According to MLG Sundance on twitter (@MLGSundance), MLG has signed a deal with a shooter already for 2013 and it is NOT Halo.
"MLG signed it's side of the console shooter deal for 2013. The game in the deal was not Halo. Once deal is countersigned we will announce."
To me, and almost every competitive Halo player, this might as well be the announcement of the death of a game with lots of potential that will never be tapped into.
343 has left tons of other clues that MLG won't happen:
1) The Infinity Challenge is signed by Virgin Gaming in which the contract limits Halo to only that company's playlist for as long as it is around.
2) I also noticed that after Christmas the price of new Halo 4 games went down to $40 which is abnormal for the 4th most popular game in the market. To me, that meant that they made their profit between the release and Christmas and plan to just get rid of the copies still in circulation.
3) Also note, that after Christmas we lost all the competitive playlists. This means less servers 343 has to pay for leading to more profit.
Overall, I think 343 has already given up on this game. It made profit and now is their time to stop wasting money on the nonprofitable servers they keep up. That's why the games are always lagging. That's why all the playlists are gone. And that is why MLG will not be signed with.
P.s.
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