The first annual Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Championship, Presented by Xbox, will take place next month on April 5-7 in Los Angeles California. Some of the world’s top 32 teams from around the world will compete to share a cash prize of $1 million.
The qualifying rounds started in February in the United States, but starting today, they’ll continue for North America. From March 15-17, players will compete in Dallas Texas to claim a spot in the top 8 to advance to the next round. For full details on how to qualify and where to qualify if you’re in Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and other regions, assemble your four person team and follow the link. It should be noted that each member of the 4 person team must be registered as an Elite member.
The $1 million in prize money for the Black Ops 2 Championship will be distributed to the top 8 teams. The prizes are as follows:
- Champion 1st Place Team$400,000
- Runner Up 2nd Place Team$200,000
- 3rd Place Team$120,000
- 4th Place Team$100,000
- 5th Place Team$70,000
- 6th Place Team$50,000
- 7th Place Team$35,000
- 8th Place Team$25,000
If you’re an Elite member and want to polish up your skills before the competition qualifiers, or just want to round off the edges in your game, check out the n00b to Vet series with episodes 1 and 2. Need tips on creating class loadouts or just want to try some new ones? Check out the classes the developers of the game created and play with.
Following all of the Black Ops 2 Championship news is a bit of DLC, one of which involves BACON! It may or may not come as a surprise to you, but we here at The Game Fanatics are huge lovers of bacon. During one of our community game nights, don’t be surprised if you see one or three of us dawning the following gun camo.
The bacon personalization pack is only one of nine new packs that will include weapon skin, three new reticles (reticles will only be available for ACOG, EOTECH and Red Dot scopes), and a calling card. All three will be themed to the pack. Some of the packs include a Dia De Los Muertos theme, Graffiti, and even Kawaii. Each pack can be purchased on XBLA for 160 MS points. If you care to look at all nine new themes, look no further.
The above link will also lead you to a new set of calling cards from around the world, as well as an extra slots pack for you classes.
Originally, Nuketown 2033 was only available to players who purchased Black Ops 2 at launch, but the map is now available to everyone for free. Another previous exclusive to Collectors Edition owners or season pass subscribers, the Nuketown Zombies map is available to purchase for 400 MS points.
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