To kick off this year's Pro Circuit, Major League Gaming is coming to the Meadowlands Expo Center in New Jersey for it's first stop of competition. With a new year comes a new attitude in which new games have been chosen. We will be seeing Halo 3, Gears of War, and the soon to be released Rainbow Six Vegas 2 used in competition this season. For R6V2, there has been announced a map depicting one of the MLG stops that will be used in competition upon released. Following the Meadowlands are four scheduled stops in America and Canada over a seven month period.

One of the biggest stops can become Toronto, which has now made this 2008 Pro Circuit international. Most likely determined by the success of the Toronto Open Circuit, we may see more Canadian cities involved as time progresses. We will likely be seeing a number of the top North American teams showing up here to take advantage of the stop being so far up north.

The schedule of stops is as follows:

Meadowlands - April 11-13
San Diego - June 13-15
Orlando - July 11-13
Toronto - August 22-24
Dallas - October 3-5

After these scheduled stops there is an invitational tournament to be scheduled within the coming weeks. This invitational stop will likely be the playoffs, much like Las Vegas of the 2007 season. Having such a strong line-up of games, we officially see the transition of Major League Gaming into complete XBox 360 competition. Gears of War seems to be as strong as ever with this being their second season of competition, and we also should see the best R6V teams stepping up to R6V2 and taking control yet again of the leader boards.

UPDATE: Call of Duty 4 to be MLG's First Online-Only Pro Circuit Title!

You asked and we answered: Call of Duty 4 will be featured as an official Online Pro Circuit Title! The Call of Duty 4 Online Pro Circuit season will consist of a series of online qualifying ladders and tournaments in pursuit of the 2008 MLG Season Title, complete with cash prizes, MLG pro players and in-depth editorial coverage on mlgpro.com. The details of the CoD 4 Online Pro Circuit Season are currently being finalized and will be announced soon so stay tuned for more! While we are considering adding CoD 4 to our Live Competitions, the game is not currently structured for competitive LAN play.

The original story can be found HERE as it comes directly from ESPN.

Stay tuned to GotFrag.com as we will be providing in-depth coverage of every stop.

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