Pro Gamer Fatal1ty To Appear On 60 Minutes

Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel will appear on CBS' news show 60 Minutes.

Auravision, Inc., the master licensor for Fatal1ty brand products, announced today that 60 Minutes, the CBS News Magazine, will air a feature segment in January 2006 (previously scheduled for December 11, 2005) covering Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel and the international explosion of professional video gaming.

Steve Kroft will report the episode, which began filming one year ago at a gaming event in Sweden, and concluded with the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) World Finals in New York City, with many stops in between. Steve Kroft also interviewed Fatal1ty at his home and training center in Kansas City, Missouri in preparation for this program. Check Check back with 60 Minutes or go to www.fatal1ty.com for air date and local times.

60 Minutes is the most successful broadcast in television history and has finished in Nielsen's top-10 programs a record 23 consecutive seasons - a record never even approached by another program. According to Nielsen, an average of 14 million viewers tuned in to the broadcast each Sunday evening over the 2004-05 season.

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