Two announcements came out of the ESWC today. The first being, unsurprisingly, that the WC3 competition is to be cancelled and more sign-ups allocated to the darling of e-sports, Starcraft 2.

The other news is that registration to all tournaments has been opened for the countries that don't have qualifiers. The fee will be $200 per player and there will still be a selection process in place with decisions about who can attend being made by the tournament organisers.

This seems to have put the kibosh on those hoping to hold out for invites but it does beg the question what would happen if no-one was biting, even if the price of $200 is a lot lower than what had been touted at previous events.

They also released the prize break down for each game:

CS 1.6 : $33,000
1st $12 000
2nd $6 000
3rd $4 000
4th $3 000
5th $2 000
6th $2 000
7th $2 000
8th $2 000

CS 1.6 Women : $25,000
1st $12 000
2nd $6 000
3rd $4 000
4th $3 000

CS Source : $22,000
1st $12 000
2nd $6 000
3rd $4 000

DotA: $22,000
1st $12 000
2nd $6 000
3rd $4 000

Starcraft 2 : $66,000
1st $26 000
2nd $12 000
3rd $8 000
4th $4 000
5th $2 000
6th $2 000
7th $2 000
8th $2 000
9th $1 000
10th $1 000
11th $1 000
12th $1 000
13th $1 000
14th $1 000
15th $1 000
16th $1 000

FIFA 11 : $17,000
1st $8 000
2nd $4 000
3rd $2 000
4th $1 000
5th $500
6th $500
7th $500
8th $500

TMN Forever : $15,000
1st $8 000
2nd $4 000
3rd $2 000
4th $1 000

ESWC will be held from 21st to 23rd of October in Paris, France.