From PC Gamer: "It's a mere two months until the fifth season of Overwatch League kicks off. The inaugural match is being dubbed "The Battle for Texas" and will see Dallas Fuel and Houston Outlaws duke it out in the sport's first live, in-person event since early 2020. It'll also mark the debut of Overwatch 2, which makes the whole thing feel like a huge bloody deal.
But with just over six weeks to go, Activision Blizzard is still finding itself without a single sponsor for the tournament, according to the Washington Post. The league lost major sponsors when a lawsuit was filed last year, detailing harrowing allegations of sexual assault and harassment within the company.
Huge names like Coca-Cola, Kellogg's and State Farm halted their advertising partnerships last summer and none of them intends to cough up the cash this year, the Post says. The companies declined to comment if the ongoing allegations were a factor in the decision-making. Comcast, a sponsor for the last season's League and the owner of OWL team Philidelphia Fusion, also confirmed it doesn't plan on sponsoring the league this year. There's no word from T-Mobile, another large corporation that pulled its sponsorship last year, but it can be safely assumed it won't be making a financial return."
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Blizzard's blending of the FPS and MOBA was a masterpiece of design that met its end too soon.
I miss 6v6, lootboxes and an actual player level. I used to look forward to Junkenstein's Revenge at Halloween and the Christmas event cause of all the cool cosmetics you could earn. I'd play it every day. Now you play it for an hour, earn some stupid charm, and you're done. No reason to play anymore.
I remember those epic dreamworks-like CGIs. I wasn't a fan at all but man, I knew it was a rediculously huge game. OW2 I've seen...nothing, died maybe after a week.
OW2 is a disaster. All these years to make the game 5v5….? And they scrapped PvE? The game just sucks man zero fun.
Activision has admitted that its Call of Duty and Overwatch eSport Leagues are facing challenges that the company might fail to address.
Ha ha these have been in trouble fort awhile so now we talk about it/address it?
How about you explain why you make billions but always have layoff's.
A lot of people here couldn't even read the headline. This isn't about the games themselves, it's about the esports leagues.
it's not nearly important enough to risk being associated with Activision Blizzard. There are plenty of better ways for these companies to spend their marketing cash
Avoiding a dumpster fire of a company is completely reasonable.