The champions of the Overwatch League are leaving. After the 2019 season champion and MVP Jay “sinatraa” Won retired from the game, another champion followed suit and abandoned Overwatch f
Is Orisa's new buff a bit OP? Or is the change to her Fortify a much-needed update? Let's debate this once and for all.
Is time for Blizzard to make Overwatch free-to-play, like they made Starcraft 2 free-to-play in 2017?
After three years of dominating the Overwatch meta, many players are tired of dealing with Brigitte's fundamentally flawed character design. Here are all the reasons that the Overwatch community hates Brig, and what Blizzard can do about it.
The Overwatch League is attempting to carry on despite ongoing pandemic issues in 2021. But with Path to Pro dwindling, we can't ignore the inevitable any longer.
Overwatch League has started their offseason, but fashion inspiration from all over the world continues. For the Seoul Dynasty team, a wide range of fashion trends from South Korea served as inspiration.
We have picked Overwatch League’s Hangzhou Spark as our point of inspiration for this sweater-weather ensemble, focusing on an easy way to style the clothes you have to make them look more stylish.
Inven Global stands in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, but we have more work to do. Esports has more work to do. We have partnered with CLG, Dignitas, Evil Geniuses, Golden Guardians, Team Liquid, Florida Mayhem, and Philadelphia Fusion to support Black Lives Matter. Read more here:
"So, perhaps taking a break from massive BlizzCon isn't the worst thing to happen. In fact, one can argue that the massive amounts of hype and expectation BlizzCon created every year is the same thing that started Blizzard's fall from grace in the first place"
Since the new season of the Overwatch League started, people cannot help to see noticeable issues with the broadcast. There is blame towards the league for switching streaming platforms from Twitch to YouTube. These are a few of the issues plaguing OWL so far.
A huge announcement broke the internet last Thursday. Jeff Kaplan, the lead designer of Overwatch, announced several changes to Overwatch. One of those changes is rotating hero pools. Think of it like map pools rotating each season in competitive, except it is on a weekly basis with heroes. Not only are map pools rotating in competitive, but also heroes. As soon as the developer update released, Overwatch League released a blog detailing how hero pools are going to work for the league.
This week, an Overwatch developer made a post about how the community - specifically high elo - doesn't fully understand power creep, but received harsh feedback on his breakdown. He later clarified the statement, elaborating on how players are correct in some ways but lack some crucial data. Read more on the story here:
Overwatch League is undergoing a discussion where the future of the league is going. Players retired, OWL talent leaving for freelance work, and roster moves plagued the offseason. Is it on a downhill course? Is it rebuilding for the future? Inven Global reached out to two individuals who were formerly involved with Overwatch League teams for further comment.
The Overwatch League has seen a massive exodus of many personalities and pro players. Blizzard needs to slow down and right the ship.
This holiday season we put together a list of some of the best and worst festive designs that I have found throughout the year, in games that I have invested a decent amount of time. We are analyzing League of Legends, Overwatch, SMITE, Apex Legends and skin-billionaire Fortnite.
If there was any doubt about the continued exponential growth of esports among North American colleges and universities, one need only to have attended this year’s National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to have that notion dispelled.
In many communities, the term esports have come to mean something decidedly negative. Esports is now synonymous with corporate take over, censorship, political correctness and the worst charge of all, a lack of authenticity.
The San Francisco Shock took down the Vancouver Titans to become the Stage 2 champions.
Guest columnist Jeff Yabumoto gives his thoughts on the retirement of Daniel "Dafran" Francesca and the precedents it sets for Overwatch League and the future of esports.
With a new meta in place, teams look to catch up to the Titans and taking them down.