web2zone® and Plantronics Partner To Host Multi-City Video Gaming Tournaments

Gamers Compete at Nationwide Game Centers For Cash and Prizes

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 29, 2004

web2zone announced today it has received a grant from Plantronics, (NYSE:PLT), a worldwide leader in communications headsets, to host two multi-city, simultaneous video game tournaments at premium venues across the United States. The “center vs. center” competitions will showcase web2zone’s new Cyber Square Alliance program that features premium video game centers across the United States and Plantronics’ awesome gaming headsets.

The first tournament will be held on Thursday, December 30, 2004 between web2zone (New York, NY) and GameWyze (Plano, TX), and will feature Bungie’s highly popular HALO® 2 for Xbox®. Gamers must be present at their respective game center in order to participate. Teams consisting of 2 players will compete face-to-face in a single elimination (best 2 out of 3) tournament format. The top two teams from each local center will then compete in an online Grand Championship via Xbox Live™ for over $4,000 in cash and prizes.

The second tournament will be held on Sunday, January 16, 2005 between web2zone (New York, NY) and CGCentre (LA/Irvine, CA), and will feature Valve Software’s Half-Life®: Counter-Strike™ for PC. Top teams consisting of 5 players will compete online at their respective game center in this double elimination tournament format. Over $5,000 in cash and prizes will go to the top teams.

“Having hosted over 100 video game tournaments and events over the past two years, web2zone is primed to successfully execute this multi-city competitive video game event initiative,” says Ed Tomasi, web2zone’s Director of Marketing. “We are very excited to work with Plantronics to deliver these tournaments to competitive gamers. Each tournament participant will have the chance to compete with Plantronics headsets, including the GameCom Halo 2 Edition headset for the Xbox and GameCom Pro1, the best PC headset available.”

“Plantronics is thrilled to partner with web2zone to bring hardcore gamers the opportunity to compete with professional-grade headsets in a competitive gaming environment,” says Julia McDermott, Public Relations Manager for Plantronics. “Our headsets deliver supreme sound quality and will enable gamers to experience ultimate realism so they can perform at their best.”

About web2zone, Inc.

web2zone, Inc. is a new and exciting brick and mortar retail concept called a "Cyber Center". It is the brainchild of Samsung America, Inc., the wholly owned North American subsidiary of one of the largest and most widely recognized companies in the world. web2zone is a retail destination that provides the technology generation with an access point for Entertainment Technology, Internet Connectivity, PC & Console Gaming, Event and Business Services. At web2zone’s core are premium products, services and events that are driven by technology, community, entertainment and productivity. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.web2zone.com.

About Plantronics, Inc.

Plantronics (NYSE:PLT) introduced the first lightweight headset in 1962 and is recognized as the world leader in communications headsets. For decades Plantronics has applied its expertise to the mission-critical communications of agencies such as the FAA, U.S. military and NASA. In fact, a Plantronics headset transmitted Neil Armstrong's historic "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" from the moon in 1969. A publicly held company headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, Plantronics has approximately 4,400 employees and maintains offices in 20 countries. For more information go to http://www.plantronics.com or

call (800) 544-4660.

Plantronics, the logo design, Plantronics and the logo design combined as well as GameCom are trademarks or registered trademarks of Plantronics Inc. Xbox Live and Xbox are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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