World Series of Warzone (WSOWTM) Global Final

Esports champions from around the world will come together to compete in front of their fans for a share of an impressive $600,000 prize pool.

WSOW 2023 will see the world’s most skilled Call of Duty®: Warzone players fly to London and take to the stage to compete. 2023 is a unique year for the competition as, for the first time ever, players in Latin America and Asian Pacific will be able to qualify for the WSOW Global Final, making it the most international competition yet.

Will Fifakill team up with abWizz and OEKIY to bring the trophy to Europe or will TOMMEY team up with Newbz and Almond to take it back to the States? Both trios took home significant prizes at the EU and NA Stage 2 Finals, but it remains to be seen which team will be crowned the ultimate champions. They will be joined by 48 other trios from across six continents.

The Global Final will consist of two main components, the WSOW Trio Squad competition and the iconic SoloYolo competition. The top 50 trios in the world will compete in a custom lobby 6-map series with WSOW scoring and $500K in prize money on the line. The best performing trio will be crowned champion and take home the $100K 1st place prize and priceless street cred.

With its own $100,000 prize pool, the SoloYolo will see the 150 qualifying players from the WSOW Global Finals compete as solos, with the winner being determined by overall placement. If you’re not first, you’re last.

• WSOW Trios Competition 3pm BST / 4pm CEST / 7am PST
• SoloYolo @ 8pm BST / 9pm CEST / 12pm PST

Presented by Prime Gaming, Prime subscribers can also take advantage of the WSOW Designated Driver Pack. The WSOW operator skin also comes with TAQ-V Battle Rifle Weapon Blueprint to be used in game.

You can tune in for the World Series of Warzone Global Final at twitch.tv/CallofDuty on Saturday at 3pm BST / 4pm CEST / 7am PST. Twitch viewers will also have the opportunity to win a MWIII Beta code with 50,000 codes up for grabs. Other prizes include the Lightning Rod Blueprint, “You Dropped This” Camo and XP tokens to use in game.

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The CDL community has spoken – voting players into two All-Star teams, placing the top two SMG and top two AR players in the First Team, and the third and fourth highest-voted SMG and AR players into the Second Team. All-Star teams will be announced prior to games on Thursday, August 4. Additionally, the community voted for season MVP and Rookie of the Year, which will be announced prior to games on Friday, August 5. 

Each of the eight All-Star players will receive a prize of $5k and a commemorative All-Star jacket, and MVP and ROTY will each receive $5k and a trophy.

Check out the Championship Weekend schedule here, and then tune into the Call of Duty League Championship Weekend here to see who takes home the coveted titles, and to watch the action live.

Fans can also earn viewership incentives and have a chance to receive Open Beta early access to Modern Warfare II when they watch matches live or purchase tickets for the event. Learn more about Championship Weekend Viewership Rewards here.

Only the top eight teams qualify for the Call of Duty League Championship Weekend. Each of the eight teams will be seeded into the bracket based on the CDL Points they’ve earned throughout the year at each of the four Majors.

All eight teams will be seeded into Winners Round 1. If they lose, they’ll head down to the Elimination Round for a chance at redemption.

Below are the start times for the Championship Weekend broadcast:

• Thursday: 19:30 p.m. BST
• Friday: 19:45 p.m. BST
• Saturday: 18:15 p.m. BST
• Sunday: 19:45 p.m. BST

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As a result, the platform will be the first-person training sponsor of the league, in addition to sponsoring the Call of Duty Challengers Scouting Series.

“Aim Lab’s training systems are built to help consumers understand the skills needed to become an esports superstar. Call of Duty League is excited to team up with Aim Lab to develop original content that highlights their training software as well as shines a spotlight on the Call of Duty Challengers path to pro circuit”

Jack Haravi, Vice President of Global Partnerships at Activision Blizzard Esports

For the remainder of the 2022 season, Aim Lab will offer a streaming section showing highlights from matches. Additionally, the platform will integrate a Call of Duty Challengers recording at the bottom of the screen to keep viewers informed about Challengers matches during the main CDL stream.

“We are honored to partner with Call of Duty League to create something truly unique and special for fans and pros alike. The new features will allow the world to see what it really takes to play Call of Duty at the highest level and showcase just how amazingly talented these players are. For the fans and aspiring Call of Duty pros at home, this partnership brings you new training tools in Aim Lab to help you reach your highest potential.”

Dr. Wayne Mackey, Founder and CEO of Statespace

Aim Lab has joined companies like TeamSpeak and online eyewear retailer Zenni on CDL’s partnership list. CDL also joined forces with esports company Esports Engine in January.

Following the agreement with the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT), Aim Lab is building an impressive portfolio of partners. This deal, which includes plans for content and training courses for fans, looks set to benefit all areas of the competitive Call of Duty scene.

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“Our massive, worldwide community of players continues to drive the team’s passion to deliver an epic Call of Duty: Mobile experience now and in the future. With all-new rewards and a prize pool of over $2 million dollars, everyone is invited to enjoy this year’s championships and we look forward to seeing who will be crowned victorious later this year.”

Matt Lewis, Vice President, Mobile at Activision

Designed for players of all skill levels, Stage One and Stage Two of the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2022 is open to eligible entrants across the world and all players who sign up to compete will receive an all-new frame and calling card. The Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2022 will be conducted regionally in multiple stages and begins in Stage One with four in-game online qualifiers. Each weekend from March 31st through April 24, 2022 UTC, eligible players that complete 10 ranked multiplayer matches and earn 60 points qualify for Stage Two plus new rewards each week. 

For more details on stages, requirements and official rules, please visit here.

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“Vanguard launch is just the beginning.  This new release will deliver unprecedented breadth and depth of amazing content experiences for Call of Duty players,” said Johanna Faries, General Manager, Call of Duty, Activision. “Together with next month’s release of the all-new Warzone Pacific map, Call of Duty is set to create the most integrated and deepest live ops calendar we’ve ever had.  Today is an exciting next chapter for our ever-evolving franchise.”

In Vanguard, players will experience the origins of Special Forces fighting across four major theaters of World War II like never seen before.

With development led by Sledgehammer Games, Vanguard enlists players in an engaging blockbuster campaign as ordinary soldiers from diverse backgrounds rise on all fronts to do the extraordinary and turn the tides of war. Multiplayer features 20 maps, 12 Operators and over three dozen Weapons in the revamped Gunsmith all starting day one. Vanguard multiplayer delivers new ways to play with the Combat Pacing system and the fast and frenetic multi-arena survival Champion Hill mode. Vanguard also brings a franchise-first Zombies crossover developed by Treyarch, expanding upon the Dark Aether storyline that players were introduced to in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

Season One will bring a brand-new map, Caldera, to the free-to-play Call of Duty: Warzone, along with a massive amount of new gameplay experiences—for free. Operator, Weapon, and Battle Pass progression will also be synchronized across Vanguard, Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare when Season One begins on December 2.

Releasing alongside Vanguard, the RICOCHET Anti-Cheat initiative is a multifaceted approach to combat cheating, featuring new server-side tools that monitor analytics to identify cheating, enhanced investigation processes to stamp out cheaters, updates to strengthen account security, and more. RICOCHET Anti-Cheat’s back-end anti-cheat security features will also come later this year with the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone Pacific map on PC.

Vanguard features unified progression and supports cross-play across next-generation and current-generation systems. Players can look forward to a new level of social features bringing friends to play together with clan features and more.  Vanguard’s deep integration with Warzone includes the largest amount of new release content ever coming to Warzone, including a new map, operators, weapons, and planes as well as shared progression, and exclusive access to the Warzone Pacific beginning December 2^nd for Vanguard owners.

Vanguard is available worldwide starting today on PlayStation5, PlayStation4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC in a fully optimized experience for Battle.net, Blizzard Entertainment’s online gaming service.

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If you’d like to “play a game,” a new draw will be available to players in Season 9 featuring Billy the Puppet from Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures’ iconic SAW franchise, along with other horrifying SAW-themed items. Additionally, players will have the opportunity to earn 50 new tiers of Battle Pass rewards. Season 9 launches with a fresh supply of free and premium content, including new characters such as Nikto – Scarecrow and Artery – Nosferatu, a new functional weapon – Swordfish, a new Scorestreak, Weapon Blueprints, Calling Cards, Charms, Call of Duty Points (CP), and more launching throughout the season!

Below are some of the key highlights for Call of Duty: Mobile Season 9: Nightmare coming to Android and iOS:
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• Return of Undead Siege – Taking place on the Isolated BR map, Undead Siege contains updates to the game mode as well as new and even more treacherous zombie enemies.
  • Game Mode changes:
    • More zombie types will appear in casual mode
    • Zombies will dynamically spawn for both casual and hard mode now
    • New daytime missions ready to experience
  • Miscellaneous
    • A collection of zombies and turret-related easter eggs, stories, and more will be available for players to explore.
    • Halloween has come to Undead Siege
• Season 9 Maps – Halloween Standoff returns complete with all its spooky Halloween trim, and Hovec Sawmill from Modern Warfare makes its debut in Call of Duty: Mobile.
• New Multiplayer Mode – Drop Zone – In this new mode, first introduced in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, teams battle for dominance over a designated drop zone that rotates throughout the match. Drop Zone will be available at launch in Season 9.
• New Themed Event – Trick or Treat –Players go door-to-door trick or treating with their friends and NPCs. If tricked, a player must complete a task to receive candy (event XP), but if players are “treated” in a room, they receive the candy right away. Event XP can be redeemed for theme-specific rewards.

Players can also expect New Seasonal Challenges, Lucky Draws, Bundles, and more available in the store once the Season begins.

For more information about Season 9: Nightmare, head to the Activision Games Blog here.

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Later on they achieved further success, including massive global hiring campaign with studio expansions in Melbourne, Australia in 2019 and Toronto, Canada in 2021.

Now, the studio will expand its reach with a new location based in Guildford, United Kingdom.

“Guildford has a long history of video game development, and as a result, there’s a lot of top-tier talent and an existing game dev community there and in the surrounding towns. We’re also an easy reverse commute in from London, which has a huge talent pool.”

Liz Wyle, General Manager of Sledgehammer Games Guilford.

The new Guildford studio will partner with other teams in the Bay Area, Melbourne, and Toronto to support Call of Duty: Vanguard’s Live Seasons as well as future projects for the years ahead.

They are also looking to hire new people across Art, Design, Engineering, Animation, UI & UX, Production, Audio, and more. 

They are looking for various levels of seniority and are also prepared to create roles when great talent comes along.

“I’m just really excited to bring our studio brand to the UK, along with the incredible franchise we get to work on. It’s another opportunity to do our own small part to grow the industry, in a place where there’s a huge number of talented developers. As we have done in our other locations, we will be looking to build partnerships with schools and universities to help nurture and grow the next generation of talent. It’s not just about finding people who already work in the industry, it’s about providing pathways for those who are looking to get in. I remember that daunting feeling very well and it makes me happy to be providing opportunity, especially as we emerge from a historic pandemic.”

Andy Wilson, COO Sledgehammer Games

The studio’s upcoming game Call of Duty: Vanguard will launch on November 5th.

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This patch was a minor patch. Because of that, it doesn’t affect the game at all. This patches main concern was the C58 Royal & Kross 4x Optic for the C58, which should now work like the rest of the sights.

July 21 patch notes

General

• Removed the Report Offensive Chat button removed while investigating a related crash.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue with the C58 Royal & Kross 4x Optic where it incorrectly affected recoil.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused Dead Silence to remain active throughout the game if the player used it seconds before the prematch lobby ended.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Sentry Turret Killstreak map icon to not move when placed on the train.
• Fixed an issue with flavor text on various Blueprints.

That is all about the July 21 Update of Warzone You can find more information by clicking here.

More Than 1 Million People Registered For Esports Premier League!

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Esports has come a long way and developed as an industry in the last decade. Sadly, we see again today that professional tournament organizers, like PlayHera, still continue to accuse us of using the “Reverse Boosting” method from the archaic era of esports.

Leijone, Aegis54, Czathu, and valuable streamer Ferit Karakaya who represent Turkey in the COD: Warzone Zero Hour +1 tournament, despite the team, manage to rise next step of the tournament with their qualified games technically, tournament organisators make the process slow, even they try to ignore their victory. Currently, we are trying to seek our rights. Ferit Karakaya and Turkey Gamify are showing us great support in our efforts. We thank you forever, and we will inform you about the developments related to the subject.

We will share the developments on the subject with you as soon as possible on our social media account, we are ready to do our best to move esports forward.

KUMIHO GAMING’S TWITLONGER EXPLANATION

They Withdrew From The Tournament!

Kumiho Gaming team continued their objections as they stated in the twitlonger link. After they were done wrong, the situation became clear today. According to the statements made by Ferit Karakaya and Kumiho Gaming’s Twitter account in the past hours, Kumiho Gaming was cleared of the unfounded accusations, but although Kumiho is ahead, the organizer team wanted Kumiho Gaming to continue the tournament with 1-1 and play the tiebreak competition. However, as a result of events such as the opponent team’s desire to play in the tiebreak with the substitute, the organization accepted this and Kumiho Gaming was banned from playing training competition since yesterday, Kumiho Gaming decided not to play the tiebreak competition and to withdraw from the tournament.

We hope you will understand our decision not to continue any longer with this ridiculous tournament order and the decisions of referees away from esports. We thank you.

Ferit Karakaya

We think their fans will be understanding with their brave and proud actions. You can find Ferit Karakaya’s Twitter statement consisting of several tweets here.

As the Esport Times team, we send our wishes to Ferit Karakaya and Kumiho Gaming because of the unfairness they had to face. We believe and know that; one day, Kumiho Gaming will achieve the success it deserves in the Warzone, and it will make us all proud. We wish Kumiho Gaming success in the further tournaments.

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