The HCS Atlanta Major 2024, hosted by FaZe Clan kicks off on July 26 for another exciting weekend of competitive Halo.
Halo Infinite is gearing up for another major. The HCS Atlanta Major in 2024, hosted by FaZe Clan, has plenty to offer for Halo fans. There will be the massive tournament taking place, some side events, Twitch Drops, and more.
Let's dive in to everything you need to know about the Halo Infinite Major.
HCS Atlanta Major 2024 dates
The tournament takes place over the final weekend of July. On Friday, July 26, the entire Open Bracket takes place, The top four teams advance to pool play.
Pool play occurs on the following day, July 27, where teams will look to make the Championship Bracket. That begins and then ends on July 28, which we love to call Championship Sunday. The winner will be determined by the end of it.
Teams locked in for pool play
While a 64-team Open Bracket occurs, 12 automatically invited teams wait for the Top 4 in their respective pools. The Top 6 squads from the HCS London Major are given the best seeding in their pool. The entire pool play field is as follows:
- Pool A
- FaZe Clan
- Complexity
- Bonten
- Open Bracket Team
- Pool B
- OpTic Gaming
- Into the Breach
- Pure
- Open Bracket Team
- Pool C
- Shopify Rebellion
- Sentinels
- Cloud9
- Open Bracket Team
- Pool D
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HCS Atlanta Major 2024 prize pool breakdown
There's $250,000 on the for those who make it out of pool play and into the Championship Bracket. Take a look at this table for placement and respective prizing:
Placement Prizing | 1st $100,000 | 2nd $60,000 | 3rd $30,000 | 4th $17,500 | 5th-6th $8,000 | 7th-8th $5,000 | 9th-12th $2,500 | 13th-16th $1,625 |
How to watch the HCS Atlanta Major 2024
The main Halo and HCS Twitch channels will have all of the streamed action for the HCS Atlanta Major 2024. Tune in there or stay right here, as we have it embedded below. If you tune in, there are exclusive Twitch Drops you can earn throughout the tournament.
Side events
There are a slew of side events spectators can participate in. So, if you plan on attending in-person, you have a chance at winning some cash if you sign up for and dominate any of the following competitions:
- Halo 3 MCC 4v4
- 16-team bracket, single elimination best-of-three, with a finals best-of-five
- Halo 5 2v2
- 32-team bracket, single elimination best-of-three, with a finals best-of-five
- Halo 3 MCC 2v2
- 64-team bracket, single elimination best-of-three, with a finals best-of-five
- Halo Infinite 2v2
- 64-team bracket, single elimination best-of-three, with a finals best-of-five
- $5,000 FFA Tournament
- Open to all attendees and 1st Place gets $2,000
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