Tonight saw the conclusion of the Rustlers GameSafe Tournaments with two thrilling finals as the destiny of the £1000 cash prizes and bulging goodie bags were decided in the headline Call of Duty 4 5v5 and Counter-Strike: Source competitions.

In Call of Duty 4 there was a shock winner as Phantasmagoria (formerly known as Origin) defeated pre-tournament favourites 4Kings 13-7. A storm first set of rounds saw Phan leading 9-3 at the swap and though 4K produced a better effort in the second set they couldn't recover the situation.

Over in Counter-Strike: Source land there was more luck for the much fancied London MiNT as the professional gaming side, ranked amongst the best in the world, survived a few scares in the second set of rounds to claim a 16-9 victory. MiNT had lead 7-0 at one stage only for their opponents infused to storm back, but alas it was too much for infused to do as despite splitting the last 18 rounds 9-9 they still lost out.

Both Phantasmagoria and London MiNT walk away with £1000 in cash and a GameSafe Kit which includes a mini-fridge, mini-microwave, Saitek peripherals, a Rustlers T-Shirt and a 6 month supply of burgers for the five lucky team members that won the final.

Demos of both games and some recorded video will be available shortly.

Two of the Rustlers GameSafe tournaments are now completed with the finals of the Call of Duty 4 70 Second Shipment Challenge and the Call of Duty 4 Free For All events having taken place on Wednesday evening.

Congratulations go to Scott Macken and Adam Cheshire (aka aaroth and 4K^TW!ST) who won the respective competitions, aaroth also placing high in the FFA tournament to showcase his strong individual talents. Both walk away with £100 in GAME Vouchers, a Rustlers T-Shirt and a 6 month supply of Rustlers to their name.

The Top 3 in each tournament were as follows. A more detailed summary of the tournaments can be found by clicking the links:

70 Second Shipment Challenge
1^st – Scott “aaroth” Macken (16 kills)
2^nd – emZ, Tom, 4K^Trowa (11 kills each)

Free For All Final
1^st – Adam “4K^TW!ST” Cheshire (114 kills)
2^nd – 4K^benz1ne (108 kills)
3^rd – aaroth (102 kills)

Remember that Thursday brings with it the culmination of the Counter-Strike: Source Tournament. SourceTV will be available to cover the last few games in this competition, including the final which starts at 9.00pm or so. For more details visit #gamesafe.jolt .

Bank Holiday Monday saw the qualifying stages of the Rustlers CoD 4 Free For All tournament take place, giving us our eight finalists for Wednesday evening.

Wednesday will also bring with it the entire 70 Second Shipment Challenge competition. This fast & furious event will see players having just 70 seconds, the time it takes to heat a Rustlers, to build their score over the qualifying stages with the Top 2 from each group progressing to the final later in the night.

Before all that the Call of Duty 4 and the Counter-Strike: Source team events enter their Quarter-Final stages on Tuesday. A number of the best and brightest from the UK gaming go head to head to reach the Final Four of their respective events with SourceTV of the CSS games giving you the chance to watch the matches as they take place. More details can be found in #gamesafe.jolt on QuakeNet IRC, whilst you can read reviews of the latest matches in our GameSafe Forums.

Tonight brings with it the first of the CoD 4 5v5 matches, three pre-qualifying fixtures to get us down to the first-round proper. Some mouthwatering games are in prospect over the next 10 days as a small by competitive field face-off for the tasty prizes on offer.

Meanwhile the CSS 5v5 competition is in full swing with the conclusion of the first round and the opening second-round fixtures also taking place this evening. Round 2 will be completed on Thursday leaving the remaining rounds for next week. So far it's been fairly smooth progress for the big hitters but the level of competition will be ramped up now that the weaker sides have been eliminated.

You can read mini-reviews of some of these initial matches in the competition forum.

The CoD 4 FFA tournament will begin on Bank Holiday Monday (the 25^th) and conclude on Wednesday the 27^th. The 70 second Shipment Challenge will also take place on that Wednesday. Groups for both tournaments will be live later today.

Tonight's sees the start of the Rustlers GameSafe Tournaments as the first matches in the Counter-Strike: Source team event get underway.

There are two games schedule for this evening which we hope to bring your Source TV coverage of, the winners progressing to the main 32-team draw section of the tournament.

More details will be available in #gamesafe.jolt on QuakeNet IRC around the time of the matches – 7.30pm BST.

Finalised participant lists are now available and draw & fixtures will be following soon.

The Call of Duty 4 individual tournaments will each take place on a single night towards the end of this month – probably the last week of August. Players will be given significant advance notice of the dates so they can arrange to be available for the evening.

The Counter-Strike Source tournament will begin this coming week, probably on Thursday the 14^th.

The Call of Duty 4 Team event will begin the following Monday/Tuesday.

Though registrations have been brisk we've decided to extend the deadline for players & teams to register until Sunday 3^rd August though this may itself be extended further depending on the level of signups at this time.

We've also received queries regarding LAN events taking place in August. We're aware of one big UK event over the 8^th to 11^th so we will avoid scheduling matches at this time as a number of players and admins for this tournament will be attending.

I'd also like to emphasise that we will ensure that Call of Duty 4 players can participate in all competitions as they will not clash in their running order so players are welcome to register for all three tournaments.

Registrations are now being accepted for all four Rustlers GameSafe tournaments.

Teams and players can apply to join the competition by following the links on the right-hand menu and submitting the required details with the closing date for applications being Wednesday 30^th July. The matches will begin during the first week of August but please remember you can only take part in these tournaments if you are based in the UK!

The initial rules for the competitions are also available to look over. These regulations have been drawn up largely based on the leading European leagues so there shouldn't be too many surprises but we'd welcome any comments that teams may have as we want to ensure all sides enjoy the best possible experience whilst battling away for the fantastic prizes on offer.

Should you have any questions regarding the tournaments feel free to email the GameSafe Admin . You can also discuss the competition on our Rustlers GameSafe forum.