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Interlacing circles in four colors (Red, Green, Yellow, and Blue) illustrate the 'WCG Global World', where people around the world can enjoy interacting with one another in peace and harmony. The black background symbolizes the infinite possibility of the cyber world.
Data
Nationale kampioenschappen: maart ~ oktober, 2008
Grote finale: November 5 ~ 9, 2008
Host City van de finales
Cologne, Germany
Deelnemers
Meer dan 700 spelers verdeeld over 74 landen.
Website
Worldcybergames
Informatie Host stad Cologne:
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than 10 million inhabitants.
It is one of the oldest cities in Germany, having been founded by the Romans in the year 38 BC. Cologne was granted the status of a Roman "city" in the year 50 AD.
Cologne lies on the Rhine. The city's famous Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne. The University of Cologne (Universität zu Köln) is one of Europe's oldest universities.
Cologne is a major cultural centre of the Rhineland and has a vibrant art scene.
Cologne counts over 30 museums and hundreds of galleries.
Exhibitions range from local ancient Roman archaeological sites to contemporary graphics and sculpture. The city's Trade Fair Grounds are host to a number of trade shows such as the Art Cologne Fair, the International Furniture Fair (IMM) and the Photokina. Cologne is also well known for its celebration of Cologne Carnival and the LGBT festival Christopher Street Day (CSD).
Within Germany, Cologne is known as an important media centre. Several radio and television stations, including Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) and RTL, are based in the city. The city also hosts the Cologne Comedy Festival, which is considered to be the largest comedy festival in Mainland Europe.
It is expected that up to 800 of the world's best gamers will fly to Cologne in November, 2008 to participate in the world's most prestigious e-Sports competition.
Games die gespeeld gaan worden:
Officiele aankondiging:
NEW YORK, NY, March 17, 2008 -- World Cyber Games (WCG), the premier international video game competition, announces the largest line up of official tournament games in its history. The WCG global tournament is bigger and better than ever for 2008, with an epic lineup of PC and Xbox 360 titles, including the debuts of Halo® 3 and Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock, along with the return of tournament favorites including Starcraft®: Brood War™, WarCraft® III: The Frozen Throne™ and more. Plus another first for the WCG in 2008 is the introduction of an official mobile title, Asphalt 3: Street Rules.
“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.
Following the successful 2007 partnership between the WCG and MTV Networks’ SPIKE TV that was seen by more than 12 million viewers; the WCG 2008 Official Titles were introduced on SPIKE TV’s signature video game program, “GameTrailers TV with Geoff Keighley.” The largest field ever, the WCG list includes 14 team and individual titles to be played by gamers in more than 70countries worldwide on Windows PC, Xbox 360 and cellular phone for cash, prizes and the chance to represent their respective country at the WCG 2008 Grand Final this November in Cologne, Germany:
Official WCG 2008 Xbox 360 Games:
• Halo® 3 (4 v. 4 Team FPS)
• Project Gotham Racing® 4 (1 v. 1 Racing)
• Guitar Hero® III: Legends of Rock (1 v. 1 Music)
• Virtua Fighter® 5 (1 v. 1 Fighting)
Official WCG 2008 PC Games:
• Half-Life®: Counter-Strike™ 1.6 (5 v. 5 Team FPS )
• Starcraft®: Brood War™: (1 v. 1 RTS)
• WarCraft® III: The Frozen Throne™ (1 v. 1 RTS)
• Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath™ (1 v. 1 RTS)
• Age of Empires® III: The Asian Dynasties (1 v. 1 RTS)
• FIFA Soccer 08 (1 v. 1 Sports)
• Need For Speed™ ProStreet (Xbox 360 in US & Canada) (1 v. 1 Racing)
• Carom3D (1 v. 1 Casual)
• Red Stone (4 v. 4 Team MMORPG)
Official WCG 2008 Mobile Game:
• Asphalt 3: Street Rules (1 v. 1 Racing)
Vorig jaar pakte Nederland 1 gouden(Pgr3 Handewasser) en 2 zilveren (Gears of war qG, Need for Speed Steffan) medailles. Nederland eindigde hiermee op de 4de plaats. Hierdoor steeg Nederland 1 plek op de wereldranglijst. We staan dan nu ook 4de op de wereldranglijst.
Inmiddels is het alweer bijna zover de World Cyber Games(WCG) komen er weer aan. Vandaag 17 maart zijn de games officieel bekent gemaakt. Een goed moment om dit topic aan te maken. Wie gaan er mee doen aan de nationale finales? Welke teams komen uit voor Nederland om het op te nemen tegen de rest van de wereld. Ik zal dit topic zo veel mogelijk proberen up to date te houden.
Discusseer hier over het machtige toernooi maar ga niet flamen, opmerkingen zoals wij zijn beter nee wij zijn beter zijn nutteloos.