In March, the Sci-Fi channel will bring us the World Cyber Games Ultimate Gamer competition show! Teasers and trailers have filtered through the Internet since Janurary but details about the show have remained locked up. Twelve pro-gamers from around the world were given a chance to compete head to head for the title of ‘best all-around gamer’. In addition to video games like Rock Band and Halo – the challengers will face obstacles like paintball and have to learn how to jam with real guitars. Many of the contestants like sWooZie, StarSlay3r and Calyber have been guests on COIN-OP TV so be sure to check out their interviews on the archive (links below). In the meantime – have at the longer and latest trailer below and place your bets now to see who’ll be crowned the world’s best all-around pro-gamer!
Calyber interviewed at CES for COTV ep48: https://coin-op.tv/?p=16
StarSlay3r on COIN-OP TV LIVE ep211: http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=555
sWooZie on COIN-OP TV LIVE ep238: http://www.thestream.tv/watch.php?v=1042
Now that I’ve seen the show in action… i really don’t know what to think. I’m reminded of the “Who wants to be a Super Hero?” show which didn’t turn out so great in the end (the winners were promise a movie and comic series and it didn’t exactly work out that way). They seem to be focusing more on drama (ala Real World) than the games. Maybe the scoring system will actually make sense in the next episode. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one confused by the way things went.