Blizzard have cancelled a collection of Overwatch League matches that had been set to happen in South Korea over the following few weeks, “in order to protect the health and safety of players, fans and staff”. This comes only a few weeks after they announced they were cancelling the games scheduled for China amid coronavirus...
Blizzard have cancelled Overwatch League matches scheduled to happen in China in February and March, owing to considerations in regards to the new coronavirus going spherical. First recognized in China in December, the virus has now killed 170 people. A Chinese League Of Legends match additionally not too long ago was cancelled due to the...
Whether or not the Overwatch League ought to implement hero bans has been a scorching matter amongst followers and professionals currently. Those who’re behind the strategy imagine it’ll combine up a stale meta, however it’s laborious to say for positive till we see it in motion. Luckily, some gamers shall be taking it for a...
Late final yr, tier two skilled Overwatch group Second Wind introduced that they’d signed a feminine participant. The girl, who glided by the tag “Ellie” however stored a lot of her identification personal, was lined as much as be one among only a few to play in Overwatch Contenders. Though many had been excited to...
Since the Overwatch League introduced eight new growth groups for season two, there’s solely been one query on everybody’s thoughts: what colors will they use? At first, it appeared they had been all going to be duds, falling again on the ocean of blues and reds already dominating the matches. The Chengdu Hunters did one...
This weekend is the All-Star celebration for the Overwatch League, seeing the preferred gamers going through off in numerous particular matches. All of it will likely be viewable on Twitch, and cheering in your favourites utilizing the platform’s Bits system may even profit the charity Childs Play, which supplies toys and games to youngsters in...
Popular Overwatch livestreamer and ex-Dallas Fuel skilled participant Félix ‘xQc’ Lengyel was handed a 15-day suspension from Overwatch yesterday, after being repeatedly reported for abusive chat. This is barely the most recent in a protracted line of disciplinary actions taken towards the participant, who’s scheduled to look for crew Canada within the Overwatch World Cup...
Header picture by Twitter person Jp3ilson. The Overwatch League’s franchising is a bit of bizarre. Supposedly a world league, the groups are overwhelmingly “based” in American cities – and I exploit scare quotes there as a result of actually all of the groups reside and compete in Los Angeles through the season and none draw...
If you’re nonetheless licking your wounded satisfaction after England stacked it within the World Cup, take solace within the information that an English staff have gained Blizzard’s first skilled Overwatch season. At the Overwatch League Grand Finals in Los Angeles over the weekend, London Spitfire–a staff whose title might solely be extra mawkishly English if...
As Blizzard’s Overwatch League nears the tip of its first season, Nicole Carpenter on Dot Esports takes a have a look at the “blurred line between work and play” and the stresses and strains it has positioned upon gamers. With at the least one crew working 70-odd hour weeks, some gamers are experiencing psychological and...
