WEBZEN Inc. (WWW.WEBZEN.COM), the Next Generation of Free-to-Play Online Games, announced the start of the ‘2012 C9 Championship Tournament’ registration for their Action RPG ‘C9’ (Continent of the Ninth Seal).
Today, WEBZEN opened the ‘2012 C9 Championship Tournament’ registration page (event.webzen.com/C9/Tournament/Application) and began accepting applications for the tournament that has a grand prize of $10,000 (USD).
To qualify for registrations, users must complete 3 in-game party quests before May 5th (PDT: Pacific Daylight Time) when the ‘Tournament Registration Test’ ends and apply for participation until May 9th (PDT). The ‘2012 C9 Championship Tournament’ will start on May 16th (PDT) and finish the online semi-finals by May 31st (PDT). The top final qualifying teams will be invited to the offline grand finals held during E3 2012 in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Currently, over 100,000 users have participated in the ongoing ‘Tournament Registration Test’. In this test, new contents were revealed including ‘Ultimate Fury Skill’ and ‘Deathmatch / Relay Match’ (PVP modes) that were not available in previous tests.
Jihun Lee, Head of Global Publishing, said, ‘Users have shown much interest towards C9 even before the official launch.” Also he said, “We will give our full effort to successfully complete the tournament and focus on the localization for global users to launch the official service this summer.”
More information about the Action RPG ‘C9’ can be found at the official Facebook community (www.facebook.com/C9Webzen) and website (c9.webzen.com).
