Halo 3 Championship Tournament on Xbox Live

by Dustin Burg { Jan 9th 2008 at 4:30PM }

Today, Microsoft, Bungie and the US Army announced their plans to recruit the best Halo 3 gamers with the launch of the first ever Halo 3 Championship Tournament this April, exclusively on Xbox Live. This is the same tournament that slipped out of the PR team's lips a bit early last month, but now it's official and ready to go.

Registration for the online tournament will open up sometime in March with the actual competition going down in April with winners walking away with prizes and instant gaming fame. And to prepare for April's Halo 3 Championship Tournament they'll be holding monthly Combat Training Exercises to build excitement. The first event being Sniper School which is now open for registration, followed by Heavy Weapons on February 9th and Vehicles on March 1st. You'll have to register for each Combat Training Exercise when the time comes, so watch for those.

Finally, the US Army will be sponsoring a Destination Experience site on Xbox Live that will serve up videos, tips and expert Halo 3 advice. Get in on the action by registering for Sniper School right now, join all the other events through March, learn to pwn like a pro and come April you'll have a chance to prove yourself in the online tournament. We expect that you'll do just fine.

Tags: bungie, bungie-studios, halo-3, halo3, tournament, xbox-live

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

xenocidic @ Jan 9th 2008 4:56PM

I've said it before, I'll say it again...

YMRA EHT NIOJ !

and...

There's no respawns in RL !

TX2Step @ Jan 9th 2008 5:12PM

xenocidic: I say they can sponsor whatever as long as I don't have to sign up to the front line ;D

ushman @ Jan 9th 2008 5:16PM

The Destination Experience site on Xbox Live is sweet. I wish game publishers will follow. If you haven't seen it yet you should go check it out now ;)

iFester @ Jan 9th 2008 5:17PM

This is because the America's Army game sucked isn't it? You'd think Call of Duty 4 would be a better recruiting tool. Unless of course they've got their sights set on the teens and will have the future weapons out when they're of age.

brent Kailbourn @ Jan 9th 2008 5:19PM

who cares when the damn xbox360 is out 4 repairs

Stephen @ Jan 9th 2008 5:23PM

When you sign up for Sniper School, you're actually signing up for the Army. Sgt. Slaughter just came to my house and picked me up by my face and said, "You're mine now, maggot". Scariest thing ever. :(
Really. :)

BananaBoat @ Jan 9th 2008 5:30PM

I'd sooner sign up to punch myself in the balls.

Boff @ Jan 10th 2008 11:13AM

:o)

mike @ Jan 9th 2008 10:22PM

US army? Do you really want to recruit people stupid enough to get excited for a real life army experience from a video game like halo 3? I dont think I would want those people protecting my country lol.

kerbero9 @ Jan 9th 2008 11:13PM

seriously...

all they are gonna do is recruit a bunch of morons who just want to go "no scope" of bunch of terrorist n00bz!

Justin @ Jan 9th 2008 11:40PM

Well if their stupid enough to sign up for this... might as well send them anyways.

evilJaze @ Jan 10th 2008 10:36AM

Ahhh... just what do you think the army is made of anyway? Rhodes scholars?

(hint: no)

Chase @ Jan 10th 2008 1:30AM

Desperation seems to have swept over our Armed Forces if they're looking to recruit gamers instead of soldiers. That is, unless they're developing their Cyber Army. I'd be more inclined to fight stuffs iff things were all cyber-punky like Ghost in the Shell. Fully-prosthetic disease-free robot sex? Yes please.