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Valorant: Sinatraa to join Sentinels with Zombs, Shahzam and Sick

After recently announcing his departure from the Overwatch League to go and try his luck on Valorant Sinatraa just got recruited by the Sentinels Team. Playing with him are Zombs, Shahzam and Sick.

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Two hitscans are banned from Week 13 Hero Pool

This week Hero Pool will affect both the Competitive Mode and the Overwatch League differently. While last week's four heroes are back again, McCree, Widowmaker, Wreckingball and Mercy won't be available this week.

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neptuNo and Wya have visa problems

In these complicated times, when the coronavirus poses a lot of problems, visas are more complicated to obtain. This is the case for neptuNo who will have to leave Seoul. Wya may have the same problem soon.

Jeff Kaplan takes over Crowd Control with New Experimental Card

A New Experimental Mode should soon be available in-game, modifying Crowd Control abilities.

Jeff Kaplan announced improvements to the Communication Wheel

Updates to the Communication Wheel, Match Queue, and the Workshop are the topics addressed by Jeff Kaplan in the last Overwatch Developer Update.

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Recent developments in Hero Pool commented by Jeff Kaplan

Jeff Kaplan responds on Reddit to disgruntled players from the last Hero Pool and comments on the evolution brought to this system by the Overwatch development team.

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Win98 is the first female player to win the Overwatch Contenders South America

Win98 is the first female player to win the Overwatch Contenders. She has made history and we look back on her journey.

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Echo is already banned from Week 12 Hero Pool

This week is special as the Hero Pool will affect the Competitive Games and Overwatch League differently. Echo is already banned before even arriving in OWL.

Check out Patch 1.47 bringing Echo to Overwatch's live servers

Update 2.87 is now available in Overwatch. It allows the deployment of Hero 32 as well as some hero updates and bug fixes.

Earn six unique Echo-themed until April 20

Get exclusive rewards for the release of Echo by watching 2 to 6 hours streams on Twitch until April 20.

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London Spitfire isn't expected to play in the Overwatch League until May

London Spitfire announced on Twitter that they didn't expect to participate in the Overwatch League until early May.

First Overwatch Common Hero Pool has been unveiled

Widowmaker, McCree, Reinhardt and Brigitte are the banned heroes for this week in Overwatch League and Ranked Games.

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Geguri honored as one of Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 for 2020

Each year, Forbes makes a ranking of the most influential people. This year Se-yeon "Geguri" Kim is part of Forbes Asia 30 Under 30.

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Get 100 Tokens by suscribing to the Overwatch League newsletter

Could this mark the return of rewards offered to Overwatch League viewers? You can now receive 100 Tokens by subscribing to the official OWL newsletter.

Blizzard: Doubts surround Blizzcon 2020 after coronavirus

The COVID-19 outbreak continues to cause cancellations on all horizons. Gaming and its conventions are particularly affected. After E3, Gamescom and a few others, the Blizzcon 2020 is now starting to be at the heart of the discussions.

All Overwatch competitions will now have the same Hero Pool

The weekly Hero Pool rotation used to be different for all players and for professionals until this week. From now on, the Hero Pool will be common to all players. At the same time, there will no longer be a Map Pool.

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Week 10 Hero Pool is now available

This week, the Overwatch League says goodbye to Sombra, Reaper, D.Va and Ana.

Learn more about Patch 1.46 and the Experimental Mode

Update 2.84 is now available in Overwatch. It allows the deployment of the Archives event as well as some hero updates and bug fixes.

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ShaDowBurn leaves the Overwatch League

Former Paris Eternal and Philadelphia Fusion player, almost champion of the first OW World Cup, Russian DPS player ShaDowBurn has decided to leave the Overwatch League.

Echo's cosmetics are available on the PTR

Echo has finally been released on the PTR through Patch 1.47. She's a Damage Hero and seems really powerful!