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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 »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 …
Read More »Epsilon to miss Gfinity’s CWL event after admin error
Epsilon will not be competing at the Gfinity London Call of Duty World League event after the team failed to send an email. Tournament organisers required teams that met the pro points requirements to qualify for the event, to send them roster details by midnight on January 17th. Epsilon apparently …
Read More »The talent lineup for the Gfinity London CWL event has been announced
Gfinity has revealed the broadcast talent that it is bringing over to cast, host and analyse the Call of Duty World League event it is holding at the end of the month. The talent line up for Gfinity London is made up of: Alan ‘Bricetacular’ Brice, Oliver ‘ReL’ Whitfield, Philip …
Read More »Gfinity London Call of Duty World League event is now four days long
Gfinity has announced that it has added an extra two days to its Gfinity London CWL event, making the competition a four day tournament. The event will now start on Thursday January 26th and will run until Sunday January 29th. This is thanks to the new format for the event. …
Read More »EGL set to host Call of Duty World League event in Sheffield
Rounding out the announcement of UK Call of Duty World League events is The European Gaming League, who will be hosting a CWL even in Sheffield. The EGL competition will take place at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield on June 25th and 25th. 64 teams will compete, …
Read More »Multiplay hosting Call of Duty World League event at Insomnia 60
Multiplay has announced that it will be hosting a Call of Duty World League open event at Insomnia 60. The CWL Birmingham Open will take place at I60, which is due to run between the 14th and 17th April at the NEC. The competition will feature a $50,000 prize pool …
Read More »Gfinity hosting two Call of Duty World League events this year
Gfinity has announced that it will be hosting two Call of Duty World League events in 2017, with the first one set to take place at the end of January. The CWL London event will take place on January 28th and 29th, with a prize pool of $25,000. Of course …
Read More »Rouge signs Call of Duty team
Rogue has signed a Call of Duty team in preparation for the upcoming Call of Duty World League. The new Rogue roster, which is made up of Daniel "Miyagi" Ho, John "Johnny" Cookson, Alex "Examples" Hartlaub and Mike "Blfire" Glushenok, features three players that played together on Team Lethal. Johnny …
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