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Call of Duty World League Conquered by 100 Thieves

With a massive crowd of Call of Duty esports fans in attendance, 100 Thieves rallied through strong competition to capture the CWL Anaheim Cup, the team’s second major event victory of the 2019 CWL season, presented by PlayStation 4. Gen.G, OpTic Gaming and and FaZe Clan rounded-out the remaining top four placing Pro teams. The thrilling three-day event set at the packed Anaheim Convention Center featured teams from around the world competing in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

100 Thieves took home the championship led by the impressive play of Austin ‘SlasheR’ Liddicoat, who was named CWL Anaheim MVP following the team’s victory on Sunday.

Over 100 amateur teams competed for a dedicated prize pool in the CWL Anaheim MTN DEW AMP GAME FUEL Open Bracket. Mindfreak emerged as amateur champions of the event. Both 100 Thieves and Mindfreak have each won back-to-back events; both earning titles the May 2019 major tournament CWL London.

During the event broadcast, the Call of Duty World League announced Los Angeles will be the destination for the 2019 Call of Duty World League Championship. Taking place from August 14-18, 2019, at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion, the final event of the 2019 season will feature 32 teams from around the world as they compete for prizing and a chance to etch their name into the storied Call of Duty World League Championship trophy. All 16 teams in the CWL Pro League will compete at the Championship event, with the remaining 16 teams determined through final placements at the CWL Finals, taking place in Miami from July 19-21, 2019.

CWL Anaheim action was streamed live to fans worldwide on MLG.com/CallofDuty and Twitch.tv/CallofDuty, as well as, in the live event viewer center within Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 exclusively on PlayStation 4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is published by Activision, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) and developed by Treyarch.

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As a journalist John has covered everything from rural town meetings to the U.S. Congress and even done time as a crime reporter and photographer.|His first venture into writing about the game industry came in the form of a computer column called "On the Chip Side," which grew to have over 1 million circulation and was published in newspapers in several states. From there he did several "ask the computer guy" columns in magazines such as Up Front! in New Mexico and Who Cares? in Washington D.C. When the Internet started to become popular, he began writing guided Web tours for the newly launched Washington Post online section as well as reviews for the weekend section of the paper, something he still does from time to time. His experience in trade publications came as a writer and reviewer for Government Computer News. As the editor of GiN, he demands strict editorial standards from all the writers and reviewers. Breeden feels the industry needs a weekly, reliable trade publication covering the games industry and works tirelessly to accomplish that goal.