FACEIT To Host Halo Tournament At Twickenham Stadium

FACEIT has announced an open LAN tournament for Halo 3, taking place over August 17-18th, in partnership with 343 Industries.

The FACEIT Ignite: Halo European Open shall be hosted at Twickenham Stadium, the place UK-based organisation Excel Esports just opened its League of Legends training facility.

Michele Attisani, Co-Founder & CBO of FACEIT discussed the occasion in a launch: “Halo has some unimaginable talent and passionate followers and we’re thrilled to have the chance to partner with 343 Industries on an open occasion in London this summer time. London is such a vibrant hub of business and leisure, and the right metropolis for esports to thrive. A lot of British expertise in esports owe their begin to the Halo franchise and we're excited to indicate the Halo community the FACEIT take on a neighborhood-pushed, open LAN event.”

32 teams from Europe and North America will compete over two days on Halo 3, with a 2v2 Halo 5 tournament also going down on the aspect. A whole prize pool of $30,000 (£23,601.30) might be handed out across each of the competitions.

Tahir “Tashi” Hasandjekic, Lead Esports Producer for 343 Industries also commented: “FACEIT are one of the world’s main tournament operators and content suppliers, and we couldn’t be more excited to accomplice carefully with them on this genuine Halo 3 occasion for the European neighborhood.”

FACEIT launched the primary licensed Apex Legends esports collection at the end of May, with 16 organisations fielding rosters for eight $5,000 (£3,934.50) tournaments. An additional $10,000 (£7,869) prize pool might be up for grabs for the team that accrues probably the most factors over the course of the series.

Esports Insider says: It’s cool to see FACEIT internet hosting a numerous vary of events, from CS:GO to PUBG & Apex Legends to now Halo. With the lack of official Halo occasions in the current panorama - presumably until Infinite is released - we’re sure aggressive gamers will flock to every event potential, including the FACEIT Ignite Open.