UPDATE: WiC TOURNAMENT FINISHED Details below!

IGUK is proud to announce that it will host 2 major tournaments in the first quarter of 2008. IGUK have teamed up with The CPL UK and The CPL USA to run a UK qualifier for the CPL World Tour on 30th January 2008 and the CPL World Tour Final itself on 27th-28th February 2008. The Tour features two critically acclaimed titles from Sierra Entertainment:

F.E.A.R. � (First Encounter Assault Recon), originally released in the fall of 2005, was heralded by PC Gamer as the �Best Action Game of the Year� for its combination of stylized first-person action combat and supernatural suspense. The Finals will feature the Xbox 360� multiplayer edition introduced last year, giving players the opportunity to compete in paranormal frenetic multiplayer action that has become the signature of the F.E.A.R. franchise.

World in Conflict�, which launched in September, is the next-generation of action strategy games. World in Conflict has received numerous editors� choice awards from game critics worldwide. The game breaks new ground in multiplayer gameplay by being amongst the first strategy games to introducing player roles to its intense team-based combat. Showcasing the Windows PC version, the intense World War 3 title has been played all year on the CPL World Tour.

CPL World finals held at Gamerbase, one of IGUK's most prestigious centres.

World in Conflict

Congratulations to Dignitas who won in the closest, most nailbiting final ever.

Here are the final standings

1st: prize $60,000
Team Dignitas (Europe)
Moyes, Pureball, EnergetiC, Low-Life, Cleric

2nd. Prize $46,000
Don't Care (USA)
SwOOsh, Llama, Hado, MaMe, wizen

3rd prize $34,000
inFerno eSports (Italy)
Daunt, Hauntspy, Net_Runner, Attila, Beta84

4th prize $24,000
Reason Gaming (UK)
MMA, spliff, Lipton, arexxis, Flog

5th prize $9,000
20ID (USA)
RaWe, PerfekT, Junkey, Hunt, nystrom

6th prize $9,000
Team Druidz (UK)
Tvaettis, Mixiz, Noobster, Mr Dogbert, Zaccubus

7th prize $9,000
ToT.Razer (Europe)
Left, Santiago, Right, aRRR, Brave

8th prize $9,000
Schildkröten (aka TE) (Germany)
Rondrian, Pesticide, Nebelparder, The Rogue, Wolf

Fear

1: $30,000 Henrik "Jagad" Dahl (Sweden)
2: $23,000 Marc-Andre "4 Glory" Messier (Canada)
3: $17,000 Stefan "Hax" Bedford (Australia)
4: $12,000 Fredrik "tRONic" Håkansson (Sweden)
5: $4,500 Ross "HandOfFury" Pentland (Canada)
6: $4,500 Terry "terry15" Lindle (USA)
7: $4,500 Riccardo "vicious" Zanocchio (Italy)
8: $4,500 Vincenzo "booms" D’Aurelio (Italy)

Total Prize Money = $100,000

Whoever you were supporting, one clear winner was pro gaming in the UK. It was a great accolade for the UK, and Gamerbase to be chosen as the host for the World Finals for this massive international event. The event has run smoothly and efficiently, thanks to IGUK's original tournament master, Biff, and the staff and world class faciities at Gamebase, London.

I mustn't neglect to mention the The Dell XPS CPL World Tour Final VIP Party, hosted in the CC club next door to Gamerbase. Everyone was there, the gamers, organisers, the admins, the journalists covering the event, the publisher and sponsor representatives from Sierra, Dell, and Razer, and, of cause, the gorgeous girls from Gamerbase and their friends. Everyone had a great time, but I think I can say the highlight was seeing the UK Beatboxing Champion Shlomo in action. Check him out on youtube, he's got quite an act.

CPL UK Stop Qualifier - 30th January 2008

Prize Fund $40,000 + Entry to World Final

Date: Wed 30th Jan 2008 Time: 10am Registration, 11am Start. 9pm Finish Location: Gamerbase, London Games: 5 player team World in Conflict (PC) and FEAR Single Player (XBOX 360) Entry Fee: �25 per person Validity: All UK, EU, and Worldwide Teams and Players Qualification: See below. Berths:: 8 WiC Teams and 16 FEAR Players

The tournament has now ended and we would like to thank all participants who made the day an enjoyable event. Congratulations to all the winners.

The final positions of the UK Qualifier were::

World in Conflict:t 1st WIC Dignatas $9000 2nd Dont Care $6000 3rd inFerno eSports $3500 4th ToT Razer $1500 5th-8th Reason Gaming Wookies Hunter Gaming Lowestroft Gaming

F.E.A.R. 1st Terry 15 $8000 2nd Jagad $5000 3rd tRONic $3000 4th 4 Glory $2000 5th-8th ($500 each) Hax Nate Booms vicious 9th-11th dozo Torsion JES

Demo's

Replays and interviews of the World in Conflict games can be found here:

Replays and Interviews

Photo's of the event can be found here:

Photos

Registered Teams and players

FEAR

Seedings / Player Name / Country (click on for further details)

Terry Dean Lindle
Illinois
Member of Type Z
Achievements 1st F.E.A.R. CPL US Stop 2007
1st F.E.A.R. CAL 1v1
1st 4v4 & 2v2 Halo2 MLG Online Tournaments
1st Halo2 US Championship
4th Halo2 World Championship
#1 Halo2 1v1 & FFA Bungie Ladder
#1 Quake 3 Arena Dreamcast Ladder
#1 Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds Xbox Live Ladder
#1 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tommorow Xbox Live Ladder
#1 DOOM FFA Xbox Live Ladder
#1 Marathon: Durandal FFA Xbox Live Ladder
#1 4v4 & 2v2 Gears of War Gamebattles Ladder
#1 Gears of War Warzone Xbox Live Ladder
#1 Soldier of Fortune Payback 1v1 GGL Ladder
#2 F.E.A.R. FFA Xbox Live Ladder
2nd 2v2 Gears of War JCMedia Nashville
Top 5 Texas Hold'em Xbox Live Ladder
Top 8 Gears of War MLG Meadowlands 2007

Riccardo Zanocchio
From Segrate in Italy.
Achievements:
Unreal Tournament

1st 2001 NgiLan Italy 4v4 Tdm
3rd 2001 CPL Holland 4v4 Tdm
1st 2001 WCG qualification Italy 1v1
2nd 2001 WCG Seul 2v2
5th /6th 20001 WCG Seul 1v1

Quake 3

1st 2002 Airlan Switzerland 4v4 Tdm

Painkiller

3rd 2005 IndiWEB Painkiller Challenge #1
24th / 32th 2005 CPL WT Turkey #1st stop
32th / 64th 2005 CPL WT Spain #2nd stop
13th / 16th 2005 CPL WT Brazil #3rd stop
24th / 32th 2005 CPL WT Sweden #4th stop
16th / 24th 2005 CPL WT USA #5th stop
16th / 24th 2005 CPL WT UK #6th stop
13th / 16th 2005 CPL WT Singapore #7th stop
16th / 24th 2005CPL WT Italy #8th stop
8th / 12th 2005 CPL WT Chile #9th stop
16th / 24th 2005 CPL WT Grand Final NY #Final
15th place in the CPL WT final ranking

Quake 4

32th / 48th 2005 CPL Winter Dallas 1v1
1st 2006 ESWC qualification Italy 1v1
8th / 16th 2006 ESWC finals France

F.E.A.R

1st 2007 CPL WT Italy #1st stop

Jan-Erik Spangberg

From Kronoberg in Sweden 6th place CPL Sweden 2007 (FEAR 1v1)
3rd place Swedish National Doom 3 Championship ( 1v1 Xbox)
1 place Swedish qualifier for World Cybergames 2006 (Fifa 06)
1 place Nordic qualifier for Fifa Interactive World cup (Fifa 07)
5th place CGS Birmingham EU combine Fifa 07

Christopher Nathaniel "Nathan" Bachus
Texas, USA
Achievements:
Top 6 MLG-Pro Division Online Tournament 2005
5th place Halo2 4v4 at CPL Summer 2005
2nd place CAL-M Halo2 4v4 2005
2nd place GRAW 2v2 GGL Best Buy Tournament 2006
3rd place Gears of War 2v2 Buy.com Tournament 2007
Top 6 CAL FEAR Season playoffs
7th place FEAR CPL Summer 2007 WT Stop
3rd place CAL Halo3 FFA Tournament
Top 32 Halo3 FFA Winter CPL 2007

Philip Hughes
From Wales, and member of Reason Gaming..
Achievements:
Q4

Duel

esi: 9th-12th
i27: 2nd
eswcuk: 4th
covlan3: 9th-12th
i28: 2nd
wsvguk: 17th-24th
i29: 7th-8th
i30: 9th-12th
eswcuk: 5th-6th
i32: 9th-12th

CTF

Jolt Cup 2006 Winners
Clanbase Opencup Spring 2006 Winners
Clanbase Opencup Spring 2007 Third
Clanbase Opencup Fall 2007 Runners up

Q3

Citylan Switzerland 2003 5v5 Ctf Winners
Bloodline 2005 5v5 Ctf Winners
Clanbase Summercup 2005 4v4 Ctf Runners up

Leon Cryer from Cardiff, Wales.
XBOX 360 Live F.E.A.R World Ranking DM -234
F.E.A.R Files World Ranking DM - 56

World in Conflict

Team Name / Country (click on for further details)

Seedings to be advised shortly.

Rules will be based on CPL Official Tour Rules, unless specified differently here.

Tournament System: Double Elimination

Mappool: Hometown, Farmland, Powerplant, Quarry, Seaside

Mapselection: Lower seeded teams removes a map, higher seeded team removes two, lower seeded team removes another one. Last map is played. Higher seeded team picks side for first round. Both sides being played.

If both teams win 100-0, the one who achieved it faster advances to next round.

Class selection: Each class has to be played once. The fifth player counts as "versatile" and can switch between any class.

The prize fund of $40,000 for this event is fixed, regardless of attendees, and is payable by CPL USA, subject to their standard terms and conditions for winners. Full details can be found here.

The UK Stop Final will take place at the largest IGUK gaming centre, Gamerbase, located in Piccadilly Circus in central London from 10am on Wednesday 30th January 2008.

Gamerbase, co-owned by Dominic Mulroy, has over 70 Dell XPS 720 Gaming Systems, with Intel Quad Core processors and 8800GTX graphics. 22" Widescreen monitors finish off this quite remarkable centre.

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