And the time to do some changes in our K1ck Counter-Strike team has come. After some solid results at international events such as Dreamhack Winter 2009 and Gamegune 2010, with the usual pack of home made trophies, we would like to welcome back to the team a former K1ck player: João "k1ck-ehz" Monteiro.

Once upon a time there was a lawyer called Jack Thompson that took the decision to start a crusade against videogaming in general. He puffed and puffed and puffed, but instead of the cement house coming down, he got disbarred. Now it seems that he is "back at the game" with the recent Medal of Honor controversy over the ability to play as the Taliban.

If you are old school gamer, and by old school you can translate it to really old old school, you might remember Duke Nukem. At the time it was launched there were several new features in the game that conquered the public, making the title an all time favorite and achieving a kind of mythical status. Later on Duke Nukem Forever was announced but never got released, being a sort of an FPS Elvis that while long thought dead, was still kicking and screaming in our imagination.

Well, it seems that at last the game will be published and is due next year for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The Counter-Strike goups for the WCG 2010 have been announced today. On this first stage there will be five groups with three teams and three groups with four teams. Each group will qualify two teams to the playoffs, disputed under the single elimination and BO3 format. The event will take place in  Los Angeles, the kick off will be on September the 30th and the closing ceremony is scheduled for October the 3rd.

Another K1ck eSports Club player has won yet another Portuguese World Cyber Games competition. In fact, today k1ck-JNC has conquered the highest place at the podium in Guitar Hero 5, the only WCG.pt official game this year. So the K1ck player will be the whole Portuguese representation at the finals, so far, repeating 2007 in Seattle, where the 11 players that attended the event were all k1ck members. Next stop: Los Angeles and the WCG Finals by the end of the month.

Check the photos in our Gallery and 2 videos from the final in this news.

Another WCG qualifier is over which means another team qualified. This time it was at the Plaza Imperial in  Zaragoza that the  b4g got the passport to the WCG 2010 Grand Final that will take place in  Los Angeles from September 30th till October the 3rd.

Another Samsung European Championship came to an end with  SK-Gaming conquering another triumph by beating  mTw at the final game. The reigning champions were also Swedes as  fnatic won the competition in 2008 and there was no edition 2009. due to the crisis worldwide situation.

Expected to be released on November 9th for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC, Call Of Duty: Black Ops is making the news all over the place. The PC multiplayer support will use Steamworks and Valve Anti-Cheat for DRM, in a version with dedicated servers as well as having full modding capabilities. Check out the killstreaks, the weapons and much more in this piece of news.

An interview with Josh Olin, where the Treyarch community manager answers questions about Call Of Duty: Black Ops, is also available.

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Today starts the Portuguese Intel Extreme Masters 2010 Qualifier with sixteen teams looking for a spot in the Qualifying Rounds that will take some participants into this prestigious event finals. Our k1ck.cs squad enters this qualifier with the top seed, hoping to survive a series of online games, in a double elimination format.

Here are the brackets:

Although the Portuguese World Cyber Games 2010 finals have been reduced to Guitar Hero 5, our K1ck eSports Club will still make a presence there. In fact, João "k1ck-JNC" Carvalho will fight for a ticket to Los Angeles and the right to play at the World Cyber Games Global Finals. The WCG.pt will take place at the Media Markt in Alfragide on September the 4th, starting at 10h00.