May 18th, 2006 - Today, Games-Services, producer of the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC), announced that they will be cancelling their agreement with the company which licensed the ESWC USA preliminaries. As such, Games-Services will be using a new system of qualification for the US players for ESWC 2006 based on an application and review process.

American champions that wish to represent the USA during ESWC 2006 in Paris, France can complete the appropriate short candidate application form on the official website http://www.esworldcup.com from Friday May 19th to Sunday May 28th.

Once the applications have been received, Games-Services will be forming a committee to review and select the invitees to ESWC 2006. The committee, which will include representatives from GotFrag.com, Official Media Partner of ESWC 2006, will analyze each candidate application and will proceed to the selection of the champions according to their latest performances and their past achievements. The invited list for the Grand Final will be announced on May 30th on Gotfrag.com (http://www.gotfrag.com).

The final autoberth selection will consist in:
- 2 Counter-Strike teams
- 2 Warcraft players
- 2 Quake IV players
- 2 Trackmania Nations ESWC players
- 1 Pro Evolution Soccer player
- 1 Gran Turismo 4 player

Champions will have to cover their travel expenses for the event but will be accommodated in Paris by ESWC as all international competitors.

About Games-Services
Games–Services is a production and publishing media company dedicated to digital entertainment. Since year 2000, the video games events and the activities of Games-Services have given rise to the publications of more than 1,200 national and international press articles and the production of more than 300 hours of TV reports all around the world. Games-Services manages directly all the logistic, marketing and sports sides of the events produced and supervises Electronic Sports World Cup over 50 countries. Games–Services also publishes the Cyberleagues.net on-line system and the video game magazine Overgame.com. http://www.games-services.com

About GotFrag.com
GotFrag.com is the leading online community and resource for competitive computer gaming news, features and content. The GotFrag.com website was launched in November 2002, and reaches over 1 million readers every month. Reporting live and on-site at every major competitive gaming event in the world, GotFrag.com has become the world’s largest and most influential independent online publisher of competitive gaming news and content. For more information, visit www.gotfrag.com.

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Counter-Strike
Application form
Candidate list
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Quake 4
Application form
Candidate list
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Warcraft III
Application form
Candidate list
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Trackmania Nations ESWC Editions
Application form
Candidate list
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Gran Turismo 4
Application form
Candidate list
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Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Application form
Candidate list
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