Call of Duty League Channel
Call of Duty League, inside the game.
SELECTED WORK / PREVIEWOverview
In February 2021, Black Ops Cold War launched League Play, a ranked mode built on Call of Duty League rules. I led UI design for its CDL Channel, which brought the pro season’s schedule and team standings into the game. I designed it within Telescope, Call of Duty’s embedded web platform, with navigation and focus states built for game controls, and continued the work into Vanguard.
The challenge
The problem
The 2021 Call of Duty League season had 12 teams playing through five stages and a Championship, so schedules, standings, and results changed constantly. The channel had to bring all of it into Black Ops Cold War in a way that was easy to browse.
The goal
Let League Play players check upcoming matches, follow their favorite team’s standings, and review results without leaving the game.
Constraints
The channel ran on an embedded web platform, so navigation and focus states had to work with game controls. Message of the Day layouts also had to handle different artwork, copy lengths, and languages.
My scope
CDL Channel
News, schedules, standings, and match details
Announcements
Message of the Day layouts
Interaction design
Navigation, focus states, typography, and transitions
Content concepts
Seasonal content and lobby explorations
Channel home
The channel brought league news, schedules, standings, and match details together inside Call of Duty.
Schedules and results
Upcoming and completed matches showed teams, times, and scores. Players could open a completed series for the full match details.
Standings and match details
Standings showed team rankings and records. Match details broke each series down into map results, with controller navigation connecting the views.
In-game announcements
I also designed Message of the Day layouts for launches, events, and announcements. The layouts supported different artwork, copy lengths, and languages, with a clear return to play.
Launch and results
The CDL Channel launched in Black Ops Cold War’s League Play in February 2021, giving players the full CDL schedule and their favorite team’s standings inside the game. The work continued into Vanguard, including Message of the Day layouts and lobby access to league updates.
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