Halo Infinite has everyone from casual fans to massive content creators going wild over its esports potential, and several big teams just announced partnerships with the Halo Championship Series.
343 Industries and Microsoft are already putting Halo Infinite’s competitive scene front and center by partnering with some big names from the esports world, well ahead of the game’s December launch date. Though the Halo Championship Series isn’t franchising like, say, Overwatch League does — the teams will just work with Microsoft and 343 Industries to help Halo Infinite grow as an esport. There will even be open events for anyone to compete.
“These Teams are investing significant funding into the Halo ecosystem and we want to ensure that the Halo ecosystem can give back financially to them,” said Tashi, Halo Esports Lead at Microsoft, in a blog post on Halo Waypoint. “None of the investment funding is going to us, it’s all going to the community! Part of why these teams were selected was because they wanted to be a part of the Halo community for the long haul.”
The partnered teams include:
Check out the slick trailer announcing the partnerships for yourself below.
We're proud to present your #HCS Partnered Teams for the launch of #HaloInfinite!@Cloud9@Envy@eUnited@FaZeClan@FNATIC@G2esports@natusvincere@Sentinels@Spacestation pic.twitter.com/afDk687v0m
— Halo Esports #HCS (@HCS) August 30, 2021
Safe to say with names like these, the Halo Championship Series isn’t playing around.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
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