Call of Duty World League (CWL), Presented by PlayStation®4, Kicks-off New Season with Invitational Tournament at PlayStation Experience (PSX)
The new season officially starts
"The 2016 inaugural season of the CWL was incredible. We saw more than
1,000 teams from around the world compete, and well over 1 billion
minutes of broadcast content featuring some of the greatest Call of Duty
competition ever," said Executive Vice President and General Manager of
Call of Duty,
The invitational tournament begins today and lasts through the weekend
at PlayStation Experience (PSX) in
"PlayStation®4 is proud to partner with the Call of
The new CWL season will feature a series of 4 LAN-based competitions as well as an all-new, worldwide LAN league for Pros. Players across the board will be able to earn CWL Pro Points through the season to lead to qualification for the CWL Championship in August. Further information is below:
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4 Massive Open LANs for CWL Pro Points
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Las Vegas -December 16 - 18 -
Atlanta -February 10 -12 -
Anaheim -June 16 - 18 - More details on the 4th event to come
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New Pro LAN League - 16 Teams including 9 North American and 7 International
- Begins in April
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Columbus Arena ,Columbus, Ohio - Teams will qualify based on CWL Pro Points earned at LANs as well as online via GameBattles
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CWL Championship will return in 2017
- 32 teams from around the globe
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Teams will be able to earn CWL Pro Points at LANs and online via
GameBattles beginning on
Dec. 7 . -
Final Call of Duty Championship qualifiers will be played on LAN
in the
U.S. ,Europe and APAC
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Online competitions in GameBattles for CWL Pro Points in all eligible
regions beginning on
Dec. 7 . -
The qualification process for the first regional competition in
Las Vegas can be found here. The online qualification tournament for the CWL Las Vegas open will be held onDecember 10 .
In addition to the global North American competitions, fans in
Be sure to check out https://www.callofduty.com/esports and MajorLeagueGaming.com as well as follow @CODWorldLeague on Twitter , Instagram, and Twitch for the latest CWL updates. In 2016, the CWL set new franchise records with more than 1.2 Billion minutes watched of live competitive content and more than 120 million tune-ins.
Call of
GameBattles is one of the largest cross platform online eSports tournament system with over 10 million registered players. Visit www.gamebattles.com for more information and to register. Teams can participate in competitions through the online competition portal GameBattles now.
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