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Read More »Lunatic-Hai suspends two Overwatch players after having relationships with female fans
South Korean Overwatch team Lunatic-Hai has suspended both Geum "dean" Dong-geun and Lee "Leetaejun" Tae-jun for developing online relationships with female fans. The two were starting members in the team, but have been benched for the rest of the OGN Apex Season Two competition after the discovery was made by …
Read More »Overwatch Alienware Monthly Melee gets big prize pool boost
Alienware has announced that the prize pool for its Overwatch Monthly Melee events will now be $10,000. Previously the monthly competitions only offered up $5,000 per month, meaning top teams would often skip the competition. It is hoped that with the new amount of money all the top teams that …
Read More »Dignitas confirms its new Overwatch roster
Team Dignitas has announced its new Overwatch roster with three new players joining the squad. Jose Antonio “BromaS” Ramos Gonzales, Joshua “ToxikeN” Campos and Jiri “LiNkz” Masalin are the three returning members, with all three joining the org in mid 2016. The three new members are Marcel “Veineless” Lehmann, Elvinas …
Read More »Overwatch Winter Premiere finals to take place at PAX South
The LAN finals of the Overwatch Winter Premier tournament will take place at PAX South in San Antonio at the end of the month. The finals will run on the first two days of the event, January 27th and 28th, on the PAX Arena stage. Teams will be competing for …
Read More »Overwatch finally adds floating health bars in spectator mode
Overwatch has been hailed as the next major eSport, but still has a major problem when it comes to watching the game thanks to its chaotic nature. However Blizzard is trying to fix that and the first step is to implement third person health bars. When spectating a game health …
Read More »Cloud9 add Gods to Overwatch roster, say goodbye to KyKy
Top North American Overwatch side Cloud9 has made a roster change just days before APEX Season 2 is due to start. Kyle "KyKy" Souder has left the Cloud9 team, and will serve as a temporary coach for rivals Team EnVyUs while they play over in South Korea. His replacement is …
Read More »South Korean org ROX announces Overwatch team
South Korean organisation ROX, best known for its LCK side the ROX Tigers, has announced that it has signed its first Overwatch team. The squad is known as the ROX Orcas and features Kyeong-hoon “Aloha” Cho, Tae-wook “Try” Kang, Gwang-ho “Le1gend” Cha, Chang-gyun “Melee” Chung, Dae-min “Daemin” Kim and Joon-hwan …
Read More »Reunited closes down after “running out of money”
eSports organisation Reunited has closed its doors, despite having one of the best Overwatch teams in the world. The organisation announced today that it would be ceasing operations, with all teams and players being let go and free to find other homes. In a blog post founders Frederik Kragh Christensen …
Read More »MSI Overwatch MGA 2016 Championship officially canceled after disastrous LAN event
MSI has made the decision to cancel its Overwatch MGA 2016 Championship after the LAN finals were postponed back in December due to two days of tech issues. Fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Rise Nation and KongDoo Panthera flew over to London to compete in the finals of the competition, which …
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