The Overwatch League (OWL) appears to be no more after six seasons. A Blizzard spokesperson told Engadget that "We are transitioning from the Overwatch League and evolving competitive Overwatch in a ...

Bruna is a contributor from Brazil. Although she's an advertising executive, she has been working as a pop culture journalist since 2004, and before Game Rant she worked as a contributor for TechTudo, ...

Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel has claimed the Overwatch League inflated its viewership numbers by viewbotting, and that it contributed to his decision to leave professional play.

Things are looking dire for the Overwatch League (OWL), the competitive esports scene built around Activision Blizzard’s popular hero shooter, as the company laid off some 50 employees on July 18.

Four years ago, Beasley Media Group demonstrated its fondness for eSports by acquiring a team of its own from Immortals Gaming Club. It has competed in the Overwatch League as the Houston Outlaws. In ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kris Holt is a writer who covers video games and word games. The sixth season of the Overwatch League is on the horizon and there ...

Sami Scigouski is a recent graduate from Miami University of Oxford with a BS in Games + Simulations. Her love of gaming started casually with a family Nintendo Wii but quickly grew into a more ...

When Blizzard announced the Overwatch League in 2016, there were plenty of questions about how the esports league would actually work – but at the very least, you couldn’t fault the ambition. The ...