WCG committee picks titles for '06 event

Xbox 360 sequels replace their predecessors; Halo 2 swapped out for Project Gotham Racing 3.

The World Cyber Games committee today announced the eight games that would serve as the battlegrounds for this year's WCG competition, with only two titles making the cut from last year's batch.

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne and StarCraft: Brood War will return to October's Grand Final competition in Monza, Italy. They will be joined by a number of new games, albeit largely familiar ones. Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1.6, Warhammer 40,000: Winter Assault, FIFA Soccer '06, Need for Speed Most Wanted, and Dead or Alive 4 all replace the iterations of their respective series that were contested last year, while Halo 2 has dropped from the lineup entirely and was replaced by Project Gotham Racing 3. The Xbox 360 makes its WCG debut with the PGR3 and DOA4 competitions; the six other games are for PC.

The group is also introducing a pair of pan-regional championship events this year. The WCG 2006 Asian Championship will take place during June's PC Show 2006 in Singapore, while the WCG 2006 Pan-American Championship is set for this year's Electronic Gaming Show in Mexico. The returning WCG European Championship will be held at this year's CeBIT event March 9 to 15 in Hanover, Germany.

For more on the WCG, check out the group's official Web site.

38 Comments

  • Monka7a

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 3:31 pm PT

    cool

  • neerajkumar_4

    Posted Mar 11, 2006 5:53 am PT

    coz i can t find cs 1.6 any where....

  • neerajkumar_4

    Posted Feb 28, 2006 1:34 am PT

    hey 1.6 is CSzero or wat???

  • neerajkumar_4

    Posted Feb 25, 2006 12:16 pm PT

    hey the games r gud but WHY THE H*** ??? they dropped CS:Source??? n took 1.6 .........???????? y????

  • sitruk3012

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 9:41 am PT

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  • ufopuller

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 5:45 am PT

    I liked halo

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 4:24 am PT

    cool

  • Daeda88

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 3:17 am PT

    Its kinda strange that one of the biggest genres (the FPS) only has one game supported. There should be a game like UT or something next to CS. They should drop either Warhammer or NFS for a FPS (dont care which one). The best pro gamers are FPS gamers (Doesnt Fatality play PainKiller)

  • azizrulez

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 3:15 am PT

    wth no halo 2 thats not good

  • forever_blank

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 3:03 am PT

    Will I ever get there....?

  • soulknight63133

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 2:42 am PT

    I bet you GRAW will be there next year.

  • s0l0123

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 1:41 am PT

    Wow, nice to see Warhammer 40,000: Winter Assault up there. That game is underrated, IMO.

  • Reetesh

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 1:41 am PT

    Why Is tjhere no UT in that? There are no FPS in WCG this year???

  • fli_guy84

    Posted Feb 16, 2006 1:36 am PT

    I don't understand, why do they swap CS: Source back to CS 1.6?? Does it suck really bad?

  • aaronwilkins

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 9:56 pm PT

    Why drop Halo 2? Do they know Halo 3 will be used in the tournament next year and just decided to take a break? Or did hardcore PC gamers complain that it's overrated?

    FPS are popular here in this country but not much abroad. I'm sure there were Korean and Japanese players complaining of american-centric games...I don't know, just a thought.

  • KillerFPS

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 8:55 pm PT

    They dropped Halo 2...for PGR3?!?!?

  • Theblackace

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 8:35 pm PT

    I wish Americas Army would be put into the foray that game has like 6million users.

  • Attunnel

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 7:50 pm PT

    PDZ should be there! Well mabey not. Its somewhat buggy as is. It is still the best 360 game so far though.

  • Viquist

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 5:10 pm PT

    Kool - may the best man (game) win?!?!?!?!

  • HeyzeusNYC

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 5:09 pm PT

    They should have Ghost Recon up in there than PGR3 .... DOA is gonna be awesome.

  • Khimarhi

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 5:08 pm PT

    interesting i like the rts's

  • gamecockbarista

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 4:08 pm PT

    i still dont understand why they choose fifa over winning eleven/pro evo...

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 4:02 pm PT

    nice set of titles there. Frozen Throne and Starcraft have always been the main show during WCG.

  • serioustom

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 3:33 pm PT

    halo 2 taking out is a good thing. halo 2 take no skill at all. halo 1 take more skill here a link http://media.putfile.com/h2in .

  • molivers7

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 3:29 pm PT

    Halo being taken out is a good move.

  • Optimusv2

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 3:25 pm PT

    Halo 3 will take project gotham's spot when its out

  • THF2

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 3:25 pm PT

    ....Quake 4 is being HEAVILY played in competition already, just look it up. WC3, SC and CS 1.6 will be played in competition forever, and are ALWAYS the most competitive and popular out of those games.

  • Serraj

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 3:10 pm PT

    NO Q4!!!! Screw this

  • OldProf

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 2:42 pm PT

    Dead or Alive4 is the best game up there.

  • BigV25

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 2:29 pm PT

    This is horrible because Halo 2 is the most played game for any console and not a lot of people play Warhammer 40k.

  • bdub20791

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 2:00 pm PT

    yeah, im glad they took out halo, there are too many.... good people...

  • Goze

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 1:56 pm PT

    I'm curious... How the heck did Halo 2 get dropped and not Warhammer 40k?

  • XlpranksterlX

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 1:55 pm PT

    Not much for jonny dubya there, maybe CS. Im surprised theres 2 racing games though.

  • nemes1s3000

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 1:54 pm PT

    SC still kicking.

  • justnotme92

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 1:54 pm PT

    fourth. cool

  • Donkeljohn Site moderator

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 1:42 pm PT

    Long live the fighters!

  • DocWattson

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 1:39 pm PT

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  • jstork06

    Posted Feb 15, 2006 1:38 pm PT

    cool

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