Halo Championship Series Announced

[CyReN]

In anticipation of the release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection next week, 343 Industries is excited to announce the “Halo Championship Series”, the official eSports league that will celebrate the franchise’s rich competitive gaming legacy while building an all-new platform for the future of Halo eSports.

The “Halo Championship Series”, or HCS, was born of 343 Industries’ desire to curate a quality eSports experience – for pro players, enthusiasts, and spectators – by creating a single sanctioning body for Halo. Designed to foster the best environment and platform for competitive multiplayer, the HCS will showcase, sponsor and support existing tournament organizers in the growing landscape of eSports today. To help fulfill this ambition, 343 Industries has teamed up with Twitch, ESL, and various tournament organizers to create a year of high-stakes action featuring Halo 2: Anniversary, the newly reimagined multiplayer engine within Halo: The Master Chief Collection

 

Halo Championship Series Details:

• The first season of the Halo Championship Series will kick off shortly after the launch of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and run from November (preseason) through March of 2015.
• Teams of four Spartans will compete in a structured series of online and in-person LAN events.
• All officially sanctioned tournaments (LAN and online) will award HCS points to the top teams.
• At the end of each season, teams with the highest HCS point totals will be invited to compete at the HCS season finals in March 2015. More details to be announced.

 

via Xbox Wire

[FLuFFy]

I'm freaking out right now! 

 

[Ascendants]

Good news for competitive Halo 

[Proto]

I never thought I would see the day where I could say Halo and #eSports in the same sentence after what happened with Reach and Halo 4...but now I actually can. The hype is so real right now.

 

:halo:

[Proven]

We made it.

[Virulent Venom]

I am slightly more inclined to believe them this time around since they have actually announced a framework for the esports scene. 

 

Hopefully they've come a long way since this article came out pre-Halo 4 http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/10/31/343-industries-kevin-franklin-explains-how-halo-4-was-designed-for-esports/

[Animosity]

Yas.

[CoachMayyne]

  :chiefdancing:

 

[Proven]

Speaking of E-sports

 

 

http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/5/7160695/halo-gets-serious-about-esports-with-the-halo-championship-series

[Avak]

This is so awesome, really impressed at how 343 have turned things around after Halo 4. 

[LimeSoda]

[2pro4show]

[Omn1science]

Is this real life?

 

How is this the same company that made h4?

 

For the first time in nearly a decade I have real hope for this franchise.

[Bill]

Nice!

 

I'm hoping at least one of those LAN tournaments come to the East Coast. I've been itching to go to an event again. 

[Codo]

Thank you, 343, for this. A season of Halo is the best thing since Chipotle.

[DarKness]

YAY!!!!  :halo:

 

 

   

[Horror]

Thank you, 343, for this. A season of Halo is the best thing since Chipotle.

 

Woah woah woah are you implying that this is better than Chipotle?      

[Proven]

@@CyReN this goes a little bit in depth on this thing if you want to add it to OP

 

http://www.polygon.com/2014/11/5/7160695/halo-gets-serious-about-esports-with-the-halo-championship-series

[Dead]

Best news ever.

 

Time to make a name for myself

 

#WeBack

[Ov Thy Demise]

[2pro4show]

We got that #DevSupport  :chiefdancing:

[Tubmas]

So this pretty much makes it official MLG won't be picking up Halo. Which is a good and bad thing. Good thing because we no longer have to rely on MLG and we can use twitch which is more popular than MLG's streaming.

 

Bad thing is that it could separate the halo and cod community right when they were starting to come together. Will cod pros be able to tweet out twitch halo streams when said cod pros are with MLG?

[Aphex Twin]

I wish they were pushing more than just h2a.

[Riddler]

I dont want to practice h2a tho.

[nomis sivraj]

I had a feeling something like this would get announced sooner or later.

 

There are no words adequate to convey how happy I am to see this announcement and for Dev support for the competitive scene to finally be a reality.

:halo:    :chiefdancing: