This is the first partnership of its kind between an Overwatch League team and a university.
As first reported by Bloomberg, Immortals Gaming Club, who owns the Los Angeles Valiant of the Overwatch League is seeking to sell its spot in OWL. According to the report, this is one of the possible options for the future of the organization. This move comes off the heels for the Valiant as they finished 8th in the regular season and 5th-6th in the North American playoffs in the 2020 season.
UPDATE 11/10: Dallas Fuel has signed another former Element Mystic member in Seung-soo "Jecse" Lee, bringing the team near the completion of its roster for the 2021 Overwatch League season. The South Korean support previously played for Houston Outlaws in OWL 2020 and Seoul Dynasty in the playoffs of Overwatch League 2019.
The Los Angeles Gladiators continue their overhaul of their team this offseason. The Gladiators started their offseason adding Young-hun "MuZe" Kim to the team.
In the most spontaneous offseason yet in the Overwatch League, Dong-gyu "Mano" Kim joins the Philadelphia Fusion. Mano was a staple for the New York Excelsior as the tank player since the inaugural season of OWL.
Another piece of the puzzle to San Francisco Shock's back-to-back championships is released from the team. Dong-jun "Rascal" Kim, who was a major piece to the Shock, is not going to be with the team next season.
The following was provided to Inven Global as a press release. WGS Phoenix, an Incheon-based professional game team, won the title of OVERWATCH Contenders Korea 2020 Season 2 held in the Lotte World
Free agency in the Overwatch League just started and is looking to be a hot topic for fans, players, and teams. NYXL is involved in this period of time as they released Nenne, WhoRU, HOTBA, and BiaNcA.
moth, formerly from SF Shock, announced via Twitter that he is leaving the team to explore free agency for the next Overwatch League season.
Overwatch League franchise Los Angeles Gladiators is parting ways with one of its most beloved members. Aaron "Bischu" Kim, who played Off-Tank for the LA Gladiators in the recently concluded 2020 OWL season, has announced he will be looking for offers in management and coaching position in both the League of Legends and Overwatch esports scenes.
Former Overwatch League star Timo "Taimou" Kettunen has announced this Tuesday that he would be parting ways with his current team, looking for a new VALORANT squad to practice with.
It is not often that we see Overwatch offer up gear that features something different than the same key art and logos, so it is a breath of fresh air to see this collaboration from ark/8.
Over four years after the game's release, Overwatch maps Hollywood & Volskaya Industries are receiving a quality of life adjustment.
Following two days of intense gameplay at the nation's largest collegiate esports tournament, newcomer Northwood University Esports earned the top prize in Overwatch and Maryville University emerged as champions in League of Legends. Read more about the event here:
OWL team Hangzhou Spark has partnered with Certain Scientific Railgun main character Misaka Mikoto and she will become an honorary team member.
Friday, August 28th, Team Envy announced a new addition to the org, none other than Dallas' very own, Post Malone. The award-winning rapper makes his entrance into esports! Read more here:
A team like the Washington Justice who struggled for most of the season is starting to rebuild their roster by adding DPS player, Gui-un "Decay" Jang, via Twitter.
US President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order banning transactions to Tencent Holdings Ltd., who own Riot Games, and part of Epic Games, Blizzard, Supercell, and others, causing a massive shakeup in the gaming and esports industry. Read more here:
Overwatch League franchise team Dallas Fuel announced Thursday that it's dropped support player Jonathan "HarryHook" Tejedor over "player misconduct". The misconduct in question has HarryHook using misogynic language, calling women "whores" and "bitches", and was brought to public attention August 5 by members of the Overwatch community.
UPDATE 8/5: FaZe Clan has confirmed the signing of Rawkus as its fifth VALORANT player, which completes its starting roster. Rawkus was a member of FaZe Clan in 2016 at the start of his professional Overwatch career, and will now return to the organization to start his VALORANT career.