Sunday marked the closing of the WCG US events, with the winning gamers heading to Italy in under a month’s time to battle it out against 700 of the worlds best video game players. The 12 US winners are outlined below.

Counter-Strike: Team 3D

- Dave “Moto” Geffon, 24, of Austin, Texas

- Ronald “Rambo” Kim of Dallas, Texas

- Josh “Dominator” Sievers of Polk City, Iowa

- Salvatore “Volcano” Garozzo of Eastchester, New York

- Mike “Method” So of Los Angeles, CA

Warhammer 40k: Russ “Ir0nclad” Watson of Wylie, TX

WarCraft III: Franklin “nilknarf” Pearsall of Kenmore, WA

StarCraft: Geunhwa “lastgosu” Ralph of Palisades Park, NJ

FIFA 06: Isidro “novushaim” Sifuentes of Houston, TX

Need for Speed: Most Wanted: Kamran “omegaelite” Siddiqui of Orlando, FL

Project Gotham Racing 3: Wesley “TTR Ch0mpr” Cwiklo Camarillo, CA

DOA 4: Manny “DOAMASTER” Rodriguez of Dallas, TX

Let’s hope Canada can kick their ass.