A few weeks ago we reported that Scot Rubin was leaving his daily gaming talk show, All Games Interactive, for greener, yet mysterious pastures.
Early this morning Scot revealed that he was REJOINING G4 the new VP of Marketing for the Championship Gaming Series!
It’s true I am now the VP of Marketing over at The CGS. I didn’t take it just to be some suit at a pro gaming league. The CGS is owned by DirecTV, BSkyB, Star Asia and has just hired my former favorite G4 colleague Dale Hopkins as CEO. Dale and I were the first 2 people to develop G4 and she is one of the smartest, most energetic, hard working people i’ve ever met. If only the CEO at G4 let us run the place… But I digress. We are currently working hard to answer questions about the league, the teams, the games, the image, and the future of what pro/competitive gaming should be.
As we all saw in July, the CGS is a great production and has already made great leaps for competitive and team gaming, it can only get better with Mr Soul Patch onboard.
-KnuxSonic

In case you were too wrapped up in E3 to notice, G4 aired the first of four 90 minute Championship Gaming Series specials today, which featured the Carolina Core taking the North American title. Core will go on to the international finals, starting Saturday.
Here’s the schedule for the next three specials:
World Quarterfinals - Saturday 7/19 @ 10PM EST
World Semifinals – Saturday 7/26 @ 10PM EST
World Final – Saturday 8/2 @ 10PM EST
If you’re a fan of Arena or sports or video games in general, check them out.
www.theCGS.com
g4tv.com/CGS
-KnuxSonic

So I was practicing my vomiting skills today, in preparation for the launch of the hotly-anticipated “Hurl” when I noticed an email from G4 in my inbox. Could this be it? My invitation to compete in Hurl? My (next) 15 mintues of fame?! I quickly put down my 14LB burrito and wiped the dripping grease off my fingers to check the email, only to realize it was nothing of the sort. How disappointing! It was just some announcement for a video game show or something… I guess I’ll fill you in since the burrito is now cold.
G4 and the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) inked a deal today to air four 90 minute specials covering the “only worldwide professional video game league.”
“By bringing Championship Gaming Series to the network, we are giving our audience the rare opportunity to watch some of the world’s best gamers in action. The competition is certain to appeal to our viewers,” said Neal Tiles, President, G4.
“CGS programming will debut July 16 on G4 with the league’s 2008 North America playoffs. The network will air four 90-minute episodes in total: the 2008 North America Final on Wed., July 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT; 2008 World Final Quarterfinals matches on Sat., July 19 at 10 p.m. ET/PT; 2008 World Final Semifinals matches on Sat., July 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT; and the 2008 World Final Championship Match on Saturday, August 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.”
Sounds kinda weird… a show about video games? Gimmie a break! THIS IS A NEW LOW FOR G4! HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO US! I’M WRITING A ONLINE PETITION TO STOP THIS, WHO IS WITH ME?!?!
Ugh, well… I guess it’s okay, as long as it doesn’t cut into my COPS and Cheaters marathons.
The full press release is posted after the jump.
-KnuxSonic
Seriously though, this is awesome.

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