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Overwatch League gets big sponsors with HP and Intel

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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HP and Intel are teaming up to sponsor Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch League, the official esports league based on its popular shooter with 35 million monthly active players.

Thanks to its fast growth, Overwatch has become one of the world’s biggest shooter games, and its league is drawing lots of attention and investor interest. HP said that its Omen by HP gamer PC brand will be a multi-year sponsor for the league, which is setting up regional teams that will battle with each other. HP and Intel made the announcement at Blizzard’s big fan event, BlizzCon 2017, in Anaheim, California. Esports is expected to be a $1.5 billion market by 2020, according to market researcher Newzoo.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.