The 2016 Halo World Championship is practically over, with the greatest prize pool in first-individual shooter history being distributed this weekend.
Developer 343 Industries set the underlying prize pool at $1 million a year ago, with the aggregate pot expanding taking into account the buy of REQ packs by Halo 5 players. On Feb. nineteenth it was declared that the aggregate prize is $2.5 million, to be partitioned between the 16 groups that met all requirements for the big showdown.
Rivalry commenced on Friday in California, with the quarterfinals and elimination rounds today evening time, and the finals tomorrow. All matches are 4v4, and a best-of-five arrangement paving the way to the elimination rounds and finals which are best-of-seven. There are eight maps accessible, and three qualified modes for play: group slayer, catch the banner, and fortresses.
The majority of the groups have as of now been dispensed with. This incorporates Epsilon eSports, Renegades, Evil Geniuses, and Team Liquid who earned $75,000 each for their fifth eighth spot, spots. Another eight groups took home $25,000 for coming in ninth sixteenth, including Cloud9, and Team Immunity. Abhorrent Geniuses were thumped out of the opposition by Counter Logic Gaming (CLG), a severe contention after one of their individuals, Tony “Lethul” Campbell, left the group for CLG in January.
Now just four teams are left, Team eLevate, Team Allegiance, CLG, and Denial eSports. The losers of the semifinals tonight will still earn $250,000 each. Meanwhile tomorrow’s finals will see the second place team walk away with $500,000, and the winner earning a cool $1 million.
More than 900 teams registered for the competition, so you can expect some epic matches from the top teams that are left. Tune into the Halo Twitch channel to catch the rest of the action, and find out who will walk away with the ultimate prize. The broadcast is live until 9pm PT tonight, and starts up again tomorrow at 4pm PT.
