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|seo_title=GameBattles to Shut Down
|seo_keywords=GameBattles
|image=Gamebattles.png
|tags=GameBattles
|date=2023-11-15T13:43:25.000Z
|sources={{NewsSource
|source=Esports Insider
|url=https://esportsinsider.com/2023/11/gamebattles-to-shut-down-in-2024
|article=News/GameBattles to Shut Down
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|author=Andura
|category=Business
|content=GameBattles announced the closure of the platform on January 15th, 2024. GameBattles was acquired by MLG in 2006. Later MLG was acquired by [[Companies/Activision Blizzard|Activision Blizzard]] in 2016. 

Chris Evans, an Operations Supervisor at GameBattles, stated  '''“Our team learned yesterday that Activision Blizzard has decided to shut down GameBattles, the last remaining branch of MLG, by mid-January. The entire team at GameBattles has been notified that we’re all being let go as part of the closure.”'''
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