From the Press Release
NVIDIA and Red Bull Media House today announced an exclusive partnership where NVIDIA will serve as the official graphics partner for Red Bull Battle Grounds, a marquee Star Craft II competition taking place November 23-24, 2013 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Through the partnership, NVIDIA will provide its groundbreaking technology G-SYNC and Shadowplay for the tournament and on an on-going basis by providing the world’s most advanced gaming technology for Red Bull eSports events revolutionizing the industry of eSports.
As the world’s first public gaming tournament powered exclusively by PCs equipped with GeForce® GTX® 780 Ti GPUs and G-SYNC-enabled monitors, the Red Bull Battle Grounds tournament will feature four of the world’s top competitive professional gamers from previous Red Bull eSports events including Red Bull Battle Grounds 2012 winner Jang ‘MC’ Min Chul who returns to face-off against last year’s runner-up Choi ‘Bomber’ Ji Sung who is hungry for the win after a slow start, but powerful wrap to his year. Red Bull Training Grounds champions Jo ‘Golden’ Myeong Hwan and Jens ‘Snute’ Aasgaard as well as four players who were qualified and invited through other tournaments - North American heroine Sasha ‘Scarlett’ Hostyn, Won ‘PartinG’ Lee, Ko ‘HyuN’ Seok Hyun and BlizzCon 2013 Champion Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin. The ultimate champion of the Red Bull Battle Grounds tournament will walk away with their share of the $50,000 prize pool and a Falcon Northwest TIKI G-SYNC-powered gaming PC, worth more than $3,000.
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For hardcore gamers, GeForce GTX is all about delivering a pure gaming experience that is fast, quiet and cool. With the addition of the new G-SYNC technology, gamers can now experience a superior way to game. G-SYNC-enabled monitors offer players a true competitive advantage by providing smoother, sharper on-screen images with faster, more accurate response times for enhanced in-game action, but do so without introducing tearing or the dreaded input lag, the bane of gamers everywhere.
A must-have for pro-gamers everywhere, Shadowplay is NVIDIA’s fast, free and easy-to-use new approach to gameplay recording. Utilizing an on-board encoder built into GeForce GTX 600 and 700 Series graphics cards, it’s an advanced capture tool that shadows every in-game move, making uploading gameplay easier than ever.
In addition to the players competing in the tournament, event spectators will have a chance to try G-SYNC and Shadowplay technologies for themselves at the NVIDIA booth located in the main room of the Red Bull Battle Grounds event and experience why these innovations are a huge breakthrough for competitive gaming and already backed by industry luminaries.
INDUSTRY INNOVATORS
Nvidia’s partnership with Red Bull eSports brings two players together who aim to elevate eSports competitions and player performance and development. In May 2013, Red Bull eSports launched Redbull.com/eSports, which is a leading digital source for the latest news, tournament coverage, interviews, video features and live digital broadcasts for the eSports community. Red Bull Battle Grounds is the premiere Red Bull eSports tournament event of the year. The first Red Bull Battle Grounds took place at the Austin City Limits concert hall in Austin, TX in 2012.
EVENT DETAILS
November 23-24, 2013
Hammerstein Ballroom
311 W 34th St
New York, NY 10001
Saturday: Doors open 12:00 p.m. with an anticipated 10:00 p.m. close.
Sunday: Doors open 12:00 p.m., with an anticipated 9:00 p.m. close.
Visit www.redbull.com/battlegrounds for full details and player announcements.
Tickets for the Red Bull Battle Grounds are available from Ticketmaster at: http://www.ticketmaster.com/venueartist/280/1919717
1 Day Pass
Floor Seats (General Admission): $30.00
2 Day Passes
2nd Mezzanine (General Admission): $43.00
Floor Seats (General Admission): $63.00
1st Mezzanine: (VIP): $128.00 (Includes premium viewing, drink tickets, VIP Bar access, and gift bag)