Category: Overwatch

The Overwatch League was scheduled to restart on March 21st, but was canceled due to a Los Angeles “stay-at-home” order. A set of friendly matches between teams took place on Sunday, March 22nd, with the new hero Echo being available for play. This weekend the matches will resume again in full, with 16 games planned. […]

The world reels in response to the recent COVID-19 outbreak and the Overwatch League has been among those to adapt by moving matches online. 2020 was a year of massive change for the League, with their decision to implement a full home-away schedule with live homestand events. Last month numerous homestand events were cancelled in […]

The Washington Justice hosted their second Homestand of the season this past weekend and only walked away with a win. Saturday was a short series of matches whereas Sunday kicked off with an intense five map series which led to a halt in the Fusion’s win-streak. This was the first week of Hero Pools, and […]

For the first time, Blizzard is implementing Hero Pools into Overwatch and professional League play. This new format is aimed at adding diversity to the games that are played each week, but so far feels like a sloppy way to avoid the meta becoming stale. Each week four heroes will be removed from the hero […]

Week Four of the Overwatch League featured some of the quickest, as well as the most drawn-out games of the season so far. The Houston Outlaws received the support of the hometown crowd, dropped just one match to the London Spitfire, rallied, and finally took a well deserved W from the Toronto Defiant – their […]

The weekend was an exciting, yet arduous one for the Overwatch League. The Philadelphia Fusion continued their win-streak and the Houston Outlaws delayed an inevitable loss with an impressive hold. Washington Justice fans were unfortunately sent home disappointed, with their team losing both of their matches against the Paris Eternal and London Spitfire. New York […]

Week Two of the Overwatch League kicked off in Philadelphia with a weekend of Brotherly Love hosted by the Fusion. Originally, the weekend was set to host the Philadelphia Fusion and Hangzhou Spark homestand events due to concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus. Due to the lack of an entire homestand event, there were only four […]

The opening weekend of the Overwatch League was a tumultuous and exhilarating event, despite the technical problems that arose. This year saw the first time the Overwatch League implemented a home-away format, meaning that matches took place in two cities during the weekend. The games were the most intense part of the weekend, with the […]