Electronic Sports World Cup hands out $400,000

Made in Brazil bags the headline Counter-Strike prize in three days of gaming competition in Paris.

The Electronic Sports World Cup took place in Paris over the weekend, with some frantic multiplayer action across a number of disciplines. The event, whose worldwide sponsor is Nvidia, offered $400,000 in prizes and was played by gamers from across the world.

The lion's share of the prize money was awarded to players of Counter-Strike, with team Made in Brazil coming in first and taking $52,000, Fnatic taking second place and $36,000, and ALTERNATE aTTaX coming third and winning $24,000.

There was also a female-only Counter-Strike competition, for which Best of the Best took home $13,000. The Quake IV discipline was won by Winz; Warcraft III by Lucifer; Trackmania by Carl; and Pro Evolution Soccer 5 by Spank. The teams were awarded $13,000 for their victories. The top eight placements in each discipline won prizes, with a minimum cash reward of $2,000.

This year is the fourth time the Electronic Sports World Cup has taken place, with preliminary rounds and regional finals taking place all around the world in the buildup to the finals in Paris. More details on the event can be found on the official ESWC Web site.

21 Comments

  • suicidepickles

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 10:23 am PT

    too bad they don't pay me nothing when I capture a sektoid live in x-com ufo defense =(

  • masterphomieg

    Posted Jul 16, 2006 1:56 am PT

    that would be awesome if the released a video on here about that.

  • Reetesh

    Posted Jul 6, 2006 9:42 am PT

    Cool!! minimum $2000 thats awesome!!

  • anyulled

    Posted Jul 6, 2006 8:05 am PT

    gamespot guys:

    are you gonna let people track this competition??

  • _Sam_

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 11:38 pm PT

    That's a nice wod of cash!

  • rynmls

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 6:59 pm PT

    i hope i can have that job...

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 5:47 pm PT

    these guys are professionals,lucky for them.

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 5:43 pm PT

    winning money for playing games........ that is so awesome

  • The_Wraith17

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 4:37 pm PT

    Who would have thought.. $400,000 for shooting people in a game... amazing!

  • mrblah00

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 4:09 pm PT

    Its good to see Pro Evolution on there instead of FIFA. Atleast these people take their gaming competitions seriously rather than just being bought out by EA to hold an event.

    Score one for the underdog!

  • BrUnOdeFeNiX

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 1:34 pm PT

    É o meu País!!CS and PES são mto jogados e tem milhares de jogadores excelente.Queria participar do CS mais estou 100 time.!

  • UndeadEmpire

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 1:24 pm PT

    Gj mibr, I wanted fnatic to win.

  • A7Xfan

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 12:18 pm PT

    MLG needs Counter-Strike Source. These guys and MLG should be affiliated to have a gaming World Cup.
    Only it'd happen evrey year

  • thepeter

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 12:04 pm PT

    spectacular

  • neerajkumar_4

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 11:52 am PT

    i wanted to participate in the locals...but my CS members betrayed me

  • GPSnake03

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 11:03 am PT

    cool

  • NeDi2004

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 10:43 am PT

    coolers, would be great fun to talk part inone of these!

  • fearlex

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 10:36 am PT

    i wish i can play someday in those contests !!!!

  • BenderUnit22

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 10:13 am PT

    I only know fnatic, attax and lucifer. Good to know that the best of the best are the best though^^

  • Rumstocker

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 10:09 am PT

    I want me some

  • Black_Sage89

    Posted Jul 5, 2006 10:02 am PT

    I wish I got money for pwning at games.

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