Announced are the initial Five (5) games for the 2009 Edition of the World Cyber Games.

More games to be announced in March for the '09 line up.

Source: http://www.wcg.com/6th/fun/news/news_view....no=C09020610002

New games announced on 13/04/2009


Source: http://www.wcg.com/6th/fun/news/news_view....no=C09041310000

EDIT 01: Added time-frame to next announcement from WCG. Inc
EDIT 02: Seven (7) additional games added for WCG 2009

This post has been edited by Auricom: Apr 14 2009, 12:23 AM

EPIC phails AHEAD \\

Reserved for MOAR EPIC phails \\

thanks for the heads up, auricom. looking forward to hearing what racing game they've decided on for this year

Personally, I kinda doubt that the two separate announcement was made because WCG suddenly being choosy of the official games, as pointed out in their official release statement.

If you notice, all the games that is not in the 1st announcement for PC was from EA - FIFA, NFS, C&C. I just hope it's just simply a matter of completing the licensing/sponsorship deal, not a sign for things to come.

Aww, no Team Fortress 2. LOL!

Maybe have it on the side as a leisurely gaming event. *grin*

There's still 2nd announcement in March. Don't lose hope yet, etsuko!

there can be a malaysia only team fortress 2 tournament at wcg. but it will never happen if only 4 teams participate rofl.

besides, most lan shops doesnt run team fortress 2 in an offline mode(non-steam), hence nobody plays it.

Sigh.....

CS 1.6 again....

old games again..
kinda boring...
starcraft broodwar,frozen throne n CS 1.6?..
can't blame them for some reason though..
the only thing i look upon on last year's was Kane's Wrath..
too bad malaysians didn't make it..
wat's the guy name again for Kane's Wrath tourney?..
Amir Azlan or is it Amir Azman?..
ntl,looking forward for other announcements..

lol, still much old games in WCG 2009.
I think some of you guys are expected Starcraft 2 will be in WCG 2009, even myself too...

It's Amir Azlan @ VicViper

You can't blame the old games to be played as it has consistent players due to the low requirements for the computers, compared to other games as well.

When Chapree said that EA games are not included in the first list, it might a signal that there would be other games that could take over the dominance of EA games in certain genre.

Anyway, I was thinking if Team Malaysia is capable to send a full-strength team, meaning that competing in all games, regardless XBox 360 or PC.

P/S: Still remember how Chapree quietly squeezed into knockout stage of Guitar Hero and Moots got pwned at Virtua Fighter at Asian WCG, just for being 'last-minute entrant'

in recession times in a developing country with a corrupt government robbing from the people endlessly...

the future of competitive gaming may vary.

study hard, migrate = solution (:

its jst an excuse for those who are weak

i beg to differ. it's actually not as easy as you think to study and graduate in a foreign country. it's a lot more easier to just study and graduate locally.

besides, the government favors bumiputra's anyway, there are far more befenits for professional immigrants than being a non bumi in malaysia (:

hell it would be a lot more fun playing in a country where competitive gaming are like candies lol

ezinger, no offense, but you're trying to go off-topic. we're discussing about WCG 2009. I hope that there's no politic talk here when we talk about competitions.

and no racist point please. everyone have the equal chance when it comes to competition nowadays. only the difference between skills and strategy does matters.

he was just talking about the standard of egames and esports in malaysia would vary due to current economic situation.
a 'not so useful' reply was given to his statement and he's merely replying back to that statement. it ended there so do not assume he's going off topic.
if the 'not so useful' guy comes and reply back i doubt it's ezinger's fault, for giving a perfectly harmless statement.

oh yes the reply is 'not so useful'.


1. Even during the recession time there has been increasing more tourney popping out of nowhere. not to mention there are 2-3 more tourney coming up this march and more local league to be organize. where else back in the early days when the economy was 'blooming' there were only 1 major tourney at the end of August and everyone jst wait for that 1 only.

2. Not just that the numbers of people goin to the cybercafes has nvr seen any much reduction and people are still crazy about gaming.with the new craze about Left 4 Dead there are already plans been made to held a tourney.

3. Not to mention the revival of ESWC Malaysia WAS during this economic downturn. Heck they must be crazy for doin it again this year.

4. Sad part is CGS for shutting down. BUT inside resources stated that it has a diff stories to tell.

5. More and more clans getting sponsorship even other bodies came in to make pro-gaming a future in Malaysia. UC PRO was one of it. Heck it was last year also during the start of eco downturn. Amazingly they even expand into CS division and now recruiting more into their management team during this eco downturn.

6. The 1st Spotgamers Award Ceremony was successfully held during recession time and with very limited budget.. Ahakz! Oh and we have already started planning for the next one.

7. Shocking and amazing truth is, there are more non-bumiputras involve in the gaming scene than bumiputras themselves. Guess most bumiputras prefer to be on the road than on the keyboard.

8. Some might be playing for the money and some might be playing for the love. But the E-Sports community in Malaysia is not based on monetary value, but for the undying spirit and the love for competitive gaming. Thats y even during bad times, many still play games bcoz they love it.

9. Its easy to find reasons and excuses to fail. But for those who dont, thats why they are the best and will always be.




aww dont bother me. im jst a 'not so useful' guy ^^

so says the asian champion of FIFA..

jali ni.. con man la.. AHAHAH

he mmg coRnman.

exactly my point, we can only afford to play games that a RM900 pc rig can run. or spend monthly allowence on lan shops for those that can't even own a RM900 pc.

just so you know, we never ever had an online league for fps games, for obvious reasons.

i'm looking at the bigger picture here my friends, not the same old small picture.

obviously non bumis run the competitive gaming scene! (:

amazing they expanded to a CS division, that's just how far we can ever go (: