Things are looking bleak for the Overwatch League (OWL), the competitive esports scene centered around Blizzard’s popular hero shooter, as the company laid off around 50 employees on July 18. Game Week: What’s in store after Diablo IV According to a report by The edgeThe fate of OWL after the current season, which is due ...
photo: Slaven Vlasic (Getty Images) The City College of New York will begin offering a bachelor’s degree in game design this fall, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced today, becoming the first public institution in the city to offer such a program. “New York City has always been at the center of innovation, but ...
picture: Robert Paul / Activision Blizzard / DoJ / Kotaku The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Overwatch League’s soft wage cap, which penalizes teams who overpay players, so a new report by Point sports. The investigation is led by the Civil Conduct Task Force, which is part of the department’s antitrust division. According ...
This is what we in the industry refer to as “greasy shatty”.Gif:: Snowstorm / Kotaku Season four of the Overwatch League kicked off this weekend with new players, some fantastic surprises, and a perfect game-winning Reinhardt Earthshatter from Houston Outlaws player Myung-heum “Jjanggu” Cho. Two-time Overwatch League champions, the San Francisco Shock, played against the ...
