World Cyber Games

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The World Cyber Games (WCG) is an international e-sports event (or "Cyber Games Festival") operated by Korean company International Cyber Marketing and backed by Samsung and, starting in 2006, Microsoft. [1]

The World Cyber Games were set up in 2000 with the first festival being held in 2001. The festival is influenced by the Olympic Games with a players village for competitors and since 2004 a different host city every year.

WCG is the largest gaming festival celebrated once a year. It unites gamers from all over the world to allow players to enjoy and respect the gaming environment. Each participating country will conduct preliminary rounds before sending the finest gamers to represent them in this major event.

[edit] History of the WCG finals

Event Name	Dates	Total Prize ( USD)	Host Location	Participants	Countries	Games Offered
WCG Challenge	October 7-15, 2000	$200,000	Everland, Seoul, Korea	174	17	Quake III Arena FIFA 2000 Age of Empires II StarCraft: Brood War
WCG 2001	December 5-9, 2001	$300,000	COEX Convention Hall, Seoul, Korea	430	37	Quake III Arena FIFA 2001 Age of Empires II StarCraft: Brood War Unreal Tournament Counter-Strike
WCG 2002	October 28 - November 3, 2002	$300,000	Expo Park, Daejeon, Korea	462	45	Quake III Arena 2002 FIFA World Cup Age of Empires II StarCraft: Brood War Unreal Tournament Counter-Strike
WCG 2003	October 12-18, 2003	$350,000	Olympic Park, Seoul, Korea	562	55	Warcraft III FIFA 2003 Age of Mythology StarCraft: Brood War Unreal Tournament 2003 Counter-Strike Halo
WCG 2004	October 6-10, 2004	$400,000	San Francisco, California, U.S.A.	642	63	Counter-Strike: Condition Zero FIFA Football 2004 Need for Speed: Underground StarCraft: Brood War Unreal Tournament 2004 Warcraft III: the Frozen Throne Halo Project Gotham Racing 2
WCG 2005	November 16-20, 2005	$435,000	Suntec City, Singapore	679	67	Counter-Strike: Source FIFA Football 2005 Need for Speed: Underground 2 StarCraft: Brood War Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Dead or Alive Ultimate Halo 2
WCG 2006	October 18-22, 2006	$462,000	Monza, Italy	700	70	Counter-Strike 1.6 FIFA 06 Need for Speed: Most Wanted StarCraft: Brood War Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Warhammer 40,000: Winter Assault Dead or Alive 4 Project Gotham Racing 3 Quake 4
WCG 2007	TBC	TBC	Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.	TBC	TBC	Games to be confirmed in February 2007.