Gaming in 2016 begins with some unfortunate news
Activision Blizzard, who’s home to the Call of Duty series, has purchased assets of Major League Gaming for $46 million. MLG CEO, Sundance DiGiovanni will now exit the company with Mike Sepso, who left the company in 2015, non-coincidentally, now working for Activision’s newly formed ESports division. Originally founded in 2002, MLG was a staple to Halo and COD tournaments for console gamers, as well as its PC stands outs like WoW, League of Legends and StarCraft II.
Now, Activision has plans to build a 15,000-seat stadium in China, which will continue events for MLG in the future. Yahoo was previously rumored to have purchased the company last October, but their advanced talks fell through when Activision put up the large amount of money.
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