More than 22,000 fans came out to watch the London Spitfire team win the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals in New York City on July 27. Atlanta and Guangzhou, China, are the two newest cities selected for esports expansion teams.
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Atlanta’s new esports team now has a name: Atlanta Reign. It’s part of the global Overwatch League, the first major city-based esports league to base its teams in specific cities.
The league is based on the video game “Overwatch”: a popular science-fiction video game from a first-person perspective.
Atlanta Reign is owned by Atlanta Esports Ventures, a partnership between media group Cox Enterprises and Nevada-based consulting firm Province Inc. (Courtesy of Atlanta Reign)
It’s interactive and can be played with up to six players on each team.
A typical video game match between two teams is broadcast on a large screen in a Los Angeles arena, where more than 500 people watch.
For now, games will continue to be played in Los Angeles. The Overwatch League said it plans to build esports stadiums in its home cities, including Atlanta. (Courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment)
The new team is owned by Atlanta Esports Ventures, a partnership established this year between media group Cox Enterprises and Nevada-based consulting firm Province Inc.
Games will continue to be played in Los Angeles for now, but the Overwatch League said it eventually plans to build esports stadiums in all of its home cities, including Atlanta.
In September, the team announced Brad “Sephy” Rajani would be the team’s head coach, Dimitri “Silence” Couturet as assistant coach, Cas “Casores” van Andel as player development coach, Danny “Danny” Mychakov as data analyst and Dongmin “Dongmin” Jeong as translator. Other players have been announced on its Twitter page.
