{"id":92453,"date":"2019-04-23T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T18:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=432493"},"modified":"2019-04-23T18:04:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T18:04:46","slug":"gears-of-war-esports-pro-circuit-to-wrap-up-season-2-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/23\/gears-of-war-esports-pro-circuit-to-wrap-up-season-2-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gears of War\u2019 Esports Pro Circuit to wrap up Season 2 in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gears-of-war-esports-pro-circuit-to-wrap-up-season-2-in-boston.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>After 15 Pro Circuit events and a total prize pool of $3 million, the final Gears Pro Circuit event of <em>Gears of War 4<\/em> is here. With $300,000 on the line, the top pro and amateur teams from around the world will gather in Boston on April 26-28 at the Hynes Convention Center to take home the trophy and bragging rights leading into the next season of Gears Esports, set to debut following the launch of <em>Gears 5 <\/em>later this year.<\/p>\n<p>There is no shortage of storylines coming into this event. Perennial favorites <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpTicGaming?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OpTic Gaming<\/a> are looking to claim their 13<sup>th<\/sup> Pro Circuit trophy and further prove why they should be considered the most successful esports team of all time. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamReciprocity?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Team Reciprocity<\/a> (formerly Denial) is looking to avenge a devastating loss in <a href=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/2019\/01\/28\/gears-pro-circuit-descends-on-mexico-city-february-1-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mexico City<\/a> where, despite sending OpTic Gaming to the losers bracket, they couldn\u2019t secure the victory in the grand finals. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRiseNation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rise Nation<\/a> is full of confidence as they are bringing their complete roster for the first time since they placed 2<sup>nd<\/sup> at the Columbus Invitational last fall. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhostGaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghost Gaming<\/a>, the top ranked Latin American team, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElevateGG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elevate<\/a>, the top European team, both dominate their regions and want to prove they can compete with their North American counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the 5v5 Escalation action, there will be the Gears Pro Circuit 2v2 tournament where 128&nbsp;top teams can compete for a dedicated prize pool of $20,000.&nbsp;The action kicks off on Saturday, April 27 with key 2v2 matches played on the feature stage.&nbsp;The 2v2 tournament is free to join and open to all attendees. Registration takes place at the venue from Saturday, April 27 from 1:00-3:00 PM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>Watch all the action at <a href=\"http:\/\/live.gearsofwar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/live.gearsofwar.com<\/a> starting at 2PM EDT on Friday, April 26 and then again on Saturday and Sunday at 10:00 AM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/gearsofwar.com\/en-us\/esports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.gears.gg<\/a> and follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EsportsGears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EsportsGears<\/a> on Twitter to keep up-to-date with the latest information about Gears Esports and the Gears Pro Circuit Boston Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 15 Pro Circuit events and a total prize pool of $3 million, the final Gears Pro Circuit event of Gears of War 4 is here. With $300,000 on the line, the top pro and amateur teams from around the world will gather in Boston on April 26-28 at the Hynes Convention Center to take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50,56],"class_list":["post-92453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-recent-news","tag-xbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}