Overwatch just announced the big tournament called Overwatch League

Blizzard Entertainment has just announced the first 7 teams competing in the Overwatch League. The 7 teams include the New England Patriots, New York Mets, Los Angeles (Immortals), Miami-Orlando (Misfits Gaming), San Francisco (NRG Esports), Shanghai (NetEase) and Soul (Kevin Chou, Kabam).

“We look at location cities not because of their large population, but because of the interest of Overwatch gamers,” Overwatch League Organizer Nate Nanzer said. must be those with experience in developing a fixed fan base.”

It was because of this announcement that the Overwatch League became the first international tournament to feature a city structure. This is a big step forward for the tournament, as the teams competing in the Overwatch League come from different countries and not in the same region.

Here are the owners of the 7 teams competing in the Overwatch League:

• Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots (Boston)

• Jeff Wilpon, Co-Founder and Partner of Sterling.VC and COO of the New York Mets (New York)

• Noah Whinston, CEO of Immortals (Los Angeles)

• Ben Spoont, CEO and Co-Founder of Misfits Gaming (Miami-Orlando)

• Andy Miller, Chairman and Founder of NRG Esports (San Francisco)

• NetEase (Shanghai)

• Kevin Chou, Co-founder of Kabam (Seoul)

Kraft, President and CEO of Kraft Corporation said, “The incredible success of Overwatch since its launch, coupled with the size and strategy of the tournaments, gives his corporation a great direction. go clear”.

In addition to the 7 teams announced at the Overwatch League tournament, Blizzard also plans to expand the list of teams participating in the tournament in the near future, thanks to the extremely good relationships of blizzard.

“We don’t have the stats for the team at the moment,” said Nanzer. “We want to grow in the long term. Besides, we also want to make sure that we will become the major investors in the world. We hope that this will be the first of many to come. In the near future, we hope that the scale of the tournament will be even larger.”

Announced at Blizzcon last year. Overwatch will start later this year, the tournament will be held in Los Angeles, Format as well as ticket prices and progress will be announced later.

Tournament profits will be made from ticket sales, advertising, and media exclusivity. As far as we know this amount will be divided equally. In addition, Overwatch also contributes money based on the number of games sold.

If successful, this could be an important step forward for future Overwatch tournaments and the gaming industry in general.