It has been suggested that Call of Duty could appear at the upcoming Esports World Cup. This super-sized competition is set to take place over eight weeks in the summertime in Riyadh, and the event will feature the largest prize pool in esports history. So far, a vast variety of games have been confirmed as making an appearance, but until now, Call of Duty hasn’t been one of them. Everything from CS2 to Rainbow Six and from Rocket League to Fortnite is making an appearance, so where’s Call of Duty?
Well, according to recent claims, Call of Duty could be set to make an epic appearance at the Esports World Cup. In the back end of the tournament website, dataminers found references to COD Warzone and COD MW3, along with some dates and prize pools. It seems obvious that Call of Duty, one of the top esports games, would appear at the EWC, but there are blockers in place that prevent a clean and simple showing.
Unfortunately, there’s a clause written into the terms and conditions of the Call of Duty League. Put simply, organisations can’t compete in any tournament other than the CDL, which effectively locks them out of the Esports World Cup – but it doesn’t end there. That’s not the end of the road for the most legendary first-person shooter series in gaming history.
On Twitter, Jacob Hale posted a screenshot referencing the data that was uncovered – which has since been deleted from the website. He also mentioned verifying these claims with several sources – but nobody seems sure that the Esports World Cup will play host to a Call of Duty tournament.
Per the claims, there will be a Warzone tournament worth $1 million and a Modern Warfare 3 event worth a whopping $1.8 million. That would mean that the Esports World Cup would be more valuable to competitors than the Call of Duty League World Championship. The only issue is that nobody knows how it could work, despite there being tangible interest from some of the best Call of Duty pro players in history.
It’s also worth pointing out that this might be named the Esports World Cup, but it’s not a World Cup as you might imagine. This isn’t a string of countries facing off against one another, but a traditional esports tournament featuring a slew of organisations fighting across a range of titles. That has been the root cause of a lot of confusion thus far, and as Call of Duty fans are relatively new to the idea of the Esports World Cup, they’re understandably getting the wrong end of the stick.
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