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2K Announces Evolve Proving Grounds Tournament

2K, Turtle Rock Studios and ESL announced today the Proving Grounds Tournament for Evolve. The three-month global tournament produced by ESL will see players compete across qualifying and regional events, with top teams vying for a share of the Global Finale’s $100,000 prize pool provided by 2K.

Evolve’s Proving Grounds Tournament will be played exclusively on Xbox One. Qualifying Rounds will begin Sunday, April 26th, with the Global Finale in Los Angeles the week of June 15th. The Proving Grounds Tournament is open globally to all players with an Xbox Live Gold membership and an ESL account. Players can sign up for the Proving Grounds Tournament at http://play.eslgaming.com/evolve/xbox/evolve-one/major/proving-grounds/faq.

Additional details for Evolve’s Proving Grounds Tournament are as follows:

Player Pool and Qualifying Rounds

• The Proving Grounds Tournament player pool is comprised of two regions: North America and Europe;
  • Players from the United States, Canada and Mexico will compete for a trip to the North American Semifinals in Burbank, Calif.;
  • Players from all other eligible countries will compete for a trip to the European Semifinals in Cologne, Germany;
• Four winning teams from each region will be determined at the conclusion of the four weekly Qualifying Rounds:
  • Each Qualifying Round is open to 128 teams per region, with each team consisting of five players;
  • The Qualifying Rounds will take place across four consecutive Sundays in 2015: April 26, May 3, May 10 and May 17;
  • Teams may participate in multiple Qualifying Rounds;
• The Qualifying Rounds will incorporate the following prize structure, provided by 2K:
  • Winning teams from each Qualifying Round will receive $100;
  • Second place teams from each Qualifying Round will win $50;
  • The top four teams from each region at the conclusion of the Qualifying Rounds will receive a trip to their respective Semifinals.

Semifinals

• The four winning European Region teams from the Qualifying Rounds will receive a trip to attend the European Semifinals at ESL’s Cologne, Germany studio on May 24, 2015;
• The four winning North American Region teams from the Qualifying Rounds will receive a trip to attend the North American Semifinals at ESL’s Burbank, Calif. studio on May 31, 2015;
• The European and North American Semifinals will be broadcast live on Twitch at http://twitch.tv/evolvegame;
• The Regional Semifinals will incorporate the following prize structure, provided by 2K and Microsoft:
  • The top two teams from each Regional Semifinal will receive $2,500 and a trip to Los Angeles for the Proving Grounds Tournament Global Finale;
  • The third place team at each Regional Final will receive $1,500;
  • The fourth place team at each Regional Final will win $1,000;
  • Additional prizing to be provided by Microsoft.

Global Finale

• The top two teams from each Regional Semifinals tournament will travel to Los Angeles for the Proving Grounds Tournament Global Finale the week of June 15, 2015;
• Teams will compete in front of a live studio audience; the finals will also be broadcast live on Twitch at http://twitch.tv/evolvegame;
• Teams will play for a piece of the Global Finale’s $100,000 prize pool, provided by 2K:
  • The winning Proving Grounds Tournament team will win $62,500;
  • The second place team will win $20,000;
  • The third place team will earn $12,500;
  • The fourth place team will receive $5,000.

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In order to comply with restrictions set forth by rating boards, Atlus made concessions on just four in-game images. On these images, some minor edits were made (and approved by the developer) to adjust the overt graphics to within acceptable ranges for the game’s M-rating.

Atlus is committed to being one of the leading publishers of niche JRPGs, and are very aware of what impact censorship can have on import titles; they are confident that the changes they made to the images in Dungeon Travelers 2 were the least invasive possible to still be eligible for a release in the west.

Thematically, the game remains as true as possible to the original Japanese version, including the preservation of the original Japanese audio.

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Workshop is now putting mod authors in business via a new streamlined process for listing, selling and managing their creations. Creators contributing to the Steam Workshop have the choice of listing their new creations for sale at a price of their choosing, or to continue to make their work available to players for free. Mods purchased from the Steam Workshop are available immediately for play.

Direct mod sales via the Steam Workshop debuts with Bethesda Softworks’ title, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and additional titles will become available across the Steam Workshop in the coming weeks.

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