The FIFA Interactive World Cup Grand Finals are taking place this weekend at Port Olympic in Barcelona, Spain with 4 representatives from the UK! Chris Bullard, Danny Taylor, Adam Winster and Ryan Haywood will all be searching for gold in Spain along with defending champion, Alfonso Ramos, who could become the first FIWC player to win back-to-back championships ever.

In honour of this epic event and all of the participants, the XLEAGUE videos from the 2008 FIWC are now back online. The two shows, each with three episodes, cover the UK Qualifiers, UK Finals and the Grand Finals in Berlin. Enjoy!

Take a behind-the-scenes look in our 3 part series covering the 2008 FIFA Interactive World Cup, in 'Road to Berlin'.

FIWC 08: Road to Berlin Episode 1: Part 1 | Part 2
FIWC 08: Road to Berlin Episode 2: Part 1 | Part 2
FIWC 08: Road to Berlin Episode 3: Part 1 | Part 2

All the studio reaction and analysis from the FIFA Interactive World Cup, with an in-depth look at the players & their journey through the competition, in 'Extra Time: Road to Berlin'.

FIWC 08: Extra Time Episode 1: Part 1 | Part 2
FIWC 08: Extra Time Episode 2: Part 1 | Part 2
FIWC 08: Extra Time Episode 3: Part 1 | Part 2

Be on the look out for more XLEAGUE content arriving online soon, only here on ED.

This event will consist of 16 teams split into 2 divisions & will run in a basic league format. Teams must be in the open ladder on .co.uk and have a minimum of 6 green ticks to apply. Signups are now open and will close on 1st May 8pm and match's start on 10th May at 8pm.

• Normal ED Rules apply unless stated differently below
• Xray mandatory
• Friendly fire on
• Knifes decide starting side
• No Shields
• 35 second bomb timer
• Maps to be run with the standard "EDCZ Mr15" event config
• Russian Walking is not permitted
• Game bugs - Taking advantages of map bugs is not allowed
• Pausing - Pausing on the server will be enabled. Games should only be paused at the very start of a round and should last no more than 4 minutes.
• Demos - HLTV demos should be taken, where unavailable each player must take a personal demo
• No show - In the event of a no show a default score will be awarded to the other team
• Locked Rosters - Locked Rosters will be updated on the event going 'live'

Removal of clans - Clans MAY be removed from the event for the following:

1- Abuse towards other clans or the admins.
2- Repeated abuse of map or engine bugs.
3- Cheating
4- Mercing
5- Admins desecration

Clans must enter the Condition Zero - Open ladder before being eligible for this league event.

All matches will be scheduled for Sunday nights at 8pm (gmt) & may be rearranged to be played before the following sundays match with admins consent

Week 1: de_nuke
Week 2: de_prodigy_cz
Week 3: de_chateau_cz
Week 4: de_inferno_cz
Week 5: de_dust2_cz
Week 6: de_piranesi_cz
Week 7: de_cbble_cz

To sign up please follow this link http://www.enemydown.eu/tournaments/89

The EDTF2L Season 5 is set to get underway on Monday, April 13th 2009. The fixtures have now been finalised for Week 1, we just need teams to confirm Map Picks! This must be done by Friday, April 10th 2009. How do you do this and what are the rules:

• Map picks must be noted on the match comments.
• All maps must be picked before the 10th of April, after this date admins will pick your map.
• Clans cannot pick the same map more than 3 times.
• If you have picked too many of the the same map an admin will pick any that need changing.
• All standard valve maps(minus tc_hydro) plus freight can be used.

If you have any questions, please contact your divisional admin. Who are these wonderful and gorgeous people?

Divisional Managers

Prem - Fean0r & Mick
Div 1 - Fean0r
Div 2 - Tikcus
Div 3 - Moobie
Div 4 - Duke
Div 5 - Duke
Div 6 - Moobie
Div 7 - Tikcus
Div 8 - Fean0r

Also, and in a completely unrelated note, in case you missed the giant banners running down the sides of ED, you can enter our prize poll to win a PS3 courtesy of BE Broadband!

X-Ray Gaming and XAC

The X-Ray Gaming website will be offline for the majority of Friday, March 27th 2009 for essential maintenance. During this time, X-Ray Anti-Cheat software will also be non-operational. The site and software will be offline for approximately 10 hours while we work to improve XAC hosting and the XAC user experience. The X-Ray Gaming website and XAC software should be back online sometime on Friday evening GMT.

EnemyDown.co.uk and Enemy Down forum

The enemydown.co.uk website and user forums will be offline for site maintenance and server upgrades for the entire morning of Monday, March 30th GMT. This will not affect enemydown.eu. During this downtime users will be unable to access the Enemy Down user forums. We apologize for any inconvenience this downtime may cause and look forward to bringing you a leaner and meaner Enemy Down!

X-ray Anti-Cheat 1.5 is now live and ready for your downloading pleasure. The latest version of XAC features:

• updated user interface with a new, clean look

• advanced Direct3D and OpenGL screenshot capturing technology

• OpenGL screenshots on Microsoft Windows Vista are no longer black

• no more half-rendered screenshots

• support for anti-aliased displays; no more laggy screenshots

• wider title support including all DirectX 8, DirectX 9 and OpenGL titles.

XAC now supports the following titles:

• America's Army
• Battlefield 2
• Burnout Paradise *NEW*
• Call of Duty 2 (on and off Steam)
• Call of Duty 4
• Call of Duty: World at War *NEW*
• Dawn of War 2 *NEW*
• Enemy Territory
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars *NEW*
• Half-Life 1 Engine Games including Counter-Strike 1.6, CS: Condition Zero and Day of Defeat
• Left 4 Dead *NEW*
• Quake 3 *NEW*
• Red Alert 3 *NEW*
• Source Engine Games including Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Team Fortress 2 and Insurgency
• Unreal Tournament 99 *NEW*
• Unreal Tournament 2004
• Unreal Tournament 3
• World of Warcraft *NEW*

X-ray Anti-Cheat is a program designed to catch and eliminate cheaters in online games. XAC runs on your computer and offers peace of mind to you and your team in leagues and tournaments. It allows you to check for cheaters in any match you have played by viewing your opponents screenshots. It also includes advanced process checking that allows you to see if your opponent was running cheats on their system via the XAC website.

If you already have X-ray Anti-Cheat installed, simply run it and it will auto-update to the new version for you. If you don't, head on over to the download page and grab it now. Remember you will need to sign up to X-ray Gaming to be able to log into the Anti-Cheat program.

Good luck and remember, cheaters never prosper!

GO TO XAC DOWNLOAD PAGE