Korea - World Cyber Games (WCG), the premier international video game competition, has announced the first five Official Game Titles for the WCG 2009 season. The lineup includes Counter-Strike™ 1.6 (PC), Starcraft®: Brood War™ (PC), WarCraft® III: The Frozen Throne™ (PC), and Guitar Hero®: World Tour (Xbox 360), and Virtua Fighter® 5 (Xbox 360).

All five games have been a staple at past WCG competitions. Counter-Strike 1.6™ and Starcraft®: Brood War™ have been Official Tournament Games since 2001 while WarCraft® III: The Frozen Throne™ has been part of the WCG since 2003. Guitar Hero®, which marked WCG’s first foray into music games, and Virtua Fighter® 5 Online will be in their second consecutive year as Official Game Titles.

”As interest in WCG continues to grow around the world, we have become much more discerning in selecting the official games for this year,” said Hyeong Seok Kim, president and CEO of World Cyber Games, Inc., organizer of WCG. ”This year we decided to unveil the games in two separate announcements to pique the interest and anticipation for the official game lineup. These first five titles constitute the best and most popular games in a wide variety of genres including real-time strategy, first-person shooter, fighting, and music. In March, fans can look forward to another group of elite titles that will certainly satisfy every type of gamer around the world.”

Over the next few days (or weeks, depending on how things pan out and how much coffee I injest), our current forum will be wiped clean and started fresh for 2009.

What does this mean?

Well, for starters, I finally decided that it was time to bring the user databases together into a single login format.  So, starting now, you’ll all be able to log into the site right from the main page.

The downside?  The password hashes that are stored in our old forum (phpBB) does not allow for clean and seamless importing over to our main user database (Wordpress).  So, you’ll all have to reset your passwords.

But, on a plus side, this is my way of showing you that Digital Storm LAN is still alive and kicking and already starting to look towards next years event!

So, feel free to fire up a conversation on our new forum, and watch this space closely.  Amazing things are coming in 2009, and we want you all to be a part of it.