GamePlay HD Bring Pro Gaming to the Web

Pro gaming continues to grow as an industry in the U.S., which is behind the times when it comes to professional gamers battling it out for hundreds of thousands of dollas. Eruopean countries and Korea have elevated pro gamers to sports athlete status.

Voom HD Networks' GamePlay HD, the high-definition game channel available on the DISH Network, is bringing the World Series of Videogames to anyone with a computer starting today. Gamers who haven't yet made the leap to HD TV can view full episodes of pro gaming shows in HD online. New episodes will be posted every Friday.

In December, the GamePlay HD Web site will feature the network's coverage of the World Series of Video Games presented by Intel. Episodes posted online will focus on three of the tournaments - LANWAR: Quake 4 in Kentucky, DREAMHACK: CounterStrike, the world's largest LAN party hosted in Sweden, and the heated tournament battles of the Intel Summer Championship waged in Dallas, Texas.

Aimed at the 76 million gamers in the U.S., GamePlay HD is now the only 24/7 high-definition video-game network. G4, which never focused on HD programming, but launched as a game network, has changed its focus away from games this year. GamePlay HD covers the top game tournaments from around the world, and produces a slate of original programs that provide entertainment, news, reviews and previews for all kinds of gamers.

You can also catch pro gaming coverage on MTV's Web site.