New details for the next season of the Overwatch League announced

Blizzard announced new details for Overwatch League Season 4 and talked about the new format. The event starts in April and will be attended by 20 teams. The matches will be held online, but the developers of the esports discipline also do not exclude the possibility of transferring the event offline if the situation with COVID-19 improves.

The twenty participants will be divided into two divisions, one for Asian teams, that is, for teams from China and Korea, and the other for teams from North America and Europe. In the eastern division 8 squads will compete against each other, while in the western one the number of participants will be 12 teams. To ensure a level playing field, Blizzard will use the minimum ping setting. If there are players on the server whose server latency is better than the minimum value, then the system will automatically increase the ping to the players so that everyone fights on equal terms.

The best representatives of the top ten will be able to qualify for participation in four large-scale championships. They will run throughout the season, just like they did in 2020.

List of participants in the eastern division

• Chengdu hunters
• Guangzhou Charge
• Hangzhou spark
• Los angeles valiant
• New york excelsior
• Philadelphia fusion
• Shanghai dragons
• Seoul dynasty

List of participants in the western division

• Atlanta reign
• Boston uprising
• Dallas fuel
• Florida mayhem
• Houston outlaws
• London spitfire
• Los Angeles Gladiators
• Paris eternal
• San Francisco Shock
• Vancouver titans
• Toronto defiant
• Washington Justice

Recently it became known that the management of esports clubs is in talks with Blizzard regarding a reduction in franchise payments. Journalists argue that most organizations remain at a loss due to participation in the Overwatch League.