As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, its toll on the esports industry reaches higher and higher. This time around, pressure from the outbreak has caused a massive breakdown in one of the Overwatch League’s major teams. As of today, the Vancouver Titans has released its entire roster, including two coaches. This is a remarkable turn
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The Overwatch League has been one of the sectors of esports hardest hit by the Coronavirus pandemic. Multiple events have been canceled, and others are moving to an all-online format. That being said, there is one good thing to come out of this for the OWL. For the first time since introducing weekly hero pools,
As events and leagues from the video game and beyond continue to postpone or shut down entirely, it ‘s no surprise to see the Overwatch League cancel their remaining events for the next few months. Concerns over the coronavirus have already forced GDC, SXSW, and E3 to close, and even major sports leagues like Serie
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is approaching its Season Two release today, which includes new content and game modes. While a lot of excitement surrounds the inclusion of the Modern Warfare 2 map Rust, many are criticizing the CDL Playlist. Since Black Ops 2, fans of CoD have begged for the addition of Ranked Play.
Today Blizzard released its first Developer Update video for 2020 on the official Overwatch YouTube channel. As per normal, lead director Jeff Kaplan sat down to speak about upcoming changes and additions coming to the game. These topics include balancing and the introduction of hero pools for competitive mode and Overwatch League. In the past, PC
Blizzard announced on Overwatch’s official Twitter that the Overwatch Anniversary event returns to the game this week. Overwatch is well known for making events during prominent times of the year. With these events Blizzard adds a plethora of new cosmetics items as well as highlight intros. Even for just logging into the game you will
Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer has confirmed that beginning in 2020, “all Overwatch League teams will be playing in their home cities.” The @overwatchleague is coming home – and away! Starting in 2020, all Overwatch League teams will be playing in their home cities. We’re super excited to see our original vision brought to life.
Overwatch League fans rejoice! The Shanghai Dragons actually won a match against the Boston Uprising, ending the team’s 42 game losing streak. Unlike their previous performances, it seems they did it with ease as they won 3-1. In the inaugural season of the Overwatch League, the Dragons did not win a single game, finishing with
In just a few more weeks, the second season of the Overwatch League will commence. One of the notable differences from last year is the addition of eight brand new teams. Do you know what that means? Eight new jerseys. Well, technically 16 new jerseys if you put into account each team’s home and away
Today, the full Overwatch League 2019 schedule has been revealed. If you want to catch some of the action live, you can purchase tickets for any of the matches played at Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles right now. Beginning on February 14, 2019, the Overwatch League 2019 season introduces a slew of changes partially due
During the offseason of the Overwatch League, a number of teams have been revealed and will be starting in the upcoming 2019 season. Another team has been added to that list with the Vancouver Titans. Brought to you by the Aquilini Group, the Vancouver Titans are the newest team to join Blizzard Entertainment’s popular esports league.
Gen.G’s Overwatch League team, Seoul Dynasty, has created a “championship formula” to help them succeed in the upcoming 2019 season. General Manager, Ho-cheol “Hocury” Lee, is attempting to create a culture with the Seoul Dynasty that will focus on three different pillars: Unity, professionalism, and positive energy. These pillars are indicative of what the organization believes
Well, it’s another year, another win for South Korea at the Overwatch World Cup. We saw the juggernaut of a team completely sweep this year’s bracket. That’s right, this team is now a back to back…to back world champion in the Overwatch World Cup. The runners-up for the event were China in second place and
This weekend saw the first Overwatch League All-Star Weekend come and go with hours of competition unfolding between the Atlantic and Pacific Division. The festivities came to a close when the Atlantic Division defeated the Pacific Division 4-1 at the main event, the All-Star Game. Unlike the familiar team compositions we’ve seen throughout the regular season,
Today, the Overwatch League announced the full 18-player rosters — which includes starters and reserves — for both the Atlantic and Pacific Divisions for this weekend’s All-Star Game. After over 55,000 fans cast their votes with Overwatch League players, coaches, casters, and staff selecting the reserves, here are what the teams will look like: Pacific Division
The eSports scene is saying goodbye to one of Overwatch‘s professional players; Dallas Fuel star Seagull. Seagull, whose real name is Brandon Larned, has retired from the world of professional gaming and intends on concentrating instead on his streaming career. The player is best known for his work in the off-tank and high damaging DPS
The Overwatch League season wrapped up just a couple weeks ago at this point and it seems like a whole lot of people tuned in to watch the London Spitfire walk away as champs. In new viewership data released today, it was announced that the Overwatch League drew in more than 10.8 million viewers from around
Today, the London Spitfire defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators twice giving them a spot against the Los Angeles Valiant in the Semifinals. Last Wednesday, we saw the Gladiators sweep the London Spitfire giving hope to the home crowd at the Blizzard Arena. Everything was looking good for LA with the potential to see another crosstown
The Philadelphia Fusion have proven themselves as a team to really watch out for, pulling out a win against the Boston Uprising giving them a spot in the Semifinals of the Overwatch League Inaugural Season Playoffs. On Wednesday, the Fusion was able to get grab the first match win by simply outplaying the Boston Uprising.
Los Angeles Valiant have finally found their way to the top as they defeated the New York Excelsior in the Overwatch League Stage 4 Finals. After the fourth and final stage of the regular season concluded, both the L.A. based teams, the Gladiators and the Valiant, made it to the top two spots, both with
After everything is said and done at Overwatch League Grand Finals, it doesn’t look like the viewers will have to wait long to get back into the action. On August 25, All-Star Game weekend begins bringing all of your favorite players from each division and pinning them against each other in a variety of different
I had no doubt that Overwatch League was popular but I may have underestimated just how much the viewers admire it. Blizzard announced that tickets for the Overwatch League Grand Finals have sold out. If the finals were held at the Blizzard Arena, this wouldn’t be a huge feat. However, the inaugural Overwatch League Grand
The fourth and final Stage of Blizzard’s Overwatch League is just about to commence, which is now giving some of the bottom six teams a chance to make it to the playoffs. It has been a pretty intense season since its debut in January with loads of intense matches and some unexpected results. So what
Overwatch League team Boston Uprising announced that Dae-hee “Crusty” Park will no longer be the coach for the east coast based team. In the update from Boston Uprising, it explains that after some “internal conversations” between Crusty and the team’s staff, it was in both party’s interest to part ways. The update continues, “Crusty has
Today, the New York Excelsior defeat the Boston Uprising to win the Stage 3 Finals of Overwatch League. The first match of the day featured the Boston Uprising against the Los Angeles Gladiators where Mistakes and crew shut down the opposition in a clean sweep. A similar story was told in the next match between
Just in time for Stage 3, Overwatch League teams Dallas Fuel and Los Angeles Valiant have announced a trade between players Scott “Custa” Kennedy and Benjamin “uNKOE” Chevasson has been finalized. Dallas Fuel head coach Kyle Souder issued a statement about the acquisition saying, “uNKOE is a mechanically gifted support player that will bring key
Today, Blizzard Entertainment announced the Overwatch League Stage Playoffs will now include four qualifying teams instead of three; this change will be implemented in Stage 3. How will this change the current state of the Stage Playoffs? For one, the top-seeded team will no longer get the first round bye, guaranteeing their spot in the
The Texan Overwatch League team can’t seem to catch a break. The newest member of the Dallas Fuel, Minseok “OGE” Son, has been suspended for four matches for “account-boosting” schemes he committed last summer. For those who do not know, account boosting is when a skilled player is paid to increase another player’s ranking — in
As one stage closes, another opens as Stage 2 of Overwatch League commences. After Stage 1, we are given a good picture of where each team stands; based on the standings, NYXL, Outlaws, Spitfire, Valiant, and Dynasty are top-tier teams, Uprising, Fusion, and Gladiators in the mid-tier, and the Fuel, Mayhem, and Dragons in the
Stage 1 of Overwatch League has ended in a series that did not go entirely as expected. From the beginning, the Seoul Dynasty was the favorite to win; for most of the first stage, they were incredibly dominant as they defeated the Los Angeles Gladiators, Dallas Fuel, Boston Uprising, and more with ease. It wasn’t