Watch live as the top eight teams battle head-to-head for an epic cash prize pool, courtesy of ArenaNet.

Warriors of Tyria! MLG will be hosting its Guild Wars 2 Invitational Tournament this Friday. Eight of the top teams will be competing for the first-place prize of $1000 and some pretty awesome gaming gear.

The top eight teams competing can be seen in the image below.

As stated before, the first-place prize will include $1000 and a Guild Wars 2 SteelSeries headset, mouse, and mousepad for each player on the team. Second winners will receive $25 in Gems per-player.

There will also be on-stream giveaways throughout the tournament, where viewers can win copies of the game as well as Gem codes, so don't miss out!

The tournament begins Friday September 27 at 5:00pm ET and can be viewed live on MLG's front page. For more information on Guild Wars 2 or the invitational tournament, head on over to the GW2 official website.

Good Hunting!

Corey "Crimzen" Jenkins

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