TMCnet News

Activision and Xbox Team to Bring Call of Duty eSports Competition to the Masses
[February 06, 2013]

Activision and Xbox Team to Bring Call of Duty eSports Competition to the Masses


Feb 06, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox, featuring a $1 million Call of Duty: Black Ops II tournament, will take place in Hollywood, California, April 5-7.

According to a release, Activision Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard and its studio Treyarch, in partnership with Xbox, Major League Gaming (MLG) and the Electronic Sports League (ESL) will bring together 32 of the world's most skilled multiplayer teams on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft to compete head-to-head in Call of Duty: Black Ops II in a live-streamed competition to be broadcast to the masses.



"More people play Call of Duty multiplayer every day than watch the average regular season game of the NBA. The scale and passion of the Call of Duty fan base is simply humbling, and yet there is no formal way to find out who amongst those millions of players is the best of the best, until now," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "Watching the performances of the very best Call of Duty players is already a mass spectator sport on YouTube and Call of Duty Elite. We are going to bring the best players in the world to Hollywood to compete on the ultimate stage, for the ultimate prize. And we are going to invite our entire worldwide fan base to join in the fun." "It's an absolute honor to have players and fans celebrate the thrill of competition on such a grand stage," said Mark Lamia, Treyarch studio head. "From the very beginning of development for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, we committed to making eSports an integral part of the game, and it's going to be awesome to watch the best teams in the world battle it out for everyone to see." More information: www.callofduty.com/blackops2 ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected]))

[ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]