'Gears of War 4' is getting a pro league with $1 million prize pool
Professional Gears of War players, your time in the sun is back.
Ahead of Gears of War 4's launch, Microsoft and studio The Coalition announced multi-city Gears Esports Pro Circuit, which has $1 million in prizes to give away to top teams.
The tournaments will be organized by Major League Gaming and Gfinity, and start this November -- a month after the game launches for Xbox One -- and run until July 2017. They'll be run with double-elimination brackets, with teams of five playing on the Gears of War 4's new Escalation mode.
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Players can qualify for the tournaments by earning Gears Pro Points, which they earn by participating in online ladder matches on Major League Gaming's site, and daily and weekly tournaments.
Here's full schedule for the events, which doesn't include one TBA event with a $100,000 prize pool.
November 25-27, 2016, Columbus, Ohio
December 17-18, 2016, London, United Kingdom
Spring 2017, Mexico City, Mexico
Spring 2017, Columbus, Ohio
Spring/Summer 2017, Paris, France
Summer 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada
Fans can also increase the prize pools by purchasing Gears of War 4 in-game cosmetic items created to support Gears Esports Pro Circuit.
Gears of War 4 is out Oct. 11 on Xbox One.
Topics Esports
Chelsea Stark was the Games Editor for Mashable, where she covered everything from AAA titles, mainstream consoles, indie gems, mobile games and gaming culture. She handled news, feature stories and reviews. Before that, Chelsea was Mashable's Multimedia Producer, where she helped develop visual storytelling aids, whether they were photos of video. She came to New York in 2010 to pursue her master's degree in journalism at NYU's Studio 20 program, which focused on innovation as journalism is changed by new technology. Before coming to New York, Chelsea lived in Austin, where she did online journalism and social media for the local CBS affiliate. She loves good beer, classic Nintendo games, and all things geeky, and spends her time attempting to find anything close to good Tex-Mex in Brooklyn.
