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Dallas Fuel Overwatch player Hyeon "EFFECT" Hwang might have suggested facing regulatory hurdles for Season 2. The player has faced a tough time in Season 1 as he went back to Korea. Battling stress and later coming out in the open regarding his sexuality, Hyeon has always had the Overwatch Community's support. On the 10th of January 2019, Benjamin "uNKOE" Chevasson another Dallas Fuel player posted a thumbs up sign along with his tweet. The tweet suggested that he had secured his visa

Female Overwatch Player Ellie announced her decision to step down from competitive Overwatch. This comes as a result of the community's insistence on her to prove her identity even as she had great performances overall. The sexist nature of these comments steps from disbelief from members of the community that a female could play at such a high level. Despite this, the community kept pestering her for proof. Ellie, whose identity is still a secret even spoke on stream in order to 'prove

The Overwatch League season 2 will see road shows, according to the latest official information. It will not throughout the season, but only for a few matches. Most of the matches will still take place at the Esports Arena in Los Angeles. Season 1 of the Overwatch League was a phenomenal success for the League, teams as well as sponsors. The franchise buy-in price for Season 2 saw a spike in the price. As we get closer to the commencement of Season 2,

Blizzard constantly releases regular events in their FPS game Overwatch. We have seen multiple events in the past such as Junkenstein's Revenge and the Winter Wonderland event. This year the Winter Wonderland event will see its return to the live client as well. The event goes live on December 11th according to this tweet by PlayOverwatch Twitter Handle. https://twitter.com/playoverwatch/status/1069984902735511552?s=21 The Winter Wonderland sees the entire Overwatch universe covered in snow. It is more visible in certain maps than others, King's Row is the

The San Francisco Shock has acquired DPS Player Kwon “Striker” Namju for their season 2 roster. Striker was one of the most influential players in Season 1 of the Overwatch League. He was responsible for Boston Uprising's strong performance in Season 1 despite not having the biggest names in the initial stage. The player is well-known for his Tracer play and has a very high accuracy and impact with the character. His ability to eliminate the opponent support players with ease is what

The deadline for the formal announcements of the Overwatch League rosters passed on December 1st. However, the Washington Justice which revealed its branding today has yet to announce its roster. Washington Esports Ventures, a sports organization founded by Mark Ein, owner of the Washington Kastles of World Team Tennis owns this franchise. Their investment in esports comes at a time when esports is seeing increasing viewership numbers and potential growth. The Washington Justice is an apt name for a franchise situated in the

The Vancouver Overwatch League franchise is owned by the Aquilini Group. The Aquilini Group is a very diverse family business with deep roots in sports. They own the Vancouver Cancucks as well as the Rodjer's Arena. The venue was host to The International 2018, the biggest esports event in history [ in terms of prize pool ]. Their entry into Overwatch League is not a huge surprise as the group has expressed interest in esports as a whole.  https://twitter.com/TitansOW_/status/1069003703313674241 'Vancouver Titans' is the

Former Los Angeles Gladiators player Ted "silkthread" Wang has announced his retirement from professional Overwatch. The DPS main player for the Gladiators in Season 1 publicly released a lengthy Twitlonger post about the reasons for his retirement. He had already signed a contract with the Chengdu Hunters for Season 2. He also moved to China in order to scrim and practice with the team. Silkthread did not enjoy Overwatch anymore It was at this time that he came to a realisation on his

Chengdu Hunters and Los Angeles Gladiators have made a few changes to their Overwatch League rosters for Season 2. The new season of the Overwatch League starts on the 14th of February 2019. Chengdu Hunters add Kyo, Garry and Yveltal. Chengdu Hunters is one of the new teams for Season 2 of the overwatch League. The Chengdu Hunters team is owned by HUYA Inc., a leading game live streaming service in China. The organisation has partnered with Royal Never Give up to help

Toronto Defiant has announced the addition of Jun-sung Asher Choi Joo-seong "RoKy" Park to their Overwatch roster. With this announcement, they have now finally announced their entire roster. Toronto Defiant is one of the eight new Overwatch League franchises for Season 2. With the addition of these new teams, there are now twenty Overwatch League teams. The new season of the Overwatch League will start on the 14th of February 2019. https://twitter.com/torontodefiant/status/1067540922559283200?s=21 Asher was a part of the Los Angeles Gladiators for Season

Blizzard has announced that Overwatch will be free to play for a period of one week starting from November 20. The FPS shooter with CC abilities game is one of the most popular esports titles. The Overwatch league has brought out interest from several top-tier organizations who have invested millions of dollars into the game. Overwatch is described as a 'hero shooter' A normal competitive mode includes two teams of six players each. There are various types of maps which include Control Points,

Yet another Overwatch League team has revealed its branding and name for Season 2. The HUYA owned team will go by the name of Chengdu Hunters.

The Overwatch League is expanding to include eight new teams for Season 2. This brings the total number of Season 2 teams to twenty. The eight new teams are spread throughout the globe with teams from USA, Canada, Europe as well as several teams from China. In the last twenty-four hours, we have had multiple announcements with the new teams' logos and names. The Paris and Guangzhou franchises have revealed their team logos, names and branding. We expect more news very soon from

A few days ago, ti was reported that Dafran will be signing up with the Atlanta Reign for Season 2 of the Overwatch League. The controversial player was not a part of Season 1, yet he remained one of the most talented Overwatch players not in OWL. With the expansion of the Overwatch League in Season 2, we saw an influx of eight teams. On October 28th, it was announced that Dafran has signed with the Atlanta Reign. https://twitter.com/ATLReign/status/1056586607472578561 The news proved to