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.
In a move to continue to grow into a real powerhouse third-party publisher, Activision has just announced the acquisition of Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars development house Bizarre Creations. Noted as a move to simply improve the brand, the buy out is more of a help us make better games kind of move for the England-based developer. Bizarre, who had before made games almost exclusively for Microsoft, will produce their final game exclusively for the company when Project Gotham Racing 4 finally hits store shelves.
