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OverActive Media Corp’s Toronto Ultra team will host the 2025 Call of Duty League CDL Championship Weekend in the Waterloo Region, adjacent to the Greater Toronto Area.
It marks the first time the competitive Call of Duty event will be hosted outside of the United States.
Toronto Ultra features two UK players, Insight and Beans, plus Danish player CleanX and US player JoeDeceives, as well as UK coaches Flux and Joee.
The Call of Duty League Championship weekend powered by Bell, will take place from June 26th to 29th 2025 at Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Waterloo Region, Ontario. The four-day tournament, which is the pinnacle event of the season, will bring together the top eight Call of Duty League teams to battle it out for prize money and bragging rights after months of intense online and in-person matches.
The Call of Duty League Championship Weekend will feature a 360-degree centre stage setup, a first-of-its-kind in the Canadian esports market.
This esports tournament in Canada is made possible through a partnership with Explore Waterloo Region and powered by Bell, bringing together the world’s top talent in competitive Call of Duty. The event is expected to generate significant economic impact for the region by attracting local and international fans, according to a press release.
“Bringing the Call of Duty League Championship to Canada is a defining moment for OverActive Media,” said Adam Adamou, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at OverActive Media.
“As Canadian businesses are looking for new ways to drive economic growth, this event will bring significant tourism, business, and commercial opportunities to the region.
“We are proud to host a world-class event that highlights Canada’s role as a major player in the global esports industry.”
Adam Adamou, OverActive Media
“We are thrilled with the partnership with OverActive Media, and to have the opportunity to bring one of the biggest esports events in the world to the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium,” added Allister Scorgie, Director of Sport Hosting at Explore Waterloo Region.
“Hosting this event demonstrates the incredible growth of esports here in Waterloo Region which will have an immense economic impact on our community. This June, all eyes in the world of esports will be on Waterloo Region. We’re looking forward to welcoming thousands of people to our community for this event, as well as the millions of spectators who will be introduced to Waterloo Region as they stream from around the globe.”
OverActive Media previously hosted Major tournaments in Toronto (including the 2022 Major 3, 2023, 2024) and the 2025 Major I event in Spain, hosted in partnership with Movistar Koi, an OverActive-owned team. That event marked the first CDL tournament in Europe in five years, drawing nearly 4m global viewers.
And at the 2025 Canadian Game Awards, OverActive Media and Toronto Ultra were named ‘Best Esports Organisation’ and ‘Best Esports Event’ for the 2024 CDL Major III powered by Bell in Toronto.
OverActive Media has partners including Bell, AMD, Blacklyte and Scuf Gaming.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
