Overwatch Esports has yet to announce how life after the OWL will work, including who will be running it, how it will be formatted, the possible integration of the amateur and semi-professional T2 scenes, and when the calendar will kick off. For orgs, massive fees, deferrals, esports winter, and reneged promises have led to unrest and turmoil.īut what happens if the Call of Duty League was to be dissolved? Is there a way back to pool play? Or have we gotten to a point where the only way to survive is to plug the holes in this sinking ship and float into the abyss? Could the Call of Duty League follow in the footsteps of the Overwatch League?īefore we take a look at Call of Duty, Activision's franchised league Overwatch has now officially been dissolved as teams were able to negotiate a deal to waive outstanding fees due to the OWL and begin transitioning to a new direction on esports.Īfter six seasons split into two regions, the OWL has now ceased to exist, after parties were given the chance to vote on its continuation, where the anonymous majority decision favoured a new chapter. For fans, platform swaps, discoverability, and a lack of global diversity have hindered the experience and online dramas have only been heightened as a result of continuous bad news. Viewership is down again after the controversial new deal with YouTube, and the once-lucrative elite division of CoD esports has become a shadow of what was promised.įor players, a lack of streamlined synergy between the core game and Warzone's influence is still posing a threat in the fourth year of competition. After four seasons, the franchised system deployed in the Call of Duty League is on its last legs.

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