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World of Warcraft but no StarCraft 2 in ESWC 2009?
Games Services has announced the games that will be used in the ESWC in 2009. All titles that were used in 2008 will stay, with the exception of DotA. The game list will most likely be expanded.
By Michal 'Carmac' Blicharz
Sep 11, 2008 21:43
Games Services has announced the games that will be used in the ESWC in 2009. All titles that were used in 2008 will stay, with the exception of DotA. The game list will most likely be expanded.The 2009 season of the Electronic Sports World Cup will have tournaments for Counter-Strike 1.6 (both male and female), Warcraft 3, Trackmania Nations Forever and Quake 3. The latter could still be dropped, but only in favour of QuakeLive, more a new game version than a different game.
The interesting part of the news is that the announcement of Warcraft 3 could mean that StarCraft 2 will not be included. Most likely this is because the game will not be ready by the time the new ESWC season starts in October. According to recent reports, the game will not be out this year.
The list of ESWC games will probably be expanded with more games. The press release hinted at adding "most probably a football game and a RPG-like title." This could either mean that Games Services will go with FIFA 09 or go back to Pro Evolution Soccer, a game they have used for years.
Could the RPG-like game be World of Warcraft? In an interview from November 2007, the Games Services CEO Matthieu Dallon said: "It seems to be a great game for million of people. I doubt they need e-sport to increase their pleasure of playing."
Much has changed around WoW as an esport since then. Is there another "RPG-like" option they might be considering?
The interesting part of the news is that the announcement of Warcraft 3 could mean that StarCraft 2 will not be included. Most likely this is because the game will not be ready by the time the new ESWC season starts in October. According to recent reports, the game will not be out this year.
The list of ESWC games will probably be expanded with more games. The press release hinted at adding "most probably a football game and a RPG-like title." This could either mean that Games Services will go with FIFA 09 or go back to Pro Evolution Soccer, a game they have used for years.
Could the RPG-like game be World of Warcraft? In an interview from November 2007, the Games Services CEO Matthieu Dallon said: "It seems to be a great game for million of people. I doubt they need e-sport to increase their pleasure of playing."
Much has changed around WoW as an esport since then. Is there another "RPG-like" option they might be considering?
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The latter is approximately 100 times deeper :)
Haha, I'd loved to see that used as an ESWC game. Best of 3? Possible 6 hour long marathon? XD
But, who knows, with the addition of MBS, new units, different mining system and auto-surround taking out some of the micromanagement of the game, it might even out the SC2 global scene.
I'm not entirely sold on the idea that SC2 will be closed to ESWC for the 2009 season. They might add a 2nd RTS, in lieu of a "RPG-like" game if the game gets momentum. Games Services has a decent record of gaging the eSports community interest and hype in selecting their tournament games.
ESWC is one of the few tournaments that can get gaming organizations to pick up teams/players, as seen with various DOTA and Q3 signings that happened prior to the ESWC Grand Finals this year. If they do add SC2, will we see a rise in the foreigner SC community? Let's hope so!
Oh, and I'm going to write right here that Sea will win OSL. He's such a nice guy!
They do talk about issues such as the AI movements (Auto-split, Auto-surround, Auto-mining), MBS, etc.
its like... noob1 bashing on noob2 haha :P
RPG-like, either DotA or World of Warcraft, but considering the numbers from 2008 Grand Final, i wouldn't be confident to see DotA being picked again. Well, WoW is WoW.
when you see US & Japan having such an awesome fighting games scene with international events every year (Evo 2K, SBO etc.), it's silly to overlook this genre.
i want to see Daigo compete in ESWC dammit!!
massive orpg , mass skill game , just like wow