The Call of Duty Championship is going on right now in Los Angeles on Xbox One

Written by Brandon Hofer on March 29, 2014

News: The Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox, is going on right now and you can keep up with all of the action as it happens.

The Call of Duty Championship is taking place this weekend in Los Angeles with 31 of the world’s best Call of Duty teams competing on Xbox One for one million dollars. If you would like to tune in and watch the action you can do so on MLG.tv and at CallofDuty.com, as well as Xbox.com if you are in Europe. Additionally, the tournament’s final match will take place Sunday, March 30 with the live stream starting at 3:00 pm, pacific time, on the Xbox Live Dashboard (in participating regions).

“The global popularity of Call of Duty continues. Last year alone fans logged over 5 billion hours playing Call of Duty, and now its time to see who’s the best of the best,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, Inc. “The Call of Duty Championship is a celebration of Call of Duty, featuring a tailor made livestream for fans to experience and enjoy all the action in real time. Last year’s finals came down to the final moments of the final match, and we can’t wait to see how it all unfolds this year.”

These 31 teams from six continents around the world have trained extensively over the past few months, winning their respective fellow regional competitions in qualifying events conducted by the professional competitive gaming organizations of Major League Gaming (MLG), Gfinity, and the Australian Cyber League (ACL). Teams like NSP from South Korea, European Champions TCM Gaming from UK and Brazil 5 Star from Brazil, will compete against such notable teams from North America as CompLexity, EnVyUs, and MLG U.S. Champions Strictly Business.

The Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox begins with round-robin style pool play among eight groups of four teams. The top two teams from each group will advance to a 16-team double elimination bracket, where the team that places first will take home $400,000 of the tournament's $1 million dollar total prize pool. The remaining seven teams will each take home prizes ranging from $200,000 for second place to $25,000 for eighth place. Further details on the 2014 Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox, including full rules and regulations, Call of Duty: Ghosts maps and modes for the tournament, livestream information, prizing distribution and more are available at https://callofduty.com/esports.

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