Competing against more than 700 gamers from a record 74 countries, the United States overcame the toughest competition in World Cyber Games (WCG) history to capture three gold medals, two silver medals, and a bronze medal in twelve PC and Xbox 360 titles, and won the overall team championship at the Grand Final in Seattle.

It is the United States' second team title and first since the 2005 WCG Grand Final in Singapore. Team USA captured gold medals in "Tony Hawk Project 8," "Gears of War," and "Dead Or Alive 4." South Korea and Brazil each earned two gold medals while Germany had one gold, one silver and three bronze.

The seven-year-old WCG competition, which started in South Korea, has been dominated by South Koreans and Germans since its inception. So far South Korea has won three Grand Finals including last year's. According to organizers, WCG is the largest international gaming festival with over one million attendees and visitors every year.

For complete results, visit worldcybergames.com (i.e., first link under Alternative Sources.)
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A Flash-based game based on Blizzard's StarCraft is just the thing to entertain you while your Sunday lunch digests. StarCraft Flash Action 5, as the Flash project is called, is a game that's inspired by Blizzard's RTS rather than a direct port of the classic. The author describes it as a defense game, and playing the Zerg you're required to build a base and defend it from Terran and Protoss combined assaults. Be warned that you're advised that a pretty decent CPU is required for play, ... » Read More

The craze over the new Blizzard announcement has caused such a stir, people are speculating as to what they are actually planning on revealing. This article talks about the different ideas that could make up this announcement. Is it really Starcraft 2? Could there be more than 1 announced title?
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It's recently emerged via a press release appearing on a Korean website that StarCraft 2 will be unveiled at Blizzard's Worldwide Invitational on May 19, in Seoul, South Korea. Unsurprisingly, Vivendi's press office maintains a "no comment stance" on the situation, but we've learned that two key UK PC magazines have already been scheduled to attend the Blizzard event next month for the purposes of editorial coverage. Wanna bet they're there for a "big game" exclusive announcement? It's also ... » Read More

Sure, Korea is the place for professional StarCraft players. There are 225 pros (including three lucky foreigners) registered with the Korea e-Sports Association. But, imagine this: You are a Korean pro-gamer with good hair who stinks at StarCraft. What do you do? Think Europe! The best Korean Warcraft players have hooked up with Denmark's Meet Your Maker (MYM) gaming club. Says Danish MYM manager Jakob Dreyer:

Korea has some of the world's very best Warcraft players, which is why it is natural to hire our Korean gamers, who are still being among the best in the world... Our Korean players normally meet up offline. They live, train and meet in the area around Seoul, either in Internet cafes or private... When it comes to overseas traveling, MYM pays everything related to traveling and accommodations.
Interesting, but what is it with Korea and StarCraft? I mean, seriously, what's with the default setting?
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