The Championship Gaming Series has signed its first two teams, compLexity and Team 3D, to their league. In addition, multiple sources are indicating that CGS has entered into an exclusive agreement with Valve to show Counter-Strike on television. This marks the first time that Counter-Strike will be broadcast in both hemispheres and is the first truly global professional eSports league.

According to sources, CGS has entered into an exclusive agreement to show Counter-Strike on TV in North America, the UK, Europe, and Latin America. Coverage will also be in Asia and Australia on a non exclusive basis. This move adds a staple eSports title permanently to CGS's game lineup, but begs the question as to what will happen to companies that broadcast Counter-Strike matches – other than CGS.

In another major move, CGS has made the first step towards assembling their six North American franchises by signing exclusive deals with compLexity and Team 3D. By doing, so CGS has added two of the top eSport organizations to the league and created a solid base to expand on in the future. 3D and compLexity will be joined by four new CGS-created franchises in the US and many more internationally; each franchise will contain one full CS:S team, 2 PGR3 players, 1 FIFA07 player and 2 DoA4 players (one male and one female). CGS will be keeping coL and 3D's CS teams intact but if they are able to retain their DoA4 players, MASTER of 3D and Offbeat Ninja of coL, is yet to be determined. The amount of compensation has not been disclosed.

Craig Levine, the manager of Team 3D, expressed excitement about joining the league as a founding franchise.

“After playing nearly 1,000 competitive matches as an independent team in more than 100 tournaments worldwide during the last years, Team 3D has now entered into a long-term exclusive agreement to become an official Championship Gaming Series team,” said Levine. “We’re excited to become one of the league’s founding franchises and help build an unparalleled sports entertainment experience. CGS is dedicated to the principle of treating the games as sports and the gamers as athletes and everyone connected to the league is the best in the business.”

Jason Lake, the owner of compLexity, echoed similar feelings and invited the fans of his team to join them as they revolutionize professional gaming.

“We invite the coL Community along for what promises to be an incredible journey,” said Lake. “Join us as we work with CGS to revolutionize professional gaming and bring e-sports into the mainstream. You will have a front row seat to the action as CGS releases more gaming coverage than ever before. Come along as we draft a new generation of compLexity squads (to join coL.cs) and train them to be champions.”

The additional members of the franchise teams will be drafted by the teams’ General Managers after the Regional Combine, which will take place in June. The teams and players that earned a qualifying spot at Buy.com secured a spot in this scouting event. It should be noted that CGS will be drafting Counter-Strike teams as five-player units and not creating them from scratch.

More information about CGS can be found at their new website http://www.thecgs.com/.