ESN Daily Brief – Thursday, March 5, 2015

This is your eSportsNation Daily Brief for Thursday, March 5, 2015

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The Lead

Three Things You Need to Know:

MLG continues to push the envelope for the CoD community with the announcement of their World Championship and the rest of the 2015 schedule. 

 

Sledgehammer Games rolled out a new patch for Advanced Warfare that will be affecting competitive Call of Duty for the players and spectators leading up to the biggest tournament of the year, Call of Duty Championships.

 

The North American Regionals for CoD Champs is nearing

https://twitter.com/eSportsNation/status/573240913776005120

MLG Season Two

After weeks of online tournaments, the final four teams to play in Season 2 of the MLG Pro League have been decided through relegation.

 

Events & Tournaments

• Season One Playoffs Winner: OpTic Gaming
• CoD Champs EU Regional Winner: Epsilon eSports
• CoD Champs NA Regional March 6-8 MLG Arena – Columbus, Ohio

On The Site – Call of Duty

The EU Call of Duty Championship hosted by Gfinity kicked off with a crazy Day One.

 

 

We officially know the fourteen teams heading to the championship at the end of March.

 

 

The North American Regional Finals for the 2015 Call of Duty World Championship is taking place…

 

eSportsNation’s North American Regional Finals Predictions.

 

 

Sledgehammer Games rolled out a new patch for Advanced Warfare that will be affecting competitive Call of Duty for the players and spectators…

 

Halo Championship Series Rundown

Standings

1. Evil Geniuses: 9,060
2. Counter Logic Gaming: 8,680
3. Denial eSports: 6,725
4. OpTic Halo: 4,870
5. Cloud9: 3,535
6. Str8 Rippin: 1,960
7. eLevate: 1,260
8. Noble Black: 905

New To The Top 8: None

Ranking Changes:

• EG: Up 2
• Denial: Down 1
• CLG: Down 1
• OpTic, C9, Str8, eLv, and Noble: No Change

Events & Tournaments 

• Gamers for Giving 2015 Platinum LAN Winner: Evil Geniuses
• Halo Championship Series Season One Finals – March 6-8

On The Site – Halo

Eric “Snipedown” Wrona announced that he will be doing a Halo clip off for all Halo players…

 

 

Events & Tournaments

• ESL One Katowice March 12-15 Katowice, Poland

On The Site

Ninjas in Pyjamas have chosen their new addition to the team that will begin boot camping for ESL One Katowice…

 

 

…the groups for the tournament have been announced in preparation of the massive $250,000 event.

 

 

The ESL One Team Stickers are available for purchase

 

eSportsNation Content and Coverage

Giveaways for NA Regionals and the HCS Season One Finals

https://twitter.com/eSportsNation/status/573328494219952128

HCS Season One Finals with @ESNHalo

https://twitter.com/ESNHalo/status/573327176017158146

News From the Gaming and eSports World

Halo Art and Sketches

https://twitter.com/Xbox/status/573302057047736320

 

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