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Just going around online and made an interesting observation on this site here: http://qualify.us.wcg.com/fighterclub The number of competitors which signed up is freely viewable via each game's "COMPETITORS" link. In summary: Virtua Fighter 5 Active Players: 64 Waiting Players: 13 Total Players: 77 Dead or Alive 4 Active Players: 64 Waiting Players: 20 Total Players: 84 Soulcalibur IV Active Players: 80 Waiting Players: 21 Total Players: 101 Street Fighter IV Active Players: 186 Waiting Players: 65 Total Players: 251 Clearly, when someone on the WCG committee picked Virtua Fighter 5 over Street Fighter IV or Soulcalibur IV, they dropped the ball, BIG TIME. Because if the WCG cares about getting sponsors, who are interested in seeing huge crowds watching competitive games, it's clear from those numbers that they picked the WRONG FIGHTING GAME for this year. Again, I've got nothing but respect for VF5 and it's technical fighting system, but there's no doub...

Admittedly I wrong to think that they would actually pick 2 more Xbox 360 games and one more PC game. I guess I thought that the US WCG site could be right , considering how dead serious the US is when it comes to gaming leagues. The games they did pick, don't catch my interest at all. Here's the official press release. Latest Titles for WCG 2009 are: FIFA 09 (the only good choice in the latest press release....) Carom3D (To be honest, it's more fun to watch this in real life.) Red Stone (Hmm...an MMORPG, I think? Ehh....) Trackmania (Nice race tracks. Will this work competitively? Surprised they didn't pick an EA racing game.) Three mobile games Asphalt 4 Wise Star 2 (No video(s) found on youtube) Dungeon & Fighter Basically, yeah, I was totally wrong with all my predictions for WCG 2009, but damn, those choices that they made are not really the kind of games I'm interested to watch in a competition setting. The only choice which probably makes sense in that ...

http://www.wcg.com/6th/fun/news/news_view.asp?keyno=C09020610002&page=1 World Cyber Games Announces First Five of WCG 2009 Official Game Titles. Feb-06-2009 Counter-Strike 1.6 and Guitar Hero®: World Tour Headline List of Diverse PC and Xbox 360 Titles That Will Satisfy Every Type of Gamer Remaining Titles To Be Announced This March NEW YORK, NY, February 5, 2009 -- World Cyber Games (WCG / www.wcg.com), the premier international video game competition, has announced the first five Official Game Titles for the WCG 2009 season. The lineup includes Counter-Strike™ 1.6 (PC), Starcraft®: Brood War™ (PC), WarCraft® III: The Frozen Throne™ (PC), and Guitar Hero®: World Tour (Xbox 360), and Virtua Fighter® 5 (Xbox 360). All five games have been a staple at past WCG competitions. Counter-Strike 1.6™ and Starcraft®: Brood War™ have been Official Tournament Games since 2001 while WarCraft® III: The Frozen Throne™ has been part of the WCG since 2003. Guitar Hero®, which marked WCG's first...

Tatazu.com is reporting the first five selected games for the upcoming World Cyber Games 2009. http://www.gotfrag.com/portal/story/43803/ All Games: WCG 2009 GamesBy: Matt DiVito - Published Today at 9:42 AM EST - Writer Archive Chinese website, Tatazu.com is reporting the first five games for WCG 2009. The World Cyber Games, Inc., recently renamed from International Cyber Marketing, was founded in the year 2000 and have been the global organizer of the World Cyber Games for nine years. Last year's tournament was located Cologne, Germany and saw competitors compete in ten PC games, including StarCraft, CS 1.6, and WarCraft 3: TFC. The tournament also featured four Xbox 360 games. With the WCG 2009 event slated to take place later this year in Chengdu, China, the Chinese website Tatazu.com is reporting the first five games to be played at the tournament. Counter Strike 1.6 (PC) StarCraft (PC) WarCraft 3: The Frozen Throne (PC) Virtua Fighter 5 (XBOX360) Guitar Hero: World Tour (XBOX...