Overwatch League 2021 Day 1 Recap
After many months of waiting in the Overwatch League offseason, esports is back and Day 1 of 2021 OWL saw big winners in today’s teams. OWL Day 1 Today’s games started with a showdown between the two Texas-based teams. Houston Outlaws and Dallas Fuel played each other in a heated five-map series. Houston took the […]
Houston Outlaws first to sign collegiate player Joobi to OWL
Overwatch League team Houston Outlaws announced the signing of 17-year-old collegiate player Enrique “Joobi” Triana to the 2021 team, also making it the first OWL team to add someone straight from collegiate esports. Our eyes are on the future and the Outlaws have gone back-to-school for our next recruit. Please give a Texas-sized welcome to […]
Overwatch World Cup winner Rawkus moves to VALORANT
Overwatch League continues to see players retire from the scene following Jay “Sinatraa” Won, Corey “Corey” Nigra, and Andrej “Babybay” Francisty. Shane “Rawkus” Flaherty just announced his retirement after Houston Outlaws defeated Los Angeles Valiant on July 31. Throughout his career, Rawkus made many contributions to the Overwatch esports scene. Thank You, Overwatch Read: https://t.co/hU2fAMmpKE […]
Overwatch League Off-Season is full of Changes
Nov 15 has come and gone which means that each Overwatch League team is now required to have eight players under contract, and all players who are unsigned are free agents. Overwatch has a sign and trade deadline set for June 15, 2020, but there have already been plenty of big changes over the off-season. […]
Immortals Group sells Houston Outlaws to the Beasley Media Group
Immortals Gaming Club (IGC) has announced the sale of the Overwatch League franchise, Houston Outlaws, to the Beasley Media Group. IGC acquired the Houston Outlaws franchise when they bought all the assets of Infinite Esports & Entertainment in June 2019 for $100 million. IGC is already an investor in the Overwatch League as they own […]
All OWL 2020 Off-Season Roster Changes
Overwatch League’s free agency period for 2020 began Oct 7. Teams have until Nov 15 to sign a minimum of eight players to their rosters. After that point any extra roster signings or player transactions must resolve by June 15. Roster changes by team are listed in chronological order: Boston Uprising Changes: Assistant coaches Shake […]
Houston Outlaws to be sold for $40 Million
Overwatch’s Houston Outlaws just got bought out by a real estate investor for a $40 million deal. Immortals Gaming Club currently owns the Houston Outlaws and agreed with Lee Zieben to close the deal towards the end of August. This is no longer pending and is confirmed. The Immortals have a binding letter of intent […]
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