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WCG 2003

Posted by Dev at 17:16 13/2/2003.

The WCG 2003 Press Release has been issued today with some interesting things to note. Firstly the absence of Quake3, many people in the community are shocked at the decision to leave the game out of the tournament, WCG have said that the list of games is not ‘fixed’ and they may change their decision. Also it is worth noting the increase in the size of the tournament, with over 50 countries attending this time round as well as an increase of $100,000 in prize money it is sure to be a tournament to remember. Here is a snippet from the press release:

Participating countries for this year’s WCG 2003 is anticipated to expand to 50 countries, more than the 45 countries that participated last year, and the total prize money is expected to rise by US$100,000 from that of last year to reach a total of US$400,000.

The finalized official games are, for the PC platform, StarCraft® : Brood WarTM, WarCraft® III, Age of MythologyTM, FIFA 2003TM, UnrealTM Tournament 2003, and Half-Life® : Counter-Strike. Games for the console platform will be officially finalized shortly in addition to other worldwide and local demonstration games including a domestically published title.

The preliminary tournaments of the participating countries are set to begin in March and end with the national finals to select national team members to come to the WCG 2003 Grand Final in October. In the case of Korea, the national preliminary will include two parts; first an online tournament followed by an offline tournament, to narrow down the field and finally select the final national team members.

Read the full press release by clicking here and also check out the official WCG which is located here. We will supply information of the UK Qualifier as soon as we get the details.