{"id":9473,"date":"2016-12-01T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T16:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/halo-developer-pilgrim-media-developing-esports-competition-series\/"},"modified":"2016-12-01T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T20:54:09","slug":"halo-developer-pilgrim-media-developing-esports-competition-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/halo-developer-pilgrim-media-developing-esports-competition-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo Developer & Pilgrim Media Developing eSports Competition Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
REDMOND\/NORTH HOLLYWOOD: 343 Industries, developer of the hit Halo<\/em> video games, is working with Pilgrim Media Group (The Ultimate Fighter<\/em>) to develop a reality-competition eSports series featuring Halo 5: Guardians<\/em>.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Pilgrim, in collaboration with Lionsgate, unveiled plans to create and distribute original eSports entertainment content for TV and digital platforms. This deal is tied to Halo 5: Guardians<\/em> as the first project to emerge from that joint initiative.<\/p>\n Craig Piligian, Pilgrim Media Group’s CEO, said: \u201cWe continue to be blown away by the sheer excitement surrounding eSports; the scope and buzz are growing every day. eSports and Halo<\/em> fans are exceedingly passionate about gaming and devoted to their favorite titles and franchises\u2014they are exactly the kind of audience we want to produce for.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be partnering with Pilgrim on developing a reality series that will bring the intensity and extreme competition of Halo 5: Guardians<\/em> eSports to a television audience,\u201d added Kiki Wolfkill, the studio head of Halo Transmedia. \u201cThere is no better partner than Pilgrim to give our fans insight into the world of Halo<\/em> eSports.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" REDMOND\/NORTH HOLLYWOOD: 343 Industries, developer of the hit Halo video games, is working with Pilgrim Media Group (The Ultimate Fighter) to develop a reality-competition eSports series featuring Halo 5: Guardians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1748,1372,1749,445],"class_list":["post-9473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-343-industries","tag-esports","tag-halo","tag-pilgrim-media-group","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n