The Overwatch League is, undoubtedly, one of esports biggest success stories. The city-based competition has proven popular with fans and players and has established a blueprint that Activision is following with Call of Duty.  The publisher announced today that it has already sold five franchises in the Call of Duty Esports League; Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Paris and Toronto. […]

Melbourne team Order has been crowned champions of Overwatch Contenders Australia Season 1 grand final at IEM Sydney 2019. They will now travel to Shanghai, China to compete in the Overwatch Pacific Showdown from May 24th, 2019. Sydney Dropbears previously won the last three consecutive Overwatch Contenders Australia seasons. However, they weren’t able to manage their fourth straight victory despite […]

The Overwatch Contenders Australia Season 1 grand final is happening today at IEM Sydney 2019. Australian teams Sydney Dropbears and Order will compete for their share of a $100,000 (USD) prize pool; with the winning team going on to compete in the Overwatch Pacific Showdown in China later this month. Sydney Dropbears yesterday managed to fight off would-be rivals Melbourne Mavericks […]

IEM Sydney 2019 will this weekend host the Season 1 Finals for the Overwatch Contenders Australia 2019. Four of the nation’s top Overwatch teams will compete for their share of a $100,000 (USD) prize pool; with the winning team going on to compete in the Overwatch Pacific Showdown in China later this month. Overwatch Contenders Australia […]

Alongside today’s launch of Overwatch Archives Storm Rising Blizzard has announced a free trial period and massive discounts for Overwatch.  From today through April 24, PC, PS4 and Xbox One players can download and play Overwatch free. Those who download the free trial will have access to all 30 of Overwatch’s heroes, all maps, modes and loot. Xbox One players […]

Blizzard has finally pulled back the curtain on Overwatch’s Storm Rising event today. The latest mission to be declassified sees Winston, Tracer, Genji and Mercy travel to Havana, Cuba in a race against time to ” prevent the elusive Talon operative, Maximilien, from slipping through their grasp.” With the release of Overwatch Storm Rising tomorrow, players will have a […]

Blizzard has announced today that Sydney and Melbourne will each host a final for Overwatch Contenders Australia 2019.  The Season 1 Finals for Overwatch Contenders Australia 2019 will take place during IEM Sydney 2019. The Season 2 Finals will take place at the Melbourne Esports Open 2019. These two events are the biggest, live esports events in […]

Blizzard has announced today that the newest map to come to Overwatch is Paris. The Overwatch Paris Assualt Map is now live on the PTR and will be headed to the live game at a later date. Playing on the Overwatch Paris Assault Map will see players battling on the streets of the City of Lights. After winding […]

I hope you took a few weeks off before Overwatch League season 2 starts because on January 25, 2019 the Chinese New Year of the Pig event goes live and the skins game just got turned up to eleven. In addition to Capture the Flag returning to the arcade a host of new skins, cheers, […]

Let me start by giving a big congratulations to Sydney Drop Bears, proving again they are the dominant Overwatch squad in Australia. The finals series was hard fought by all but only one team could emerge victoriously. But that’s not the only announcement for the Overwatch Contenders League, as the season expands to include a […]