WORLD GAME CUP 2011 – SECOND PRESS RELEASEHere is a holiday themed press release to hit the nail on the head & pin the seasonal wreaths. The World Game Cup organization will try to cross the Ts and dot the Is of this year's schedule and thank every partners on the list to keep our resolutions and welcome this shiny new year!
A Guest of Honor for the World Game Cup 2011After a 2010 edition dedicated to Capcom fans*, with the presence of star players Daigo, Eïta, Fuudo & Desora, in 2011 it will be Arc System's devotees turn to nerdgasm. Coming for the very fist time in France, Toshimichi Mori from the famous Arc System Works studio will grace us with his presence!
Mr. Mori is the General Director / Producer / Character Designer of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. He will answer fan questions, present BlazBlue: Continuum Shift in detail, and will also attend an exclusive signing session. And the whole thing will be streamed LIVE!
Many thanks to our partner TRADEWEST (The French Publisher of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift) for organizing this prestigious event!
World Game Cup 2011 - Console Area ScheduleEvery one of the console area solo and team tournaments have already been announced & programmed.
To know more about them, please go to our website:
www.worldgamecup.com & click on the game(s) section(s) you're interested in. Rules & regulations have also been updated.
Please note that two new games will be available in official competition this year: Marvel Vs CAPCOM 3 et BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Preregistration is already available at:
http://www.worldgamecup.com/articles.php?article=9033You will be able to confirm your presence by paying a fee in January. But be advised that spots will be selling out fast!
World Game Cup 2011 - Arcade Area ScheduleRun by the experienced teams of two of the most famous French Arcade Centers: the Versus Dojo & Gamer Spirit, this brand new area will make a splash as the newest attraction of the World Game Cup.
The climax of the weekend will surely be the 3vs3 tournament of Super Street Fighter IV ARCADE EDITION, on Saturday February the 26th 2011, a must see for fighting games enthusiasts!
You will also have the opportunity to try your hand on arcade cabinets of The King of Fighters XIII, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike, Super Street Fighter 2X , The King of Fighters 2002 UM & Guilty Gear XX Accent Core in many high level tournaments.
A complete list of every available tournament is available on our home page:
www.worldgamecup.comRegistration will be available in January.
World Game Cup 2001 - Corporate PartnersWe're happy to be able to count on the official support of our fighting games publishers partners, of which the games are in competition:
Capcom, Namco Bandaï & Tradewest.
Finally, like last year, every tournament (except for those of the Arcade Area) will be played on XBOX 360, thanks to our exclusive partnership with MICROSOFT.
As usual, our co-organizer, the GNOUZ CORP. association and the TEKKEN ARENA association will propose many 0 INPUT LAG HD SCREENS to offer you the best playing conditions available.
And last but not least, this year's other great new space is the Casual Area. 16 screens entirely devoted to your training needs, available during the whole weekend.
Thanks to the contribution of the SWGA & GAMES CULTURE associations, you will be able to test play every tournament game available at the event. But you will also be able to try every other fighting game available on the XBOX 360 system!
And don't forget, because we offer a dual channel live stream, you'll get to enjoy both the best of the Console Area AND the Arcade Area!
For this, we'd like to offer special thanks to the Neo-Arcadia arcade center, Maho & Gnouz Corp. association for helping us making this unique show possible.
World Game Cup 2001 - Media PartnersAs for the press, this year our "mainstream" media partner will be
www.gameblog.fr.
Created by some of the key players of the "golden team" of the legendary French video-game magazine Joypad (Trazom, Rahan, Julien.C…), GameBlog is THE gaming media website you ought to watch for.
Very close to the gamer base, this website is match made in heaven for the World Game Cup. And it's no surprise we turned to them to be our link to the general public.
A team of GameBlog journalists will be present at the venue to film an extensive video report, make interviews and generally test the waters of the WGC. Everything will be available on
http://www.gameblog.fr and broadcasted during the Gameblog TV show on DIRECT STAR!
Count on
http://www.basgrospoing.fr, our commenting partner to steal the show. They will blow you away with their MC skills at the Main Stage!
Bas Gros Poing is the leading French authority in fighting game news, and the BGP Team will entertain you live on the World Game Cup stream:
Schedule of the Console Area Stage run by basgrospoing.fr (From Friday to Saturday)09AM: A one hour and a half show dedicated to the results of the previous day. The Bas Gros Poing reporters will wake you up with freshly brewed news about what they saw & thought of the passed tournaments: All the Results & None of the Fuss!
The show will be cut by many mini-reports about the event (or not), for your viewing pleasure!
02PM: The first news report of the day, right after your lunch break. The latest news about the tourneys and the results of the casual challenges!
05PM: Be the first to know who qualified, right before the beginning of the finals phases of most tournaments!
And of course all day long: our live stream of the matches, live answer to your questions on IRC, Facebook and/or Twitter. And our fighting game radio to fill you in on what's new in the fighting game universe, with combo videos, short and fun reports, jokes & all the goodies you can expect from the bunch of geeks we are!
The Bas Gros Poing TeamHead Anchors: Neithan & Tmdjc
SSFIV Commentator: Ken Bogard
Tekken Commentator: Hajin’
BlazBlue Commentator: Maho
Soulcalibur Commentator: Asenka
And please don't forget to check the regular reports of our International Media Partner
http://www.eventhubs.com/, the world famous fighting game news website & forum will offer full coverage of the event: don't miss it!
For all your questions, please don't hesitate to come & visit the World Game Cup forums:
http://www.gnouz-corporation.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=222Or simply write to us at:
worldgamecup@gmail.comWe'll be back in January for the last news release, with the list of international players & teams which will compete in the World Team Cups of Super Street Fighter IV & Soulcalibur IV.
Many thanks to Bachaka (
www.hitcombo.com) & Malek our French selectors for their awesome training camps for the Fench national teams of SSFIV & SCIV.
See You Soon!
*We haven't forgotten you guys, stay tuned!