While the official deadline for Digital Games bracket completion has passed, some matches haven’t been reported yet. Let’s have a look at the medalists so far!
European Counter-Strike 1.6 is complete, and The Skurvels have taken gold after a win over esuba.HAL3000.cs1.6. Congrats to the Polish powerhouse!
In North American of Duty 4 (PS3), meanwhile, DeathB4Dishonor dishonored the memory of Teflon Hearts and took gold! They’re followed by Xbox 360 NA counterparts Team OMG, who defeated Hellz Remedy. Multi-gaming team LowLandLions KO’d TeamDruidz in PC European CoD4. And last, but most certainly not least, […]
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For the first part of the DG bracket update, hit this Wire post.
Heated battles in the Digital Games brackets continue, and some of the best players in each game are getting ready for a major slugfest.
In the FIFA European regional bracket, dragua has already advanced to the third round after a victory over Winzzz. He’ll play the winner of droter vs. icantplaygood. beLu finds himself in the same position, awaiting the victor of Zaraza1 and pavjke.
In South American FIFA, the field has been whittled down to four players! Teruliro will battle […]
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The Championship Gaming Series (CGS) concluded its second season in July. However, as a well-known fighting game announcer once said, the soul still burns. Although the regular season is over, the competition continues with the online-centric CGS Pro-Am Division.
This new division allows PC gamers to compete in Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike 1.6, and Team Fortress 2 (TF2) for a chance to win a portion of over $40,000 (consult http://pro-am.thecgs.com/prizes/ to see how the money is divided). Additionally, the top two teams of each Pro-Am […]
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After a tumultuous first round of bracket play in the Digital Games, things are falling into place for the second round.
In Counter-Strike: 1.6 Europe, first-seeded emulate look to drop #16 peXg.young.cs, while #2 neP face off against #15 LowLandLions.cs. emulate are already world champions in a different tournament, so it should come as no surprise that they are heavily favored to have their way with this bracket. We will see, however, if a lower seed can upset them.
The North American Call of Duty 4 PS3 bracket […]
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Six Feet Under have defeated Teflon Hearts to win GGL’s Haze tournament!
Led by FreyDog, 6FU dominated the scoreboard and won 2-0, never giving Teflon Hearts a chance to enter the game.
In return for their efforts through the tournament, 6FU will receive $5,000 in cash. Teflon Hearts, meanwhile, will receive two Ubisoft games per player.
Congrats to all the participants!
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The deadline for the first round of the Digital Games Regional Final Brackets have been extended to Saturday, August 9, to give players/teams who have not played a bit more time.
We won’t be able to extend the brackets again, so if you do not play your match by Saturday you will be forfeited out of the competition.
If you have played a first round match, please re-report the results, as some of the results were erased in the process of extending the round.
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Last Monday marked the end of the second season of the Championship Gaming Series (CGS). The season concluded with the climatic World Final match between the San Francisco Optx and Birmingham Salvo. The Salvo won the match, making the British team the league’s first international champions. With the season finished, GGL is here to take a look back at the 2008 competition and provide a possible glimpse into what 2009 may hold for the CGS.
The Competition
This year’s competition was certainly more intense than […]
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GGL and Bosch are proud to announce the launch of the Virtual Racing Season, featuring ladders for five different racing games across three platforms to allow gamers to experience the thrill of the race!
The grand prize winner will receive a trip to the 2009 Daytona 500, while ten runners up will receive trips to a Sprint Cup race worth approximately $1,000.
Games
The five games included in the Virtual Racing Season are:
- TrackMania Nations Forever (PC) - download here
- Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
- Need for Speed ProStreet (Xbox 360)
- Burnout Paradise […]
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With the end of the Digital Games ladders, GGL is proud to announce the national medalists for all games. These medalists will eventually be preserved on a DG medals page, but here’s the list for your perusal.
Visit the Digital Games news post to see a long-format list of the medalists.
Congrats to all the winners and we’ll see you in the bracket portion of the tournament!
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Joe “nineX” Szymkowicz had a chance to sit down with Shane “rapha” Hendrixson, of SK-Gaming, after his trip to the ESWC Masters Quake 3 competition. Exhausted from the combination of jet-lag and an intense field of competition, Rapha talked about his future in gaming and some topics swirling around the deathmatch community.
GGL: So you’re back from Paris; how do you feel? What did you think of your play in the tournament?
Hendrixson: I am so glad to be back where I could eat some really good food; French food is bleh :o […]
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Months of intense competition came to a conclusion with Monday night’s CGS World Final match between the San Francisco Optx and Birmingham Salvo. These two teams were all that remained of the original eighteen that began season two of the Championship Gaming Series. It has been a long road for both franchises. San Francisco barely got into the semi-finals. It took a dramatic win over 3D.NY in the wildcard qualifier to secure their place in further competition. Meanwhile, Birmingham earned its place […]
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If you have been closely following GGL’s Warhawk tournament, you would know that the semifinal matches between Gods Illest, [WAR!], (ONI) and ARMED^ASSASSINS went down this weekend. However, instead of waiting a few days to schedule the finals, the victors, first-seeded [WAR!] and tenth ARMED^ASSASSINS, decided to play their finals match this weekend.
The end result? An upset by ARMED^ASSASSINS to knock off [WAR!] and take the championship!
AA take home 16 Warhawk Limited Edition Statues, as well as the in-game Champion’s Blade reward for their efforts. Who says players don’t play for […]
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