The news was brought to light by xQc on his stream, where he stated he would not be available to play in Team Canada's first game in the World Cup due to a 'new game content release'. The Canadian tank also said that Liam "Mangachu" Campbell would be taking his place in the first game at the Main Tank position.
Moneyball is a term originated from a book called Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis. The term was popularized in baseball by the Oakland Athletics in 2002. This feature goes over what this term could mean in the Overwatch League in the 2020 season and what players to look out for.
Fissure discussed the Overwatch League off-season in a stream on Thursday, giving his thoughts in Korean on the transfer market as a whole, as well as his involvement in it.
BlizzCon takes place in Anaheim this weekend, and according to a report based in a demo guide document obtained by ESPN and Rod "Slasher" Breslau, Blizzard will reveal a sequel to their shooter, Overwatch at the convention.
Every year since 2005, tens of thousands of gaming enthusiasts travel from around the world to California to experience BlizzCon. There are few places like it on earth. From cosplayers posing for photos to hundreds standing in line to try out the newest demos to a sea of fans listening to Activision Blizzard executives announce what's the come for their company, it's a gaming utopia for many. As BlizzCon is scheduled to kick off next Friday, November 1 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Inven Global decided to look at what's been revealed, hinted at and leaked thus far in terms of potential upcoming announcements.
Let's dive in to everything that's happened in the OWL off-season this week.
One week after Activision Blizzard announced a joint-party with Nintendo to celebrate the launch of Overwatch on the Nintendo Switch, the event was called off. On Tuesday morning, Nintendo's official New York City-branch Twitter account shared the information that Blizzard was pulling out of the event amid protests going on within and outside the company.
Global Esports and the Harrisburg University Storm have entered a new partnership. The partnership between the one of the leading programs in collegiate esports and the Indian Overwatch organization, who currently own a Contenders team as well as Team India for the Overwatch World Cup, is unique both in its cross-competitive tier and cross-continental establishment.
Stop-motion animated comedy sketch series put esports in its sights for the first time in the form of an OWL-focused segment, and on Monday, October 7, San Francisco Shock stars Jay "sinatraa" Won and Matthew "Super" DeLisi joined Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show following Shock's first Overwatch League championship.
Announced this Thursday (03/10), London Spitfire has release the team coach Kim "Jfeel" Jeong-min, DPS player Kim "Birdring" Ji-hyeok, DPS Lee "Guard" Hee-dong and support Kim "NUS" Jong-seok from the
The Following are descriptions of the digital content available to all BlizzCon 2019 attendees and Virtual Ticket Holders:
Seoul Dynasty player Ryu “ryujehong” Je-hong had issues with American Airlines. On the 1st (KST), ryujehong tweeted he had an issue with American Airlines. On his flight to Korea, he was
Vancouver Titans has plenty of talented individual players, and there were multiple instances of a single Titan taking over the map for his team temporarily, but any individual heroic efforts were swept away by the unrelenting, ever-flexibile cohesiveness displayed by the San Francisco Shock, interchangeable parts and all.
The culmination of a season-long storyline climaxes in Philadelphia, PA this Sunday. The San Francisco Shock, an all-around powerhouse of a team, is able to adapt to any meta from GOATS to Reaper/Doomfist comps with all-star caliber players. On the other hand, the Vancouver Titans have a storied history dating back to dominating Contenders Korea to now in the Overwatch League. At the end of the season, both teams fought their right to play in the grand finals.
Overwatch League opened up new innovations in esports for the viewer experience. From having regional-based teams to an arena that similarly resembles being in a traditional sports game, OWL continues to push the bar in esports. Fans from all around the world from China to South Korea to France converge together to watch OWL. Inven Global met with OWL superfans Hannah Cho, Danielle George, and Krista Vetter during Kit Kat Rivalry Weekend to talk about how they became huge fans of OWL, what it means to be a fan, the positives and negatives, and how you can be involved as a fan.
The venue was filled with teams huddled around their respective coaches and analysts. It was a mosaic of different schools, each patch of color representing a different esports program colored by the familiar esports jersey designs.
But Questlove isn't the only bit of non-Overwatch styled entertainment during the grand finals. In fact, he isn't even the only DJ present!
Elo Hell Esports is proud to announce Project Inferno, a new venture that aims to give players, professionals, and fans a new look into the semipro Overwatch scene. This project will give aspiring pros the same kind of resources, publicity, and professionalism they'll get at higher levels of play, fostering development while taking fans along for the ride.
San Francisco Shock faces off against Vancouver Titans in one week at the Overwatch League Grand Finals in Philadelphia. However, Shock may have to prepare for its showdown in the Wells Fargo Center without one of its star DPS players.
Fantasy universe crossovers bring unique joy to a gaming community. Nintendo figured this out pretty quickly with the Super Smash Bros. series, where at first Nintendo characters clashed with each oth