If your unfamiliar with the World Cyber Games (or WCG), it is an international gaming competition. Much like the Olympics, gamers from around the globe (currently 74 countries)represent their country in multi-player videogaming all vieing for the coveted gold medal.
Results were as follows.
Counterstrike
Gold- France
Silver- Denmark
Bronze- Ukraine
Warcraft III
Gold- Norway
Silver- China
Bronze- South Korea
Starcraft: Brood War
Gold- South Korea
Silver- China
Bronze- Germany
Fifa '07
Gold- Germany
Silver- Spain
Bronze- Bulgaria
Need for Speed: Carbon
Gold- Brazil
Silver- Netherlands
Bronze- Russia
Command & Conquer 3
Gold- United Kingdom
Silver- Germany
Bronze- Germany
Age of Empires III
Gold- South Korea
Silver- U.S.A.
Bronze- Germany
Carom3D
Gold- Brazil
Silver- Italy
Bronze- Brazil
Gears of War
Gold- U.S.A.
Silver- Netherlands
Bronze- United Kingdom
Dead or Alive 4
Gold- U.S.A.
Silver- Sweden
Bronze- U.S.A.
Project Gotham Racing 3
Gold- Netherlands
Silver- U.S.A.
Bronze- China
Tony Hawks Project 8
Gold- U.S.A.
Silver- United Kingdom
Bronze- Austria
The collaboration you’ve all been waiting for is here – Yorkshire Tea and your favorite console’s controller.
Hmph, you were lucky enough to be playing games with a yorkshire tea controller!
Back in my day we only had rectangular controllers that would give you blisters and wear your thumbs down to a nub!
The new rules set by Japanese gaming giant, Nintendo, might threaten future content, directly impacting the profitability of many community-driven events.
"The profit of these tournaments is directly impacted by these new rules, as sponsorships are being forbidden, maximum prize money is limited to $5,000, and food/drinks can’t be sold at the tournaments."
Why even bother.
1 thing I've realized over the years is that Nintendo likes bragging about "fun", but it's "fun" how they see fit, and they often go against their consumers for the dumbest reasons. Just gonna do this stuff underground style, who are Nintendo to stop anyone from organizing community based tournaments anyway? How does this actually hurt em?
They've always wanted smash to be seen as a fun, casual game and nothing remotely competitive, which is in stark contrast with how Sakurai develops smash. He puts in so many little things to master for high level competitors. It's just sad, especially for the melee community. They kept the community going for 2 decades now even while all the time nintendo was trying to sabotage them.
Best Buy is offering the LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog Green Hill Zone set for an aggressive rate this Cyber Monday.
I can't believe South Korea took the bronze in Warcraft. I figured that they would dominate in that competition. Although, they did take the gold in Starcraft.
The UK put Australia out in the finals on Gears of War. My aussie buddy on Live is going to get a kick out of that.