http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/24062274/overwatch-league-comes-espn-disney-abc
Overwatch League Finals are being broadcast....ON ESPN 1.
Overwatch League Finals are being broadcast....ON ESPN 1.
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Megaton. Overwatch League comes to ESPN(Main ESPN not the Ocho), Disney and ABC!
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Since this is merged, a few other highlights:
Since this is merged, a few other highlights:
- Does not cancel existing deals like Twitch
- Is a multiyear agreement
- Will include hundreds of hours of televised Overwatch content
- Will have supplemental content for people who might not be as familiar with Overwatch
- Day 1 of the finals are on ESPN1 at 7 PM. Yes, Primetime Friday ESPN.
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So will it still be broadcast on Twitch for free?
also Colin Cowherd to lose his mind confirmed.
also Colin Cowherd to lose his mind confirmed.
Lol.
I love nerds deep into gaming culture getting annoyed with other aspects of that culture. Go back to throwing potshots at Switch owners after you cut that cord.
They were showing the E3 conferences live... well till they got to the demo for TLOU2
The production of the Overwatch League is amazing and it is getting a lot of money and hype that it could be the next big thing. However I just feel the game itself is unable to live up to all those expectations, both for the casual players and on a pro level. I try to sit down and watch it on Twitch but I keep finding myself switching to another screen or another tab on my browser.
ESports are continuing to grow. Listening to the radio this morning, they had on the news portion that down in Atlantic City they're building out a data center in an unused portion of the Convention Center in effort to bring eSports to the city.
I remember when I was young telling my family that esports were going to eventually be a thing that could even compete with traditional sports and being laughed at, but now look who gets the last laugh
Yeah this is me as well. I LOVE watching pro CSGO. I enjoy watching Pro Rainbow Six. Even games like Rocket league and PUBG are fun to watch at pro levels.
Overwatch just isnt.
I will say though, I havent played more than a few hours of Overwatch. Maybe its more interesting if you are way into it. But that isnt a good sign for its growth.
And just looking at the general chatter around places and viewers on Twitch, it feels like Overwatch's push is coming not so much as audience demand but money being thrown at it by Blizzard.
People will say that when ANY sport that isn't football, baseball, or basketball gets on ESPN.
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Cool.
Not that I ever got into watching Overwatch being played professionally, I think it's to hard to follow as an spectator. But I guess I'm old and the demand for it exist.
Not that I ever got into watching Overwatch being played professionally, I think it's to hard to follow as an spectator. But I guess I'm old and the demand for it exist.
I mean aren't all esports like that? No one watches dota2 or lol without being invested in the game itself. CSGO is I'd say pretty much the only esport which you can somewhat watch without having played the game. This is not the case at all for traditional sports. So no, it's not a bad sign for its growth
I disagree, I find most esports super boring to watch, but really enjoy OWL.
Games like CS:GO and Dota are just snorefests.
This is pretty damn big.
Maybe if I ever started playing on PC and/or stop maining Lucio, I could get in on this.
Maybe if I ever started playing on PC and/or stop maining Lucio, I could get in on this.
"The agreement does not cancel existing distribution agreements already in place, like Twitch broadcasts".
Good for Blizzard and eSports in general but OW is boring compared to Rainbow Six or CSGO at high level.
Dota has been on ESPN for years. The twitter comments were not nice. Lots of "Lul y da fuk nerds on mah espn?!"
This is nice but I wish it wasn't Overwatch. I guess the Activision/Blizzard putting in the work to make this league work has paid off.
What other sport has players always on their best behaviour?
I disagree completely. I love watching smash but I can't for the life of me care about other fighting games because I have no idea what's going on.
Uh? OWL has consistently exceeded viewership expectations, production value and everything else has been a direct product of the success it has been.
