Whoever said Quake 3 was dead, didn't quite expect this coming around. It was reported recently that ESWC 2009 would include the games of Warcraft 3, Quake 3, Trackmania nations and Counter Strike 1.6.

The ESWC committee just released a statement saying that the Masters of Athens cup will feature two popular games Quake 3 and Warcraft 3 for a prize pool of $ 15,000 each. The event will be hosted during the Athens Digital Week and the crowd is estimated to hold around 30,000 spectators.

There will be 12 international participants as well as four Greek champions, combining to make 16 participants in each game, and they will battle it out to recieve an auto-berth for the games in ESWC 2009.

ESReality.com reported that you can apply for the event, the deadline for which is September 21. The participants would be announced on the 22nd of September and on October 8th a seeding would be formalised and published. Along with the groups of to be posted shortly after that.

Prize Distribution for the games are

Warcraft 3
#1: 7,500 US$ + Direct qualification to ESWC Grand Final 2009
#2: 4,500 US$
#3: 2,000 US$
#4: 1,000 US$

Quake III
#1: 7,500 US$ + Direct qualification to ESWC Grand Final 2009
#2: 4,500 US$
#3: 2,000 US$
#4: 1,000 US$

You can read the official announcement here.