Xfire unveils WoW Summer Movie Contest winners

Xfire finally unveiled the winners of their World of Warcraft Summer Movie Contest last night at a special Machinima event and screening at Stanford University (special because I didn’t get invited). The winners, who were chosen by the WoW gaming community, Blizzard, and Xfire from a multitude of entries from around the world, each got to take home a portion of the total US$23,000 pot.

The contest was started to give recognition to outstanding Machinima movies. According to Xfire CEO Mike Cassidy, “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.”

The finalists for the contest got viewed over one million times on Xfire, so just imagine how many views the overall winners got. Anyway, the winners from each of the contest categories 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”

Don’t forget to check out the movies. We especially recommend “The Brothers Tauren” and “The Ballad of the Noob.” Those two are definitely laugh-out-loud funny and deserve a few viewings.

Xfire finally unveiled the winners of their World of Warcraft Summer Movie Contest last night at a special Machinima event and screening at Stanford University (special because I didn’t get invited). The winners, who were chosen by the WoW gaming community, Blizzard, and Xfire from a multitude of entries from around the world, each got to take home a portion of the total US$23,000 pot.

The contest was started to give recognition to outstanding Machinima movies. According to Xfire CEO Mike Cassidy, “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.”

The finalists for the contest got viewed over one million times on Xfire, so just imagine how many views the overall winners got. Anyway, the winners from each of the contest categories 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”

Don’t forget to check out the movies. We especially recommend “The Brothers Tauren” and “The Ballad of the Noob.” Those two are definitely laugh-out-loud funny and deserve a few viewings.