Bercy inside

From the press release:

Games-Services announced today that the upcoming world class event Mondial du Gaming (international gaming show organized from 4 to 6 of July 2008 in Paris Bercy) will host the first ESWC Masters of the history of Electronic Sports World Cup.

The ESWC Masters of Paris will gather French champions and selected international champions in thrilling showcased tournaments that will reward their winners with prize money and autoberths for the ESWC Grand Final 2008. Tournaments will be played on high-end computers provided by the Official Partners Packard Bell and Intel. Selected matches will be played on stage. The event will be open to spectators. Continued…



After much input from the community and game experts, WCG has unveiled the lineup for 2008. Some new faces in the lineup, while the classics sit down for another round of competition.

Warcraft III
Starcraft
Counter-Strike
(version not specified, 1.6 perhaps?)
FIFA 08
Need for Speed
Command and Conquer 3
Age of Empires 3
Carom3D
Red Stone
Project Gotham Racing
Asphalt 3
Halo 3
Guitar Hero 3
Virtua Fighter 5

Quite an interesting selection of games this time. WCG does not include Dead or Alive 4, currently used by the CGS as one of its staple games. The Guitar Hero 3 competition could be pretty intense too. Overall, the game pool looks heavier towards racing games.

For more information, go to WCG’s website.



The long awaited competition mod for Unreal Tournament 3 has just been released. Named CustomUT, it gives players the ability to change nearly what they want. Current features are the following:

  • Ability to change enemy and team skin color
  • Ability to make your own crosshairs for each weapon
  • Hitsounds
  • Map voting
  • Warmup mode
  • Autoscreenshot

This is indeed great news for the competitive community.

You can get all your CustomUT needs, including the download link, at UnrealNA.