Rich in legend and filled with adventure, the World of Warcraft awaits! For the first time, players experience the lands of Azeroth from a new, in-depth perspective. As heroes, they explore familiar battlefields, discover new lands and take on epic quests and challenges.Xfire tapped into its 5.5 million user base and the millions of World of Warcraft® players for the “World of Warcraft® Summer Movie Contest,” welcoming entrants from around the world to create movies using Blizzard’s wildly popular World of Warcraft® . Five outstanding finalists were selected in each of four separate categories, and gamers everywhere went to xfire.com to vote for their favorite Machinima movies.
“Machinima is an extraordinary new art form that allows anybody with time and talent to create great works of entertainment which can be instantly distributed to a global audience,” said Mike Cassidy, CEO of Xfire. “The finalist movies from this contest were already viewed over one million times on Xfire – not a bad month for an independent movie at the box offices.”
The contest winning movies are outstanding examples of the originality and creativity behind this exciting, emerging art form. Winners from each category are as follows:
Best Overall & Best Drama/Action
Jason Choi
The Edge of Remorse
Comedy
Ryan and John Ebenger
The Brother’s Tauren 2
Music Video/Dance
Brandon Dennis
The Anti-Elf Anthem
Short Film
Jun Falkenstein
The Ballad of the Noob
For more details on the competition and to view the finalists and winning movies, please visit: http://www.xfire.com/wow
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