Ghost Recon Online unveils September plans for: Content, Community & Competition
Ubisoft announced the launch of its first official tournament for its free-to-play PC shooter, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online. The team is working in conjunction with the Electronic Sports League, ESL (EU) and North American Electronic Sports League, NESL (US) to create the title’s first worldwide tournament. Along with the tournament, this month players can look forward to the new cool tier 8 weapons as well as a new player and developer committee, known as the ATHENA Council.
The largest contest in the history of Ghost Recon Online begins on Sunday September 15th at 14:00 UK time and all compensators have until 14:00 UK time Sunday September 15th to register for the first cup, but are free to register at any time for the later cups. Once registered, players can enter a 7-week series of games, which they can play at any time with a new mini cup being awarded each week. Even if they miss the first cup, every victory counts. At the end of the series, the 4 teams who earn the most points will qualify for the continental Final Playoffs (US and EU).
The much anticipated tier 8 weapons will be available in Ghost Recon Online’s upcoming 0.12.4 update, set to be released on September 12th. As the first set of completely new weapons released since entering Open Beta, they provide veterans with new endgame content. From the high-caliber Nemesis 50 sniper rifle to the beastly SPAS-12 semi-auto Shotgun, the tier 8 weapons raise the bar for combat in game.
I am interested to see as to how this ends up as I quite enjoy watching these style tourneys. I wonder if WhiteRa (Star Craft 2) and OPTiC (CoD) equivalents will pop up. I don’t play Ghost Recon but from what I have been told it sounds like a good FPS>
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