343 Industries, XBox360 and Virgin Gaming have today announced that they are joining forces to launch the “Halo 4 Infinity Challenge” on the XBox Live Service starting the 17th December. This event is hoped to provide gamers with the biggest and most accessible free-to-enter Halo tournament that has currently been run.
Starting today, players can register for the challenge by visiting HERE (Localized websites set for release on the 12th December). Launching on the 17th December, the free-to-enter tournament will track your personal score in War Games and the number of Spartan Ops chapters you complete on the global leaderboards, giving players of different preferences and skill levels all a short at the more than 2,800 prizes on offer. For the War Games leaderboard winner, the grand prize will be a UNSC-themed, V8-powered 2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor truck designed by 343 Industries, and for the Spartan Ops winner, the grand prize will be an appearance in a future “Halo” game
During the qualifier phase (Dec. 17 – Jan. 10), players will need to climb the ranks of the global leaderboards by competing in either the Spartan Ops or War Games leaderboard. After the qualifier phase, players will be tiered into three groups (based on their results on the qualifier phase leaderboards) and will enter the finals phase (Jan. 12 – Jan. 19). In addition, players are also able to compete in Weekly Challenges found on Halo Waypoint which may see you walk away with some other prizes.
During the finals, the leaderboards will reset and prizes will be awarded to the top performers in each tier. While terrific prizes are available within all three tiers, the grand prizes will be offered exclusively for those that have battled their way to the top tier.
