SciFi Greenlights GameQuest

Sci Fi Channel has greenlighted production on GameQuest, an eight-episode elimination-style reality competition that pits 12 contestants against one another in a series of video game challenges to find the “best all-around gamer” in the United States. GameQuest is set to premiere in the first quarter of 2009 and is produced by Granada America and World Cyber Games, with Samsung Electronics as official series production partner. It will feature top game titles from various studios and includes physical challenges that bring video games to life, as well as elimination challenges in an arena before hundreds of spectators. Contestants will compete for a prize package that includes $100,000 and trips to future World Cyber Games events.