Atlantic Inc. Sponsors Professional Gaming Team ‘Carnage N Chaos’

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atlantic Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of consumer electronics accessories and gaming products, today announced its sponsorship of pro gaming Team ‘Carnage N Chaos.’ The team will use products from the company’s GameKeeper^® product line while practicing and touring, including the Ultimate Gaming Backpack^™ to transport its gaming consoles to tournaments around the country and the Four-Tier Wire Gaming Tower^™ will keep their consoles cool and accessories organized while practicing at home.

Carnage N Chaos is a professional gaming team that competes in the game called Rainbow Six^® Vegas 2 on Xbox 360. Spread throughout the country, the team practices six to eight hours per day and uses online scrimmages to strengthen its gaming strategies. While a couple teammates live in neighboring cities, most members only get together during tournaments.

Ranging from students to a career in nuclear cardiology, the players consider gaming a second job or hobby that brings in additional income from sponsors and tournament prize money. The team consists of five players:

• General Manager & Coach – David “GaM3 Ov3R” Park, 25, 1st Place Orlando & 1st Place Toronto; 13-time Online Champion for Ghost Recon Series
• Captain – Robert “StOp N G0” Hoffman, 19, placed top eight in every event last year and finished 5th overall in MLG 2007 Pro Circuit last year at Nationals
• Member – Matt “Mr. X” Morello, 19, 1st Place Meadowlands & 1st Place Toronto (1st Place Overall Team for MLG 2007)
• Member – Jerry “JwHoJcAsH” Torres, 18, 1st Place Las Vegas (National Champion)
• Member – Brandon “PRoBLeMz” Greffe, 16, 1st Place Las Vegas (National Champion)

Designed for all kinds of gamers, including pros such as Team Carnage N Chaos, as well as casual gamers, Atlantic Inc.’s GameKeeper line keeps gaming equipment organized at home or allows easy transport to another location, whether going to a friend’s house after school or traveling cross country to compete in a tournament. The portable gaming storage devices are lightweight with features designed to protect gaming units and accessories from damage, while the home gaming storage units are designed to hold multiple game consoles, controllers, accessories, games and traditional A/V components as well as optimize airflow for proper console cooling and incorporate wire management.

“We haven’t seen any products on the market similar to GameKeeper, so when we saw the Ultimate Gaming Backpack we knew it was necessary to protect our gaming gear during the pro circuit tour,” said coach David Park. “I usually store my console on my TV stand but a common problem is overheating. Atlantic’s Four-Tier Wire Gaming tower provides plenty of ventilation to help solve that problem. Now all my controllers and accessories are conveniently in one place, rather than hidden under my bed or in my closet, which makes me a much more productive gamer.”

The Ultimate Gaming Backpack features a unique plug ‘n’ play design for gamers to connect the game console to a TV without removing it from the case. It features mesh compartments to easily view gaming gear inside the bag, with Velcro^® closures for cables and hookups. Mesh openings on both sides of the backpack provide ventilation while in use and a protective zippered storage compartment holds up to two controllers. To easily transport games, the backpack has a removable, quick access game disc visor. It is available in black, red and camouflage. MSRP is $49.99.

Accommodating up to four game consoles, four controllers and 40 games for home storage, the Four-Tier Wire Gaming Tower’s hooks keep controllers, earphones and wires off the floor and casters with locks make moving the unit around the house and clean up a cinch. The unit includes convenient pull-out drawers allow for an unobstructed view of game titles. MSRP is $59.99.

“We expect to compete against a lot of great teams so the San Diego tournament will be very competitive,” said Robert “StOp N G0” Hoffman. “We’re going to be very prepared and hopefully place first. I think we have a great shot at doing so.”

For more information about Carnage N Chaos, visit www.carnagenchaos.com. For more information about Atlantic’s GameKeeper line, visit www.gamekeepergaming.com.

About Atlantic Inc.

For more than 20 years, Atlantic Inc. has designed and manufactured innovative and award-winning consumer electronics accessory products that embody the company’s philosophy of providing products that are state-of-the-art in organized living. Atlantic is a category leader in home media storage as well as the category creator of new storage concepts—including the GameKeeper brand of gaming storage and accessory products. Based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., Atlantic has received numerous patents and awards, including 13 Design & Engineering Showcase Honors from the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations Committee. For more information about Atlantic or its products, please visit the company’s Web site at www.atlantic-inc.com.

Editor’s Note: High-resolution images and samples of Atlantic’s GameKeeper products are available by contacting Amy Johnsonbaugh (ajohnsonbaugh@maples.com) or Michael Farino (mfarino@maples.com).