Call of Duty will switch to a franchised, city-based league model.

The league is expected to follow the format of Activision Blizzard’s current, geolocated Overwatch League.

Activision Blizzard reported record net revenue for 2018 on Wednesday, but will lay off about 800 employees after missing projections.

Taking a cue from its own Overwatch League (OWL), Activision Blizzard will develop a franchised, city-based league for its long-running first-person shooter series, Call of Duty .

The plan was announced yesterday during the Activision Blizzard’s Q4 earnings call, in which the publisher claimed record net revenue in 2018 yet revealed that it will cut 8% of its global workforce, or about 800 employees.

Activision Blizzard did not reveal any further details about the planned franchised, geolocated league, including when the new format will commence. The current Call of Duty World League (CWL), which features a $6M USD prize pool for this year’s Black Ops 4 season, does not have a franchise model.

The Overwatch League began last year with 12 city-based teams from around the world, and will begin its second season this Thursday with an additional eight teams in the mix. Although some teams are owned by established esports organizations, each OWL team must have its own distinctive branding—for example, Cloud9’s championship-winning team is the London Spitfire . Currently, all OWL teams play at Blizzard Arena outside Los Angeles, but they will begin to host home games in their respective cities in 2020.

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Last June, ESPN reported that OWL team owners have a contractual first right to negotiate for franchised Call of Duty World League spots. Currently, four organizations that own OWL teams also have non-franchised Call of Duty squads competing in the CWL: OpTic Gaming , Team Envy , Splyce , and Gen.G Esports .

Activision Blizzard revealed plans to expand its focus on Call of Duty in the wake of the layoffs and company restructuring, and that a new core game in the series will release later this year. The publisher will also release a new Call of Duty mobile game developed by Chinese gaming giant, Tencent .