World Cyber Games 2005

The World Cyber Games 2005 was held in Singapore at Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 16 to 20 November 2005. There were over 800 players from 67 countries. Over 39,000 spectators turned up at the games to cheer for the players. The combined prize pool for the games was US$435,000.

Games played at WCG 2005
Official games

PC games
 * Counter-Strike: Source
 * FIFA Football 2005
 * Need For Speed: Underground 2
 * StarCraft: Brood War
 * Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
 * Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Xbox games
 * Dead or Alive Ultimate
 * Halo 2

Special tournament game
 * freestyle

Mobile tournament games
 * Bruce Lee
 * Chopper Rescue
 * Goolie
 * Midtown Madness 3

Promotional event game
 * Carom 3D

Players' village
The Costa Sands Resort (Downtown East) in Singapore served as the WCG 2005 Players' Village. About 800 national representatives who advanced from the WCG 2005 national championships stayed at the Players' Village during the WCG 2005 Grand Final.

Sponsors
Worldwide sponsor
 * Samsung Electronics

Premier sponsors
 * Intel
 * Razer USA Ltd

Official sponsors
 * Singapore Telecommunications
 * Video Pro

Official suppliers
 * ProCurve
 * Kingston Technology
 * Ablerex
 * Seagate
 * ASUS
 * Foxconn
 * Cooler Master
 * VRnet
 * DVDrama
 * Radioitg

Host broadcaster
 * MediaCorp

Official media partners
 * Gameaxis
 * HardwareZone
 * Hardware Magazine
 * PHOTO-i
 * PC Magazine

Official gaming magazine
 * Gameaxis
 * Playworks

Official partners
 * Blizzard Entertainment
 * EA Sports
 * EA Games
 * Microsoft
 * Tecmo
 * THQ
 * Valve
 * Xbox Live

Commentators
Online audio and video coverage was provided by Inside the Game.

Marcus Graham (djWHEAT)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2

Stuart Saw (TosspoT)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, FIFA Football 2005

Paul Chaloner (ReDeYe)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, Need For Speed: Underground 2, FIFA Football 2005

Jason Hutchison (NiceGuyEd)

Games covered: Counter-Strike: Source, FIFA Football 2005, Need For Speed: Underground 2, Dead or Alive Ultimate, Halo 2

Christopher Iannitti (WaCKSteVeN)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Nicolas Plott (Tasteless)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Kim Phan (bunny)

Games covered: StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

Notable participant

 * Verena Vlajo (Austria), the first female participant