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In a move that's drastically shaking up the Overwatch League and Overwatch esports scene in general, the Los Angeles Valiant released its entire roster of players and staff members to move to the Overwatch League's Asia Pacific region. This was all done because the organization's ownership group, Immortals Gaming Club (IGC), stated "visa issues" in...
Blizzard has announced that the Overwatch League 2021 Season will kick off in April 2021, which is later than usual when compared to previous years. It will also be the first Overwatch League season in which the league starts off with remote matches due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. That translates to big differences to he overall league forma...
The San Francisco Shock became the first team in Overwatch League history to win back-to-back championships, as the team defeated the Seoul Dynasty 4-2 to win the 2020 Overwatch League Grand Finals. Last year, they also won the 2019 Grand Finals when they took down the Vancouver Titans. Nam-joo “Striker†Kwon helped lead San Fra...
The Overwatch League’s 2020 Grand Finals starts from 8 October 2020 Thursday with the four remaining teams; Seoul Dynasty, Shanghai Dragons, Philadelphia Fusion, and defending champions San Francisco Shock, competing in a double-elimination final tournament to determine who reigns supreme. Check out the Grand Finals primer to revi...
The final round of the 2020 Overwatch League playoffs concluded today with the 2020 MVP announced and the four teams advancing to 2020 Grand Finals set. Byung-sun “Fleta†Kim, the damage player for the Shanghai Dragons, was named 2020 T-Mobile Overwatch League MVP for his star performance on a variety of damage heroes over the cours...
The final regular season tournament of the Overwatch League 2020 season is complete, with the San Francisco Shock winning the North America tournament and the Shanghai Dragons recapturing the Asian title. Shanghai Dragon's win has earned the team the top overall seed in the Asia bracket for the 2020 postseason. Meanwhile, San Francisco Shock wo...
With the regular season drawing to a close, it’s time to share the full slate of the 2020 Overwatch League awards. This year, they're adding a new award; Coach of the Year, and bringing back all awards from last year. The winners will be announced during the postseason, which starts on 3 September 2020. Here's how the winners are chosen: Re...
For the first time in its three-year history, the Overwatch League’s Grand Finals 2020 will be going online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Blizzard has provided more details on what to expect from the upcoming playoff format. All 20 teams will have the opportunity to qualify for the postseason. Matches will be held online ...
Back in March, Blizzard introduced a hero pick/ban system for Overwatch's competitive mode. The catch, however, is that while the mode bans certain heroes, it was Blizzard that was doing the choosing. This led to a lot of pro-level players condemning the new competitive system. While it may have made the Overwatch League regular season meta a lot ...
One of the Overwatch League's top esports athletes and the 2019 Overwatch World Cup champion, Jay "Sinatraa" Won, has announced that he is leaving Blizzard's arena shooter to start competing in Riot Games' new multiplayer shooter, Valorant. Sinatraa has joined the Sentinels, where he will be leading the esports organization's new Valorant team. T...
While the world is waiting for Overwatch 2, we'll have to settle for esports misdemeanour instead. Blizzard has fined Los Angeles Valiant's Jung-won "Lastro" Mun and San Francisco Shock's Dong-jun "Rascal" Kim US$1,000 for some colourful banter. Said chat was unintentionally broadcasted on Twitch for the whole world to see during an Overwatch Leagu...
Calling artists currently staying at home, the 2020 SEA Overwatch Map Design Contest welcomes all fans from across Southeast Asia to design a unique Overwatch map. Submission for the contest starts from today until 30 April 2020. The Overwatch art team at Blizzard will carefully select the top eight (8) artworks, who will then receive awesome rewa...
A week ago, the Overwatch League said that they would be cancelling some events but continue with their March matches. That's no longer the case. In a brief statement, the Overwatch League announced that those matches would be postponed. "For the overall safety and well-being of our players, teams and staffs, and in alignment with Californiaâ€...
Only last week, Blizzard cancelled homestand events for March and April 2020, but the company is now releasing a revised schedule for both months of online matches, all of which will be streamed live and on-demand on their official YouTube channel. According to Blizzard, the schedule was constructed to eliminate the need for travel while maintainin...
Overwatch League events for March and April have been cancelled, with Covid-19 once again being the reason. "Concurrently, we are working hand-in-hand with our teams to see that all matches are played when it's safe and logistically feasible," says the statement. "We are considering the various options available to esports in this effort, so that...
The Overwatch League 2020 matches that were due to be held in South Korea in weeks five, six, and seven have been cancelled. This includes the home event for Seoul Dynasty, South Korea's Overwatch League team. The Overwatch League Twitter page announced the decision today, saying that it was done "in order to protect the health & safety of our...
Last month, it shook the esports scene when the Overwatch League cancelled all its matches which were scheduled to take place in China for the next two months. Now Blizzard has announced that they are planning to reschedule the matches, which will now take place in Seoul, South Korea. According to Blizzard, the purpose of this action is "to protec...
The third season of the Overwatch League kicked off last weekend with Dallas Fuel and New York Excel respectively playing hosts in their home arenas. In New York, the Excelsior welcomed Toronto Defiant, Paris Eternal, London Spitfire and Boston Uprising while in Dallas, the Fuel saw all three California-based teams - LA Valiant, LA Gladiators and r...
There's only so many times someone can talk about "meta" before they go nuts. I'm surprised Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan is still mentally stable since he has to hear that darn word every single time "Overwatch" and "competitive" are in the same room. In a recent developer update video, Kaplan talks about how Overwatch faced a lot of criticism r...
Thanks to the recent Chinese Coronavirus crisis, Blizzard has recently cancelled all Overwatch League matches scheduled to take place in China for the next two months. Initially, there were supposed to be OWL matches scheduled in Shanghai, Foshan, and Hangzhou between February and March. Here's a short statement from the company that was publishe...
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