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This past weekend OpTic Gaming came out on top at the ESWC Call of Duty World League event in Paris, making it the fifth time Crimsix has won the event. OpTic steam rolled through the competition, not dropping a single match and making a perfect run through the winners bracket …
Read More »Report: Layoffs at Activision’s Infinity Ward and Beenox studios
Despite an impressive financial performance for the last quarter, publisher Activision Blizzard appears to be making job cuts at some of its studios. Kotaku reports that layoffs are occurring at Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare developer Infinity Ward, as well as Modern Warfare: Remastered makers Beenox. That’s on top of …
Read More »Two Call of Duty World League events to be held in Sydney
Activision has finally given Australia some love by announcing two Call of Duty World League events that will take place in Sydney. Both events feature a $30,000 prize pool and up to 64 teams. They will be held at the ESL Studios in Sydney and will only be open to …
Read More »Call of Duty World League updates its ruleset to ban Synaptic
The Call of Duty World League has changed its rule set, adding a couple of extra bans. From now on the Synaptic combat rig, the OSA assault rifle, the Hornet pistol and the Trojan weapon sight have all been banned from competitive play and can no longer be used. The …
Read More »Groups for the Gfinity London Call of Duty World League event have been announced
With the Gfinity London Call of Duty World League tournament kicking off in just over 24 hours the groups have finally been revealed. Group A will feature Splyce, Aware Gaming, Fab Games, and Bando. Group B will consist of Elevate, Supremacy, Imperial and Prismatic. Group C will house Orbit, Team …
Read More »Call of Duty World League Pro Division LAN league start date revealed
The Call of Duty World League’s Pro Division will start on April 20th according to a press release from Activision. The press release, which was sent out to give further details on MLG Dallas, also revealed the start date for the LAN league, which was previously unknown. “The CWL Dallas …
Read More »MLG to host Call of Duty World League event in Dallas
Activision and MLG have announced that they are bringing the Call of Duty World League to Dallas this March. The event will take place between March 17th and 19th, at the Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel. Up to 176 will compete, with 16 teams being invited directly into the group …
Read More »Fnatic signs top European Call of Duty team
Fnatic has returned to the world of Call of Duty by signing Tom ‘Tommey’ Trewren and the rest of his team. The new Fnatic roster includes Tommey, Matthew ‘Skrapz’ Marshall, Gurdip ‘SunnyB’ Bains and Bradley ‘wuskin’ Marshall. This is the first time Fnatic has had a Call of Duty team …
Read More »Call of Duty was the best-selling franchise globally in 2016
It appears that Activision’s Call of Duty series had a very good 2016. The publisher has confirmed the news that not only was Infinite Warfare last year’s best-selling game in the US, but that Call of Duty was the best-selling franchise globally for the year. It is the seventh time …
Read More »Activision caps daily Call of Duty pro points to prevent player burnout
Activision has announced that it will cap the amount of pro points professional Call of Duty players can earn in a single day. Pro points are used to determine which teams will be invited to CWL LAN events, and will ultimately decide the teams that make it into the World …
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