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The World Cyber Games is the largest e-sports tournament in the world with over one million competitors from 90 countries around the world. -(http://www.wcg.com/6th/main.asp)

I think this year people are going to have a lot of fun with this. It’s a tournament in Sydney, Australia where everyone from different countries can compete for the Championship. It’s even a place where you can take your family to just watch the tournament as well. It sounds like a lot of fun.

Gamers can compete on titles such as Tekken 6, FIFA 11, StarCraft II, WarCraft III and Counter Strike 1.6. Round one of competition starts at 4.30pm tomorrow (April 30) at Parramatta Riverside. Competition entrants can simply register on site.

The World Cyber Games is the largest e-sports tournament in the world with over one million competitors from 90 countries around the world. This year’s program of events includes an additional round in Sydney, a round in Brisbane, Melbourne, and a final on the Gold Coast to seek out Australia’s very best in both console and PC gaming to represent Australia at the world final in Seoul later this year.

So maybe you should go check it out, it might actually interest you, and you might have a lot of fun. It’s sounds like fun to me. I have nothing much more to say other than this…. I’m gonna go check out those games and see if their fun! Maybe I may one day join that tournament. Wish me luck and thanks for reading!

IGN ProLeague is a 2011 rumored StarCraft tournament to be held and organized by IGN Entertainment’s eSports division. A countdown finishing at the 4th of April and is viewable at the websites official home page. A recent blog was posted and was also confirmed that something is in the works over at IGN Entertainment. IGN also confirmed that the first tournament is gonna feature invitational players primarily from the American continent.

At the moment, There are 16 players representing 9 different North American based clans and will be competing for a prize pool of $5,000 and 4 automatic qualifier spots for IPL Season 2. The goal of the IPL is to bring a professional, polished viewing experience to fans of eSports, as well as supporting the development of eSports both nationally and internationally through a sustainable tournament system that rewards those who play in it.

IGN stated that there main goal is to bring a professional, polished viewing experience to fans of eSports, as well as supporting the development of eSports both nationally and internationally through a sustainable tournament system that rewards those who play in it. In addition, they already announced top 4 finishers from the event and will be automatically qualifiers for IPL 2. IGN also emphasized that this is there test run for future events and they welcome any constructive criticism and advices from there followers cause the whole eSports team at IGN Entertainment looks forward to providing everyone with some great quality matches and an exciting tournament.

They also added that $5,000 is the maximum amount that they can give out as the prize before they could jump to a bunch of hoops with Blizzard. IGN stated that they are also currently working with Blizzard in regards to there future events. Also, not to say that $5,000 is an insignificant amount, but there future events will significantly eclipse that mark.

In regards with watching the action between players, they are working closely with Justin.tv to provide a great viewing experience for all of there viewers. In addition, they hired someone from Well Played Productions to assist with the team at Well Played Productions to assist with there post-production efforts to make the IPL as polished and professional as possible.

“Blizzard’s internal documents recently were released by MMOGameSite which detailed Blizzard’s release plans through 2014. 2011 showed releases of Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm. 2012 showed releases slated for a new World of Warcraft expansion and a World of Warcraft movie slated for holiday 2012. 2013, a Diablo expansion pack was planned, as well as a Protoss centric installment of a Starcraft 2 expansion. But why stop there? When you are hot you are hot, The ending for Starcraft 2: The Heart of the Swarm was also released on video. Labeled clearly in the corner of the video, The Third Floor, is a production company that Blizzard uses…or should I say previously used.” -(http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/blizzard-leaks/)

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is the second product in the StarCraft II trilogy featuring the zerg campaign and episode.
It will be released separately from the other two games and is expected to be priced as an expansion. It follows StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty chronologically and storywise.
Blizzard’s storyboard team was already working on Heart of the Swarm while Wings of Liberty’s gameplay was refined. A few missions ideas have been pitched, but nothing has been solidified yet, nor has its multiplayer.
Blizzard does not expect to release Heart of the Swarm in 2011. As of March 2011 Dustin Browder expected Heart of the Swarm to finish development in approximately one year.

Also, Heart of the Swarm is a sequel to Wings of Liberty and It focuses on Sarah Kerrigan and the development of a zerg empire. More will be seen of the Kel-Morian Combine and Umojan Protectorate.
These concept arts were shown at BlizzCon 2010 with depicts of a few number of jungle settings. Blizzard intends to release information about the Heart of the Swarm campaign next month May 2011.

“I will play team matches and some online cups, but for now I don’t have plans to play any LAN tournaments in the near future,”
-Happy (http://wireninja.com/starcraft2/dmitry-happy-kostin-joins-team-empire/)

“Happy was the best WarCraft III player of Russia and one of the best in the world, undoubtedly he will become best in StarCraft II too.”
-Alexander “StrangeR” Solomonov, Head manager of Empire’s Starcraft 2 Squad (http://wireninja.com/starcraft2/dmitry-happy-kostin-joins-team-empire/)

Just a while ago, the premiered Russian WarCraft III player Dmitry Kostin also known as Happy, decided to switch over to StarCraft 2 and now got signed by Team Empire. According to him, He’s glad to tell, that he could play for Team Empire. He hopes that their cooperation will benefit to the success of the both sides. He also emphasized that he will play team matches and some online cups, but for now, he doesn’t have plans to play any lan tournaments in the near future but will see how it will turn out to be later on.

Also after a long negotiation with Happy, Alexander Solomonov who is famously known as StrangeR and at the same time head manager of SC2′s Team Empire specified that his team was very glad to inform about the contract signing. He also added that it’s a really important step in his StarCraft II career and it’s very pleasant for him that he chose Team Empire as his first sc2 team. He also confirmed about Happy, being the best WarCraft III player of Russia and that his skills are worldclass, undoubtedly he positively pointed out that happy will also become one of the best Players in StarCraft II.

“Starcraft II is now officially invading the many cyber cafes in China. The sci-fi RTS game from developer Blizzard and its Chinese publisher NetEase has now entered into open beta testing in that country and that it will get its official launch just a few days later on April 6.” -John Callaham (http://news.bigdownload.com/2011/03/29/starcraft-ii-to-officially-launch-in-china-april-6-open-beta-be/)

Recently, Netease released an open beta for Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft II in Mainland China and with the game being so successful, they imposed an immediate release which is scheduled on April 6. According to William Ding, Chief Executive Officer of NetEase that over the past several months, they have been working closely with Blizzard Entertainment to finish our preparations for the launch of StarCraft II in China. We are looking forward to providing high-quality service and support to Chinese players, ensuring they have a great experience with StarCraft II.

John Callahan added that Blizzard Entertainment’s and NetEase’s actual future results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth with there release. They are not just limited to sale levels for Blizzard titles cause receptiveness of Chinese players to StarCraft II and the results of the planned open beta test may shift in consumer spending trends. He also emphasized that the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, the risk that Shanghai EaseNet will not be able to operate StarCraft II, World of Warcraft or other games licensed by it from Blizzard Entertainment for a period of time or permanently due to possible governmental actions.

“The original Starcraft is considered to be one of the classic real-time strategy games, which are highly popular among Chinese players, and we believe that Starcraft II will bring even more exciting competitive action to the Chinese gaming community, We are currently focusing all of our efforts on the final phase of preparation for the launch of the open beta, and we look forward to welcoming Chinese players into the game and onto Battle.net soon.” -NetEase CEO William Ding (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-03-29-chinese-starcraft-ii-launch-scheduled-for-april)