CDV Software Entertainment's European Championships based on the blockbuster RTS Sudden Strike is attracting a number of top sponsors from the computer industry.
With over 550 entrants already registered to take part in the Championships, which will start with an online qualifying tournament in August, Hercules has announced that it will be providing three top-of-the-range 3D Prophet III graphic accelerators to the top three contestants in the UK Final, to be held at The Playing Fields on October 7, 2001.
In addition, Hercules will be providing a Fortissimo II sound card and a set of speakers to the three winners, to complete a high performance sound and vision upgrade for their PCs.
The 3D Prophet III is based on the powerful, fully-featured Geforce3 graphics processor from NVIDIA. With 64Mb DDR Ram operating at 460MHz and Hercules' design expertise, the 3D Prophet III is a performance monster which gives the most demanding gamers the opportunity to take advantage of professional graphics rendering.
"We're throwing our weight behind the Sudden Strike Championships because this is clearly the tournament that UK games players have been waiting for," says Tess Mion, PR Manager of Hercules UK. "The quality of play over the whole three months looks like being of the highest standard and we're looking forward to the Finals showdown in October."
As well as playing for top prizes, the 24 Sudden Strike UK Championships finalists will also be playing for the chance to take on the French and German Sudden Strike Champions. The UK winner will be flown to Paris in October this year to take part in a unique three-way tournament to find the Sudden Strike European Champion.
For more on the Sudden Strike European Championships and for an online entry form, go to www.suddenstrike.co.uk. Details of how to enter can also be found in the packaging for Sudden Strike Forever, the Sudden Strike expansion pack, available now for PC CD-ROM at £19.99.
For more on Hercules and its range of sound and graphics products, visit the company's web site on www.hercules-uk.com.