Aussie Halo Champ Places Fourth in Global Tournament (News)

GamePro staff, GamePro Australia

16/06/2005 11:36:16

Aussie Halo 2 hero Cabel has finished fourth in the climactic final free-for-all in the Worldwide Halo 2 Tournament. Played on Xbox Live over the weekend, the tournament featured 24 of Earth's elite Halo 2 players battling out for thousands of dollars worth of prizes.

The Xbox Live Halo 2 World Champion crown went to King Tuur of the Netherlands. Xbox Live seamlessly linked players from Japan, Europe, North America and Australia, providing a truly global tournament scenario.

Cabel's superb performance over the monumental eight-hour marathon tournament ensured he was one of the tournament's stars with a mammoth eight-kill outright victory margin in round two, and by beating champion King Tuur by a full 10 frags in the penultimate round.

The first tournament of its kind on a console, this contest included players from each of Xbox Live's 24 regions worldwide, with the competition played entirely online via Xbox Live. In Australia the event was held late Friday night and early into the hours of Saturday morning. Cabel was surrounded by supporters at the Australian Xbox Headquarters in Sydney including his brother, another one of Australia's top Halo 2 players.