Fnatic got back to their winning ways at the Extreme Masters invitational in Los Angeles. By beating SK, they put themselves right on the pedestal of competitive CS.

Fnatic looked like champions from the first match on. They moved from round to round without any problems. By doing so, they showed that they are most likely the best team on earth. Their final against SK Gaming was so one-sided that their celebration after the last round could hardly be called ecstatic.

With a new team, SK Gaming was not able to get a better result than second place. A mix of players from the early 2007 SK Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas did well to get to the final. Such a good start wins them the time to work on solidifying the good shape without the pressure of their fans’ expectations. Continued…



We just got done with a thrilling Counter-Strike 1.6 match between fnatic (Team Sweden) and g3nerationX/MiBR (Team Brazil) here at the World Cyber Games 2007 Grand Final. Join Smeagol and Vansilli as these two powerhouses battle it out. I won’t spoil it for you, but it’s definitely an enjoyable match. Watch below.

Check out all our World Cyber Games 2007 Grand Final video coverage at the WCG 2007 video page.



The list of top names qualified for the World Cyber Games has grown longer this weekend. The top favorites to have qualified for the finals are Fnatic (CS 1.6) and Kim “SaSe” Hammar (WC3) from Sweden and Mykhaylo “HoT” Novopashyn (WC3) from Ukraine. The big surprise of the weekend is that g3nerationX and not Made in Brazil will represent Brazil at the finals for Counter-Strike. Continued…



This weekend we have two twin tournaments in South Korea - the International E-Sports Festival 2007 (formerly called the China Korea Cyber Games) in Gangneung and the World E-Sports Games e-Stars 2007 event in Seoul. Both had StarCraft, Warcraft 3 and Counter-Strike 1.6 competitions with a combined total of $194,000 in prize money. Continued…