Activision Blizzard just announced the Overwatch League, a new esports league built around Overwatch, which will be the first major esports league with a traditional city-based team structure, just like professional sports leagues.
Seven teams are being announced today, based in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Miami-Orlando, San Francisco, Shanghai and Seul. The first season will start before the end of the year, and it’s possible more teams will be added before then.
So far all of the teams are owned by leaders in the traditional sports and esports world. From the old-school sports world Robert Kraft, CEO and owner of the New England Patriots will own the Boston team, and Jeff Wilpon, COO of the New York Mets will own the New York team.