About WorldGaming

Halo 3 Team Matches

Halo 3 team play is now available! Create a new team or join an existing one if you haven't already. You can view your team and challenge other teams from your profile page. Click the Teams tab, challenge an opposing team, assemble your line-up, and start gaming.

New Games: FIFA 10, MADDEN 10, NHL 10

In the gaming world, the new year has already come. FIFA 10, MADDEN 10 and NHL 10 have all arrived on WorldGaming with automatic results verification. Click on the games tab and add them to your profile.

New Feature: Open Match Restrictions

Have you ever had the highest ranked player accept your open challenge? Well not anymore. When creating an open match, you now have the option to add restrictions: Skill Level, Reputation and/or Friends Only. No longer do you need to live in fear. Create your personalised open match and get the match up you desire.

New Feature: Counter-Offer a challenge

Have you been challenged to play at a time that just doesn't work for you? Maybe you'd rather play a different map, a shorter quarter or for more money? There's no need to reject the challenge and create one yourself, now you can simply press "Counter-Offer", make whatever changes you want to the challenge card, and send your counter-offer back to your opponent.

Welcoming more players from Europe

We have been getting many requests to enable additional countries, and are happy to report that we now also support: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

More countries coming soon...

New Feature: Block players

Had a bad gaming experience? Want to avoid getting messages from a specific player? Want to ensure they cannot accept your open challenges? If so, just block them - pull up their profile and click on block right under their avatar picture.

New Feature: Concede a game

Getting your ass whipped? Don't want to finish the game? Do a friendly-quit by pulling up the challenge card and clicking the Concede button. Save grace, save face, save time, and move on to the next challenge, all while keeping your reputation intact.

New Game: MLB 09: The Show

Right on time for the new season... MLB 09: The Show is officially supported with automatic results verification.

Now supporting players from the UK and Australia!

New Feature: Skill Rating System

We understand that our users want as much accurate information about their opponent's skill as possible. In response to this we have implemented a variant of TrueSkill™ to calculate your skill on a game-by-game basis which is relative to other players who play the same game on WorldGaming.com. The rating scale is 0-10, is updated at the completion of every game, but displays as "NR" (Not Rated) until 5 games have been played through WorldGaming.com.

When evaluating skill please consider:

1. Skill Ratings will not win you your games, your skills will win you your games. It is ultimately up to you and your performance in any given match regardless of your Skill Rating and that of your opponent.
2. The difference you see in Skill Rating only reflects the estimated chance you have to win or lose a match against a person based on your respective playing histories. If you play against a player with an equal Skill Rating, statistically speaking, you will have an equal chance of winning. This is statistically based on your Skill Rating in relation to your opponent's Skill Rating and is not a predefined or guaranteed margin for success. This is simply an average observed over numerous WorldGaming matches and assumes that a player always exhibits an identical level of skill consistent with their previous gaming history.
3. As a Tip: WorldGaming recommends that you challenge opponents who are in your skill range and have played a number of games in the past that you see as relevant. It is important to take into account your opponent's entire profile including their number of games played, along with their reputation and feedback comments prior to challenging/accepting a game with them. Each player's history will have a Skill Rating AND a total number of games played for that specific game. The real skill of a player is better illustrated after a person has played a number of games and has a track record of wins versus loses. In fact, by the time a person has played 50 games, their Skill Ranking should be very accurate. Conversely, a player who has only played a handful of games may not yet have played enough games to get a very accurate Skill Rating and therefore, you may find yourself up against a very skilled or unskilled player who is just starting out on WorldGaming.com.

New Feature: Avatar Upload

You can now upload your own avatar using the new avatar upload feature on your homepage under the edit profile tab! Simply select a picture to upload and save it to your profile. Upload the picture that best represents you and your game, just try to keep it in good taste!