A job listing on Blizzard Entertainment’s website has revealed that the team are looking to hire an “esports observer” for their Overwatch League. Overwatch has had a shaky week after several teams pulled out of the competitive scene these weeks and rumours surfaced that NFL owners were paying big bucks …
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Over the last week four organisations: Splyce, CompLexity, Denial and Red Reserve have all folded their Overwatch teams, stepping away from the popular shooter just as Blizzard are starting up the hype-machine for their own competitive juggernaut, the Overwatch League. Why are teams stepping away from Overwatch? The answer is …
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Splyce has joined the ranks of major esports organisations to drop out of the Overwatch pro scene, with Splyce’s CEO Marty Strenczewilk announcing that Splyce is releasing their Overwatch roster and “taking a step back” from the scene. CompLexity, Denial and Red Reserve have all ditched their Overwatch teams over …
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Two NFL franchise owners have invested in Blizzard’s Overwatch League, according to reports. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross have, according to a report by Richard Lewis, purchased Overwatch League Spots in multi-million dollar deals. Dot Esports’ sources are claiming a figure of $20 …
Read More »Casters Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles and Erik "DoA" Lonnquist have announced that they are leaving Korea and will return to the US to work on the upcoming Overwatch League. The pair are best known as the English language voices of Korean League of Legends. For years the pair were the main …
Read More »Investment firm Morgan Stanley has predicted that the Overwatch League will bring in more than $100 million a year when it gets going. The report, which was discovered by Dot Esports, says that if everything goes perfectly for the league and it expands quickly that number could be as high …
Read More »Blizzard’s immensely popular competitive shooter, Overwatch, has won eSports Game of the Year at the SXSW Gaming Awards. The game’s lead story writer, Michael Chu, was in attendance to accept the award for Overwatch, which held off competition from Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Gears of War 4, Killer Instinct: …
Read More »Slowly but surely details are starting to leak about the Overwatch League, and the most recent news is somewhat worrying, as Blizzard is looking for teams to put down millions of dollars. A report from Sports Business Daily that cites anonymous sources, states that Blizzard is looking for teams to …
Read More »Details on Blizzard’s Overwatch League have been thin on the ground so far, but thanks to an interview that Overwatch’s eSports global director, Nate Nanzer did in Korea we have a better idea of how it will work. The interview, which was translated over on Reddit asked a number of …
Read More »Every day this week will we be releasing part of our interview with Fantic’s Chief Gaming Officer and Counter-Strike legend Patrik “cArn” Sättermon. Yesterday he spoke about Fnatic’s new store in London while today he jumps into Overwatch. Fnatic certainly isn’t a stranger to supporting new games early on, but …
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