World Cyber Games Announces Official Tournament Titles
The World Cyber Games has announced an epic lineup of Xbox 360 and PC titles to be played in the 2008 tournaments.
The World Cyber Games has announced an epic lineup of Xbox 360® and PC titles to be played in the 2008 tournaments. "It is with great honor that the WCG announces the most powerful, broad-reaching and distinguished lineup of tournament games in the history of eSports," said Hyoung-Seok Kim, president and CEO, International Cyber Marketing, organizers of the WCG.
Halo 3 makes its debut in the WCG.
The WCG 2008 Official Titles were introduced on SPIKE TV's signature video game program, GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley. The 2008 tournament will sport the largest field ever with gamers in more than 74 countries worldwide playing for cash, prizes, and the chance to represent their respective country at the WCG 2008 Grand Final this November in Cologne, Germany. The titles are:
Official WCG 2008 Xbox 360 Games
Official WCG 2008 PC Games- Half-Life®: Counter-Strike™ 1.6 (5 vs. 5)
- Starcraft®: Brood War™ (1 vs. 1)
- WarCraft® III: The Frozen Throne™ (1 vs. 1)
- Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath™ (1 vs. 1)
- Age of Empires® III: The Asian Dynasties (1 vs. 1)
- FIFA Soccer 08 (1 vs. 1)
- Need For Speed™ ProStreet (Xbox 360 in US and Canada) (1 vs. 1)
- Carom 3D (1 vs. 1)
- Red Stone (1 vs. 1)
Registration for the 2008 WCG USA Championship Tournament is now open. US citizens are invited to visit the site http://www.worldcybergames.com/usa to register for this year's tournament (or use the signup button at the left) and to obtain more information about the WCG USA Championship tournament and TEAM USA. International players should consult their home country's respective WCG website, all of which can be reached via the main WCG site.
Guitar Hero III also debuts in the WCG in 2008.
"The World Cyber Games is the largest competition in all of eSports," said Michael Arzt, senior vice president and general manager of International Cyber Marketing USA, "so this year's lineup of games needed to appeal to the widest spectrum of players. Not only does the WCG expect to exceed last year's worldwide total of over 1.5 million competitors; we anticipate 2008 to be the most exciting year of competition in the long and storied history of the World Cyber Games."
"We are also very excited to welcome back our great Worldwide Partner Samsung Electronics, Premier Partners Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Games for Windows and all of the other esteemed WCG partners," added Mr. Kim.
The WCG 2008 global tournament culminates with the World Cyber Games 2008 Grand Final, to be held November 5–9 in Cologne, Germany.
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