Call of Duty Mobile has unveiled its 2025 esports roadmap, featuring more rewards and a $1m prize pool (~£785,690).
For the first time ever, there will be two different divisions for the world championship: Legendary and Open. The former will feature the Legendary & Grandmasters players while all the other ranks will be competing in the open division,
Taking part in their version of the World Championship with players of similar skill levels, ‘Open’ players will be rewarded with CoD Points and FACEIT Points.
Additionally, this year’s Call of Duty Mobile esports season will feature a total of six regions, with Africa joining North America, Europe, India, LATAM and Japan.
According to the official roadmap video, the competitive season will kick off on April 25th for the first two stages, which will determine the top teams qualifying for the following stages.
In the first stage, players will have to earn enough ranked points to advance to stage two where players will compete as ranked teams on June 4th. The Open division will end with the second stage.
During the following stage, 64 teams from each region will compete for a spot in the top 16 of the stage three finals. The top eight from each region will then head to stage four on July 26th, with teams split into two GSL groups, featuring best-of-five matches.
According to the official FAQ page, teams taking part in stage four and the following world championship will win a share of the total prize pool, although the distributed amounts are yet to be finalised.
The top two from each region will then compete in the stage four finals. In the playoffs stage, the remaining top four will then play a double-elimination bracket to determine the 2025 COD Mobile world champions.
Last year, the world championship took place in Atlanta, United States, at the Georgia World Congress Center as part of DreamHack Atlanta. The Philippine-American team Elevate ended up coming out on top, taking home $400,000 (~£313,857) in prize money.
