BALTIMORE, MD--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 9, 2008 -- CEVO, LLC., announced today that AMD (NYSE:AMD - News), a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative PC platform technologies and digital media silicon solutions, and SAPPHIRE Technology, industry leaders and innovators in graphics solutions and AMD's leading provider for ATI graphics World Wide, have teamed up to become CEVO's latest sponsors.

AMD and SAPPHIRE have agreed to provide sponsorship for CEVO's sixth season of Counter-Strike Source, the event will run from mid April through June of 2008, and will feature $15,000 in cash and hardware prizes. The sponsorship demonstrates AMD's and SAPPHIRE's long-standing commitment to support the competitive gaming "eSports" community.

"I am very excited that both AMD and SAPPHIRE have come on board as event sponsors," said Charlie Plitt, CEO / President of CEVO. "The AMD and SAPPHIRE sponsorship will further expand CEVO's presence on a national and global scale, and I know that the members of CEVO's gaming community will be thrilled as they get to compete for some of the hottest PC hardware technology on the market."

Since its launch in 2003, CEVO has been the driving force in transforming online video gaming from a hobby into a professional sport. The addition of AMD and SAPPHIRE as event sponsors will only further increase the exposure of online professional gaming "eSports" to the mainstream culture of North American.

"SAPPHIRE is proud to be a sponsor of this event as part of its ongoing commitment to serving the gaming community," said Bill Donnelly, Global PR Director. "We seriously believe our current generation of hardware is giving gamers the best experience ever in terms of image quality, performance and value for money."

About Sapphire Technology

Pioneers in a new era of how data is displayed and games are played, SAPPHIRE shepherds the performance oriented with ground-breaking solutions to an environment that remains in a constant state of flux and ultimate evolution. For over ten years Sapphire has held true to its unwavering commitment to deliver the most feature rich and soundly engineered products. Because of SAPPHIRE's firm position on achieving excellence with each product that leaves its ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified factories, you can rest assured that your gaming experience will be to the highest standards possible for the lifetime of the product.

About CEVO

It's competitive electronic gaming, as simple as being your best, trying your hardest, and never giving up, yet as complex as the spirit of the Generation it symbolizes. CEVO focuses on professionalizing online eSports, taking it from a favorable pastime hobby and evolving it into a structured vehicle to proliferate the growth of competitive online gaming. Currently through the events hosted, CEVO directly touches over 75,000 gamers a month and through fan fare, media coverage, and general interest; touches over 1,000,000 gamers in over one hundred countries a month. Are you game?

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