Call Of Duty League Kicks Off In January

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A 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Call of Duty Esports league is inbound, folks.

Following the release of the franchise's newest title, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Activision has announced that the Call of Duty League will debut on January 24, 2020. So far, 12 teams have been ꦕlisted.

The event will be held at the Minneapolis Armory and will be hosted by WISE Ventures Esports' team Minnesota RøKKR. All 12 teams are poised to feature in the three-day session, which will also bring the initial Call of Duty Challengers to the fore. The latter will mark the start of the lea🧔gue's inaugural season🔯, with the campaign to take on a home and away format that will see each team host "home series" on weekends.

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“We are thrilled with the continued growth of the Call of Duty esports footprint as an international, city-bas🎐ed league with 12 teams in 4 countries, all of which deliver epically entertaining competition to millions of fans around the world," Activision CEO 𒈔Bobby Kotick noted.

"Building on our city-𝐆based model’s success in esports first established by the Overwatch League, we are excited to unite the historic passion for the Call of Duty franchise with city-based fandom to create a league to r🐼ival the very best leagues in traditional sports in recognizing, celebrating and rewarding our players.”

President and Ownership Partner of WISE Ventures Esports, Jonathan Wilf, had this to say: “It is an honor to host the inaugural weekend of the Call of Duty League and welcome our ownership partners, players, a🎉nd most importantly, our fans. We have been craving an esports event of this caliber in Minneapolis-St. Paul. With th෴e success this community has in hosting world-class events, we are excited to put on an incredible fan experience to launch the Call of Duty League.”

The 12 teams include: Minnesot♋a RøKKR, London Royal Ravens, Dallas Empire, Los Angeles Guerrillas, New York Subliners, OpTic Gaming Los Angeles, Toronto Ultra, Atlanta FaZe, and Florida Mutinee𓆉rs, Chicago Huntsmen, Seattle Surge and Paris Legion.

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