The Overwatch League ended its 2023 season this weekend, and it might very properly have been the ultimate championship the league will ever maintain.
Blizzard at one level had the preferred esports league within the enterprise with Overwatch League, which makes it all of the extra disappointing that it’s at the moment in a spot the place nobody actually is aware of what the longer term holds for the league.
In a press release revealed on Monday from the Overwatch League’s Twitter account, Blizzard mentioned it “shall be specializing in constructing our imaginative and prescient of a revitalized esports program. We’re wanting to share extra with you as particulars are finalized.”
OWL has been struggling on after it misplaced sponsors, switched to Overwatch 2 whereas that recreation went by way of a poor launch with gamers, laid off workers, lawsuits accusing Blizzard of “suppressing” participant salaries, and the most recent is {that a} vote is but to be held among the many groups left to see if the league will proceed.
What comes out of that vote is but to be seen, however this assertion and contemplating OWL’s latest historical past all loom over its potential future, if it has one in any respect.
Supply – [Kotaku, Blizzard]