The famous gaming portal Tek-9.org has released more information concerning the upcoming major LAN, the Antwerp Esports Festival (AEF).

The event which is going to be held by Tek-9.org in association with Gamevibes, already made a stunning impression on the scene as of the day news had been released about the LAN.

The event is to be held from 25-27 July, having the Hilton hotel as their domain for that weekend. The tournament schedule concerning the dates and times on which matches are going to be played, can be found here.

The official coverage of the tournament will be published on Tek-9.org, but we will most likely see other main gaming sites covering the tournaments as well. (e.g. QuadV has already announced to cover the LAN.)

[b :: Prizes[/b]]
Call of Duty 4
1st : 10,000 € + 4,000 € hardware
2nd : 6,000 € + 1,000 € hardware
3rd : 3,000 € + 1,000 € hardware
4th : 1,000 € + 1,000 € hardware
5th – 8th : hardware prizes (1,000 € each)
Total : 20,000 € cash and 10,000 € hardware

FIFA 2008 (PC)
1st : 2,250 € + 500 € hardware
2nd : 1,000 € + 250 € hardware
3rd : 500 € + 250 € hardware
4th : 250 € + 250 € hardware
5th – 8th : hardware prizes (250 € each)
Total : 4,000 € cash and 2,000 € hardware

FIFA 2008 (PS3)
This event is run twice, once Friday and once Saturday
1st : 500 €
2nd : 300 € hardware
3rd : 200 € hardware
Total : 1,000 € cash and 1,000 € hardware

ESWC 2008 Belgium Finals (CS 1.6 & Q3)
1. Ticket to the ESWC 2008 in San Jose


In case you are interested in being a spectator at the event, you will have to pay 15€ for a spectator pass for 1 day, and in order to be able to spectate the entire tournament, you will have to pay 40€.

Related:
Official news

After a 3 months long season and alot of droupouts, the following 4 teams qualified for the GameStar-League Finals, being held this week.

4Kings
VAE
GaB
n!faculty

They gonna fight for a prizepool worth 1500€:
250€ prizemoney
175€ prizemoney
100€ prizemoney
4th 75€ prizemoney

First round matches tonight will be:
4Kings vs GaB
VAE vs n!faculty

Timetable :
1. Round, 2 matches on 08.07. - 21:30cet (Cast by Game-TV.com)

Winner Bracket 1 on 12.07.2008
Lower Bracket 1 on 12.07.2008
Lower Bracket 2 on 13.07.2008

Overall Final on 15.07. - 21:30cet (Cast by Game-TV.com)

The first match will be shown tonight live on Game-TV.com and ET:QW TV. Like always, remember you do not need a valid CD-Key (and online account) to watch ET:QW TV !



GSL Supported ET:QW 6on6 League:
http://gamestar.de/index.cfm?pid=1446&pk=10

Tonight we have Call of Duty 4 action firstly from the Live2Win Playoff Stages followed by the start of the I34 Elite Tournament which gives the teams a chance to win free admission and the use of some fantastic pc's for the I34 event.

Live2Win WB R2 - 21:00 CET 7th July - Sample This vs H2K Gaming - Strike

Sample This performed well at the Acer Challenge finishing 3rd behind their opponents tonight. However with some team adjustments since then they may now have what it takes to topple the French.

H2K Gaming return triumphant from iPower 08 taking home 5 top end gaming pc's in a finals rematch of the Acer Challenge vs KomaCrew winning 13-7. They topped their group at Acer Challenge ahead of Sample This but the match between the 2 teams was very close.

Multiplay I34 Elite - 22:00 CET 7th July - LowLandLions vs K1ck - Backlot

LowLandLions had some players in action this weekend for Team Belgium at the iPower 08 event held at the ESWC Masters. As a mix team they performed well picking up 4th place however with the players only returning home today they may well be fatigued. We saw them last Thursday lose in a closely fought overtime match in the EMS II Consilation Finals against Fnatic 16-13.

k1ck.pt have never reached the top tiers of a major event before but in entering this tournament they have given themselves that chance. They face a tough opening draw though and will be classed as the underdogs, however with Backlot the map a strong Defense could well be enough to secure a win.

Live Video Coverage will begin at 20:45 CET on QuadV TV1 with Deman.

Related Liniks:
- QuadV Call of Duty Videos
- Live2Win Playoff Stages
- Multiplay I34 Elite Tournament
- QuadV

Crossfire sponsors Game-Hosting have now opened up another location, this time in Denmark. Game Hosting have touched down in Copenhagen today to bring their tally up to 6 locations across Europe!

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By adding our 6th location we hope that our faithful and trusted customers will get even better possibilities to play against teams all over Europe and finding neutral location to play their wars.

Game Hosting now offer servers in Sweden, Holland, Germany, France, Italy and now Denmark. However owning a Game-Hosting server is enables you to use all six locations via their easy to use web interface, this means if you've got a war against a Swedish team you can setup your server to be located in Sweden and then straight after move it to Germany (for example) for your next opponent!

You can find out more at Game-Hosting.com

eSports weekly a new show from Wipido, Xleague and QuadV bringing you your weekly 'dabble' with all things competitive gaming has returned for episode 5.

On this weeks dabble we bring you news of the ESWC, The Blizzard WWI, Time Magazines take on eSports and an interview with Clanbase Director, Mads Ernhart. You can watch this weeks episode here

Without much of coverage be it spokenwise in form of shoutcasting or written coverage neither here at Crossfire nor over at GamesTV.org, the groupstage of ESL's second 1000€ prized online competition, the ESL Major Series (EMS), following last year's International Premiership Series (IPS), has now ended. Nevertheless, the tournament is not yet over as there is still the final clash to be coming. Though, we can still hope for the great event we expected at the beginning.

With top teams like Impact Gaming, one4one eSports (now re-play), Overload Gaming and mPG still fighting for glory and a piece of cash, the final stage of the EMS should hopefully be a bit more entertaining than this seasons EuroCup and all its problems and issues. But before moving into the final stage, there will be a 'Survival Cup' incoming to determine the last participants for the great final. Let's have a look at the group standings which are posted below:



Teams wearing the little star behind their name are the ones going through to the mentioned 'Survival Cup' whereas Impact Gaming and megaProGaming are already qualified for the final stage.

More information regarding the further cup structure, the dates and the prize distribution can be found in the official news post over at the ESL.

Mamut.si adds ET: Quakewars to their supported game list.

-> Enemy Territory
-> ET: Quakewars
-> Call of Duty 4

The former dignitas member, who are playing for the Slovenian Multigaming Clan d3vilheart mamut.si at the moment, didn't miss a single game in the past, which they tried out.
And now they are back with a new ET: Quakewars Lineup, to attend at Quakecon in Dallas and further events.

Their new Lineup will be the following one:

Dejan 'Lightman' Vlaisavljevic
Jaka 'Jakacz' Kejžar
Boštjan 'Miso' Krajnc
Ivo 'Darkman ' Vidergar
Hendrik 'RELOAd' Kinks
Nico 'senji' Sinning
Björn 'bjorn' Rombaut
Thomas 'SonDac' Sörensen


The management gave the following statement:

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After we were pretty much inactive in Dignitas we decided to make new team with some new faces. Mamut.si was known as Devilhearth before , it was well known team in Quake2 and also in Quake3 and now they are back after few years of inactivity. Our first goal is to attend Quakecon with ETQW team . In future we will try to focus in some other games also such as COD4. I would like to thanks to our sponsors mamut.si and razerzone.com for their support.

Clanpage || #mamut.si

First up tonight will be the ESL Summer Cup following on from last night. Straight after will be the Consilation Finals of what has been a great EMS Season II for Call of Duty 4 and directly after that we dive across to the FGL Finals in which the winner will take home $750 with $450 to the loser.

ESL Summer Cup LB R1 - 20:45 CET 3rd July - Reason Gaming vs KomaCrew - Map by Veto

Reason Gaming played a close match last night but it could have been far worse. At 12-6 it was looking like a deomnstration of how to play Crash by eSuba, this over a team that totally shut out Fnatic in 9 straight rounds just last week! There was no love lost between either team though and tonight Reason shall be looking for some payback.

KomaCrew looked a shadow of themselves last night with KajsKing stepping in to fill the boots of Roman. However having not played together before on Backlot it wasnt until the last few rounds where things started to work out but by then it was too late. So tonight they will undoubtedly be avoiding Backlot in the veto and hoping for something else!

EMS II Consilation Final - 21:30 CET 3rd July - Fnatic vs LowLandLions - Map by Veto

Fnatic have had a hard time of it lately mainly down to inactivity but when money is on the line they tend to perform. They lost to Reason Gaming last week in the Live2Win Playoffs but here in the EMS they are on the comeback trail beating DEFEATERS, Dignitas and TEK9. It was however tonights oposition that put them into the Lower Bracket in a thrilling 19-16 double overtime match.

LowLandLions had performed well in the EMS II and they are just 1 win away from making it into their first major finals in Call of Duty 4. Alongside their win over Fnatic they also beat tonights FGL Finalists choZen however Speed-Link proved to strong on the night for them. With a win already recorded against their opponents they can come into the match with some confidence knowing that the almighty Fnatic are indeed not unbeatable.

FGL Finals - 22:00 CET 3rd July - eSuba vs choZen - Map by Veto

eSuba beat MYM Tuesday night (13-6) in Live2Win and where amazing last night in a fast paced action thriller against Reason Gaming, a game I highly recommend you watch on VoD. Tonight they enter the finals from the winners bracket meaning they only need to win just one map and with their map pick first it could well be a short final.

choZen pulled off the shock of June defeating Reason Gaming against all odds. They are massive underdogs tonight though in their first major finals against probably the best currenty online team.

You can of course watch all the action live on QuadV TV1 with Deman.

Related Links:
- QuadV Video on Demand List
- EMS Season II Playoff Tree
- FGL Playoff Tree
- ESL Summer Cup

Tonight the ESL Summer Cup for € 1000 will begin and QuadV will be there to bring you all the action. We will cover the 2 winner bracket rounds tonight with 2 potential great matches.

ESL Summer Cup WB R1 - 20:00 CET 2nd July - Reason Gaming vs eSuba -Map by Veto

Reason Gaming are the team to beat right now beating almost every top team throughout the month of June. However with a rather strange defeat recently to choZen they have shown they are still not unbeatable.

eSuba ran rampant over MYM last night (13-6) with star player Mazarini almost hitting 30 frags in those 19 rounds! So tonight we shall see 2 form teams meeting for the first time in a while.

ESL Summer Cup WB R2 - 21:00 CET 2nd July - Speed-Link/rY vs KomaCrew/bioXar - Map by Veto

The most likely match here going by form would be the 2 iPower 08 qualifiers Speed-Link and KomaCrew. Both are playing very well right now and they met last night for an incredible match that ended in double overtime 19-17 with Speed-Link coming out on top.

Join Deman tonight on QuadV TV1 for all the Live Video Coverage.

Related Item:
- QuadV Call of Duty Video Links