Arguably, the best way to test your mettle in any RTS game is to compete against other skilled players. Fortunately, GGL Global Gaming is offering players of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm a chance to do exactly that with a 1v1 tournament that started yesterday.

Forty thousand is indeed the magic number as the event - dubbed the Warhammer 40K: Dawn Of War: Soulstorm 1v1 US$ 40,000 Tournament - involves more than just the US$ 40,000 overall cash prize. At stake are the following prizes for the top player:

• a Dell XPS M1530 gaming PC
  
• a limited edition, hand-numbered Dawn of War: Soulstorm art
  

• an NVIDIA 8800 GT graphics card
  
• Creative Labs Zen 8GB MP# media player
  
• Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeGamer sound card
  
• Creative Labs Inspire T6100 speakers
  
• Creative Labs Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
  
• a THQ Game