Ever since the removal of Halo 4 from the MLG pro circuit and the inevitable downfall of the Arena Gaming League organization, Professional Halo players have been itching at the chance to compete on a larger scale. The Halo community was given the Halo 4 Global Championship that was held in Seattle, WA during Pax Prime for a whopping 1st place prize of $200,000, but the competitive scene has seemed to slow down a considerable amount since then. With their gaming careers hanging in the balance, a handful of top Halo players made the switch to compete on Call of Duty: Ghosts which will be on the MLG Circuit for the 2013 season. The first CoD: Ghosts event is going on this weekend in Columbus Ohio, and a few Halo players have been turning some heads.

Notable Halo players that made the switch:

Primal: Formal – Enable – SnakeBite – Ace – Coach Diesel ( Top 24 )

Formal – Enable – SnakeBite – Ace – Coach Diesel Believe the Hype: Goofy – Maniac – Ogre 2 – Heinz (Eliminated Losers Round 2)

Goofy – Maniac – Ogre 2 – Heinz Turning Point: Ninja – Mikwen – Monster – Platinum (Eliminated Losers Round 3)



Primal was the team who found the most success out of the Halo players that competed at MLG Columbus. During their open bracket run they eliminated several top Call of Duty teams:

Defeated Team Justus 2 games to 1 to advance to WBR4

Defeated veX to advance to WBR5

Defeated Vanquish (UMG Dallas Champions) 2-0 to advance into Championship Bracket

Primal then advanced into Championship bracket to play Unite Gaming in an intense series but ended up getting swept 3 games to 0, knocking them into the losers bracket. They were then matched up against Strictly Business gaming and lost 3-0 as well, eliminating them from the tournament with a Top 24 placement. It is also worth noting that Teams: Justus, Vanquish, sB, and Unite all placed inside of the Top 8 and Primal had to play all of these teams early on, even beating two of them. Overall it was an impressive showing for their first Call of Duty tournament, and I personally cant wait to see what they can do with even more practice.