WCG online qualifiers open

Our very own M Festival is staging the UK qualifiers and finals of the world’s largest computer game tournament, the World Cyber Games – the fourth time Multiplay have hosted the competition. With over one million players taking part worldwide anyone can join in and win the chance to represent the UK at the Grand Final this November in Germany.

The UK is entering teams in eleven games this year featuring Counter-Strike 1.6, FIFA ‘08, Need for Speed: Pro Street, Age of Empires 3, Command & Conquer 3, Warcraft 3 and Starcraft on the PC. Console gamers can compete in Halo 3, Project Gotham Racing 4 and Virtual Fighter 5 on the Xbox 360. New for this year is Guitar Hero 3 on the Xbox 360 which is expected to attract large numbers of competitors.

Online qualifiers for the WCG are open for registration until Friday 6th June Monday 16th June, and will run from the following Thursday until Tuesday 15th July. All entrants wishing to qualify online must have registered by 18:00 on Friday 6th June 2008 to allow for match scheduling.

Players can register at the official WCG 2008 UK site.

Gamers may also qualify at the M Festival itself where successful entrants will then go on to compete in the UK finals in front of packed crowds in our 500-capacity finals arena.
For more information see http://wcg.multiplay.co.uk.