The first-ever World Championship featuring one of the most famous free-to-play shooter video game Call of Duty: Mobile has been cancelled, as announced on the official Twitter account.
The Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2020 featured top 8 best teams from each of the regional championships. The teams were to be competing for a whopping prize pool of $750,000 in the finals. Which is now to be equally distributed among all the teams as compensation of cancelled event.
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The organizers of the event, Activision said, “We’ve had to make a difficult decision, but we are putting the health and well-being of our players first regarding the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2020. Out of an abundance of caution, the Stage 5: Grand Finals of the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2020 will not take place.
Our highest priority will always be the well-being of our players, fans, and communities around the world. After carefully reviewing the status of Covid-19 conditions, social distancing, and other safety guidelines across all regions, we do not wish to place players at risk by travelling to a hosted, live event. As a result of Stage 5: Grand Finals cancellation, the remaining prize pool will be distributed evenly across the Stage 4: Regional Playoff Champions.
We congratulate all of Stage 4: Regional Playoff Champions and thank everyone for their understanding. We are excited about the future of competitive gaming within Call of Duty: Mobile an will be sharing more on our plans in the future.
— Call of Duty: Mobile (@PlayCODMobile) December 7, 2020
Here is the list of teams that qualified for the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship 2020 finals by winning in their respective regional championship.
- Rejection (Japan)
- Tribe Gaming (North America)
- Team Mayhem (Others region)
- T1 (South Korea)
- NRX JEREMIAH 29:11 (Southeast Asia)
- Influence Rage (LATAM)
- Kings Clan (Western Europe)
Though the ongoing pandemic has affected most of the esports LAN events, the news regarding the cancellation of the event came as a shock to all COD Mobile fans around the globe. The fans would miss seeing their favourite teams compete in the world championship and bring the glory home.
