Championship Gaming Series
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Host
Co-hosts
Commentators: Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner and James "Too Good" Harding
Hostess: Keeley Hazell
Broadcast
Steadfast Television for Sky One, 24th December 2007-
Synopsis
Coverage of the UK "esports" championships to find the best computer gamers in the country to take on the rest of the world. Disciplines inclide Counter-Strike:Source, Dead or Alive 4, FIFA 2007 and Project Gotham Racing 3. The UK championships, between the London Mint and the Birmingham Salvo, are decided before worldwide matchups are played out. The finallists go to LA to play for a $5m prize pool.
Decent set design and good crowd atmosphere punch this above most other attempts to cover computer games in the past. Sufficiently animated overlays help the viewer keep track of the action, and the TV graphics are flashy enough to compete with the graphics of the games themselves. Only the unimaginative casting - i.e. MTV numbskulls and Page 3 stunna Keeley - detract from what is otherwise a well-assembled package.
