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| logo = WCG New Logo.jpg | logo_caption = New logo | frequency = Annual | first = 2000 | status = Active | genre = Esports tournaments | homepage = Official site }} The World Cyber Games (WCG) is an international esports competition with multi-game titles in which hundreds of esports athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions also known as Esports Olympics. WCG events attempt to emulate a traditional sporting tournament, such as the Olympic Games; events included an official opening ceremony, and players from various countries competing for gold, silver, and bronze medals. WCG are held every year in other cities around the world. GeneralWorld Cyber Games is one of the largest global esports tournament, with divisions in various countries.[1] The World Cyber Games, created by International Cyber Marketing CEO Yooseop Oh and backed financially by Samsung, was considered the e-sports Olympics;[2][3] events included an official opening ceremony, and players from various countries competing for gold, silver and bronze medals. The organization itself had an official mascot, and used an Olympic Games inspired logo.[4] Organizations from each participating country conducted preliminary events at a regional level, before conducting national finals to determine the players best suited to represent them in the main World Cyber Games tournament event. All events had areas for spectators, but the tournament could also be viewed over internet video streams.[3][5] Besides providing a platform for tournament gaming, the World Cyber Games was used as a marketing tool; sponsors, such as Samsung, using the space around the venue to set up product demonstrations and stalls.[6] In addition, advertisers saw the event as a good means to reach young male audiences, who may not be exposed to traditional advertising streams via television.[5] HistoryIn 2000, the World Cyber Games was formed, and an event was held titled "The World Cyber Game Challenge", which began with an opening ceremony on 7 October. The event was sponsored by the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Information and Communications, and Samsung. It brought together teams from 17 countries to compete against each other in PC games including Quake III Arena, FIFA 2000, Age of Empires II, and Brood War. The tournament ended on 15 October 2000.[7] The competition initially had 174 competitors from 17 different countries with a total prize purse of $20,000. In 2001, the World Cyber Games held their first main event, hosted in Seoul, Korea, with a prize pool of $600,000 USD. National preliminaries were held between March and September, with the main tournament running between 5 December to 9 December. The World Cyber Games quoted an attendance of 389,000 competitors in the preliminaries, with 430 players advancing to the final tournament; teams from 24 countries in total were involved in the tournament.[8] In 2002, the World Cyber Games held a larger event in Daejeon, Korea with a prize pool of $1,300,000 USD; 450,000 competitors took part in the preliminary events, with 450 ultimately making it through to the final tournament.[9] The 2003 tournament, which took place in Seoul again, saw an even bigger prize pool of $2,000,000 USD, and was the first World Cyber Games tournament to feature a console based competition, with the game Combat Evolved on the Xbox.[10] In 2004, the World Cyber Games held a tournament in San Francisco, California, United States, the first tournament outside of its home country. At this stage, the prize pool was at $2,500,000 USD; with 642 players competing in the grand final.[11] The tournament has since been hosted in various countries around the world; including Singapore in 2005 and Monza, Italy in 2006 - at this time Microsoft became a major sponsor to the event, who would provide software and hardware for all the events through to 2008. In addition, all games played at the tournament would be based exclusively on Windows PC's or the Xbox console.[12][13] In 2006, the prize purse had risen to $462,000, and the event had grown to 9 different competitions and 700 qualified participants from 70 different countries.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} In 2007, the event was hosted in Seattle, Washington, United States, with a total prize pool of $4,000,000 USD. In 2008, the tournament was hosted in Cologne, Germany; it was the first World Cyber Games tournament to incorporate a mobile-game based tournament, with Elite Racing,[14] In 2009, the tournament was held in Chengdu, China, and featured a special promotion of the game Dungeon & Fighter.[15] The tournament was also coincided to run alongside the World Cyber Games debut reality television show, WCG Ultimate Gamer. Season 2 of WCG Ultimate Gamer was aired between August and October 2010. In 2014 February, the CEO Brad Lee announced the closing of WCG.[16] Several partners described difficulty working with the CEO and the organization.[17] In March 2017, the former Samsung owned WCG Trademark was transferred to Korean Publisher Smilegate. Plans to develop the WCG "into the world's top digital entertainment festival in the future".[18] World Cyber Games 2018 should have been hosted in Bangkok in April 26–29, 2018,[19][20] but was cancelled subsequently. World Cyber Games 2019 will be hosted in Xi'an, China in July 18–21, 2019.[21] World Cyber Game tournaments{{Cleanup|reason=table should be reformattted|date=November 2015}}{{Clear}}
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/let-the-cyber-games-begin-20110429-1dzys.html|title=Let the Cyber Games begin|publisher=Brisbane Times|first=Jason|last=Hill|date=29 April 2011|accessdate=25 August 2011}} {{Esports competitions}}{{World Cyber Games}}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-10-10-cyber-games_x.htm|title=Americans win gold at world video game championships|accessdate=24 August 2011|date=10 October 2004|publisher=USA Today}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/tools-toys/world-cyber-games-finals|title=World Cyber Games Finals|accessdate=24 August 2011|publisher= IEEE Spectrum|first=Elizabeth|last=Svoboda|date=October 2004}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaleastasia.com/2009/03/09/world-cyber-games-from-korea-in-2000-to-china-in-2009-and-now-on-tv/|title=World Cyber Games: from Korea in 2000 to China in 2009 – and now on TV…|date=9 March 2009|accessdate=24 August 2011}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9329248/#.TlRPdl3GB9M|title=Professional gamers draw big-name sponsors|publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=24 August 2011|date=13 September 2005}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2004/10/11/world-cyber-games-2004-takes-aim-in-san-francisco/|title=World Cyber Games 2004 takes aim in San Francisco|first=Peter|last=Rojas|date=11 October 2004|accessdate=24 August 2011|publisher=Joystiq}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcgchallenge/wcgchallenge.asp|title=WCG - Official History - WCG Challenge|accessdate=23 August 2011|publisher=World Cyber Games|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65dJV3ZOX?url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcgchallenge/wcgchallenge.asp|archivedate=22 February 2012|df=}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2001/wcg2001_overview.asp|title=WCG - Official History - WCG 2001|publisher=World Cyber Games|accessdate=23 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65dJb7ktz?url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2001/wcg2001_overview.asp|archivedate=22 February 2012|df=}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2002/wcg2002_overview.asp|title=WCG Official Website - WCG History - WCG 2002|publisher=World Cyber Games|accessdate=23 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528115453/http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2002/wcg2002_overview.asp|archivedate=28 May 2013|df=}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2003/wcg2003_overview.asp|title=WCG Official Website - WCG History - WCG 2003|publisher=World Cyber Games|accessdate=23 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65dKIvupj?url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2003/wcg2003_overview.asp|archivedate=22 February 2012|df=}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2004/wcg2004_overview.asp|title=WCG Official Website - WCG History - WCG 2004|accessdate=23 August 2011|publisher=World Cyber Games|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65dKftMET?url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2004/wcg2004_overview.asp|archivedate=22 February 2012|df=}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=8900|title=Microsoft Announces World Cyber Games Sponsorship|date=13 April 2006|publisher=Gamasutra|first=Jason|last=Dobson}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-to-sponsor-World-Cyber-Games/2100-1043_3-6061227.html|date=14 April 2006|title=Microsoft to sponsor World Cyber Games|first=Tim|last=Surette|publisher=CNET News|accessdate=24 August 2011}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2008/wcg2008_overview.asp|title=WCG Official Website - WCG History - WCG 2008|publisher=World Cyber Games|accessdate=23 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65dM45UO7?url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2008/wcg2008_overview.asp|archivedate=22 February 2012|df=}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2009/wcg2009_overview.asp|title=WCG Official Website - WCG History - WCG 2009|publisher=World Cyber Games|accessdate=23 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/65dMOb2v7?url=http://www.wcg.com/6th/history/wcg2009/wcg2009_overview.asp|archivedate=22 February 2012|df=}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.techspot.com/news/55594-world-cyber-games-to-close-down-all-tournaments-in-2014.html|title=World Cyber Games to close down all tournaments in 2014|date=7 February 2014|accessdate=25 March 2014}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/world-cyber-games-esports-shut-down/|title=The Olympics of esports shuts down, partners say CEO was 'impossible to work with'|first=Patrick|last=Howell O'Neill|date=February 5, 2014|website=The Daily Dot|accessdate=May 20, 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521024201/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/world-cyber-games-esports-shut-down/|archivedate=May 21, 2015|df=}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=http://m.sports.naver.com/esports/news/read.nhn?oid=076&aid=0003070213|title=WCG called e-Sports Olympics will be back.|date=29 March 2017}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171107005042/en/|title=WCG 2018 Host City and Dates Announced|date=7 November 2017|accessdate=7 November 2017}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180218005055/en/WCG-Hold-Regional-Qualifying-Rounds-Edition|title=WCG to Hold Regional Qualifying Rounds from First Edition|date=18 February 2018|accessdate=18 February 2018}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180913005297/en/WCG-2019-Finals-Held-Xian-China-July|title=WCG 2019 Host City and Dates Announced|date=14 September 2018|accessdate=14 September 2018}} 6 : World Cyber Games|Video game organizations|ESports competitions|StarCraft competitions|Recurring sporting events established in 2000|Annual sporting events |
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