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Overwatch League signs six more teams from China to Washington D.C.

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Overwatch League is adding six new esports teams from around the world, bringing the roster to 20 squads altogether from all over the world. The new teams are based in Chengdu, Hangzhou, Paris, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, D.C.

The growth of the league says a lot about esports. The owners of the first teams paid an estimated $20 million each for the franchise rights for their Overwatch teams. Activision Blizzard was reportedly asking the latest owners to pitch in $100 million. I have no idea what the franchises actually sold for.

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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.