Reaffirming its emphasis on training, worldwide professional gaming league Championship Gaming Series has unveiled details on the training practices for its North American teams.

The CGS North America Training Camp will have the six North American CGS teams--Carolina Core, Chicago Chimera, Dallas Venom, Los Angeles Complexity, New York 3D, and San Francisco Optx--competing against one another in four weekly online matches for five consecutive weeks.

According to the league, which will be webcasting some of its Training Camp matches, the effort will help team managers "evaluate player performance and make modifications to their teams." Players are eligible for trade until June 18.

"Training Camp is going to give me the opportunity to fine-tune the team roster that I believe will win the World Final this season," boasted Los Angeles Complexity general manager Jason Lake. "My players will have to step up to the plate... Read more

Worldwide professional gaming league Championship Gaming Series has revealed the Wuhan Optical Valley Electronic Sports Stadium, a facility in Wuhan, China that it claims to be "the world's premiere eSports training center and professional gaming arena."

The Wuhan government and Wuhan Hi Tech Group are also involved with the new facility, which will act as the training grounds for the Wuhan Dragon CGS team and as the venue for the CGS 2008 Pan-Asia Final tournament that runs from April 30 to May 3.

According to CGS, the facility "marks a new step forward for the digital entertainment industry in Wuhan and the worldwide professional gaming community."

This year's CGS playoffs pit different combinations of its 10-athlete teams against other teams in four games: Counter-Strike Source (PC), FIFA 08 (platform unknown), Dead or Alive 4 (X360), and Forza Motorsport 2 (X360).

A worldwide playoff will be held in Los Angeles later this year, with certain CGS matches broadcast worldwide via DirecTV, BSkyB, and ESPN Star Sports.