, participants will send their game scores to the ranking system. The top 2 rankers from each country will be invited to the WCG 2011 Pan Asian Championship to get a chance to attend the upcoming WCG Grand Final in Busan, South Korea from December 8th to December 11th, 2011 and compete to win US$65,000 in total.

Galaxy S II

Samsung Galaxy S II is a powerful evolution of Galaxy S in speed, screen and slim design. It is a slim 8.49 mm device packed with an over-sized 4.3″ super AMOLED Plus display, a 1.2 GHz Dual core processor, HSPA+ connectivity providing ultra-fast data transfer, and generous memory of 16 GB + Micro SD.

Asphalt 6

“Asphalt 6,” the WCG 2011 Official Mobile Game title is a racing game which features more than 40 cars and bikes from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Ducati and other World-class manufacturers. You can tune your vehicle & customize it with decals before tearing up the streets of L.A., Tokyo, the Bahamas & other beautiful locations, each rendered in HD. You’ll be driving against tough opponents in 11 different leagues with 55 events plus Online/Local Multiplayer for up to 6 players.

For more information on the Samsung Mobile Challenge, please visit the official website at http://mobile.wcg.com.