Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! to become skill-based games

The Wheel of Fortune game will launch in September and allow fans will to compete in online tournaments of the game for cash and prizes.

The Jeopardy! game, is scheduled to be available in 2009.

Both Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! will also be available as free Flash games on GSN.com, which is powered by WorldWinner.

In addition to providing free and cash competitions of the popular game shows on GSN.com, WorldWinner will leverage GSN's television viewing audience of 66 million households to promote the online versions of the game.

"Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! are America's most popular TV game shows. Millions of people tune in to play along every evening, while trying to solve the puzzles or answer the questions faster than the actual contestants," said Peter Blacklow, president of WorldWinner.

"WorldWinner's agreement with Sony to create cash competition versions of these classic game shows will allow fans of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! to truly test their skills, much like the contestants on TV."