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World Cyber Games Irish leg in Dublin

The Irish heats of the World Cyber Games are to take place in Dublin from September 23 - 24. There are currently 103 of 250 places taken on the event’s Room101.org signup page.

Taking place at the government’s Digital Exchange on Crane Street (near the Guinness Storehouse), it’s a bring-your-own-computer 24 hour LAN, with competitions for PC and Xbox 360. Participants must be over 18 and holders of an Irish Passport.

Irish Nintendo DS site launches

A new site, Wiffy.ie, has launched to cater for sharing ‘friend codes’ for the Nintendo DS to other Irish gamers.

Friend codes are used to identify other users on the DS’s multiplayer network. Once users are connected vie a wireless WiFi internet connection, they can play enabled games and communicate with each other. Nintendo’s upcoming console the Wii will also use the codes.   

“When Mario Kart was released in November 2005, I knew this system was something special, playing online so easily with friends was the key feature” said Barry Hand, site developer, “The downside was finding new friends who also had the game, I really wanted to play against other Irish gamers, I knew lots of people were playing, I just didn’t know where they were”.

The DS was released about two years ago, while a slim version the DS Lite was out in June of this year.

Related news: DS gets free WiFi in Ireland (Jan 28, 2006)

Halo 2 competition at the Xbox Live Gaming Centre

In Dublin city centre the Xbox Live Gaming Centre will be running a Halo 2 competition at 8pm this Saturday, August 12.

The winner is to get an ‘Xbox Game’ and 20 euro, with the first and second runner-ups getting 20 and 10 euro, respectfully. Entry is 15 euro, including extra team events and gaming up to closing time at midnight.

“Summer Bash” console event this Saturday

World Gamer Live is to host a “Summer Bash” from 9am to 11pm this Saturday, July 29, in the Glen Royal Hotel, Maynooth.

The console multiplayer event is sponsored by Microsoft, Playstation, Ubisoft, EA, Magnet Entertainment, the Buda Bag Store, Coca-cola, and Lucozade.

According to the organisers, Xtra-vision will be “sole source of ticket sales”, with the 120 places available at selected outlets.

Gamecon prize mix up says blog, no says organisers

An attendee of Gamecon 9 says the winner of a one-on-one competition was “Shafted by the Admins” when a prize of an Xbox 360 was replaced with a set of surround sound speakers, the event organisers deny the claim.