Tomorrow, the Call of Duty League Championship kicks off in Kitchener, just outside Toronto. It’s the biggest Call of Duty esports event of the year, and even if the marketing leading up to the event hasn’t been stellar, it promises to be a monumental event. The prize pool is huge, the storylines are coming to a head, and the champion is about to be crowned.
In a recent post on social media, the CEO of OverActive, the parent company behind Toronto Ultra, explained how much this event has been scaled up compared to previous CDL events held in Canada.
‘Packed For The Weekend’
In a post on social media, Adam Adamou, the CEO of the company that owns Toronto Ultra, this year’s COD Champs host, wrote:
Excited to share that the CoD World Championship will be the biggest CDL event ever held in Canada. We’re talking 60% bigger than our Majors in Toronto, in a venue twice the size.
We’ll be ramping up Thursday and Friday, and we’ll be PACKED for the weekend.
Pro players and fans have shared their concerns about the Call of Duty League Championship, as it has been a month since the ‘regular season’ ended, and almost no marketing has taken place to drive up the ‘hype’ for this event. Additionally, many die-hard fans have given this year’s COD Champs a pass because of the slightly awkward location.
In the days leading up to the event, I’ve heard about some teams needing to take ‘$140 Ubers’ to reach Kitchener from Toronto.
Regardless, this is the final event of the Call of Duty League 2025 season, so it’s worth watching. It’s almost certainly going to be a two-horse race between Atlanta FaZe and LA Thieves, but who knows, we could see OpTic Texas land the first back-to-back COD Champs win in Call of Duty esports history.
Insider Gaming will be on site at the event for the entire weekend, so stay tuned for all the latest.
For more Insider Gaming esports, check out the news that the ALGS Championship is living in Sapporo for a while
Grant has been gaming for 30+ years and in the industry for 10+. You'll probably find him playing a post-apocalyptic game or an extraction shooter somewhere.
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