This is the full text of Gladiators', February 12th, 2019 press release. Led by former Paramount Vice Chairman Rob Moore, the Sentinels esports organization looks to aggressively expand reach.
Coca-Cola has signed a multi-year deal with the Overwatch League and has been named the league’s official global beverage sponsor across all non-alcoholic beverage categories.
Our approach to this season’s Overwatch League All-Access Pass was to work with Blizzard to create the ultimate superfan experience based on community feedback from last season.
There are 150 million Americans who play video games, making the U.S. video game industry one of the nation’s fastest growing economic sectors.
Justin “Jayne” Conroy, assistant coach for the Dallas Fuel and head coach for Team Canada, has today announced the launch of a new project, Elo Hell Esports (EHE). EHE will provide an inside look into the competitive and professional Overwatch scenes through content on their new Twitch and YouTube channels.
“Game balance doesn’t have to be drama, right? It’s not a scandal, it’s just something that the community is at odds with the god developer [about],” Slasher said. “That type of issue I’ve always felt strongly should be out in the public, and developers do put pressure on players to not [speak publicly].
Despite the good news, one question still remains. Are three events enough to quell serious concerns about the sustainability of Tier 2 Overwatch?
This weekend on January 19th - 20th, LemonKiwi and LoBosco to join Jayne’s broadcast for TFC commentary
David "mailorder" Hsu sat down with Tensa to deep dive GOATS, potential adjustments in the meta due to the new patch, and Tensa's unique hardware layouts for his hero pool.
The legitimization of alternative forms of competition to conventional sports communities is an important step in the growth of North American esports, and the LA Valiant continue to put themselves at the frontier of the conversation.
Blizzard revealed that Soldier: 76 is gay. It's been two years since Tracer's reveal as a queer character. With this change, there are now two known gay characters within the Overwatch universe. Consi
The following is the full text of Harrisburg University's 2018/01/03 press release. Harrisburg University Storm Welcomes Professional Overwatch Player to Esports Coaching Staff Gramano brings three years of professional experience to collegiate esports team on the rise Harrisburg, Pa., USA, (January 4, 2019) — Harrisburg University of Science and Technology (HU) has made its mark on the esports landscape, and with the addition of a world-ranked Overwatch gamer to its coaching staff, is positioned to take on 2019 with even more vigor. As many professional esports athletes make the transition to coaching, HU saw an opportunity to invest in its team yet again. The Storm has welcomed Giuseppe “Joemeister” Gramano, a former professional Overwatch player with the Philadelphia Fusion and competitor for Team Canada in the Overwatch World Championship in 2017.
In the wake of some seriously negative Blizzard PR and a growing list of veterans leaving the company, many fans are praising the 5 founders of Second Dinner for their prophetic decision to leave their former company.
"Something about this Tetris tournament captured the lighting in a bottle entertainment factor that every esport broadcast is desperately trying to understand."
When Stanislav "Mistakes" Danilov announced his professional Overwatch retirement, I wasn't surprised to hear him cite a lack of enjoyment and health issues as reasons to stop playing.
Dallas Mavericks’ owner and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is no stranger to voicing his opinions or working with athletes to achieve a common goal, winning. When he caught wind of a story by Quartz referencing the early retirement ages for professional esports players, he took to Twitter to share the story and give his two cents on why Cuban hasn’t jumped in feet first with the purchase of a League of Legends team yet. While Cuban is no stranger to working extreme hours to get the job done, that doesn't mean that he wants that for all of his players, employees or business partners. With weekly balance changes common in the esports industry, players are required to put in overtime just to keep up with the ever-evolving metas in their respective games. Nate Nanzer, the commissioner of the Overwatch League, chimed in on Cuban's thoughts regarding how overworked esports players are.
The technological advancement following the Industrial Revolution had a huge impact and led to a massive decline in manual labor. Many average craftsmen resided in their village or town for almost the
Players in Overwatch League who have account boosting, sharing, match throwing, and toxicity infractions have been given suspensions and fines.
If you were to ask someone what the biggest change is between the 2019 Overwatch Season and last year's season, the most likely response would be all the new teams joining the league. With 8 new teams
Immortals, and its Overwatch League® franchise team, the Los Angeles Valiant, have committed to raising a total of $500,000 over two years to support the St. Jude mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®