Activision and Xbox Second Annual Tournament
Sees 31 of the World’s Best Call of Duty Teams Compete Playing Call
of Duty: Ghosts on Xbox One for $1 Million in Prizing
The 2014 Call of Duty Championship, presented
by Xbox Will be Livestreamed Worldwide on MLG.tv and Call of
Duty.com, With the Final Match Available on Xbox Live
Tournament’s Final Match Livestream Starts
Sunday, March 30th at 3:00 p.m. (PDT)
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) and development studio Infinity
Ward, in partnership with Xbox, are celebrating the talent,
passion, and skill of Call of Duty®’s best eSports players with the
2014 Call of Duty® Championship, presented by Xbox.
Beginning today through Sunday, March 30th in Los Angeles, 31 of
the most skilled Call of Duty®: Ghosts multiplayer teams from
around the world are competing head-to-head on Xbox One for the
honor of being named the “Call of Duty World Champions,” and their
share of the tournament’s $1 million total prize purse. Fans can
tune-in to every thrilling, action-packed moment through
livestreamed coverage of the Call of Duty Championship,
presented by Xbox on MLG.tv and at Call of Duty.com.
Additionally, the tournament’s final match will take place Sunday,
March 30th with the livestream starting at 3:00 p.m. (PDT) on the
Xbox Live Dashboard and on Xbox.com (in participating regions).
“The global popularity of Call of Duty continues. Last year
alone fans logged over 5 billion hours playing Call of Duty, and
now its time to see who’s the best of the best,” said Eric
Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, Inc. “The Call of Duty
Championship is a celebration of Call of Duty, featuring a
tailor made livestream for fans to experience and enjoy all the
action in real-time. Last year’s finals came down to the final
moments of the final match, and we can’t wait to see how it all
unfolds this year.”
These 31 teams from six continents around the world have trained
extensively over the past few months, winning their respective
fellow regional competitions in qualifying events conducted by the
professional competitive gaming organizations of Major League
Gaming (MLG), Gfinity, and the Australian Cyber League (ACL). Teams
like NSP from South Korea, European Champions TCM Gaming from UK
and Brazil 5 Star from Brazil, will compete against such notable
teams from North America as CompLexity, EnVyUs, and MLG U.S.
Champions Strictly Business.
The Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox begins
with round-robin style pool play among eight groups of four teams.
The top two teams from each group will advance to a 16-team double
elimination bracket, where the team that places first will take
home $400,000 of the tournament’s $1 million dollar total prize
pool. The remaining seven teams will each take home prizes ranging
from $200,000 for second place to $25,000 for eighth place. Further
details on the 2014 Call of Duty Championship, presented by
Xbox, including full rules and regulations, Call of Duty:
Ghosts maps and modes for the tournament, livestream
information, prizing distribution and more are available at
https://callofduty.com/esports.
Call of Duty: Ghosts is available for Xbox One, the
all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and the
Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and is
rated “M” (Mature – Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, and
Strong Language – content that may be suitable for persons ages 17
and older) by the ESRB. For more information, please visit
www.callofduty.com/ghosts, www.facebook.com/CODGhosts, or
follow on Twitter @InfinityWard.
About Major League
Gaming
Major League Gaming (MLG) is the global leader in eSports. The
company operates MLG.tv, the #1 online broadcast network
for professional level competitive gaming; the MLG Pro Circuit, the
longest-running eSports league in North America; and MLG:
Play, the largest cross platform online gaming tournament system
with 9 million registered users across the globe. MLG is one of the
fastest growing digital networks worldwide with over 1557% growth
in audience over the last four years. Each month, the company
reaches millions of highly-engaged fans via web, mobile, connected
TVs and gaming consoles making it the definitive property for major
advertisers to reach young men (90% male, 50% 16-34 year olds, 76%
21+, and over 40% HHI $100k+). For more
information: www.mlg.tv
About Gfinity
Formed by gamers with the backing of successful investors,
Gfinity was created to help push eSports within the UK to a
professional level, to raise awareness and to provide an arena for
gamers to showcase their talent. Gfinity was launched as a company
in early 2013 and plans were immediately set in motion to deliver
events unlike any that had been seen in European eSports before it.
For more information on Gfinity, please
visit http://www.gfinity.net/, and follow us on
Twitter for the latest updates.
About Australian Cyber
League
The Australian Cyber League (ACL) established Australia’s first
and only national circuit for gaming. Founded in 2006, ACL operates
the most prestigious live gaming events for competitive titles
across both console and PC platforms. Known for top quality
production, ACL has been pioneering the broadcast practices of
eSports in Australia, delivering engaging livestreamed content from
events into the homes of gaming fans.
About Activision Publishing,
Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision
Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher
and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure
products.
Activision maintains operations in the
U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, the United
Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the
Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, Mainland
China and the region of Taiwan. More information
about Activision and its products can be found on the
company's website, www.activision.com.
ACTIVISION, CALL OF DUTY, and CALL OF DUTY GHOSTS are trademarks
of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names
are the properties of their respective owners.
Activision Publishing, Inc.Joshua SelingerPR
Manager | Call of
Duty310.496.5287joshua.selinger@activision.com
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