Then again this energetic, well-spoken woman is not your average Overwatch coach. First of all, please introduce yourself for fans of pro Overwatch who do not watch Contenders Korea. Considering your experience as a coach in Contenders Korea, is there anything you want to say to those women? When I was trialing as a coach, and contacting GMs in Contenders Korea, it was a similar reaction. I hope that the atmosphere changes when the next female coach arrives in Contenders Korea, so that she doesn

During this final qualifier, the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Italy and France will look to compete for the final two spots at the BlizzCon World Cup playoffs. ETPoland vs United Kingdom, 11 a.m. ETPoland vs France, 7:45 a.m.Italy vs United Kingdom, 9:30 a.m. ETPoland vs Netherlands, 11:15 a.m. ETUnited Kingdom vs France, 1 p.m.

The league revealed which groups are behind the six new teams in a press release today:Aquilini Group — A diversified family business that owns the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena, and manages a global conglomerate portfolio will operate the team in Vancouver, CanadaBilibili — A leading online entertainment company for young people in China, covering a wide array of genres and media formats including: videos, live broadcasting, and mobile games will operate the team i

Perhaps the most threatening team to the probable dominance of Team USA and Team Canada is the team from Norway which has a number of prominent EU Contenders players. ETNorway vs Switzerland, 2:45 p.m. ETNorway vs Canada, 4:30 p.m. ETNorway vs USA, 4:30 p.m. ETUSA vs Canada, 8 p.m.

With only 5 weeks of regular play, Contenders seasons are shorter, netting fans more bang for their buck. In the time it took for the OWL to finish it’s inaugural season, Contenders completed two. There will probably be one more season of Contenders before the year ends and the Overwatch League kicks up again. Once the buzz around the World Cup group stages dies down, be on the lookout for Contenders Season 3 announcements. Even the US and Canada, countries well represented in the League, need C

This past weekend, the Overwatch League closed out its first season with an All-Star event that celebrated the best players in the league and their achievements. While the event was full of fun events like Lucioball and even an on-air talent match, one event stood out among the rest: the Widowmaker 1v1 tournament. The tournament pitted eight of the Overwatch League’s best snipers against each other to see who would come out on top. Which is why spectating Widowmaker players remains one of compet

Dallas Fuel player Pongphop “Mickie” Rattanasangchod is the recipient of the Overwatch League’s first ever Dennis Hawelka Award, which is given to the player who has had the most positive impact on the community during the season. While this is the first time the award has been given out, it holds a special place in the Overwatch League and community. The award is named after, and dedicated to, Dennis “INTERNETHULK” Hawelka, a key figure in competitive Overwatch’s earliest days and one of the mo

The Overwatch League Grand Finals have been over for almost a month now, and while everyone is gearing up for the world cup, the league’s initial season still has one stop to make: All-Stars. In the final competition in the Overwatch League’s 2018 season, the Atlantic and Pacific regions will face off in a series, as well as some exciting and fun skill games for the players who were voted onto the team. Day two of the weekend will turn the focus on the teams themselves as the Atlantic and Pacifi

Blizzard announced a brand-new control map for Overwatch called Busan during the first day of Korea’s Overwatch Fan Festival. This new map is set in Busan, South Korea, as its name suggests. Blizzard took special care in representing the various contrasting aspects of Busan within the map, which includes three different locations in which players can fight. Jeff Kaplan, Overwatch’s game director, also went into detail about the extra steps the development team took to help make sure that the map

Baek “Fissure” Chan-hyung is the newest addition to the Seoul Dynasty, the team announced late Monday night. Baek was acquired via a trade with his former team, the Los Angeles Gladiators. Baek joined the Gladiators after a strong first stage with the London Spitfire and had an immediate impact on his new team. Baek will be bringing his considerable talents over to the Seoul Dynasty, a team that fell short of expectations in their first season together. With the addition of Baek, Seoul will look

Blizzard has confirmed that another Overwatch cinematic is on its way, and fans are extremely hype. It’s been a long while since we had a cinematic last; Reinhardt and Brigitte’s Honor and Glory was shown at BlizzCon 2017. While Honor and Glory was a fantastic cinematic, it wasn’t enough to sate the appetite of Overwatch lore fans, who are very ravenous these days. An all-new animated short premieres this Wednesday, https://t.co/W5L9OnFPkP pic.twitter.com/JXfRUmocWR — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch)

The round of participants have officially qualified for the Overwatch World Cup thanks to an exciting series of matches hosted in South Korea over the weekend. One of the two teams to make it out of the tournament were South Korea and Finland, the two preliminary favorites. The tournament itself was hosted in South Korea, and the home team showed up in-force for all their fans, dominating the competition and only dropping two maps and zero matches in the process. Both Chinese Taipei and Hong Kon

The Overwatch World Cup qualifiers are about to begin and the first stage takes place on home turf for the reigning two time champions, South Korea. Joining the hosting country in the qualifier are five other countries also competing to qualify for the World Cup. RussiaJapanFinlandChinese TaipeiHong KongThese five countries, along with South Korea, will make up the first qualifying stage of the Overwatch World Cup, with the top two teams advancing to the top eight tournament at Blizzcon. Both Ja

The first Overwatch League All-Star Weekend is fast approaching, and will take place over two days. Widowmaker 1v1Each division will select their four best Widowmaker players. The Overwatch casters and analysts not playing will be on the desk with Overwatch League players. Sunday’s All-Star Game will be much more traditional. Each All-Star team has been provided a coach.

Overwatch’s Summer Games are fast approaching, and we already know four of the new legendary skins that are coming to the game. The Summer Games started with a very strong Olympics theme, but the second year of skins became more generally summer themed. Join us in Busan for Summer Games, kicking off August 9. pic.twitter.com/DIHj9XmaBv — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) August 4, 2018Reinhardt’s a sporting chap, so it’s no surprise he’s suited up to play this Summer Games. ⚾Join us in Busan for Summer

Hot off the heels of a successful first season that culminated in a Grand Finals at the Barclays Center in New York, Blizzard has announced that the Overwatch League will be expanding and adding two new teams ahead of the 2019 season. One of the new franchises to be joining the league will be based out of Atlanta, Georgia, providing the league with another team in the southern United States. The team is owned by Cox Enterprises and Province Inc. who have partnered to form the Atlanta Esports Ven

The first season of the Overwatch League has almost come to an end, but before it does, we still have one series left: the Finals. In a matchup few could have possibly seen coming, the first ever Overwatch League Finals will be played between the Philadelphia Fusion and the London Spitfire. All of the action from the Overwatch League Finals kicks off on Friday, July 27 at 7 p.m. As always, the matches can be seen on the Overwatch League Twitch channel, while Friday’s will also be broadcast on ES

After a mysterious teaser campaign and a stint on the PTR, Wrecking Ball (AKA Hammond) is now available to play in Overwatch. I’m serious, you guys, we absolutely cannot trust Wrecking Ball. Now that Wrecking Ball is live and off the PTR, all of his Overwatch League skins are available, so you can deck him out in the colors of your favorite team. Wrecking Ball is the game’s 28th hero, and the second tank hero to be added to the game after launch, following Orisa. Check out our guide to Wrecking

Sometimes it’s important to remember that not everything that goes up on the Overwatch Public Test Realm is an earthshaking change. But sometimes it’s nice to just get a friendly hello from a training robot. Thanks to Reddit user BlizzconX, we now have a nice little video of Blizzard’s latest PTR update where the training robots, which used to simply be targets, will now waive back to you. This is just a small part of the newest Overwatch PTR build, which includes Wrecking Ball and the new suppo

Ever since the Overwatch team unveiled Wrecking Ball, we’ve been in love with him and his chubby little hamster face. If you can’t wait to get your hands on him in a proper play environment, don’t worry — the wait isn’t much longer. Wrecking Ball rolls into the fight 07.24.18 pic.twitter.com/woK0saBlAq — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) July 17, 2018Wrecking Ball should shake up the game of Overwatch pretty significantly thanks to his strong area denial, unparalleled tank mobility, and heavy shields.