Overwatch League Archives

In what may be a fitting end to the entire Overwatch League, the Florida Mayhem won the 2023 Championship this past weekend If you've been following the league over the years, you know that the Mayhem started off as one of the absolute worst teams in the entire roster Second only to the Shanghai Dragons,[...]

If it feels like you haven't heard a lot about what's happening with the Overwatch League lately, that's okay A lot of us haven't, even those of us who keep an eye on it To say that this year hasn't felt all that special is an understatement, as the League's presence isn't what it used[...]

Activision Blizzard organizers behind the Overwatch League revealed their plans for what's to come in 2023, as the league will be getting some format changes The company posted a new blog and released a video, the latter of which we have for you below, going over many of the things that you can expect to[...]

In what might become the most turbulent year for the Overwatch League, one team has announced they're moving to South Korea The Philadelphia Fusion took to social media to announce that they would be uprooted from the United States, discontinuing all operations as their current incarnation, and will relocate to Seoul where they will be[...]

Activision Blizzard has partnered up with Cinemark to bring both the Overwatch League and the Call Of Duty League to movie theaters Since the leagues are still basically doing limited seating at occasional events here and there, the audience participation they were building up for prior to the pandemic hasn't really had a chance to[...]

Beasley Esports revealed more activities for the Overwatch League "Battle For Texas" between the Dallas Fuel and the Houston Outlaws Previously we mentioned this will be the first event since BlizzCon 2019 where fans attending will be able to try out a beta for Overwatch 2 with other live players in the arena Now a[...]

Blizzard Entertainment has some cool news for Overwatch League fans headed to Battle For Texas, as you can try Overwatch 2 Those looking to get their hands on the game will have a chance to do so next month at the Tech Port Arena as you'll be able to try the PvP closed beta in[...]

The Overwatch League announced this week they will be bringing live audiences back for the postseason happening this September Activision-Blizzard revealed the postseason will take place from Sept 4th–25th, and while much of it will be online regional play-in matches, the big events for the league will return to offline competition in North America[...]

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed that the Overwatch League's hero rankings system has been given an update through IBM's Watson Last week in the middle of hundreds of games getting revealed, the League updated their Power Rankings for all of their players, showing off some of the latest stats to how they were playing in what[...]

Blizzard Entertainment revealed a new event happening in May with the Overwatch League as they will host the Mei Gala Invitational Named after everyone's favorite Chinese cryogenic scientist, the event will be the League's own version of the Met Gala, which was moved to September this year due to the pandemic The event will, for[...]

The Overwatch League is gearing up for the 2021 season which starts today, and that includes new gear as well as help from… IBM? Yes, that is correct! After the two partnered up back in October 2020, they got together to offer what is essentially one of the best Analytics and AI Statistics systems to[...]

Blizzard has released details today about a new set of games for the Overwatch League as they launch a new Summer Showdown Tournament For the next four weeks, the league will be holding a set of regional tournaments that will operate like the May Melee did, only held online due to the COVID-19 outbreak Starting[...]

Headed into the weekend, the Overwatch League announced a sort of renewed partnership between themselves and Xfinity The deal has them as the "Preferred Internet Service Provider" of the League in North America and the presenting sponsor of "Overwatch League Online Play" on the League's English broadcast feed This is basically an expansion on their[...]

The Overwatch League's Boston Uprising has officially released Walid "Mouffin" Bassal over the weekend after allegations of sexual misconduct This story goes back to late March where Twitch streamer KhaleesiBB took to Twitter to post a TwitLonger message about Mouffin In the post, she alleged that he had a history of soliciting women and sending[...]

The Overwatch League has officially canceled their events taking place in March and April 2020, effectively ending six weeks of competition mid-season Blizzard sent out the information below on their website, letting players and fans know of their decision, effective immediately There's no word yet as to whether or not those dates will be rescheduled[...]

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in China, several esports leagues have had to change plans, including the Overwatch League The league itself took season three around the globe and set up home games in every market with a team Which is a slight problem for the three teams in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou[...]

The Overwatch League is getting a bit of a redesign when it comes to their jerseys as they have received new kits in collaboration with Jeff Staple According to the information they released today about these new designs, they were created with player feedback for a look and feel that's unique Both for traditional sports[...]

This includes all their live events going forwards including the Overwatch League, Call of Duty League, Hearthstone Esports, and more This means those of you who were enjoying watching it on Twitch will now have to switch over to YouTube moving forward, starting with the inaugural CoD League launch this weekend We have some quotes[...]

The Overwatch League's Houston Outlaws are relocating their training facility in Houston after neighbors complained about the team Apparently, the location of the training facility was a rather fancy house, located in the Woodlands area of Houston Essentially, a really rich neighborhood with million-dollar homes and people who basically live there for privacy Neighbors complained[...]

With people seemingly leaving the Overwatch League left and right, the league has decided to do some shifting of personnel for Season Three Over the past week, we've talked about three personalities who have departed now that their contracts are up As the league will apparently now be moving on without Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, Erik[...]

This is not the best week for the Overwatch League, as yet another personality has announced their departure, while another talent questions the direction First off, Chris Puckett, who served as the primary host for the League's broadcasts, announced today on Twitter that he is no longer employed by the League He let fans know[...]

When the third season of the Overwatch League kicks in, it will be missing a familiar voice as Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles has left Mykles has had a pretty lengthy esports career, first by forming the team Renegades and making them a powerhouse organization He also was the coach for Counter Logic before transitioning into broadcasting[...]

Some interesting news came out this week about a fine the Overwatch League issued on a player for a leak they made while not in the league Former retired player Baek "Fissure" Chan-hyung announced he was returning to the League and would be joining the Vancouver Titans Fissure had previously played for the Seoul Dynasty,[...]

After a dismal season in the Overwatch League, the Boston Uprising has announced multiple coaching changes headed into 2020 The team had a win/loss record of only 8-20 in regular-season games during the 2019 season, and finished 19th of 20 teams with only the Florida Mayhem doing worse Because of that, word came down today[...]

Capping off the second season of the Overwatch League, the San Francisco Shock went head-t0-head against the Vancouver Titans this afternoon Both teams have pretty much been running the Pacific Division, so much so that their dominance killed any Atlantic Division team's chances of making it to the end The two collided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[...]

The Overwatch League will have a new champion for 2019 no matter what the outcome, and we now know two of the teams vying for the championship After this weekend's matchups we now know that the Vancouver Titans and the New York Excelsior will be moving on into the grand finals bracket for a shot[...]

Blizzard has released the 2020 schedule for the regular season of the Overwatch League, and confirms some news we kinda knew was coming The schedule shows that there will be multiple games taking place during the week, being held in two specific locations each week with a schedule that will swap back and forth between[...]

While we're looking to see what will happen for the final two stages of 2019, the Overwatch League decided to announce their upcoming plans for 2020 First up, the league will be splitting into four divisions with five teams a piece in each Which means if the league ever expands again, which we're thinking they[...]

Well… that's a headline I didn't think I'd be writing this year, as the Shanghai Dragons have conquered Stage 3 of the Overwatch League Over the past few days, the league has been holding the brackets for the Stage 3 playoffs at the Blizzard Arena The Dragons managed to overcome the biggest threat in the[...]

It appears that the Overwatch League is losing one of its key members as Commissioner Nate Nezner is leaving the OWL to go on and oversee esports competitions for Epic Games Which is a fantastic move for Epic, as Fortnite doesn't exactly have a centralized esports league And it needed one last year. Nanzer announced his split with Overwatch[...]