Viewership Set to Thrive on Black Ops 4

Remember remember the fifth of November. Not only for Guy Fawkes Night in the UK but for the day competitive Call of Duty stamped its place back on Twitch.

It is well documented that viewing figures for professional Call of Duty have dwindled since the days of Black Ops 2, but towards the end of the World War 2 season, traction started to pick up as the CWL Championship finals were watched by over 300,000 viewers.

Black Ops 4

Heading into what has been the most anticipated Call of Duty release since Modern Warfare 2, would the trend of high viewership continue into the new season? Or would it dwindle once again like it did for the majority of the World War 2 season.

On release, Black Ops 4 generated an unprecedented number of viewers as everyone got their hands on an all-new Multiplayer, Zombies and a battle royale mode. Nearly every professional player was either decimating the opposition on Multiplayer or performing some insane clutch in the final circle on Blackout, Call of Duty was back and in a big way.

The real question was to see if these record figures could be transitioned to the competitive scene, a part of the Call of Duty community that has often lacked behind some of the other top esports titles.

The release of the heavily critiqued v1 CWL ruleset meant that teams could now knuckle down and get some much needed practice in before the opening event of the season, CWL Vegas. Last season, players streaming their scrims was a myth, with hardly any player broadcasting their practice despite nearly everyone knowing their strategies heading into the latter stages of the season. This year appears to be different.

100 Thieves player, Kenny “Kenny” Williams and reigning champion Bryan “Apathy” Zhelyazkov are often seen streaming their team scrims to an audience of thousands. Other players are also following suit in broadcasting their attempts to hone their strategies ahead of the first major tournament of the year. Viewership is high and people are enjoying the content, a big change from last season.

On November 5th, Optic Gaming’s Seth “Scump” Abner and his fellow teammates took home the first online CWL 2K tournament without conceding a single map loss. Before the finals, the face of Twitch, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins hosted the OpTic captain, causing his concurrent viewership to hit over 100,000 — An insane number for the first 2K of the year.

Peaking at over 140,000 viewers across all streams and despite the rather small prize of $2,000, Call of Duty is primed to hit record numbers at CWL Las Vegas which takes place from December 7th-9th. Cod is well and truly back at the forefront of esports.

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