Thursday, 10 November, 2016 - 11:45

Letsplay.live, Australasia’s home of eSports, is bringing competitive gaming to New Zealand once again.

LPL 2: Call of Duty Infinite Warfare Premiership, in association with Logitech and Twitch, will be the first Infinite Warfare tournament to be televised in the world.

Starting next Wednesday November 16th, eSports fans can follow New Zealand’s top Call of Duty teams in a six-team, six-week tournament that culminates in a live Grand Final spectacular at SKYCITY Theatre on December 21st.

Twenty-five New Zealand teams competed in qualifiers for the six available spots. The final teams include top players from the Call of Duty World Series.

The series will be televised live on Sky Sport 2 , SKYGO, and Fanpass every week at 7:30 pm. Round-robin and playoff matches will be streamed weekly online for free at www.letsplay.live and Twitch on Friday and Saturday nights from 7pm.

Letsplay.live spokesperson Duane Mutu says; " Our recent New Zealand Gaming Championship redefined sport in New Zealand. LPL 2 will take it to the next level with New Zealand's best-selling gaming franchise, Call of Duty".

Players will be flown from around the country and Australia to Auckland each week to face each other in the Hexedome - NZ’s first purpose-built eSports Arena. Each match is played over 5 maps with expert analysts and shoutcasters (commentators) educating and entertaining viewers in the fast-moving, high-energy world that is competitive gaming.

Tune into next Wednesday at 7:30pm to see why the world is embracing eSports live on SKY Sport 2.