WCG at the NY Anime Festival

Director of Marketing for World Cyber Games, Aaron Smolick talks to Gabriel Zamora from the Examiner all about the WCG – what it is, when it was established and what they stand for in the gaming community.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

How exactly did the WCG get started?

The World Cyber Games were started in 2000, and it grew from country to country. This is the ninth year, and we are up to 800 players at the Grand Finals from 78 countries around the world. It started as an Olympic model and has grown every year consecutively, year after year, to the point where we are today. And next year will be our tenth year.

Check out the entire article here.