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10-05-2016, 12:29 AM
'Overwatch' proves it's a viable esport after tourney ratings beat 'CS:GO'
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LOS ANGELES — The Overwatch Open outpaced viewership expectations for its cable TV debut, beating the summer's more established Counter-Strike: Global Offensive group final — a strong sign that Blizzard's 2016 phe**me**n has a bright future as an esport game after all.
Misfits beat team Rogue in the weekend finale at Turner's eleague studio in Atlanta, taking $100,000 of the $300,000 prize pool. It was only Overwatch's second tournament, and its first live broadcast on TBS, where it attracted roughly 280,000 viewers.*
That's about 25,000 more than watched the Group F final of CS:GO, which also aired on TBS.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/overwatch-open-tv-ratings-beat-csgo/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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