HWC Preparation Guide

What you need to know about the Halo World Championship:

Date and Location

The event begins Friday, March 18th in Hollywood, California. What better place to have a historical event other than Hollywood? Tune in at Twitch.tv/Halo to catch all the action! Schedule information can also be found on the Twitch page.

[We ranked the all 16 teams in our HWC Power Rankings! Take a look and make your vote count.]

The NA Teams

• Counter Logic Gaming
• Denial
• Evil Genius
• Allegiance
• Renegades
• eLevate
• Cloud 9
• Team Liquid

The EU Teams

• Team Infused
• Excel
• Epsilon
• Fabe

The ANZ Teams

• Immunity
• Exile 5

The LATAM Team

• Chosen Squad

The ASIA Team

• Skyfire

Prize Pool : $2,500,000

1st: $1,000,000

2nd: $500,000

3rd – 4th: $250,000

5th – 8th: $75,000

9th – 16th: $25,000

Free REQ Pack for Viewers

343 will be giving away a specially themed REQ pack to viewers using the Xbox Twitch app to encourage them to watch.

HWC Gamerpic

343 has also worked with Xbox in another area. There will be a Halo World Championship Gamerpic available sometime this week to celebrate such a massive event.

Mega Bloks MVP BR Trophy

Mega Bloks, Halo toy partner has helped in on this by providing us with a gorgeous Mega Bloks BR Trophy. The Trophy will be awarded to the fan voted MVP of the event. In order to vote, you must be using the Xbox One XLEI app and vote once the show is over. The winner will be chosen soon after the event and they will be announced.

To read the fully detailed post from 343, click here.