Tournaments Breaking: First Five Call of Duty League Franchise Owners Revealed by Trent Murray May 3, 2019 written by Trent Murray May 3, 2019 On its Q1 2019 earnings call today, Activision Blizzard announced the first five cities and owners for the upcoming geolocated Call of Duty League. The spots for Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; New York, New York; Paris, France; and Toronto, Canada will be owned by Atlanta Esports Ventures, Envy Gaming , Sterling.VC , c0ntact Gaming, and OverActive Media , respectively. “In each of the five founding franchises announced today, we are partnering with existing Overwatch League team owners who have first-hand experience of our esports vision and capabilities and recognize the scale of the opportunity for a global, city-based Call of Duty league,” said Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick in a release. “We look forward to announcing more details around these cities and other team sales in the coming months.” With this announcement, OverActive Media will become the only organization to own a spot in three major franchised leagues. The company also owns Splyce , which competes in the League of Legends European Championship . The Esports Observer will update this story as more information becomes available. Activision BlizzardCall of DutyCanadaChris OverholtFrancefranchiseGeorgianew yorkNorth Americaoveractive mediaOverwatchOverwatch LeagueowlparisSplyceTorontoToronto Defiant Source link BreakingcallDutyFranchiseLeagueOwnersrevealed 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Trent Murray previous post Epic Games has F@&!ed Up Fortnite Esports Beyond Repair next post Asking Alexandria to Perform at BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles Related Articles Riot launches first official Wild Rift tournament roadmap... November 29, 2022 MOONTON enters Brazilian esports, launches official Mobile Legends... November 28, 2022 ESL Gaming signs global partnership deal with Monster... November 26, 2022 Opera GX teams with tournament platform Repeat.gg –... November 25, 2022 Riot Games announce Wild Rift competitive circuit in... November 23, 2022 Credit Karma activating on Valorant deal – ARCHIVE... November 20, 2022 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
