LastShot predicts between 2028 to 2030 for the new Halo multiplayer, but "copium" release date is 2027. Cykul says the "optimistic" answer is 2028, but maybe end of 2027 if "the stars align. But don't get your hopes up."
LastShot says "it might be time" to switch to CoD and Cykul says they'll be back when the new Halo drops.
Congrats to Shopify for winning the Dreamhack Atlanta LAN by defeating Luminon Gaming in a 4-0 sweep in Grand Finals. For placing first, Shopify earn $35,000 to split amongst their team. LastShot was the standout player for Shopify. He had the most kills, most damage by a significant amount, best K/D, highest accuracy.
Luminon Gaming place second in their first ever LAN together with Snakebite, which is a great improvement over their disappointing Birmingham results where they went out Top 6 (with Descendant). Luminon get $17,000 as a team for placing second.
Shoutout to LVT Halo for providing a great weekend of Halo! Next weekend has two online tournaments - the DSA Halo Open #2 on Saturday May 23rd and the FaZe 2v2 Qualifier #3 on Sunday May 24th.
Luminon Gaming defeated BEPS 3-1 in the elimination finals. BEPS go home at top 3 and earn $10,000 for their team, while Luminon Gaming secure second and move on to the Grand Finals in a rematch against Shopify.
Last series of the tournament coming up next. Shopify has winners advantage meaning Luminon needs to win two series, SR only needs one.
In the elimination semifinals, BEPS defeated Kraken Seas 3-2 in a reverse sweep. Despite not practicing and not even having a team pass until last second, BEPS has managed to secure top 3 on LAN.
Kraken Seas are eliminated at top 4. BEPS now play Luminon Gaming in the Elimination Finals in what's sure to be a fun matchup. The winner of that series will go on to play Shopify Rebellion in the Grand Finals.
In the Winner Finals, Shopify Rebellion defeated Luminon Gaming 3-1. These are the two best teams this year and it's been a couple weeks since they last played each other. In previous tournaments LG has been taking the winner finals, but this time Shopify was locked in and have secured their spot in the grand finals.
Luminon Gaming falls to lower bracket in an elimination final matchup against the winner of Kraken Seas vs BEPS. If Luminon makes it back to grand finals, they will have to beat Shopify in two series (once to reset the bracket, the second to win). Going to be a tough task with the champs looking strong today.
RyaNoob gets the final kill on Royal 2 to win Vacancy Slayer 50-40 and then teabags. Ryan was the first to take a map off Shopify this tournament so far.
In the last match of Day 2, Shopify Rebellion defeat Ascending Baseline 3-1 in winners semifinals. Shopify moves forward to Winners Finals on Champ Sunday against Luminon Gaming.
Ascending Baseline falls to lower bracket where they play BEPS (Bound, Eco, Penguin, Stellur) tomorrow in an elimination quarterfinals match.
Luminon Gaming defeat Team Lethal Fox 3-1 in Winners Semifinals. Luminon Gaming moves forward to Winners Finals for champ Sunday while TLF drops to lower bracket and faces Kraken Seas.
There's one final matchup for Day 2 coming up next, Shopify Rebellion vs Ascending Baseline (RyaNoob's team). The winner of that matchup plays Luminon Gaming in Winners Finals tomorrow on Champ Sunday, and the loser plays BEPS (Bound's team) in an Elimination Quarterfinals matchup tomorrow.
After a very strong start from BEPS (Bound's team) where they went up 2-0, Team Lethal Fox (Piggy's team) managed to come back and reverse sweep them, winning the series 3-2. TLF move on to Winners Semifinals against Luminon Gaming while BEPS falls to lower bracket against SWAT Latam.
Pool play has now finished and champ bracket is starting with the top 8 teams. Both Shopify and Luminon Gaming went 4-0 in pool play series. Shopify hasn't dropped a single map yet, Luminon has dropped three maps but they also had a much tougher pool (BEPS, Majin, Kraken Seas).
First broadcasted/featured matchup in champ bracket is BEPS (Bound, Eco, Penguin, Stellur) vs Team Lethal Fox (Piggy's team).
Watch on LVT Halo Twitch (Drops) and LVT Halo YouTube
Ryan with the best clip of the tournament so far
The FaZe 2v2 Online Qualifier #2 is Sunday May 10th, and there's two big additions this time - Bound and Stellur, and Penguin & Eenvied (formerly Avenue, it's Suppressed's twin brother). Other notable teams / duos competing include:
Full list of teams here, more will likely be signing up overnight. It will be broadcasted on LVT Halo (Twitch & YouTube).
This is the second of three online qualifier tournaments. It has a $1,000 prize pool and earns points towards the LAN. The eight teams with most points at the end of the qualifiers will have their travel covered by FaZe to attend the $10,000 LAN at FaZe HQ on June 6th.
BEPS scrimmed Luminon Gaming today (Halo Data Hive scrim stats) and during the scrim they were all wearing Cloud9 armor coatings and weapon skins. Although nothing has been officially announced yet, it seems likely they'll be representing Cloud9 at the $100k Dreamhack Atlanta LAN on May 15-17.
Cloud9 was one of the four organizations that pledged to support Halo in 2026 (alongside FaZe, SSG, and Shopify). C9 has been looking to field a team for Atlanta, they might've found a team in this roster.
Although most people have been referring to this BEPS roster as 2023 SSG, they were also 2022 Cloud9 (August 2022 - November 2022) just before that. They made Grand Finals at HCS Orlando 22 and HCS Worlds 22 (falling short to OpTic both times) and were then released (tweet) and went to SSG. Now it looks like they might be playing under C9 once again.
The FaZe 2v2 Online Qualifier #1 is Sunday May 3rd, here are some of the notable teams (duos) competing:
Full list of teams here, more will likely be signing up over the next ~14 hours.
This is the first of three online qualifiers which lead up to the $10k LAN at FaZe HQ on June 6th. This qualifier and next weeks each have a $1,000 prize pool. The qualifiers also provide points to determine which top 8 teams make it to the LAN and receive travel coverage.
LVT Halo will be producing and broadcasting (Twitch & YouTube) this tournament. Make sure to show LVT some love and subscribe as they've been carrying the Halo scene in a major way this year. They've upgraded Dreamhack Atlanta LAN from Xbox to PC's and just announced the return of the LVT Halo Pro League & LAN in collab with Shopify ($128,000 total prize pool).
Cykul encountered a crazy bug in MM with Kuhlect. Cykul spawned underneath Lattice, could walk through walls, and farmed the enemy team from below all game. The other team was terrified to touch the hill, constantly jumping around and shooting at the floor trying to kill him. Pretty fun glitch.
Ascending Baseline roster (RyaNoob, Suspector, SuperCC, Tapping Buttons) have secured a team pass and will be competing at the $100k Dreamhack Atlanta Halo LAN. Tweet is from SuperCC's girl.
This Ascending Baseline roster has upset potential, they placed top 6 in the qualifier and had a good scrim (5-5) against the #3 team Kraken just a few days ago. Their presence should make the LAN more fun and competitive.
The only major top team lacking a pass now is BEPS (Bound, Eco, Penguin, Stellur). They're on the waiting list so hopefully something becomes available.
FaZe and Kaysan supporting the Halo scene! The first online qualifier is this Sunday, just a few days away.
>$12k is up for grabs in the prize pool, and the top 8 teams will also get travel coverage to Dallas to compete on LAN at FaZe Esports Headquarters on June 6th. Teams will earn points across the three online qualifiers to determine who will advance to LAN. Qualifiers take place on May 3rd, 10th and 24th.
LVT Halo coming through with a massive win. Huge for both the viewers and players. Tweet: https://x.com/LVTHalo/status/2048920555504451657
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