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UK and US earn spots in the Overwatch World Cup top 8, taking place at Blizzcon

The United States and United Kingdom have secured their spots at the Overwatch World Cup main event, taking place from November 3, during Blizzcon. The US and UK triumphed over Taiwan and Germany in the playoffs, with the UK remaining undefeated in terms of map score, Taiwan failing to score …

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Overwatch League: How do you solve a problem like Korea?

After a very slow first year of competition the Overwatch pro scene has exploded over recent months. Blizzard has finally woken up and realised that it had to actually talk about the Overwatch League if they wanted it to start this year, sending everyone, even the mainstream media, in a …

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LA and London get new teams in the Overwatch League

The Overwatch League has today announced two new teams, with a second time setting up shop in Los Angeles, and one settling right here in London Town. Cloud9 has set up shop in Blighty, with Cloud9’s founder Jack Etienne picking up the London slot, while Stan and Josh Kroenke, who own …

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Team Liquid reported to have dropped Overwatch team, looking to sell Overwatch Challengers slot

Team Liquid is looking to disband their Overwatch team and sell their slot in Overwatch Contenders, with Season 2 starting on August 14. That’s the story according to ESPN, who claim sources close to the matter have confirmed this. Team Liquid haven’t responded to comment, but it would fit with …

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Kim ‘Geguri’ Se-yeon signs with ROX Orcas, will be first female player to compete in OGN Apex

Kim ‘Geguri’ Se-yeon has signed with the Korean Overwatch team ROX Orcas, making her the first female player to compete in the OGN Overwatch Apex tournament. Se-yeon is perhaps best known as the Zarya main so good that she was accused by several players of using hacks in June 2016, …

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Activision Blizzard revenue up despite console sales decline

Activision Blizzard has posted "better than expected" financial results forQ2 2017.Net revenue hit $1.63bn for the quarter ending June 30th, rising 4 per cent year-on-year. Digital channels, meanwhile, grew 15 per cent year-on-year to reach $1.31bn. That said, console sales for Q2 were actually down 13 per cent year-on-year for …

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Hollywood Hammers release their Overwatch roster

The Hollywood Hammers esports organisation has revealed that it’s releasing its Overwatch team, joining the long list of esports organisations stepping away from Blizzard’s first person shooter. However, this seems to be performance based issues instead of the usual concerns cited with Overwatch’s competitive scene. In this case, the Hollywood …

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Doomfist comes to Overwatch, and he’s quite punchy

Doomfist, leader of antagonistic band of bad dudes Talon, is now in Overwatch proper, playable in the main game for the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The Count of Monte Fisto has been in Overwatch’s public test region (PTR) since July 6, where it has transpired that just about …

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Laser Kittenz release second player this week, as Lee ‘Claris’ Keon-ho departs

Lee ‘Claris’ Keon-ho has been released by Overwatch team Laser Kittenz, just a few days after his South Korean teammate Byeon ‘Munchkin’ Sang-beom. Keon-ho and Sang-beom signed for Laser Kittenz after leaving Lunatic Hai in April after just a few days with Lunatic-Hai.  Keon-ho is leaving Laser Kittens to try …

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Blizzard reveals Overwatch League details, players to get $50k salaries and 50% share of $3.5m prize pool

Earlier in July Blizzard announced the first seven teams that would be taking part in Season 1 of the Overwatch League, with teams in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami-Orlando, New York City, San Francisco, Seoul and Shanghai. Now, they’ve opened the whole thing up, and dished the dirt on how the …

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