Posted 2/16/2024, 10:54:25 PM
Activision Blizzard Faces $100 Million Antitrust Lawsuit Over Alleged Call of Duty Esports Monopoly
- Activision Blizzard faces $100M lawsuit alleging it monopolizes Call of Duty leagues and tournaments
- Suit claims teams must pay $27.5M entry fee, give Activision half their revenue, and let it contract most sponsors
- Activision acquired Major League Gaming in 2016, refused licenses for other tournaments
- Suit brings antitrust claims, seeks over $100M and stop to anticompetitive conduct
- Last year Activision settled similar suit over rules suppressing player wages