Elite gamers assembled at Suntec Convention Centre in the Lion City from the 18th of September to 20th September 2008 to partake in the premier gaming event—the WGT Grand Finals Singapore 2008. One of the world’s largest gaming tournaments, the WGT Singapore 2008 was held for the third year running, and attracted crowds of about 10,000 people—making it the ideal venue for professional gamers to show off their dexterous skills and gameplay knowledge; while vying for the coveted title of being crowned Champions of WGT Singapore 2008!
Spectators milled around the WGT booth for the final showdown between Team fnatic and Evolution.Xtc
Winners Crowned Amid Ferocious Competition
The official game titles this year were DOTA and Call of Duty 4 (COD4). This year, competition at the tournament took on a whole new level of difficulty when foreign players took the opportunity to fly to Singapore and participate at WGT 2008. Well-known exponents included Kingsurf, Tbun and DNA’Sk aka CyberTime from Malaysia for DotA; and XcN.COD4, bc and eMpNexT from Indonesia for Call of Duty 4. These participants pitted their skills against one another for fantastic cash prizes worth over S$14,000; and after bouts of intense match action, the champions emerged, with Team fnatic leading the pack in DotA, Evolution.Xtc in second place and Team: impreZa coming in third. Over in the first-person arena of COD4, the title of champion was conferred to XcN.CoD4, 2nd place went to Team: [Bf.Nut]Prodigy, and 3rd place winners went to Team: [Bf.Nut].
Team fnatic – Champions of the DotA Tournament with Mr Joseph Hoo , Country Manager of ASUS Technology
XcN.CoD4 – Champions of the COD4 Tournament with Mr Joseph Hoo , Country Manager of ASUS Technology
Besides the gaming competition, there will also be a myriad of activities that took place at the WGT booth. The general public were able to experience what it would be like to drive a formula one race car through the DBOX car simulator—which closely mimics true driving conditions; and special ‘bulletproof‘ vests were available with built-in force feedback so that users could experience and feel every kick, punch, slash and gunshot made by their enemies whilst gaming.
Passengers on board the race car simulator
Double the goodness! Top of the line graphics cards – ASUS EN9800GT Matrix in SLI mode, supported by 4GB of Kingston HyperX DDR3 1625Mhz memory modules.
The public getting up close and personal with the state-of-the-art gaming notebooks from ASUS – G70 and G50.
Special thanks to Microsoft, Intel, ASUS, Kingston , GCA and various sponsors for their support in making this event a success. For more information, please visit http://sg.worldgamemaster.org.
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Competitions will also start taking place in Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Romania and China soon; with finals held on the 11th to 12th October for Thailand, 18th to 19th of October in the Philippines, the 18th of October in Australia, 20th to 22nd October in Romania and the 28th November in China.
So look out for upcoming WGT tournaments close to your home soon! Detailed participation information and dates for your local events are available online at www.worldgamemaster.org. Let’s Game!
About WGT
The mission of the WGT (World GameMaster Tournament) is to provide a healthy environment for the best gamers around the world to share the fun and excitement of PC gaming while challenging each other to be the best that they can be. As one of the world’s largest game tournaments, WGT is a rapidly growing tournament that has attracted elite players globally to compete against each other for the title of World GameMaster. This gaming tournament also provides a platform for leading providers of gaming solutions to showcase the latest gaming innovations, as well as to celebrate the ever-growing popularity of e-sports.