Recent reports have surfaced online pointing to a total breakdown at Oxygen Esports, the Kraft Sports-backed organisation that fields teams in a range of titles, including Call of Duty, Apex Legends, and VALORANT. It’s the parent company to the Call of Duty League’s Boston Breach, which this season put up one of the worst performances we’ve seen in the history of COD esports.
Lots of details are up in the air at present, but according to sources, Oxygen is laying off all staff and shutting down operations – this should, by association, also pull down Boston Breach, which is due to compete at the Esports World Cup in just a few days.
Biting the Dust
Oxygen Esports was never particularly successful as an organisation – especially of late – but this is a crushing and sudden blow for the industry. It was a few days ago that the Rocket League scene was hit by a sudden cancellation of the Shift Summer League Playoffs mere minutes before they were supposed to take place – the root cause of this has now been revealed as Oxygen’s impending shutdown.
In a report published by Dexerto, it was confirmed by Boston Breach’s players that they’ve been ‘kicked out’ of the training facility operated by Kraft Sports at Patriot Place. They’ll still fly to Riyadh to compete in the Esports World Cup, but after that, the future is uncertain.
It’s anticipated that shareholders and senior staff will confirm the future of the brand by the end of the week, one way or another. Stay tuned to catch all the comments as they’re delivered. In the meantime, we’ve reached out to Oxygen Esports to see if we can expedite this information.
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