Arena was a G4

G4 (TV channel)

G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games...

 (formerly G4techTV

G4techTV

G4techTV was a cable and satellite channel resulting from a merger between Comcast-owned G4 and TechTV. The headquarters is based in Los Angeles...

) TV show

Television program

A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

 which aired from 2002 to 2004. It is devoted entirely to teams competing against one another via multiplayer video games.

Some video games overlap episodes, such as Unreal Tournament 2004

Unreal Tournament 2004

Unreal Tournament 2004, also known as UT2K4 and UT2004, is a futuristic first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes...

and Call of Duty

Call of Duty

Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision in 2003. It is the first game in a series with the same name. The game simulates the infantry and combined arms warfare of World War II. The game is based on the Quake III: Team Arena engine...

. Teams are also given a chance to talk about themselves and explain the origin of their team name. Team ZoMBiE won the Tournament of Champions in 2004 to become the Ultimate Arena Champions.

The show was originally hosted by Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton

Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III is an American actor and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me and Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers...

 and Travis Oates

Travis Oates

Travis Oates is an American actor who is best known for continuing the role of Piglet in My Friends Tigger & Pooh and other Winnie the Pooh-related media since the death of John Fiedler on June 25, 2005. He also voices Piglet in the Winnie the Pooh film...

, but both hosts left due to issues between them and the producer. They were replaced by Reherman and Michael Louden

Michael Louden

Michael Louden was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts and went on to become an actor. He studied theater at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but graduated from Juilliard. He started as a 1988 day player on daytime soap Another World but his most notable role was Duke Kramer As the...

. The final hosts were Lee Reherman

Lee Reherman

Lee Reherman is a former American football player but a current actor and television host.-Personal life:Reherman was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He played football at Cornell University and then played professionally with the Miami Dolphins...

 and Kevin Pereira

Kevin Pereira

Kevin Pereira is co-host of G4's Attack of the Show! .-Biography:While in high school, Pereira hosted Pointless Audio under the pseudonym Captain Immy...

.