The Guild Wars US$ 100,000 Tournament Series May Championship by NCsoft and ArenaNet has already kicked off leaving a lot of players excited. The prizes for the competition were recently announced which only served to pump up the competitors even more. Sponsors ATI Technology and Creative Labs have provided some pretty good stuff for those who manage to claw their way to the top of the tournament.

Guild versus Guild prizes:
1st place:

• ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
• Permanent Gold Cape trim for guild
• 300 Tournament Reward Points

2nd place

• ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
• Silver Cape trim for guild
• Tournament Reward Points

1v1 prizes:
1st Place:

• ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
• 80 GB iPod
• 100 Tournament Reward Points

2nd Place:

• ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
• 30 GB iPod
• Tournament Reward Points

The tournament has two different divisions: the Guild versus Guild (GvG) and one versus one (1v1). The matches last for a good 40 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. Winners will advance in the tournament which uses the Swiss style format in determining matches and advancement. Eventually the top teams of each division will be competing for the top spot in the respective divisions.

For more information, be sure to click on our read link which will send you over to the official Guild Wars page where the prizes are listed. Be sure to check back here for more news on Guild Wars.

Allow us for a while to postpone your trip to fantasy land so that we can all get real. You are all aware of companies nVidia, AMD and its subsidiary ATI Technologies, right? Okay for the love of God, the three are major suppliers and manufacturers of GPU. As we all know, we can't get any leveling or questing done if not for these graphics processing units.

Interestingly, nVidia and AMD are currently under fire with the Department of Justice slapping them with a barrage of anti-trust actions. In case you are wondering why, the two were recently accused of conspiracy to take control of the graphics market. Here is what the plaintiffs have to say:

The allegation is the defendants and co-conspirators have engaged in a contract combination, trust or conspiracy, the effect of which was to raise the prices at which they sold graphics processing units and cards to artificially inflated levels.

Executives of the company are also alleged to have had meetings and conversations to discuss pricing of graphics processing units and cards in the U.S.

If these allegations are proven to be correct, then the two are guilty of creating a cartel. The latter are definitely a no-no in a country that is back-boned by democracy and free trade. This is rather weird because not so long ago, the two released a GPU compatible with DirectX 10, the only one in the world.