World Series of Video Games 2007 Details
April 5, 2007
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Today, The World Series of Video Games (WSVG) announced today its plans for the 2007 season, including venues around the globe, a new circuit structure, $750,000 in cash prizes, and several titles never before offered in the world’s top gaming competitions.
In ground-breaking news, the WSVG will feature for the first time Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, which will be played in a PVP Arena 3v3 format. Also on console, the WSVG will feature Guitar Hero II and for the first time EA Sports Fight Night Round 3. Quake 4, a mainstay of competitive gaming since 1997, will be showcased, as well.
WSVG pres. Matthew Ringel said in a video announcement, “We are incredibly excited about our 2007 lineup of game competitions. The World Series seeks to support those titles that are the most fun for the players in competition, enjoy widespread community support, and afford the most opportunities for a much wider audience to view them online and on television.”
The second season circuit is scheduled to visit Wuhan, China (4/30-5/3), Louisville (6/21-6/24), Dallas (7/5-7/8), Orlando (8/23-26), Europe Major (October), and Jönköping, Sweden (11/29-12/2), which will play host to WSVG finals. A WSVG press release explains that “The Dallas date was specifically chosen so the WSVG could support Live Earth — The Concert for a Climate in Crisis, a 24-hour concert series taking place on 07/07/07 in 7 cities around the world that will bring together more than 100 of the world’s top musical acts.”
In addition to the circuit titles, other traditional eSports titles will be included in competition on an event-by-event basis including Warcraft III in China, Call of Duty 2 in Dallas and Orlando, Counter-Strike 1.6 in China, Louisville, and Europe, and Halo 2 in Dallas.
New to this year’s WSVG are a points-based system to determine seeding and Finals qualification, travel support for the top four teams in each game category, online qualifying tournaments prior to each Major, and massive LAN events at each US stop, to be powered by LANWAR, the leading organizer in the US.
