There has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding this year of the Overwatch League. Blizzard hasn’t been very good at answering questions and stopping speculation, so we waited a week before the season started to find out that OWL will once again stream exclusively on YouTube, despite Blizzard and YouTube apparently already not doing so. not have an exclusive broadcast rights agreement.
As confirmed in a new table from the 2023 opening weekend, not only is the broadcast location announced, but it is also confirmed that the Chengdu Hunters will not be present and competing in the near future, leaving only 19 of the 20 teams in a chance. at the world championship this year.
We’re also told which map groups and times of day each will be played, as well as which drops will be active and which patch OWL will start playing with. You can find all this information in the graph below.