Every match from season one and two of the\u00a0<\/u>Overwatch League<\/u>\u00a0will be broadcast live on Twitch<\/i><\/p>\n
Upcoming innovative new viewership reward system announced for fans who watch and engage with the\u00a0<\/u>Overwatch League on Twitch<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n
<\/u>IRVINE, Calif.<\/u>–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Today the Overwatch League\u2122 and social video service\u00a0Twitch<\/a>\u00a0announced a historic esports media-rights partnership, ensuring that every match of the world’s first major global city-based esports league will be readily available to fans across the globe. The first match of the Overwatch League’s inaugural season goes live on Twitch this\u00a0<\/u>Wednesday, January 10<\/span><\/span><\/u>, on\u00a0Twitch.tv\/overwatchleague<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fans of professional Overwatch have been eagerly anticipating a seamless\u00a0<\/u>Overwatch League<\/u>\u00a0viewing experience. This two-year deal, which encompasses the entirety of the league’s first two seasons, makes that a reality. With the exception of\u00a0<\/u>China<\/u>, Twitch will be the exclusive worldwide third-party digital provider for\u00a0<\/u>Overwatch League<\/u>\u00a0regular-season, playoffs, and championship matches, with streams in\u00a0English<\/a>,\u00a0Korean<\/a>, and\u00a0French<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/u>The Overwatch League<\/u>\u00a0and Twitch also are developing innovative rewards for fans, which will bestow the league’s most steadfast viewers with\u00a0<\/u>Overwatch League<\/u>\u00a0in-game items. More details about content and additional rewards for the biggest fans, including some content that will be exclusive for a period of time, as well as\u00a0Cheering<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<\/u>Overwatch League<\/u>\u00a0Cheermotes<\/a>, will be announced as they become available.<\/p>\n “Our fans love to engage with content on Twitch, and we wanted to drive significant viewership of the\u00a0<\/u>Overwatch League<\/u>\u00a0in its inaugural season and beyond,” said\u00a0<\/u>Armin Zerza<\/u>, COO of\u00a0<\/u>Blizzard Entertainment<\/u>. “That’s why this historic and ground-breaking partnership is perfectly suited for\u00a0<\/u>Activision Blizzard<\/u>, for Twitch, and\u2014most importantly\u2014for our growing global fanbase.”<\/p>\n “The Overwatch League is making a major impact on esports by reshaping the industry with city-based teams,” said\u00a0<\/u>Kevin Lin<\/u>, COO of Twitch. “Given Overwatch’s consistent reign as a top-viewed game by our community, we look forward to offering their pioneering style of league play to a large and passionate fanbase that will be able to bond over not only their favorite plays, but hometown pride.”<\/p>\n The first season of the\u00a0<\/u>Overwatch League<\/u>\u00a0will run until June, with playoffs and finals scheduled for July. For the inaugural season, all games will take place at\u00a0Blizzard Arena Los Angeles<\/a>, a state-of-the-art live-event venue in\u00a0<\/u>Burbank, California<\/u>, custom-renovated for\u00a0<\/u>Blizzard Entertainment<\/u>\u00a0esports events. Fans can purchase tickets to attend matches, which will be played each\u00a0Wednesday<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0Thursday<\/span><\/span>,\u00a0Friday<\/span><\/span>, and\u00a0Saturday<\/span><\/span>. A full\u00a0schedule<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0information about ticket sales<\/a>\u00a0can be found at\u00a0OverwatchLeague.com<\/a>, and all matches can be viewed live at\u00a0Twitch.tv\/overwatchleague<\/a>\u00a0(English-language channel),\u00a0Twitch.tv\/overwatchleague_kr<\/a>\u00a0(Korean-language channel), and\u00a0Twitch.tv\/overwatchleague_fr<\/a>\u00a0(French-language channel).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every match from season one and two of the\u00a0Overwatch League\u00a0will be broadcast live on Twitch Upcoming innovative new viewership reward system announced for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[29,31],"tags":[118],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/owl-logo-8099c6b1b7afdaa68d7b69e219c8f83bd36d987d6bdfa255e6927b51c0f0fa510aab94ee21426f800f24c35b387b4e5610cdbf92f2dc602e2d7f26279cfb2a07.png?fit=492%2C280","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20821,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/10\/07\/video-game-losers-2020-14-portal-plus-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":1380,"position":0},"title":"Video Game Losers 2020 – 14: Portal! 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