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New City-Based Call of Duty Esports League to Launch in 2020

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 2019-- The 2019 Call of Duty^®World League season concluded with eUnited winning the most prestigious prize in professional Call of Duty^® esports: The Call of Duty World League Championship. Through August 14-18, 32 teams from around the world competed in Los Angeles across a massive five-day tournament in the last event of the Call of Duty^®: Black Ops 4 competitive season.

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eUnited wins the 2019 Call of Duty World League Championship (Photo: Business Wire)

eUnited captured the organization’s first-ever Call of Duty esports world championship, driven by the strong teamwork and skill of event MVP Chris ‘Simp’ Lehr. 100 Thieves, OpTic Gaming, and Enigma6 rounded-out the remaining top four teams at #CWLCHAMPS.

“Congratulations to eUnited for their victory at the 2019 Call of Duty World League Championship,” said Johanna Faries, Commissioner of Call of Duty Esports. “Thank you to the teams at Activision and Treyarch as well as our league sponsors for helping us deliver an incredibly competitive and entertaining season of gameplay for our fans around the world.”

In 2020, Call of Duty Esports grows to a city-based franchise league featuring games in home markets around the globe, including announced teams in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minnesota, New York, Paris, and Toronto. Additional team announcements are coming soon.

Visit CallofDuty.com/esports and follow the official home of Call of Duty esports on Twitter and Instagram for more information on the upcoming season. Video-on-Demand from the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 season is available on MLG.com/CallofDuty and YouTube.com/CODWorldLeague.

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including statements about the expected dates, features and events of the CWL Championship are forward-looking statements, that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.

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Source: Activision Publishing, Inc.

For Information, Contact:
Xav de Matos
PR Manager, Call of Duty World League
xdematos@blizzard.com