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Activision Blizzard competitions on Youtube Gaming: What difference does it make?

Blizzard invests in Google Cloud for the game hosting infrastructure and the YouTube Gaming becomes the official platform for the broadcast of the studio's competitive games, after two years using Twitch. The article will mainly focus on the Overwatch League.

A new patch note has been deployed on the Overwatch PTR

A new patch note released on January 23 is now available on the PTR servers. Many heroes are affected by this update. Find out who in this article.

Jaws officially becomes caster for Overwatch League Season 3

As announced yesterday, Salome "Soe" Gschwind officially becomes the new desk host for the upcoming Overwatch League season. Today, a new name has been added to the broadcast: Jack "Jaws" Wright.

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Soe to host 2020 Overwatch League season

After weeks of wondering who's going to replace Chris Puckett and Malik Forté as desk hosts for Overwatch League 2020, we have part of the answer. Salome "Soe" Gschwind just announced on her Twitter account that she'll be hosting the desk.

Overwatch hero bans soon to be implemented?

Jeff Kaplan mentioned a Role Lock readjustment with the idea of a 3-2-1 composition a week ago. Today there are rumors about the possibility of a pick and ban system for Overwatch. What's really going on?

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Attend Overwatch League homestands to get exclusive in-game tags

With just weeks to go until the start of the third edition of the Overwatch League, Blizzard is announcing the possibility of winning exclusive tags if you attend a home game of a host team. Read all about it in this article!

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London Spitfire retire Season 1 champions' jersey numbers

The UK-representative team have immortalized the seven champions of the debut Overwatch League season by retiring the jersey numbers associated with these players in tribute to their performance.

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Blizzard reportedly asked Overwatch League talent to accept pay cuts

The bad buzz is definitely piling up for Blizzard. A new report from journalist Richard Lewis for Dexerto indicates that the company has asked its broadcast talent to accept a reduction in their salaries for the 2020 season.

The Year of the Rat event is live on Overwatch!

With an earlier start than usual, Overwatch kicks off the Chinese New Year festivities! Read all about the Year of the Rat event taking place from January 16 to February 5 in this article.

Update 2.81 release brings Year of the Rat event to Overwatch

As the new Year of the Rat event has just begun, let's find out all about the Patch 1.44 that has just been released on live servers at the same time.

All Overwatch Year of the Rat skins have been revealed!

Following the announcement of the next Sombra skin for the Chinese New Year, different leaks show the totality of the skins for our heroes. All the skins are on this article.

Capture the Flag makes its big comeback with its own competitive mode!

The Overwatch Chinese New Year event has just begun and the festivities are in full swing! Between new skins and the return of the Capture the Flag game mode, you'll have plenty to do. Find out all about this game mode in this article.

Check out all the winneable skins in the Overwatch Year of the Rat weekly challenges

Win six Overwatch games and you'll unlock exclusive cosmetics during the entire Year of the Rat event. Find all the rewards in this article.

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Host Malik Forté won't return for the 2020 Overwatch League season

The Overwatch League loses another important figure in the person of Malik Forté. The host announced last night that he was stepping down from his post at the League.

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Semmler won't cast Overwatch League Season 3

The Overwatch League will continue without Auguste “Semmler” Massonnat for Season 3, which starts in a few weeks. This announcement follows the many departures we've already talked about.

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Houston Outlaws forced to leave their Woodlands home in Texas

As part of the Homestands for the new season of the Overwatch League, all the teams are moving to their respective cities. This was the case for Houston Outlaws, who had found a beautiful villa before the local community evicted them.

Overwatch 2 job listings may indicate the arrival of new game modes

Announced during last year's BlizzCon, Overwatch 2 promises players plenty of new content including new maps, new heroes, a story mode, and a new "Push" PvP mode. Blizzard's job listings give us clues about potential new content to come.

Overwatch 1.44 Patch is currently available for testing on the PTR

After Jeff Kaplan's and Josh Noh's statements about the next updates, we already have the answers to our questions since the new Overwatch 1.44 Patch Notes is now available on the PTR.

Was the Overwatch 2 release date revealed by a PlayStation leak?

A new leak published on Twitter could just have revealed the Overwatch 2 release date.

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Is the Overwatch League creating an economic bubble in esports?

The Overwatch League is one of the biggest competitive scenes in esports, but is quite young and therefore fragile. With the departure of many key people, new questions have arisen about the future of the League.

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