After quite a long beta period we can finally release the long awaited new version of Nexuiz - 2.5.2!

Some of the biggest changes are:

* New gamemode: CTS (get from A to B). With map "CyberParcour01" by sev, and a nexrun map "Piece o' cake" by FruitieX
* Aggressor and stormkeep retextured by FruitieX
* Tutorial map by FruitieX
* TraK4-mit and TraK5 texturepacks by TraK
* New HUD by FruitieX and -z-
* New Scoreboard style by terencehill
* Weapon accuracy statistics by Dib (ALT key by default)
* Rocket guidance by holding down the primary fire button (seeker removed)
* Level Of Detail on all playermodels
* Video settings only show the allowed resolutions reported by your OS
* (not availible in AGL)
* Motion blur and damage blur by Samual

And much more! Some of which can be found on our development site. We welcome all bug reports, if it's already fixed or a duplicate issue we simply remove it.

http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/news

After seeing two divisions qualify for Team USA at the 2009 WCG US National Finals, Team Evil Geniuses has released their full collection of videos from the event. Now posted on YouTube in HD, the collection contains a variety of interviews and match footage from both the Counter-Strike 1.6 and StarCraft tournaments.

The interviews feature all of the different players, from CS superstar Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert to 2nd place SC finisher David "Louder" Fells, with hosts Kristina "Korini" Chin and Anna Prosser asking the questions. The match footage is limited to the Counter-Strike tournament, but captures everything from the shocking loss in the first round of the brackets to the team's celebration upon winning the grand finals on the main stage.


Sources: myEG.net | YouTube.com/myEGnet

Team EG is in full force at the WCG 2009 US Finals in New York City, with close to 20 plus representing them this weekend. On top of the players, almost the entire staff are here doing some coverage of the event, ranging from pictures and videos to a live blog session straight from the event floor.

If you want to get a live updates (including scores, pictures, videos, and more) straight from the event floor for Counter-Strike 1.6, Guitar Hero, and StarCraft, be sure to check out the live blog. Also, we'll be having several of our players on the blog to do question and answers.

Related Links:

WCG Live Blog
Picture Gallery

The 2009 World Cyber Game (WCG) online and offline qualifiers have now begun for multiple countries around the world, now its South Korea’s turn.

People will have a total of 3 chances to qualify for the national finals, the first two qualifiers will be online ladders scheduled as followed:

1. June 5th to June 9th (13 people advance to the offline stage)
2. June 12th to June 16th (13 people advance to the offline stage)

The third qualifier will be team battle (5vs5 single elimination), scheduled for June 18th to June 22nd, in which 1 team (5 people), advance to the offline stage.

How this works is, a team/clan will get 5 people, you send out 1 person and have them 1vs1 until they lose, and the first team to 3 wins will win. Whichever team wins the team battle qualifier, will advance to the national finals and be split up once they get there.
A small problem many people might see is that 1 or 2 people can play in all of the team battles while there can be a couple people who get a "free ride" to the finals.

"But there’s still 1 spot left", that is correct. The 27th spot from the online qualifiers will be given to the person with the most points from the first and second tournaments combined. This increases the player activity in both events. So just because you got 14th place in the first ladder and barely missed qualifying, you should play in the second event and you might gain your spot that way.

The first ladder registration end on June 3rd, while the second ladder registration ends on June 10th. The team battle registration ends on June 13th.

Starcraft players who are listed under the official Korean eSports Association (KeSPA) list as a pro gamer, cannot participate in the online portion of WCG Korea, they instead have to compete at the offline event.

The top 4 players from the offline event will advance to the National Final, where they will compete against 24 pro gamers in a chance to make it to Chengu, China, and be one of the 3 people to represent South Korea in the 2009 World Cyber Games (WCG) grand final.

The top 24 pro gamers are decided as so: Luxury and Stork get free spots due to their result last year, and the other 22 spots will be given to the top 22 players in the KeSPA ranking for July.

A STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AMONG 10 MALE GAMERS SHOWS A CORRELATION BETWEEN ANGER AND MALE PATTERN BALDNESS. THE SUBJECTS WERE EXPOSED TO 10 MINUTE DUELS WITH CURRENT QUAKE 3 CPMA NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPION MICHAEL 'VORPAL' HALL. EIGHT OF THE TEN SUBJECTS DEMONSTRATED INTENSE FITS OF ANGER WHILE PLAYING. ONE SUBJECT KNOWN AS SANDER 'VO0' KASJAAGER EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO THROW A CHAIR IN THE TEST ROOM.

OF THE EIGHT PLAYERS WHO WERE PRONE TO FITS OF ANGER WHILE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, SIX OF THEM WERE ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF EARLY ONSET MALE PATTERN BALDNESS. MORE RESEARCH IS TO BE DONE ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS, HOWEVER THE SCIENTISTS ARE VERY CERTAIN THAT THE RESULTS WILL STILL BE CONCLUSIVE EVEN ON A LARGE LEVEL. DR. LIONEL RICHIE COMMENTED "THOSE FUCKING NERDS BETTER WATCH THEIR TEMPER, OR ELSE THEY ARE GOING TO END UP EVEN MORE FUCK UGLY AND PATHETIC THAN THEY ALREADY ARE."

THE FOLLOWING PICTURE IS A DOCUMENTATION ON THE PLAYER SANDER "VO0" KASJAAGER'S MALE PATTERN BALDNESS. THE RESULTS ARE SHOCKINGLY CONCLUSIVE.

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After a month or so of waiting, the full World Cyber Games list of game titles is now available for your viewing pleasure


Returning once against to the WCG game list are Starcraft and FIFA, the only two original titles since the tournaments conception in 2000, when it was under the name of WCGC.

Crowd favorites like Counter Strike 1.6, Warcraft 3, Virtua Figher, and Guitar Hero, will also be in. The massive communities for the games Red Stone, Carom 3D, Asphalt 4, and Wise Star 2 are in luck this year, as their favorite game will grace the stage in Chengdu, China, later this year.


"The new titles include all-time favorite PC titles FIFA Soccer 09, TrackMania Nations Forever, Carom3D and Red Stone as the Official Game Title for WCG. They will join the previously announced five Official Game Titles – including Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC), Starcraft: Brood War (PC), WarCraft III The Frozen Throne (PC), Guitar Hero: World Tour (Xbox 360) and Virtua Fighter 5 (Xbox 360) – to ensure that this year’s competition features a wide variety of games that appeal to all different types of gamers around the world."

WCG Ultimate Gamer is an "exciting" 8-episode elimination-style reality series which airs on the SCI FI Channel starting on 10th March and also available the following day on wcgultimategamer.com.

The series features gamers hoping to win $100,000 and the ultimate Samsung electronics package and will also become the "Face of the WCG".

"As the 12 contestants share a loft in downtown Los Angeles, they will be tested in real-life challenges inspired by best-selling game titles, compete in the video games themselves, and ultimately must avoid elimination in head-to-head battles in an arena filled with hundreds of spectators. Ultimately, the player who is versatile and strategic enough to best their opponents in both the real-life and virtual gaming worlds will emerge as the WCG Ultimate Gamer."

Source: WCG