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Rumor: Activision Blizzard to outsource Overwatch league to Saudi Arabia

Ronin_7

Member
Staff at Activision Blizzard are preparing to contract with the Saudi Arabian state-owned ESL FACEIT Group to run the 2024 Overwatch season, effectively dissolving the existing Overwatch League, sources familiar with those discussions told The Jacob Wolf Report.

Activision Blizzard's sought proposals for who will run that new system over the past few months and the ESL FACEIT Group, backed with an unmatched level of resources in the current grim state of the esports industry, will likely emerge the victor based on current discussions, sources said
 

Doom85

Member
As a side note, everyone who likes video games should really give golf a try.

I Dont Think So No Way GIF
 

Nydius

Gold Member
Overwatch League is dead and, per the article, many of the teams are going to just get out of eSports entirely. This new Saudi run thing will be a zombie league that has even fewer viewers than OWL did.

This GIF feels appropriate.

The Simpsons GIF
 

Red5

Member
Oh and just in time for the newly announced non-binary hero. And yes by law LGBTQ stuff is strictly prohibited there up to the point where you can't import and sell children books with rainbows in them.
 
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