History and Timeline
 

July 2007

5th ESWC Grand Final - Paris Expo Hall 5
35,000 visitors / 1.5 million online spectators

 

November 2006

ESWC General Assembly - Athens, Greece

 

July 2006

4th ESWC Grand Final - Paris Bercy
53 countries / 22,500 visitors

 

February 2006

Release of Trackmania Nations ESWC / 25 million downloads

 

December 2005

ESWC General Assembly - Barcelona, Spain

 

July 2005

3rd ESWC Grand Final - Paris Louvre
45 countries / 15,000 visitors

 

May 2005

Ligarena becomes Games-Services
 

 

February 2005

ESWC General Assembly - Lisbao, Portugal

 

July 2004

2nd ESWC Grand Final - Futuroscope Park
43 countries / First live on TV with Gameone MTV

 

April 2004

ESWC General Assembly - Nice, France

 

July 2003

1st ESWC Grand Final - Congress Centre of Futuroscope
32 countries

 

December 2002

Official Announcement of ESWC

 

July 2002

Lan Arena 7 - Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris
20 countries / 1,500 byoc gamers

 

May 2001

Lan Arena 6 - Paris la Défense
12 countries / 1,200 byoc gamers / 1st WCG Opening Event

 

January 2001

Lan Arena 5 - Studio 217 Paris
850 byoc gamers

 

September 2000

Creation of Ligarena