Daniel ‘hero’ Schellhase of SK Gaming has emerged as the german FIFA 1on1 champion at the 21st VDLF event. After coming to a Two to Two draw with Benjamin ‘bEn’ Müller of Hoorai in the first of two matches. Hero was victorious in the final match, winning by a score of One to Nil.

The prizes hero receives are an invitation to the World Cyber Games’ German National Final, a trophy recognizing his accomplishment and a stylish high-end gaming PC, that according to SK Gaming looks like a wardrobe.

Final Rankings

1st – Daniel ‘hero’ Schellhase
2nd – Benjamin ‘bEn’ Müller
3rd/4th – Mario ‘mario’ Viska
3rd/4th – Roman ‘Cristiano’ Zech

Source: SK Gaming

The International E-Sports Group Inc. has announced further details on their ESWC Asia Masters of Cheonan. The event will be part of the Cheonan International E-Sports Culture Festival held in Cheonan, South Korea from May 2nd to the 5th.

This event will feature games such as Counter-Strike 1.6, Warcraft III, FIFA Online 2, Special Force and Starcraft. Players hoping to attend this event will be required to submit applications at ESWC official website, which will then be reviewed by ESWC committee and then they will announce the shortlist of 12 international participants and 4 Korean participants for each tournament.

The Counter-Strike 1.6 champions will receive $30,000 with Warcraft III winners earning $15,000 along with being recognized as the top seed at the ESWC Grand Final 2009.

Prizes for all games listed below.

Counter-Strike 1.6 – $30,000 USD
FIFA Online 2 – $12,000 USD
Special Force  – $30,000 USD
Starcraft  – $9,000 USD
Warcraft III  – $15,000 USD

Source: SK Gaming

With Microsoft finished with their second annual Play Smart, Play Safe survey results are in with a overwhelming result from UK parents. Seventy-Five percent of UK parents believe that gaming is beneficial to their childrens lives along with their families’.

The survey polled parents and their children in the UK on different aspects of their gaming experience. According to the survey parents scores have improved since last years survey in a few different areas. In areas of note are the awareness to parental controls which has improved to 73% and feeling that they are responsible for checking age ratings, which improved to 94%.

While this survey may show that more and more parents are aware to the age ratings and content of these video games, most parents don’t seem to worried about letting their children play games out of their age range.

Source: Kotaku

IGN revealed today that Guitar Hero Greatest Hits is in the works. With the release of the full band modification in the last Guitar Hero, they went back and re-worked some of the greatest songs from past versions and are adding them to the Greatest Hits release.

Some songs you can expect to see are some of the greats such as “Them Bones” by Alice in Chains, “Killer Queen” by Queen, “Nothin’ But A Good Time” by Poison, and “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against The Machine just to name a few. All in all there will be 48 songs pulled from Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.

Make sure you get your copy when Guitar Hero Greatest Hits come to stores in June 2009.

Source: Kotaku and IGN

As Blizzard puts the final touches on Diablo III they want your input for a Diablo II patch. Blizzard has posted on their forums asking anyone for some ideas that they would like to see implemented into Diablo II. While Blizzard will only implement one of the ideas given to them they still would like to see posts from everybody.

For you Diablo players out there, I suggest you head on over and see if Blizzard will want to use your idea for their Diablo II ver 1.13 patch. Some ideas Blizzard has currently received are things like Stat and Skill Respec and the Nerfing of some skills.

If you would like your voice heard by Blizzard head on over to the official forums. Diablo II 1.13

Source: Kotaku