Whether you’ve seen the show or not, this 15 minute recap of the highlights of gameplay is EXCITING! It’s hugely bolstered by Goldenboy and Bravo’s commentating. That doesn’t however take away from the great game play that was on display.

Take a look!

Thanks to Beyond Entertainment for tweeting the vid.

-Sal

• 1st Aaron Elam AKA “lx Ace xl“; @MLGACE – $200,000
• 2nd Justin Deese AKA “iGotUrPistola“; @iGotUrPistola – $75,000
• 3rd Cory Sloss AKA “Str8 Sick“; @TheRealStr8Sick; Twitch Stream – $10,000
• 4th Brain Rizzo AKA “LEGIT“; @BRIZZ_Legit – $5,000
• 5th Cody Szczobrowski AKA “Contra“; @Tha_ContrA – $4,000
• 6th Ian Wyatt AKA “enable“; @enable; Red Bull endorsement – $3,000
• 7th Matt Piper AKA “F0RMAL“; @F0RMAL – $2,000
• 8th Scottie Holste AKA “skhCloud“; @skhCloud; His YouTube – $1,000

Great job guys!
-Sal

Waypoint has posted the video of the 2:17+ hour show.

Hit this link and have fun! 

Whew, so fun to relive watching this again. Just EPIC!

-Sal

Beyond Entertainment tweeted out the link to their 4 minute video of the LIVE sudden death match of the Halo 4 Global Championship, along with the post game interview with winner Aaron “lx Ace xl” Elam and Jessica Chobot, crowd reaction, and the final words from Major Nelson.

Until Waypoint (hopefully) puts out the actual streamed footage, this is the best you’re going to get for a replay of the events. And actually, I almost prefer this as it captured not only the match, but crowd reaction in it’s rawest moments! Great job to Beyond Entertainment and thanks for tweeting that link out.

-Sal

Now that PAX or more specifically the Halo 4 Global Championship has wound down, here are some final pics and news from the event.

Virgin Gaming’s Community Manager gave away his passes and this neat little Warrior helmet pin. Damn…another pin I need now to complete that collection.

Here’s the pin up close. So I need this one, the Scout (MEGA Bloks booth giveaway from SDCC) and the Sarah Palmer Helmet pins to complete the Halo pin collection. Well, that is until there is one that will undoubtedly be at NYCC…

A view from the balcony of the finale!

Dr Mouse, Grim Brother One and Ghostayame taking in the epic win!

Aaron “lx Ace xl” Elam is indeed a Champion!

Ace with Bravo and THE CHECK! Well, okay, the celebratory check, but still…

-Sal

Aaron “Ace” Elam, you just won the Halo 4 Global Championship. What are you going to do with all of that money?

I’m happy for him. He was the underdog and pulled it out. Sincere congrats!

-Sal

After weeks of qualifiers and on-line competitions as well as invitations, we finally have a winner and newly crowned Halo 4 Global Champion.

He is Aaron “lx Ace xl“. And he’s $200K richer!!!

Here are some photos post win with the celebratory check:

Love that award too!!!

With Larry Hyrb, AKA “Major Nelson“.

Here are a few other behind the scenes shots.

Jessica Chobot, show interviewer and Kiki Wolfkill of 343.

Rukari Austin with Bravo, commentator for the finals.

Eric “Gho57ayame” Hewitt with “VG Karl” (Virgin Gaming’s community manager)

Goldenboy with VG Karl

After the last several weeks where do we go from here? Only up, I hope!!!

-Sal

Final reminder that you can watch the finals on XBOX, HaloWaypoint (computer/phone), starting at 7pmET/4pmPT tonight!

Hosted by Major Nelson and Jessica Chobot.
Music, Rooster Teeth Shorts, Gameplay.
Commentary by Bravo and Golden Boy

Who are you pulling for to win?

I don’t really have a favorite. My gut is saying, “IGotUrPistola” FTW.

Don’t miss out on this event!

-Sal

Games were played, people won, people lost. But enough of that, who are the eight who made it to the finals?

Look no further! 343 tweeted these pics showing the Elite 8 as well as their scores that got them into the finals:

Here is that list in plain view, along with their twitter account links if you want to follow them and other pertinent websites, if available, (please tell them I sent you):
• Scottie Holste AKA “skhCloud“; @skhCloud; His YouTube
• Ian Wyatt AKA “enable“; @enable; Red Bull endorsement
• Matt Piper AKA “F0RMAL“; @F0RMAL
• Justin Deese AKA “iGotUrPistola“; @iGotUrPistola
• Aaron Elam AKA “lx Ace xl“; @MLGACE
• Cory Sloss AKA “Str8 Sick“; @TheRealStr8Sick; Twitch Stream
• Cody Szczobrowski AKA “Contra“; @Tha_ContrA
• Brain Rizzo AKA “LEGIT“; @BRIZZ_Legit

Heh, if I’m not mistaken, NONE of the finalists are form the RTX or Gamescom qualifiers, nor the online part of the competition. If that’s the case, then all were part of the Pro-player invitations. (Again, someone correct me here if I’m wrong.)

So where and when can you watch these eight players battle it out for the top prize of $200K? XBOX of course! Download the app on your XBOX 360 (there’s an ad for it on the main screen). Or watch it on HaloWaypoint.com. Tune in starting at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Besides all the gaming there will be reporting from Major Nelson (Larry Hyrb) and Jessica Chobot, muscial acts and MORE!

Bravo and GoldenBoy will be commentating the event.

I’ll be watching this all then immediately there after recording the next Spirit of Fire Podcast which will feature heavily on the finals.

So tune in folks to the stream on XBOX. Then, tune in tomorrow for the podcast!

-Sal

Want to watch the action going down at the Halo 4 Global Championship?

Hurry on over to 343’s twitch stream! http://www.twitch.tv/343Industries

Unfortunately, you won’t know who all of the combatants are as the players can only have 0000 as their call sign. This is to eliminate feeding kills or gaming up on someone.