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"Call Of Duty" League To Have City-Based Model In '20

Activision Blizzard Esports this afternoon will announce that next year’s inaugural season of the new "Call of Duty" league will immediately start with a home/away format for events. The video game publisher is launching the new city-based "Call of Duty" league next year and is also now in the second year of running the similarly geo-located Overwatch League. OWL is transitioning to running its regular home/away format next season.

The league has announced seven teams to date -- Atlanta, Dallas, L.A., Minnesota, N.Y., Paris and Toronto. A source familiar with the league’s plans said to expect at least 12 cities for '20. Activision has been reportedly asking $25M per expansion fee for the "Call of Duty" league. Some of the team owners for the new "Call of Duty" league are also owners in the OWL, including Atlanta Esports Ventures, Envy Gaming (Dallas), OverActive Media (Toronto) and Sterling.VC/NY.

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