Xbox in Partnership with Activision announced on Friday that the Call of Duty Championship featuring a $1 million Call of Duty: Black Ops II video game tournament, will take place April 5-7 in Hollywood, CA. Watch the official launch trailer just after the break.
It's time for gamers the world over to mark their calendars, because the ultimate high-stakes Call of Duty competition is coming this April, forever changing the face of competitive eSports. The Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox, featuring a $1 million Call of Duty®: Black Ops II tournament, will take place in Hollywood, CA April 5-7. Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) and their award-winning studio Treyarch, in partnership with Xbox®, Major League Gaming (MLG) and the Electronic Sports League (ESL) will bring together 32 of the world’s most skilled multiplayer teams on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft to compete head-to-head in Call of Duty: Black Ops II in a live-streamed spectacular to be broadcast to the masses.
"More people play Call of Duty multiplayer every day than watch the average regular season game of the NBA. The scale and passion of the Call of Duty fan base is simply humbling, and yet there is no formal way to find out who amongst those millions of players is the best of the best, until now," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "Watching the performances of the very best Call of Duty players is already a mass spectator sport on YouTube and Call of Duty® Elite. We are going to bring the best players in the world to Hollywood to compete on the ultimate stage, for the ultimate prize. And we are going to invite our entire worldwide fan base to join in the fun."
Twitch, the world's leading video platform and community for gamers, today announced a partnership with Activision, and the award-winning developer Treyarch, to bring Call of Duty: Black Ops II live streaming broadcasts to Twitch viewers worldwide, allowing every gamer to become a broadcaster and share their excitement for the spirit of Call of Duty competition with fans around the world.
Using innovative new in-game streaming feature from Activision and Treyarch, Call of Duty: Black Ops II players on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC will be able to broadcast their multiplayer games, player’s webcam, as well as audio commentary feeds in real-time directly to Twitch.
Twitch features in Call of Duty: Black Ops II will include:
Use your existing Twitch account or create a new one for free and immediately begin streaming gameplay
Share your Twitch live stream link to Twitter and Facebook, easily connecting with your social network
One-click broadcasting on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC
In addition to Twitch, Call of Duty: Black Ops II player live streams will be viewable on Twitch via web browsers, mobile and tablets through Call of Duty Elite. Additionally, Call of Duty Elite users can see the player card of the user that is streaming. With only a couple of clicks, players will see added information, including class loadouts, recent match data, as well as career stats across supported Call of Duty® games on Call of Duty Elite.
Treyarch and Activision announced today that a double XP event for Call of Duty: Black Ops II is starting today Friday, December 14 at 10am PST and running through the weekend until Monday, December 17 at 10am PST. Earn twice the XP for all of your Multiplayer gameplay.
In addition to earning double XP, this weekend's Elite Competitions will also award double clan XP! Three Competitions are available for you and your fellow clan members, including challenges in Domination, Kill Confirmed, and Team Deathmatch. Visit Call of Duty Elite for more information on how your clan can sign up.
What better way to kick off Double XP weekend than by playing with the developers themselves! On Friday from noon-2pm PST, members of the Treyarch development team will livestream an open lobby session with fans. Tune into the Treyarch YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/treyarch) to see how you can join in on the action!
Activision and Treyarch announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the highly-anticipated sequel to the best-selling Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game in history, is now available at retail locations across the globe.
Activision kicked-off the celebration overnight as eager fans lined-up at midnight across an unprecedented 16,000 retailers around the globe from Sydney to Dubai to Paris to Los Angeles to get their hands on Activision and their award-winning studio Treyarch's innovative new release. Anticipation for the title has reached a fever pitch and is expected to be the "biggest game launch of all time," as GameStop Tony Bartel recently noted.
The highly-anticipated sequel to the best-selling Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game in history has been called "the most ambitious Call of Duty ever," pushing the boundaries of the blockbuster franchise to new heights by propelling players into a world full of advanced weaponry, robotics and drone technology in the year 2025. Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which has shattered pre-order records set last year by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, is on its way to a historic launch, and is poised to usher in a new era for the 30-million Call of Duty fans worldwide with a host of new innovations to deliver the complete gaming experience. Providing great value to the Call of Duty community, starting today Activision's Call of Duty Elite services for Call of Duty: Black Ops II are free, providing fans with deeply integrated features, including Clan Operations, Zombies Leaderboards and more.
Activision announced has that Call of Duty: Black Ops II's new live streaming feature, available when the game launches on November 13th, will let players live stream gameplay on YouTube directly from Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 game consoles.
The first of its kind innovation coming from Activision and the game's developer, award-winning studio Treyarch, will allow players to live stream Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer League Play games, as well as the player's webcam and audio commentary while playing.
Call of Duty Elite takes the live streaming experience even further, letting viewers on Elite see the player card of the user that is streaming. With just a couple clicks, viewers can dig deeper to see such information as class loadouts, recent match data, as well as career stats across supported Call of Duty® games on Elite.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II player live streams will be viewable on YouTube via web browsers, mobile and tablets through Call of Duty Elite as well as individual YouTube user channels.
The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection #2 is now available for download from Xbox LIVE. MW3 Collection #2 features four multiplayer maps and two special ops missions, that previously were only available to Call of Duty Elite Premium Members.
Grab a friend and experience an all-new way to play multiplayer. The second Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 DLC Collection launches with all-new Multiplayer/Survival Mode Maps, Special Ops Missions and the debut of Face Off maps.
Totally new to the franchise, these super-concentrated hot spots distill all the fury of Multiplayer into a whole new breed of close combat. Scoping the Mediterranean, Hamburg, a sprawling vacation resort and even the Scottish Islands, players hungry for action will have no shortage of venues to test their Multiplayer and Special Ops skills. After this download is complete, please download the accompanying Collection 2 maps from the in-game STORE option in the MULTIPLAYER menu.