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Ronnie "Talespin" DuPree has left the Team EnVyUs Overwatch squad saying I wasn’t happy being on the team.” Talespin has left the team with immediate effect, meaning the squad need to find a replacement fairly quickly in order to compete in their upcoming OGN Overwatch APEX match on Monday over …
Read More »Eight NA teams invited to MLG Las Vegas Overwatch tournament
MLG has invited eight of the best North American Overwatch teams to its Las Vegas event to compete for a share of $100,000. Team EnVyUs, NRG eSports, Cloud9, Fnatic, CompLexity Gaming, FaZe Clan, Team Liquid and Rise Nation have all been invited to MLG Las Vegas and will head to …
Read More »MonteCristo: “Blizzard paid me more in two weeks than Riot has in five”
Caster Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles has revealed that Blizzard paid him more for two weeks work on the Overwatch World Cup than Riot did for a five week long World Championship. In an interview with Yahoo eSports, which can be seen below, MonteCristo revealed that Blizzard was paying what he called …
Read More »Finnish ice hockey team IFK Helsinki signs Overwatch roster
IFK Helsinki, a ice hockey team based in the Finnish capital, has entered the world of eSports by picking up an Overwatch team. The Overwatch team will be known as the Helsinki REDS, and was put together by manager Christer Kasurinen and team captain Roope Ruape” Kurkela. The current roster …
Read More »Blizzard is creating its own league for professional Overwatch
At Blizzcon this past weekend Blizzard revealed the Overwatch League, a professional competition run by the developer. The league will kick off in 2017 and feature teams based in cities across the world. Weekly league play matches will be broadcast online while the end of season playoffs will be traditional …
Read More »Overwatch makes record-breaking march to 20m players
Blizzard has confirmed that Overwatch has become the fastest title to reach 20m players in the company’s history. So successful has it proved that Blizzard’s Q3 monthly active user numbers are up 50 per cent year-on-year and 25 per cent on the previous quarter, hitting 42m. That number has doubled …
Read More »Opinion: UK eSports is booming but mustn’t forget its grassroots
ESL UK co-managing director James Dean discusses what lessons we can learn from the past failures of eSports in the UK and why it’s important not to forget them. 2016 has been a massive year for eSports. With TV production companies all over the world finally committing to coverage, eSports …
Read More »Anti-Trump billboard accuses the presidential candidate of being a Hanzo main in Overwatch
A billboard over in America has accused current presidential candidate Donald Trump of being a Hanzo main in Overwatch. The billboard shows an image of Trump playing at a computer and reads: Donald Trump mains Hanzo and complains about team comp in chat,” before directing people to www.trumpisnotateamplayer.com. The website …
Read More »Overwatch passes 20 million players
More than 20 million people have registered accounts for Blizzard’s shooter Overwatch. Considering Overwatch only launched in May that is an impressive amount of players. It is however important to note that this doesn’t necessarily mean that Overwatch has sold over 20 million copies. People can create accounts if playing …
Read More »Steve Aoki buys Rogue
After performing at TwitchCon Steve Aoki announced that he has purchased eSports organisation Rogue. Aoki has purchased a controlling share of the organisation, and plans to be a hands on owner, with the press release stating: Steve [will] play a supportive role in the Overwatch team’s continued success, as well …
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