It was announced today that Quake 3 and Defense of the Ancients are official competition games for the 2008 season of the Electronic Sports World Cup. At the same time, the future of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 in the competition is uncertain.
The full lineup of ESWC games for today is Counter-Strike 1.6 (male and female competitions), Warcraft 3, Trackmania Nations ESWC, Quake 3 and DotA. The selection of Q3 as a game is not that surprising - the game has always been a very significant title for the ESWC. Some of the most memorable matches in the game’s history took place at the French event. The title also has a larger following than Quake 4 and looks like a better long-term platform, considering that QuakeZero will be based on Quake 3.
Considering that well over 90% of Warcraft 3 games played online are DotA matches, the choice of DotA for ESWC is not that surprising either. Competitive DotA has grown rapidly in recent times, with many online competitions for the game.
It may be that Pro Evolution Soccer will not come back to ESWC. At this stage, the game is suspended, as the organizers of the ESWC have not yet received a permission from Konami to use the game in their event.
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so tell me… why is nvidia supporting this eswc, if you do not need a new graficcard to play games like q3….. sure q3 is and always has been a great game. And Mr. Dallon loves q3, too. But how can nvidia a game like q3? :/
You just wrote an entire comment about the company, and mentioned their name twice. Maybe that type of hype has something to do with it.