WCG and SCI-FI announced a partnership some months ago in order to produce a new TV reality show, initially called Gamequest, with some e-sport flavor additives. Yesterday, the whole thing took a new dimension as WCG release a video teaser of the show on wcgultimategamer.com.
The 12 esports' superstars, including sWooZie, iNcontroL or Valkyrie (who confessed "it was the most amazing and stressful situation I have ever been in in my life!"), were chosen during auditions in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago & Austin. They lived all together during a few weeks and competed on PGR 4, Virtua Fighter 5, Halo 3, Rock Band 2, Dance Dance Revolution and NBA’09 to become WCG Ultimate Gamer's Best All-around Gamer and earn $100,000.
The way the competition works there is very simple: the gamers have to play their regular video games, and also their equivalent in real life! Which means they have to drive a real car, play basket ball with a real ball, play a real guitar or punch some stuff around.
Hannah Simone and Joel Gourdin were picked to host the TV show which should be aired on the Sci-Fi channel in March 2009. You may also find an extended version of the teaser on vimeo.com.
Source: www.wcg.com
The 12 esports' superstars, including sWooZie, iNcontroL or Valkyrie (who confessed "it was the most amazing and stressful situation I have ever been in in my life!"), were chosen during auditions in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago & Austin. They lived all together during a few weeks and competed on PGR 4, Virtua Fighter 5, Halo 3, Rock Band 2, Dance Dance Revolution and NBA’09 to become WCG Ultimate Gamer's Best All-around Gamer and earn $100,000.
The way the competition works there is very simple: the gamers have to play their regular video games, and also their equivalent in real life! Which means they have to drive a real car, play basket ball with a real ball, play a real guitar or punch some stuff around.
Hannah Simone and Joel Gourdin were picked to host the TV show which should be aired on the Sci-Fi channel in March 2009. You may also find an extended version of the teaser on vimeo.com.
Source: www.wcg.com
Edited by xou at 08:09 CST, 9 January 2009 - 23169 Hits