{"id":1363,"date":"2016-12-17T14:22:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T14:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2016-12-17T14:23:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T14:23:01","slug":"call-duty-world-league-cwl-takes-las-vegas-first-cwl-open-event-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/12\/17\/call-duty-world-league-cwl-takes-las-vegas-first-cwl-open-event-new-season\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL OF DUTY WORLD LEAGUE (CWL) TAKES OVER LAS VEGAS WITH FIRST CWL OPEN EVENT OF NEW SEASON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Call of Duty World\u00ae League, Presented by PlayStation\u00ae4 (CWL) kicks off the 2017 season competition today, with top eSports teams from multiple countries vying for their share of a $100,000 prize pool, and taking their first step towards becoming the CWL 2017 Champions. The best of the best are facing off during the CWL Open at MLG Vegas, December 16-18 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nToday will feature the beginning of pool play and more than 160 expected teams in the largest live Call of Duty open bracket ever. This event will have the top four open bracket teams join pool play tomorrow. On Sunday, December 18, the final teams will compete for their share of the $100,000 prize pool and title of CWL Open Champion at MLG Vegas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/802r_AOzKsw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nMore than 1,000 teams entered the CWL competition in 2016, with the 32 most elite teams making it to the CWL Championship held at Call of Duty XP.\u00a0 The CWL Championship is officially returning in 2017 and as part of the Road to Champs, players can compete for CWL Pro Points online via GameBattles, and at live events around the globe. In addition, top teams from North America, Europe, and APAC will be invited to compete in the first ever, CWL Global Pro League beginning this April.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCall of Duty World League, Presented by PlayStation\u00ae4 is proud to partner with Major League Gaming as tournament operator and broadcast partner for the upcoming season. \u00a0Through MLG\u2019s proven live streaming capabilities and technology, CWL fans can watch all the Infinite Warfare esports action on MLG.TV, MLG\u2019s YouTube channel, and in-game (IW PS4) through the Live Event Viewer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.twitch.tv\/?channel=callofduty\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"378\" width=\"620\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/callofduty?tt_medium=live_embed&#038;tt_content=text_link\" style=\"padding:2px 0px 4px; display:block; width:345px; font-weight:normal; font-size:10px; text-decoration:underline;\">Watch live video from Call of Duty on www.twitch.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/callofduty\/chat?popout=\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"500\" width=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Call of Duty World\u00ae League, Presented by PlayStation\u00ae4 (CWL) kicks off the 2017 season competition today, with top eSports teams from multiple countries vying for their share of a $100,000 prize pool, and taking their first step towards becoming the CWL 2017 Champions. The best of the best are facing off during the CWL &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/12\/17\/call-duty-world-league-cwl-takes-las-vegas-first-cwl-open-event-new-season\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esports-news","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1368,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}