{"id":27953,"date":"2013-04-08T12:23:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T16:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=27953"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:10:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:10:51","slug":"call-of-duty-championship-xbox-360-video-game-news-elite-black-ops-ii-dlc-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=27953","title":{"rendered":"Call of Duty Championship: Xbox 360 VIDEO GAME NEWS – Elite, Black Ops II, DLC & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Beginning today through to Sunday, 7th<\/sup>\u00a0April, at the Hollywood Palladium Theatre, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq:\u00a0ATVI<\/a>), and their award-winning studio Treyarch, in partnership with Xbox\u00ae, are celebrating the amazing skill and dedication of\u00a0Call of Duty<\/em>\u2019s best eSports athletes from around the world with the\u00a0Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 32 of the most skilled\u00a0Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops II<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0multiplayer teams are competing head-to-head on the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for their share of a $1 million total prize purse, and the opportunity for one team to secure the highly coveted honour of\u00a0Call of Duty<\/em>World Champions.\u00a0 Activision is uniting the\u00a0Call of Duty<\/em>\u00a0community of more than 40 million players by live streaming minute-by-minute coverage of theCall of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox<\/em><\/strong>, which can be viewed via the Xbox LIVE\u00ae Dashboard in participating regions, on Xbox.com,\u00a0Call of Duty\u00ae Elite<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0Call of Duty<\/em>\u00a0Facebook page, and via GameSpot and Twitch.tv, among other destinations.\u00a0 The\u00a0Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0finals live stream begins on Sunday, 7th<\/sup>\u00a0April at 11:00 p.m. UK time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0isn\u2019t just another gaming tournament, it\u2019s a celebration of\u00a0Call of Duty<\/em>\u00a0and a recognition of the franchise\u2019s most dedicated, talented players,\u201d said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re bringing\u00a0Call of Duty<\/em>\u2019s massive player community together with the increasingly popular eSports movement.\u00a0 This is a great moment for the franchise, but also for eSports as a whole, which is only going to get bigger and better moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

For months, these 32 teams have been engaged in intense training and fierce competition, qualifying through events conducted by\u00a0Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops II<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in-game League Play, as well as through the professional competitive circuits of Major League Gaming (MLG), the Australian Cyber League (ACL), and the Electronic Sports League (ESL).\u00a0 Teams like Fariko.Dragons from the UK, InFiDream from Asia, Epsilion.IRL from Ireland and Made in Brazil\u2026 from Brazil, will compete against such notable teams from North America as OpTic Gaming and Fariko.Impact.\u00a0 The competition culminates in a livestreamed final match on Sunday, 7th<\/sup>\u00a0April.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe\u00a0Call of Duty<\/em>\u00a0Championship, presented by Xbox<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0generated a tidal wave of interest of competitive play in\u00a0Black Ops 2,\u00a0<\/em>and is the continuing realisation of the studio\u2019s eSports initiative for Call of Duty,\u201d said Mark Lamia, Studio Head, Treyarch. \u201cWhether it was through qualifying from within the game during our Season 3 of Leagues, or the other organised tournaments held throughout the world, we\u2019ve seen and qualified the best of the best to compete at the Championship, and we couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to offer a truly international stage for our Call of Duty fans to experience just how thrilling Call of Duty competitive play is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>begins with round-robin style pool play among eight groups of four teams.\u00a0 The top two teams from each group will advance to a 16-team double elimination bracket, where the team who comes first will take home $400,000 of the $1 million dollar prize pool.\u00a0 The remaining seven teams will each take home prizes ranging from $200,000 for second place to $25,000 for eighth place.<\/p>\n

Further details on the\u00a0Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox<\/em><\/strong>, including full rules and regulations,\u00a0Call of Duty: Black Ops II<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0maps and modes for the tournament, livestream information, prizing distribution, and more are available at\u00a0http:\/\/elite.callofduty.com\/esports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops II<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is rated PEGI 18.\u00a0 More information on\u00a0Call of Duty: Black Ops II<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0can be found at\u00a0http:\/\/www.callofduty.com\/blackops2<\/a>\u00a0or on\u00a0www.facebook.com\/codblackops<\/a>.\u00a0 Fans can also follow @Treyarch on Twitter.<\/p>\n

About Major League Gaming<\/span><\/strong>
\nMajor League Gaming (MLG)<\/a>\u00a0(www.majorleaguegaming.com<\/a>) is the world\u2019s largest eSports organization with millions of LIVE viewers, fans and competitors around the globe. MLG enables gamers to compete, improve their skills, and socialize via the largest online destination for competitive console and PC gaming featuring more than 8 million registered gamers, and the annual MLG Pro Circuit featuring LIVE, in-person tournaments in cities nationwide. MLG broadcasts competitive play, analysis and more via online streaming to hundreds of thousands of fans in an average of more than 170 countries.<\/p>\n

About Electronic Sports League<\/span><\/strong>
\nElectronic Sports League and the company behind, Turtle Entertainment, is the leading gaming company in the field of competitive gaming and electronic sports. Founded in the year 2000 the company is currently offering its services in more than 46 countries including the US and China. Core of Turtle’s services is its online portal called Electronic Sports League (ESL) which became a highly popular destination site for competitive computer gamers around the world. The portal reaches up to ten million visits a month (IVW) generated by more than 4 million registered users. Turtle Entertainment broadcasts ESL events via ESL TV, ESL’s web-TV service, since 2007. The headquarter has more than 115 employees and is located in Cologne, Germany. Turtle Entertainment owns the majority of the Chinese eSports league PGL (Pro Gamer League) since 2007.\u00a0Turtle Entertainment markets its products worldwide using these specific brands: Electronic Sports League (ESL), ESL Pro Series, Intel Extreme Masters, ESL Major Series, ESL TV, Consoles Sports League. Further information is available at\u00a0\u00a0www.turtle-entertainment.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Treyarch<\/span><\/strong>
\nTreyarch is an industry-leading game developer, wholly owned by Activision Publishing, Inc. whose Call of Duty: Black Ops II set worldwide launch day records, and whose previous game Call of Duty\u00ae: Black Ops set an entertainment launch opening record upon its release in 2010 and continues to be one of the best-selling games of all time, according to NPD and GfK Chart-Track.<\/p>\n

About Activision Publishing, Inc.<\/span><\/strong>
\nHeadquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.<\/p>\n

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, mainland China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company\u2019s website,\u00a0www.activision.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beginning today through to Sunday, 7th\u00a0April, at the Hollywood Palladium Theatre, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq:\u00a0ATVI), and their award-winning studio Treyarch, in partnership with Xbox\u00ae, are celebrating the amazing skill and dedication of\u00a0Call of Duty\u2019s best eSports athletes from around the world with the\u00a0Call of Duty Championship, presented by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27953"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}