Overwatch League Archives

My oh my, the Overwatch League just seems to never catch a break with the players they've chosen Yesterday night, Joon-Yeong Park, better known by his name Profit was doing a sound check for the London Spitfire with some results that the crew wasn't expecting to see All of the game's players have their own[...]

We're back with a new spotlight on another fantastic Overwatch League game featuring both home Los Angeles teams. It's been a little bit since I've highlighted an Overwatch League game A lot has been played since my first one, and there have been some truly excellent games in the league We are starting to get a[...]

The first year of the Overwatch League has its first controversy As we reported two days ago, the Dallas Fuel deactivated Felix "xQc" Lengyel after he went online and made what has now been confirmed by multiple sources as homophobic remarks toward an openly gay player, Austin "Muma" Wilmot of the Huston Outlaws, after the Fuel[...]

The two biggest stories coming out of the Overwatch League this week have to deal with player and personnel issues, one from the Dallas Fuel and the other from the Shanghai Dragons We'll start with the Fuel who, according to ESPN, benched Felix "xQc" Lengyel and put him down as "deactivated" against their match against the[...]

The Overwatch League is well into their second week of competition and we're starting to see who are the stronger teams and where people's skills really sit as some of the best in the world take each other on But while all of the players are doing their best to make the league sizzle for[...]

Overwatch League saw huge numbers in its first week, with Activision claiming it reached 10 million viewers. There were a lot of questions around Overwatch League before it launched Questions about the production value, level of competition and importantly, would anyone watch it? The early signs were very, very good though with the first day blowing[...]

Check out one of the most enthralling and high-quality matches in Overwatch League so far, right here. The Overwatch League kicked off two days ago now, and we are beginning to now understand it, its audience, and the quality of matches In just about every one of those cases, it has impressed It's been a really[...]

credit// Blizzard The Overwatch League might just be the thing to really put eSports on the map of notable sporting events However, the league is lacking something obvious Not a single member of any of the Overwatch League teams is female If you don't believe me, you can check out the official list of players on[...]

The Overwatch League flew past expectations on its opening night, racking up a massive 415k viewers at its peak viewing times on Twitch. The league kicked off last night, and not that many people knew how it was going to go It was all pretty untested, and even though it's was the start of one of[...]

The Overwatch League is set to kick off today, bringing one of the most ambitious esports ventures to an open. Last night, Overwatch saw a pretty big overhaul with a whole load of new skins supporting each team, so if you've played the game, you know how inescapable the launch is Blizzard has been pushing the league[...]

Today, a new update was added to the game that introduced a new set of skins related to the Overwatch League that will be kicking off tomorrow Right now, if you have a team you really like, you can purchase any skin for any team for any character you wish You do so through a[...]

It appears as if Twitch and Blizzard are banking on the idea that the Overwatch League is going to be around for more than just a minute Both companies announced this morning that they have signed a multi-year media partnership, "ensuring that every match of the world's first major global city-based esports league will be readily[...]

Overwatch League has a new mobile app, that will allow viewers to keep up with Blizzard's ambitious esports competition. There are a lot of eyes on the Overwatch League which is starting tomorrow It probably is one of the wildest, most ambitious esports ventures out there, creating an international league composed of teams who reportedly needed[...]

It's been announced that Overwatch's biggest tournament to this point, APEX, has been cancelled by organiser OGN. The announcement came today that the South Korean based competition wouldn't continue to survive as Overwatch refocuses all of its esports efforts squarely into the Overwatch League ecosystem OGN say they were planning to run season 5 of the[...]

Overwatch League has a lot of people pretty excited While not without its detractors, I think most people in the eSports scene are at least intrigued to see how it works out We are set to get our first taste over the next 24 hours or so, too. While we are still five weeks out from[...]

Image courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment The Overwatch League is set to start its preseason on December 6th It will be the first look we get at the ambitious competition, which kicks off properly in early 2018 However, the league is only the tip of the iceberg for the game's competitive plans. In a post, Blizzard has outlined the structure[...]

Overwatch League is starting its pre-season on December 6th, and there is a lot of expectation on the Seoul Dynasty South Korea and eSports just go together, and as shown during previous competitions and Overwatch World Cups, their players really look a cut above the rest While many players from the region have gone to[...]

Before the finals of the Overwatch World Cup, which we'll get to later tonight, Blizzard revealed the special skins for all of the Overwatch League teams And much like sports jerseys, we're sure fans from specific cities and countries will want to get their hands on these for their own purposes Whether or not Blizzard[...]

NRG eSports has announced the members who will be joining the San Francisco team in the Overwatch League this year The team will be comprised of dhaK, Danteh, IDDQD, Super, Babybay, Sleepy, Nomy, and Sinatraa for a total of six primary players and two substitutes. Now, normally we wouldn't care too much about this until the league[...]

Amid a slew of rumors and online controversy, the Overwatch League is pushing forward and have begun the process to finalizing the people and teams involved Today, Commissioner Nate Nanzer took to YouTube in a video we've posted at the bottom to announce the first seven teams that will join the Overwatch League. Right out of[...]

Today Nate Nanzer, Commissioner of the Overwatch League sent out a "Letter From The Commissioner" detailing the status of the league as they continue to work their way toward launch In the letter he details how the league is now undertaking a scouting report, much the same way MLB would do when seeking new talent in[...]