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As we hit the New Year we all start looking forward to upcoming LANs and competitions and to give you something to look forward to we thought we would release the details for IG5. Following the success of IG4 and the KODE5 UK Qualifier at Omega Sektor we are pleased to announce a return to the venue with the aim of making a bigger and better event.

IG5 will take place Saturday 16th / Sunday 17th February and will look to cater to both CS 1.6 and CSource communities. All the vital information you need can be found below and on the IG site and registration has opened so get your team down and start practicing!

Games: CS 1.6 & CSource

Teams: 16 for each with options to expand

Cost: £35 per player

Prize fund: £1250 starting pot for each competition

Unfortunately we have had to increase the ticket cost to cover the prize fund and the venue hire but I am sure those who went to IG4 will agree, Omega Sektor lends itself nicely to hosting a tournament and hopefully IG5 will be no exception.

If more than 16 teams complete registration and look to pay their deposits then will we will look at increasing the size of the tournament and if we can add more sponsors we will also look to increase the prize funds.

More information will be released shortly but feel free to go and start the registration process.

The beta 1.02 version of CS Promod has now been released.

Click here to download.

Another stop has been added to the KODE5 tour, this time in India. Three regional qualifiers will take place with the finals happening in early February.

Qualified teams:

fnatic
McP.emuLate
mibr
NoA
roccat
SK-Gaming
TeG
TmG
UMX Gaming
xqR.AG

Qualifiers to take place:

Belarus
China
India
United States

The next event to take place is the USA stop which takes starts on the 8th of January.

In a bizzare incident that unfolded before my very eyes, it would seem that Cloud9 players sklzOOO and ULTIMATE have been pinched by SGL invite team Immolate.

Immolate is now:

Kyle
cpr
Crono
sklzOOO
ULTIMATE

We wish them the best of luck!

GotFrag has now published a list of the top CS prize money earners in 2007. The list also gives a comprehensive guide to all the events during the year.

Top 10 teams by earnings:

1st. fnatic - £63,200
2nd. Pentagram - £63,000
3rd. SK-Gaming - £37,000
4th. NoA - £35,700
5th. McP.emuLate - £33,000
6th. aTTaX - £32,800
7th. mibr - £23,300
8th. H2k.Gaming - £18,600
9th. mousesports - £18,500
10th. Virtus.Pro - £17,700

Top 10 countries by earnings:

1st. Sweden - £114,300
2nd. Germany - £63,800
3rd. Poland - £63,000
4th. Denmark - £55,600
5th. United States - £54,300
6th. France - £46,000
7th. Brazil - £33,500
8th. Finland - £33,300
9th. Russia - £31,900
10th. China - £24,200

The article does miss out a few European events such as SLAP but on the whole its worth a read.

For the full lists and breakdown of events click here.