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The World Cyber Games has opened up a new service to the public, in the form of a website called WCGZone.com In order to participate in this competitive environment, players will be required to install Game On, the official WCG client. This application will allow for the WCGZone website to be updated with each players statistics and information. The website will also offer replay uploads as well as online discussion forums. The service will also be multilingual, starting off in English, Chinese and Korean, and plans for a few more languages that will be implemented later. Hoon Kim, the head of operations for WCG released an official statement on the World Cyber Games website, which can be found below. "WCGZone.com is designed for gamers to enjoy games throughout the year and to exchange opinions. WCGZone.com is also a solution for WCG strategic partners to reduce the expenses they have in running national online preliminaries in specific territories. Through discussion and collaboration with strategic partners in WCG participating countries, we will further explore ways to connect WCG Global rankings into all national preliminaries, strengthen the multi-language service, and expand the year-round online matches in other WCG official games - Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1.6 and FIFA Soccer 06." The full press release can be found here |




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