Overwatch League, Call Of Duty League And Hearthstone Tournaments Moved With Twitch On Youtube

Activision Blizzard And Google Announced partnerships, in which cyber consultations for publisher games will be broadcast exclusively on YouTube (outside of China). The transaction includes Overwatch League and Call of Duty League, as well as tournaments Hearthstone.

The first matches in the Call of Duty League on YouTube have already started, and the following games in Overwatch League will begin on February 8. Matches of both leagues will be shown on the relevant youtube channels, where the archive and special content will appear.

Recall that earlier Activision Blizzard There was a contract for conducting virtual competitions with Twitch. Current games in Call of Duty League moved to a new platform nearly at the last moment.

A multi-year agreement between companies concerns not only cyber consumer streams. Activision Blizzard In addition, armed with a set of cloud services Google Cloud. Thanks to the “cloud”, the publisher will be able to provide a minimum delay in its games and create a system of “Curatorian recommendations for in-game proposals” with the help of artificial intelligence.

General Director of Streamelements Streamelelements Doron Nir (Doron NIR) suggested that this transaction may turn out to be a more effective approach to exclusivity in the field of direct broadcasting than the conclusion of contracts with such influential stripes as Ninja or Shroud.