GC (Games Convention), which is one of the three major world game exhibitions, will be held from 21st to 24th in Leipzig, Germany.

Germany's GC is a major international game exhibition along with America's E3 and Japan's Tokyo Game Exhibition. GC has all kinds of online, console games with participants from worldwide.

Korean online games came into the spotlight during this international game exhibition, GC.

European round of GNGWC, 2008, will be held during the GC. GNGWC is a prominent online game in Korea. This will be a good opportunity for Korean online game companies to promote themselves to Europe market.

GNGWC, 2008 will happen in GC exhibition hall on 21st. There will be four online games including Silk Road Gold during the regional match.

Players for this match have been selected through online preliminary round. The winner in the regional matches will be invited to take part in the final match that will take place in Korea. They will be a representative of each country.

During the Shot Online's European round that happened from Aug 1st to 8th, 12 players were selected out of 3,800 players after fierce competition.

An English player who survived the semifinals last year has been selected among the 12 players. Many are interested in whether he would reach the finals this time. German players were outstanding this year during the preliminary compared to last year. They will certainly make history this year during the finals.

( Atlantica Screenshots )

Atlantica has been adopted as an official game for GNGWC, 2008. It is their first time this year. Atlantica has started its 2nd CBT session on August 7 that overlapped with GNGWC's European preliminary round. However approximately thousand players have participated and 16 players were selected on August 14.