AJ received a double dose of heartbreak last week on World Cyber Games Ultimate Gamer. He got sent home and is out of the running for the $100,000 prize. Also, he’s no longer able to kick back in the cushy Ultimate Gamer pad and hang out with Faye. It was a hard fall from grace, considering he placed first in the “real life” challenge.

Kat and Ryan formed an unlikely alliance. It could be short-lived as…

The feuds began instantly in Season 2 of World Cyber Games Ultimate Gamer. Kat and Vanessa have some personal issues, as Kat took her boyfriend a while back. Vanessa promptly began working with Yaz to get rid of Kat. They sent Kat into an elimination match of Tekken 6, but she triumphed. In addition to that, she now knows she’s got a target on her back. AJ wasn’t shy about his crush on Faye, but we’re not sure yet if she feels the same way. Is AJ headed to the dreaded “friend zone?”

TV has been doing shows about competitive gaming since capitalized on the arcade craze of the ’80s. The latest TV show to try and capture the competitive fire of high level video gaming is World Cyber Games: Ultimate Gamer on Syfy. It combines gaming challenges with Survivor-style elimination games to eventually award a $100,000 grand prize to the Ultimate Gamer.

The SyFy Channel is bringing back the reality game show Ultimate Gamer for a second season. The premiere episode of WCG Ultimate Gamer 2 will air on SyFy at 11:00 p.m. (ET) on August 19, 2010.

The show, much like other pseudo-reality game shows, pits 12 gamers against each other in trumped up competitions that are somehow related to video games. If it is like the first season of Ultimate Gamer (check out our preview) of the series, contestants will partake in three challenges each episode and hope to not be eliminated so they can compete in the final episode.

If you are one of those who can still afford cable, check out SciFi Channel’s WCG Ultimate Gamer reality show tonight (March 10, 2009) at 10 p.m. and let us know below what you thought of it.

Also, don’t forget to check out our big fat screen cap photo gallery snagged from tonight’s first episode. We’ve also included a shot of each contestant along with their bio info as presented on the show. That way, if you forget anyone’s gamertag or genre de specialité, you can come back for a refresher.

We’re certainly curious as to what you gamers think about the show. Do share.

The SciFi Channel is adding another show to its lineup in an attempt to capitalize on the popularity both of reality TV and video games. The result is WCG Ultimate Gamer which has a dozen gamers – male and female – living together and competing in a series of real-world challenges and scored video games for money, pride and a world-hopping competitive gaming gig. The first episode will air 10:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2009, and the entire series will consist of eight 1-hour episodes.

The show offers a fair amount of gamer pride, a little dress up (at least at the beginning) and plenty of hoke you’d expect from a reality series…

Samsung has invited press to a special one-day event 2-6 p.m. on May 31, 2007, at the Samsung Experience store in Manhattan. Labeled the Samsung Pro-Gaming Clinic, this press-only event will be an opportunity for media to meet with pro gamers before they compete in the World Cyber Games US Open on June 2-3, 2007 more »