Oxygen Esports, a North American organization, is reportedly shutting down.

North American esports organization Oxygen Esports (OXG) is reportedly shutting down and laying off all its staff. This information was initially reported by Dexerto, which cited unnamed sources about the organization’s closure.

According to Dexerto, the players from OXG’s Call of Duty League team, Boston Breach, were notified that they would lose access to the organization’s Helix facility and their apartments by August 8th, despite the team still participating in the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia shortly after.

Sources also suggest that OXG’s board and shareholders are working on the formalities related to severance pay, with the official announcement of layoffs expected by August 9th. Esports Insider has reached out to Oxygen Esports for confirmation.

Founded in 2020 in New England, Oxygen Esports gained prominence by integrating the Kraft Sports and Entertainment esports operations, which included the Boston Uprising from the Overwatch League and a Call of Duty League team. The organization also competed in VALORANT, Rocket League, Rainbow Six: Siege, and sim racing.

OXG had partnerships with technology brand GamerTech and energy drink company Monster Energy, among others. It also recently launched Quick Fix Media (QFM), an esports content and media incubator, and collaborated with Rocket League news site ShiftRLE for the Shift Summer League tournament.

However, the Rocket League Playoffs for this tournament were suspended indefinitely on August 6th. A member of the production crew alleged on X (formerly Twitter) that staff were asked to continue working without payment after it was revealed that their pre-arranged compensation would not be honored.