According to the WCG website, WCG Fight Club has returned for another go around. On the weekend of May 1st, WCG will be at the Samsung Experience in New York City to host a FREE tournament for both Tekken 6 and Dead or Alive 4 on Xbox 360. You can find the details and prize breakdowns below:

Information

What:      WCG Fighter Club II – Tekken 6 and DOA4 tournaments
Where:     The Samsung Experience in New York City
When:     May 1st – May 2nd

Tekken 6 (Xbox 360)

1st – $500
2nd – Samsung Netbook Computer
3rd – Samsung Monitor

Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360)

1st – $500
2nd – Samsung Netbook Computer
3rd – Samsung Monitor

More information can be found at the WCG Website

During hltv.org’s visit to the Natus Vincere “headquarters” on Monday, they receieved a tour of the apartment by Aleksandr “ZeroGravity” Kokhanovsky, the team’s manager. The video shows the living quarters for the players, as well as their training facility located in the dining area of the apartment.

Source: HLTV.org

Today, WCG organizers release three more games that will be played in the WCG Grand Final. Two of the three games have been highly anticipated, yet delayed titles. They have been played in every WCG since the beginning, and are making a return this year.

These games are:

PC

FIFA 2010 (EA Sports)

Starcraft: Brood Wars (Blizzard Entertainment)

Mobile

Asphalt 5 (Gameloft Racing)

WCG also has added their Samsung mobile game to the mix. This year they are going with Asphalt 5.

The official list of games for the WCG 2010 Grand Finals are:

FIFA 2010 (EA Sports)
Starcraft: Brood Wars (Blizzard Entertainment)
Warcraft III (Blizzard Entertainment)
Asphalt 5 (Gameloft Racing)
Counter Strike 1.6 (Valve)
Carom 3D (Neoact Sports)
TrackMania Nations Forever (Nadeo Racing)
Forza Motorsports 3 (Turn10 Racing)
Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai Fighting)
Guitar Hero 5 (Neversoft Music).

The only promotional title is:

Lost Saga (IO Entertainment Action).

This year, WCG will be holding their grand final in Los Angeles, California in September. There are a total of 10 titles: 6 PC, 3 XBOX and one Mobile. WCG will release more promotional titles in the future.

Source: WCG

The biggest scandal in e-Sports is currently being unfolded in Korea. Sources are saying this all started back in 2006 and really picked up steam in 2008.

It is being understood that many pro gamers are involved in match set-ups and illegal betting. Although the names are not being released at this time, it is believed sAviOr is on the list. He is considered the best of all time in StarCraft.

Many of these pro gamers have been intentionally losing their matches and leaking their team replay’s to corrupt gambling groups. 2008 is when betting sites started to contact the players to rigg their matches.

Currently, it appears that the following players are being investigated:

Myung Soo (Yarnc)
Chan Soo (Luxury)
Sang Ho (SangHo)
Jung Woo (EffOrt)
Yong Hwa (Movie)
Jae Yoon (sAviOr)
Taek Yong (Bisu)
Byong Goo (Stork)
Jae Wook (BeSt)
il Jang (hero)
Myung Hoon (fantasy)
Heui Seung (UpMaGiC)
Jae Dong (Jaedong)
Sang Moon (Leta)
Jong Seo (Justin)
Chang Hee (go.go)

Source: Gamepron

According to Hideo Kojima, the creator of the infamous Metal Gear Solid series of games, consoles may be a dying breed of entertainment. Kojima believes that platforms will be useless in the future, as gamers will be able to play in any location, with anyone, at any time, without the tether of the console and its network.

Gamers should be able to take the experience with them in their living rooms, on the go, when they travel — wherever they are and whenever they want to play. It should be the same software and the same experience.

Read the full article by clicking here

According to HLTV.org, the match between SK Gaming and H2k Gaming in ESL Pro Series Nordic II will be replayed due to the use of net_graph 3 by 2 of SK’s players. After review, it was determined that the 16-2 win on April 6th by SK may have been tainted as net_graph was shown on two screenshots during the match. This does not, however, mean that anyone from SK was using this to their advantage. To be safe and fair, ESL has requested that the match be replayed.

For those who don’t know, many have speculated that when net_graph 3 is enabled, one of your values will increase when another player is present in the area.

According to the ESL Pro Series, the match is to be replayed on April 14th, 2010.

Source: HLTV.org

The 2009 eSports yearbook has been released. You can get the book on Amazon. The ISBN number is

978-3839164310.

The book features managers, players and even event organizers sharing their thoughts on eSports. To see the table on contents click here.

This is the first year for eSports yearbook and if you have any questions or concerns please contact them at [email protected].

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