MLG X Games Invitational tournament takes place this weekend

MLG and ESPN have teamed up for the second year in a row to bring Call of Duty eSports to the X Games Austin. The event takes place June 5th through the 7th and will feature Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. This event serves as the Playoffs to MLG Pro League Season 2. MLG X Games Invitational features a $75,000 prize pool and 25,000 pro points.

Teams:

The event features the top 8 teams from Season 2 of the MLG Pro League:

• OpTic Gaming
• FaZe
• Denial eSports
• Team eLevate
• TCM Gaming
• Rise Nation
• Team EnVyUs
• Team Kaliber

Schedule:

The event will start at 9:45AM Central Time (10:45AM ET // 7:45AM PT) on Friday, June 5th.

Friday, June 5th (all times CDT): 

• 9:45 AM Pregame Show
• 10:00 AM Winners Round 1 – Team eLevate vs. TCM Gaming
• 11:30 AM Winners Round 1 – Denial eSports vs. Rise Nation
• 1:00 PM Winners Round 1 – FaZe vs. Team EnVyUs
• 2:30 PM Winners Round 1 – OpTic Gaming vs. Team Kaliber
• 4:00 PM Winners Round 2 – Match 1
• 5:30 PM Winners Round 2 – Match 2

Saturday, June 6th (all times CDT): 

• 10:00 AM Pro vs. Pro Exhibition
• 11:00 AM Losers Round 1 – Match 1
• 12:30 PM Losers Round 1 – Match 2
• 2:00 PM Losers Round 2 – Match 1
• 3:30 PM Losers Round 2 – Match 2
• 5:00 PM Winners Final
• 6:30 PM Losers Round 3

Sunday, June 7th (all times CDT): 

• 10:45 AM Pregame Show
• 11:00 AM Bronze Medal Match – Losers Final
• 12:30 PM Gold Medal Match – Championship Match

Prize Pool:

For Season 2 finals, MLG has added a $75,000 prize pool. Here’s the breakdown based upon placements at the event.

1. $30,000
2. $15,000
3. $10,000
4. $6,000
5. $4,000
6. $4,000
7. $3,000
8. $3,000

Game Types:

This will also be the first Call of Duty MLG event that will be played with Best of 7 format for all matches. Here’s the new rotation of maps and modes for all the bracket play:

Winners Bracket

Winners Round 1

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Solar
• Game 2 – Uplink – Comeback
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Detroit
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Bio Lab
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Retreat
• Game 6 – Uplink – Detroit
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Riot

Winners Semifinals

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Retreat
• Game 2 – Uplink – Detroit
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Terrace
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Ascend
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Detroit
• Game 6 – Uplink – Bio Lab
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Solar

Winners Final

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Bio Lab
• Game 2 – Uplink – Comeback
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Drift
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Bio Lab
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Solar
• Game 6 – Uplink – Detroit
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Riot

Grand Final – Match 1

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Detroit
• Game 2 – Uplink – Bio Lab
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Solar
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Retreat
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Bio Lab
• Game 6 – Uplink – Comeback
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Terrace

Grand Final – Match 2

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Solar
• Game 2 – Uplink – Detroit
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Bio Lab
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Ascend
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Retreat
• Game 6 – Uplink – Bio Lab
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Drift

Losers Bracket

Round 1

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Retreat
• Game 2 – Uplink – Detroit
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Terrace
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Ascend
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Detroit
• Game 6 – Uplink – Bio Lab
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Solar

Round 2

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Detroit
• Game 2 – Uplink – Comeback
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Riot
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Retreat
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Solar
• Game 6 – Uplink – Detroit
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Bio Lab

Round 3

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Bio Lab
• Game 2 – Uplink – Comeback
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Drift
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Bio Lab
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Solar
• Game 6 – Uplink – Detroit
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Riot

Losers Final

• Game 1 – Hardpoint – Retreat
• Game 2 – Uplink – Bio Lab
• Game 3 – Search and Destroy – Drift
• Game 4 – Capture the Flag – Ascend
• Game 5 – Hardpoint – Bio Lab
• Game 6 – Uplink – Comeback
• Game 7 – Search and Destroy – Detroit

With this being an official X Games tournament, alongside winning prize money, the top 3 teams will be awarded medals (1st = Gold, 2nd= Silver, 3rd= Bronze).

Here’s the medal design for this year:

Last year, OpTic Gaming took first place with the Gold Medal prize. MLG and ESPN did not have a prize money at the X Games last year.

You can watch the action LIVE on MLG.tv/ProLeague. We’ll be providing coverage of the event throughout the weekend on our Twitter feed. Be sure to follow us!

SOURCE: MLG