At first, it was just a headline on Twitter – you scarcely noticed it. Some computer game had a tournament in Korea or something, you don’t know. Now it’s 2019 and your kid cousin won’t stop quoting Overwatch taunts and talking about Ninja streams – whatever those are – at…
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The NBA partners with “NBA 2K” producers to create an eSports league
With the rise in technology and popularity in video games in today’s culture, eSports have been increasingly working from a point of near obscurity to a now-stable niche in pop culture. Games played on the professional competitive level have ranged from first-person shooters like “Counter-Strike Global Offensive” and “Overwatch” to,…
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The Overwatch League begins its inaugural season
The Overwatch League (OWL), a professional eSport league for the Blizzard game “Overwatch”, began its inaugural season Jan. 10. The three debut games featured the Los Angeles Valiant, who defeated the San Francisco Shock 4-0; the Los Angeles Gladiators, who defeated the Shanghai Dragons 4-0; and the Seoul Dynasty, who…
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