The World Cyber Games Committee today announced the
eight titles that will serve as official games for the 2006 World
Cyber Games. The six PC games and 2 console games includes:
StarCraft: Brood War (PC); Warcraft¥²: Frozen Throne (PC);
Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC); Warhammer 40,000: Winter
Assault (PC); FIFA Soccer 06(PC); Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PC);
Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360) and Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox
360).
These will serve as the official events at the 2006 Grand Final in
Monza, Italy this October. Organizers are particularly excited by
the inclusion of Project Gotham Racing on the Xbox 360 since the
Grand Final event will be held at the world famous F1 Autodromo in
Monza, known throughout the racing world as the premiere racing
facility on the Formula 1 circuit.
In addition, the Counter-Strike competition has been
changed from ¡®Source¡¯ to ¡®1.6¡¯ to facilitate better operation
of tournaments leading up to the Grand Final. This move comes as a
result of player feedback on the World Cyber Games website
following last year¡¯s successful event in
Singapore.
Meanwhile, the World Cyber Games Committee also announced the
staging of WCG Pan-regional Championships in Europe, Asia and the
Americas, to promote the spread of the e-Sports industry
globally.
The WCG 2006 Euro Championship begins March 9 at CeBit 2006 with
about 200 gamers from 20 European countries. The WCG 2006 Asian
Championship is scheduled to debut at the PC Show 2006 in
Singapore, the biggest IT Exhibition in the region, in June and WCG
2006 Pan-American Championship is slated for the Electronic Gaming
Show 2006 in Mexico, the largest game show in Central and South
America.
The WCG 2006 Grand Final will be held October 18th through 22nd at
F1 Autodromo, in Monza, Italy.
games def:
StarCraft: Brood
War (PC)
* Publisher: Vivendi Universal Games
* Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
* Genre: RTS (Real-Time Strategy)
* Released: 1997
StarCraft: Brood WarTM is a real-time strategy game in which
players control any of three different species battling for
domination. Commanding Terran, Protoss or Zerg forces, players must
complete a series of missions while managing resources, amassing
armies and defending their base. Each race is truly distinct with
unique units, technologies, attributes and abilities. In
multiplayer, up to eight players can compete head-to-head in a
variety of game types including Melee, Capture the Flag and Free
for All. Gameplay can be customized using StarCraft's campaign
editor, which allows players to edit unit attributes and create
missions and campaigns.
WarCraft III: The
Frozen Throne (PC)
* Publisher: Vivendi Universal Games
* Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
* Genre: RTS (Real-Time Strategy)
* Released: 2003
Warcraft III expansion pack, detailing more of the story as new
factions arise, and old heroes are transformed. Players return to
war-ravaged Azeroth months after the defeat of the Burning Legion,
to face a new threat. Each race features an added hero with new
abilities and spells. New shops, which the player can build for
specific races, keep units supplied with items. Multiplayer modes
have been extended to include new clan and tournament support,
among other new games. Neutral Heroes can be persuaded to join in
the fight and add new abilities and magic spells to the player's
arsenal.
Half-Life:
Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC)
* Publisher: Sierra Studios
* Developer: Valve Software
* Genre: FPS (First Person Shooter)
* Released: 2003
Counter Strike is a fast-paced shooting game pitting some of the
world's top elite forces against terrorists. The game is oriented
mainly toward multi-play and has a training mode where the user can
become familiar with the features of the game. Though Counter
Strike is categorized as an FPS game, the main distinction of this
game is that team play and working as a team is the key factor to
success rather than just pure individual ability. This game offers
a strong, almost unsettling, sense of realism, which makes it that
much more exciting to play and watch
Warhammer 40,000:
Winter Assault (PC)
* Publisher: THQ
* Developer: Relic
* Genre: RTS (Real-Time Strategy)
* Released: 2004
Ten thousand years have passed since the treasonous acts of Chaos
toppled the Golden Age of mankind. Fires burn brightly throughout
the galaxies, illuminating carnage and slaughter as mankind defends
itself from ancient enemies. Hardened forces collide with one goal
in mind, the complete extermination of their opposition. Control
one of four unique races in head-to-head or cooperative multiplayer
action, where faith, skill, and strategy are requisites in ruling
the universe.
FIFA Soccer 2006
(PC)
* Publisher: EA Sports
* Developer: EA Canada
* Genre: Sports
* Released: 2005
For the 06 version, the developers at EA Canada have jammed every
detail of every team and player into the game, making it the most
thorough, most accurate representation of FIFA football we've seen
yet. Knowing Thierry Henry's birthday however is only so much fun.
The good news for FIFA fans is that the 06 version is an
improvement over its predecessor with a more functional manager
mode, refined gameplay controls and a new "party mode' for those
who want to battle their friends quickly and easily.
Need for Speed:
Most Wanted (PC)
* Publisher: EA
* Developer: EA Canada
* Genre: Sports (Racing)
* Released: 2005
Need for Speed "Most Wanted" is the most recent game in the popular
Need for Speed series by EA. What it attempts to do is combine the
best parts of every other game in the series, and when you have a
series of around 10 games on your hand, this can get tough. The new
speedster in EA's successful series combines the tuner
customization of Need for Speed Underground with an expanded take
on the police chases of the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit series. The
game will feature a Rap Sheet option that works hand in hand with a
player's street reputation as they move up from the "Black List" to
the A-List. Users will also be able to go head-to-head with their
opponents while simultaneously trying to avoid more than six
different police cars at once through a dynamically changing
open-ended world.
