ESL and 343 Industries has announced that the Halo Championship Series: Pro League is returning for its summer 2017 season starting May 24. Teams will have the opportunity to collect over $150,000 in prize money throughout the course of the season. ESL also announced that they will be crowd funding extra prize money to be added to the prize pool at season finals at DreamHack Atlanta in July.
The announcement from ESL also revealed the lineup of teams for the North American Pro League:
- OpTic Gaming
- Team EnVyUs
- Team Liquid
- Str8 Rippin
- Luminosity Gaming
- TMMT Crowd Pleasers
- Evil Geniuses
In a surprising turn of events, the eighth seeded team, Allegiance, disbanded and lost their spot this season. In the wake of these events, the final team set to compete this season will be decided at the NA Last Chance Qualifier.
The top six NA teams will compete at Finals at DreamHack Atlanta at the end of the season. With OpTic returning to the HCS Pro League as the 2017 World Champions, it’ll be interesting to see how the season plays out!
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