Xfire announced the winners of the World of
Warcraft Summer Movie Contest last night at a special Machinima event and
screening at Stanford University. The contest winners, chosen by the gaming
community, Blizzard and Xfire, each took home a portion of the $23,000 in
total prizes. Xfire tapped into its 5.5 million user base and the millions of World of
Warcraft players for the World of Warcraft Summer Movie Contest,
welcoming entrants from around the world to create movies using Blizzardıs
wildly popular World of Warcraft.
Five finalists were
selected in each of four separate categories, and gamers everywhere went to
xfire.com to vote for their favorite Machinima movies. Winners from each
category were:
Best Overall & Best Drama-Action
Jason Choi
The Edge of Remorse
Comedy
Ryan and John Ebenger
The Brotherıs Tauren 2
Music Video/Dance
Brandon Dennis
The Anti-Elf Anthem
Short Film
Jun Falkenstein
The Ballad of the Noob
For more details on the competition and to view the finalists and winning
movies, visit
www.xfire.com/wow
