The World Cyber Games have returned this year with another Pan-American Championship. This year the event will be taking place in São Paulo, Brazil, where as in the 3 previous years, it has taken place at various locations in Mexico. The event will hold tournaments in SC:BW, CS 1.6, FIFA 10 and Guitar Hero 5 where players from 11 countries (Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and the United States) will battle it out for a piece of the $10,000 prize pot.

In 2009 Mexico won nine medals followed by Canada with four and Brazil with two. In 2008 the United States were the champions.

HLTV.org has confirmed that the following Counter-Strike 1.6 teams will be competing in the event:

FireGamers
Made in Brazil
Area51 ca
Evil Geniuses
TicoGamers
Artyk
To be announced

Source: WCG Pan America & HLTV.org