Sensible World of Soccer World Cup Exclusively at Connect '08

Football legend Sensible World of Soccer will be hosting its first ever SWOS World Cup exclusively at Codemasters Connect.

Warwickshire, UK - January 30th 2008 - Codemasters Online are pleased to announce that Codemasters Online Connect, Codemasters' forthcoming 2-day community event will play host to the first ever Official Sensible World of Soccer World Cup, on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft®.

Exclusive to the Codemasters Online Connect event, the Sensible World of Soccer World Cup will see some of the best players in the world come together to compete for the illustrious title of 'Sensible Legend' and with it lift the famed SWOS World Cup. A top prize of £1,000 will be awarded to the overall winner as well as prizes for the runners up and spot prizes to be given out throughout the day.

"The SWOS World Cup is going to be an amazing event," commented Tim Hodges, Associate Product Manager. "We expect to see some of the best players from across the world to turn up to what is going to be one of the best shows of Sensible Soccer talent ever assembled."

Codemasters Online Connect is Codemasters' own 2-day community festival spanning all of Codemasters Online's games. More information on the event and tickets, can be purchased from the event's official website www.codemastersconnect.com

Sensible World of Soccer is out now to download on Xbox 360 via Xbox LIVE Arcade priced at 800 points. Players are also able to fully Sensible up their Xbox 360 with the latest SWOS themes and Gamerpics now available for 150 & 100 points respectively.

For more information on SWOS visit www.swos-game.com.

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