The announcement we are making today is nothing short of fascinating. CyberActiv Productions Inc. through our growing relationships with the internationnal eSports scene, secured a deal to organize qualification tournaments for the Canadian National Finals of the Blizzard’s very own StarCraft2 World Championship. The CyberActiv.ca Canadian Qualifiers will select the 8 strongest players to compete at the Nationals alongside invited stars. All 8 qualifiers will have their travel and lodging to the finals paid for by Blizzard.

Many of us, passionate eSports fans and enthusiasts, at some point of time felt that there is “not enough Love for Canada” from the international eSports scene. But we all know that the Canadian StarCraft2 community is very much alive, vibrant and dynamic. More and more people are attending eSports events throughout the country and at the same times Canadian events are getting bigger and better every month. CyberActiv Productions Inc. was always on the forefront of the eSports activities. For many years we created an array of fan-loved events in Quebec starting from LanETS, the biggest LAN party in Canada, 10 years ago, to record breaking and world renowned BarCraft Montreal, up to the Montreal edition of the Interceptor Group’s Main Stage Series:White-Ra, special tactics LIVE!.

The initiative we are announcing today will, without any doubt, change the Canadian eSports Community forever. In fact, we believe, that it will trigger the explosion in the growth of the community. It will bring together fans from coast to coast; it will entice partnerships between different organisations working in the field of eSports, and will give a boost to great Canadian players who are not yet known to many.

CyberActiv was honoured with the opportunity to manage qualification tournaments for the Canadian National Finals (the details will be announced by Blizzard in the nearest future) and select through fair and open competition 8 best players from throughout Canada to fight for the right to represent our great country at the North American Finals.

Tasked with this hard job CyberActiv didn’t waste a minute. We aligned a number of partnerships with organisations that have a great reputation in the world of eSports to take part in the initiative. There will be 6 Qualifiers, 3 online and 3 offline LAN events. Our partners are Winnipeg’s #1 BaseLAN 23, creators of the Mains Stage Series – Interceptor Group in Toronto, and prominent organiser of the LAN events in Quebec City – Skyzo Cup. These teams will be running the LAN events. Our partners for the online open qualifiers are the biggest Quebec SC2 community – SC2QC and much respectable multi-gaming club Team Killing Spree. The final on-line Qualifier will be hosted by CyberActiv and will conclude the qualification process.

You can find all the information you need on the central hub of the intiative. The hub countains links to existing communities and events leading up to the final, CyberActiv-run online event. Check it out:

Here is a few statements from the parties involved :

“It is an honor to be working with Blizzard on a project of this scale. Blizzard needs to be thanked for such an opportunity for us, and the gamers across our huge country. Beautiful things are bound to happen in the coming years in Canada and we will continue to provide gamers and fans alike with such great initiatives” - Charles, Chief of eSports Operations, CyberActiv Productions Inc. “We couldn’t be more excited about this partnership. Together AYBOnline, CyberActiv & Blizzard will bring Canadians closer to the global eSports community than ever before! 2012 will be the year of eSports; this is just the beginning!” - Ryan Carbotte, Operations & Community Director, AYBOnline/BaseLAN “It is with great pleasure and honour to be working in collaboration with CyberActiv and Blizzard for this project. SC2QC has always been working toward the growth of the eSports scene in Quebec and we’re glad to contribute on a larger scale for the World Championship Series. We want to thank the organizers for their mark of confidence toward us and hope this opportunity will show how we are passionate about this game and mostly about eSports.” - Charles de Grandmaison & Gabriel Gauthier-Anderson, Founders, SC2QC.com “Interceptor Group is very proud to be part of the Canadian Qualifiers for the Blizzard’s StarCraft2 World Championship Series. It is a historic moment for all eSports fans and enthusiasts in Canada and a great opportunity for all of us to show the world what we are made of. We are sure that the Toronto tournament will determine the best player to represent our city in the Finals and we wish luck to all players who are brave enough to compete in all of the qualifiers. Also I want to take this opportunity to congratulate CyberActiv Productions Inc. with this great honour and say thank you to them from all of us at the Interceptor Group for their never ending passion for eSports and their efforts to bring the community to the next level.” - Andrei Mazuruc, Co-Founder and President, Interceptor Group “At The Skyzo LAN center of Quebec city, we are honored to be a part of the Canadian World Championship Series qualification program. We believe that electronic sport promotes a healthy social environment and enable players to evolve in a vibrant community. We are proud to promote video games competition and share this activity with all the Quebec eSport fans.” - Mathieu Morin, Founder, Skyzo Cup “The Team Killing Spree gaming club is proud to be associated with CyberActiv, Blizzard and all the other partners to hold this event, that, we hope, will contribute to the eSports growth in Canada and North America.” – Benoit Renaud, Founder, Team Killing Spree

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all the future participant of the Qualifiers GL HF and invite everyone to the central hub for all of the news and events!

Remember to visit the hub often as news and to follow CyberActiv on Twitter and Facebook for constant updates!

About CyberActiv Productions Inc.

CyberActiv is a company that provide services toward event consultation, sponsorship and production. CyberActiv has one mission, which is to help develop a strong scene around digital culture, which is eSports, cultural events that pertain about Internet content and the digital arts. CyberActiv helps companies and events deliver on bigger and broader events throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning through post-production.