Get ready for sports to turn Unreal

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/games.news

• despite being a huge sports arena,somewhere in the stadium suite 200 gamers have gathered to play Unreal Tournament 3, a hardcore first-person shooter where players run around huge arenas, picking up weapons and blasting each other to bloody pulp.
• They are fighting it out for an overall prize pot of £50,000: £20,000 for the winner of the one v one tournament, and £30,000 to the victors of the five v five team event. It's the biggest prize ever offered on the UK pro-gaming scene, and Europe's best gamers are here.
• This shows how serious gaming has become,a sporting event in itself,it not just a console by your living room TV set,its a socializing and competing event where you can meet people with similar interests,like that of a sporting event.
• Over in the US, pro-gaming is huge and steadily growing. Here you'll find the Championship Gaming Series, an international gaming league created by Fox Sports with a $500,000 top prize and dozens of the world's best players, most of whom are on exclusive contracts to this competition.