Last weekend, 68 of the United States' top gamers
faced off at the World Cyber Games (WCG) US Open video game tournament in
New York City to decide the best of the best in American gaming. The two-day
competition showcased some of the finest gaming action in the world,
awarding top finishing players and teams with more than $20,000 in cash and
Circuit City Gift Cards, along with the big prize - an automatic berth in
the US National Finals this September. The 2007 WCG US Open champions are:
Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1.6 (PC) eMazing Gaming
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs (PC) - Milo "MrMilo" Phillips-Brown
Dead or Alive 4 (Xbox 360) - Emmanuel "Master" Rodriguez
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360) - Wesley "Chompr" Cwiklo
Starcraft: Brood War (PC) - Tyler "Nony" Wasieleski
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars (PC) - Albert "GeNThO" Berriz
Need For Speed Carbon (PC) - Kamran "omegaelite" Siddiqui
FIFA Soccer 07 (PC) - Juan "H2k-Juanqui" Alvarado
Gears of War (Xbox 360) - MoB Turtle Beach
Additionally, Tomas Sup3rmario Ornelas was the winner of Tony Hawk¹s
Project 8 Open Tournament, with a two-minute free skate run of 4.3+ million.
Outscoring all competitors by more than 2 million points, the MoB Turtle
Beach team member beat out over 60 other contestants, including spectators
and local gamers, to take home the $1000 in cash and prizes, and an
automatic berth in the National Final.
For more info visit
www.worldcybergames.com/usa
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