a number of events. The circuit's total prize purse was planned to be US$574,000, and travel funds were made available to a number of high-finishing participants. The second season included events at the following times and places throughout 2007: May 1–3: Wuhan, PR China June 21–24: Louisville, Kentucky, United States July 5–8: Grapevine, Texas, United States August 23–26: Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 18–21: Los Angeles, California, United States - Cancelled November 16–18: London, United Kingdom - Cancelled November 29–December 2: Sweden - Cancelled A television production company, TV By Mills (now Spacestation), was brought on to create the televised WSVG episodes on CBS. This was the first time a video game competition was featured in an hour-long format on network television in the United States. Cancellation In a surprise move on September 12, 2007, the WSVG main page announced that "Games Media Properties will no longer produce the World Series of Video Games", and that the remaining three events (Los Angeles, London, and Sweden) were all cancelled. The reasons given were that revenue from the previous events were not enough to sustain the league, especially because of its extensive televising campaign and enormous event sizes. The WSVG has stated that it wishes to continue expansion in online advertising and their network of websites. 2014 After the cancellation in 2007, the World Series of Video Games was relaunched by World Series Corporation in August 2014. One of the key elements in this new version of the World Series of Video Games, is the exclusive software that they present called WSVG Battleroom, that includes an anti-cheat feature that is at the forefront of technology, promoting the clean gaming. WSVG hosted a LAN event in Maldives in October 2015 which included games like Starcraft 2, Hearthstone, FIFA & Age of Empires 2. From the day the event was announced doubts were being raised on its viability on various other gaming forums. The LAN event was not particularly great from organization point of view and was marred with technical & logistical issues. The event had a total prize pool of $50,000, but $32,000 was not paid out to teams and players. Since the conclusion of Maldives event no future plans have been divulged. References External links WSVG Website Defunct esports competitions Recurring events established in 2006 Hearthstone competitions