Posts tagged progamer

Game champion commits suicide over gambling debts

by Kyle Orland (Jan 8th 2007 3:55PM)

Christian Sellergren, a professional gamer who led Team Eyeballers to the 2004 CPL Counter-Strike championship, apparently took his own life last November over massive debts accrued from online gambling. The news trickled down to us through a rough translation of a recent story about the death in ...

Pro gamer salaries on the rise

by Kyle Orland (Sep 20th 2006 2:25PM)

Want to make big bucks as a professional gamer? Living overseas is probably your best bet for now. But Wired News reports that television deals and increased interest from U.S. sponsors mean salaries for America's top gamers could hit the stratosphere before long. This is in stark contrast to a ...

Creative's ProGamer system goes wireless

by Alan Rose (Jun 10th 2006 1:25PM)

Maximum PC has posted a review of Creative's latest contribution to 5.1 gaming, the GigaWorks ProGamer G550W. Creative has improved upon the original G550 system by making the rear channels cord-free, and including a wireless remote control that can also be used with select ZEN and MuVo MP3 players. ...