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World of Warcraft tournament worldwide

The World of Warcraft has just got its ultimate battle. Blizzard has announced a series of upcoming worldwide tournaments wherein WoW player v. player contingents will have the chance to beat each other with characters that have been designed specially for a share of cash prizes amounting to more than $ 200,000.

The tournaments are scheduled to begin in April and will pit players against each other using only their wits and level 70 characters that have been specially created and equipped with the finest possible gear and “placing the focus on tactics and execution rather than normal adventuring.” Each region around the world has its own buy-in fee which is reasonable and definitely low enough to ensure a large turnout of gamers in the tournament. According to Mike Morhaime, Blizzard CEO the tournament aims at expanding World of Warcraft’s tournament options to players who prefer to focus on the competitive aspect of the game.

Since the biggest complaint that Blizzard has received about World of Warcraft is the lack of Player v. Player options, this is probably an effort on the part of the company to appease the very vociferous minority which prefers PvP. Though cash tournaments cannot replace the demand and fan following that PvP gameplay systems in games like Age of Conan and Warhammer Online command, luring them with money is perhaps the only way of silencing the disgruntled masses.

For the time being it seems that the stage is set for the World of Warcraft to take over gaming all over the world and bring the WoW frenzy to never before reached heights.