WORLD CYBER GAMES NZ QUALIFIERS RESULTS

With the end of another XLAN come the results of the New Zealand World Cyber Games qualifiers for another year.

Those teams and individuals that won at xLAN's WCG qualifiers earn the right to represent New Zealand and the world finals in Los Angeles from September 30th. However, due to funding issues it's uncertain as to how many of the winners will actually make it over.

"At the moment that's pretty much the only thing that's holding us back," said xLAN organiser Craig Nimmo. "But we've got a few months up our sleeve.

Team Sidewinder – the gaming team behind the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 tips in the last issue of Game Console – came away with four podium finishes this year. Most notably, they managed a win over Exile5 in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 8v8 Conquest after losing to them at the recent EA Cup.

Also, Team Sidewinder's Guitar Hero 5 competitor "Rudeism" managed to snatch an upset win over two-time defending champion (and this month's Improve Your Game contributor) Mason "m4ssiah" Maddox. Rudeism will head to LA to compete in the World Cyber Games Guitar Hero 5 finals.

Team Parallax took out the Counter-Strike 1.6 tournament, and Game Console understands that Parallax plans to head over to LA for the World Cyber Games finals.