Halo World Championship returns next year along with 'few small surprises for Halo 5'

343 announced last night that HaloWC is returning in 2018 making it the third World Championship for Halo 5: Guardians. Back in 2016, Halo 5 held the highest prize pool on a console game with 2.5 million dollars on the line. CLG – now Optic Gaming – took the prize beating its rivals Allegiance.

You can check out the final match between CLG and Allegiance in Halo WC 2016 below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mBeTut8rAo
343 is revealing more information about the next Halo World Championship on October 17th at mixer.com/Halo & twitch.tv/Halo, and as well as ‘few small surprises’ for Halo 5. We know Xbox One X is bound to receive the 4K update when it launches on November 7th.
Stay tuned next Tuesday on our Twitter to hear more about what 343 Industries has in store for Halo 5.