New Orleans to host Dota 2 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare MLG Finals

Major League Gaming today announced that its World Finals will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on Oct. 16-18.

The three-day event will pitch Dota 2 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare competitors against one another in a quest for over $500,000 in prize money. The 2015 World Finals be the MLG's 100th live event.

"For the better part of a decade we've been hosting incredible tournaments and given out an insane amount of prize money, and we wanted to honor that tradition with our 100th event by making it bigger and better than ever before" said MLG president and co-founder Mike Sepso. "Fans will get multiple competitions, the best teams in the world, and all the excitement of New Orleans in what we hope will be an event to remember for years to come."