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June 23, 2025
Valorant Masters Shines Bright in Toronto This past weekend, the Valorant Masters concluded in downtown Toronto, marking a thrilling end to a month-long offline esports tournament. The Grand Finals took place at the Enercare Centre, where thousands of fans gathered to witness an epic showdown between Paper Rex and Fnatic. Despite the sweltering heat reaching …
July 21, 2023
Over Active Media (TSXV: OAM) (OTCQB: OAMCF) has exciting news for esports enthusiasts in Canada as they announce that the highly anticipated 2023 Overwatch League Grand Finals will be held in Toronto. This is the first time the championship event will take place in Canada, and it is expected to ignite unparalleled excitement among fans across …
February 13, 2021
Toronto e Sports is booming and has become better than ever, according to new data by Twitter Canada. Call of Duty and Overwatch are the two most popular games that Canadians are tweeting about. This is according to the data recently released by Twitter Canada. Based on the data, 85% of Canadians have tweeted about Call …
February 6, 2020
Skip The Dishes, Canada’s leading and largest food delivery network and Over Active Media (OAM), owners of the Toronto Defiant of the Overwatch League, announced today a multi-year deal, naming them the team’s Official Food Delivery Service. The partnership will see Skip The Dishes creating unique experiences for players and fans at upcoming Defiant Homestand Weekends (April 18-19, 2020 and August 8-9, 2020) at …
October 24, 2019
Over Active Media (OAM), the first global esports organization to own teams in the biggest three franchised leagues unveiled today, the visual identity and full roster for its new Call of Duty team, the Toronto Ultra. The branding, logo, unique tone, colour palettes and full roster were unveiled in front of 1,500 fans at Rebel Entertainment Complex …
August 8, 2019
The quest for esports gold starts with the formation of the team to represent the country in the 30th Southeast Asian games. For this, the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Esports Union (PSEU) has been tasked by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to create Sibol, the country’s national esports team. Sibol will be competing in all …
May 28, 2019
Canadian gamers are invited to power-up their consoles, computers and mobile phones and compete for movies, meals and more with the announcement of an exciting, first-of-its-kind partnership between World Gaming Network and SCENE, the country’s largest entertainment rewards program. Beginning June 28, SCENE members can earn even more points by participating in weekly esports and video …
February 20, 2019
Over Active Media (OAM), Canada’s leading professional esports ownership group continues to add serious heft to its front office in Toronto. OAM announced today the hiring of Mike Armstrong, who is leaving his post as a Brand Strategy Lead at Google Canada and will become OAM’s new Vice President, Head of Marketing starting early next month. …
February 15, 2019
More than 500 fans, together with esports and traditional sports media outlets, packed into Real Sports Bar in downtown Toronto on Friday night and celebrated Toronto Defiant’s first ever Overwatch League victory. The match went to overtime and the crowd erupted when Defiant pulled off the win. Defiant, ranked 14th out of 20 teams according …
December 19, 2018
Toronto’s new Overwatch esports franchise, the Toronto Defiant, have found a new home in Los Angeles ahead of their season opener on February 15, 2019 — and it’s got eight bedrooms, a basketball court and an outdoor pool! Front office staff have landed a Team House in Beverly Hills, that will be shared by all …
November 19, 2018
On the heels of their global brand launch last month, Toronto’s expansion team competing in the Overwatch League, the Toronto Defiant, have launched a limited-edition streetwear collection. The 10-piece fan-fan-focused collection includes officially branded merchandise available only until Dec 31, 2018. A portion of the proceeds will go to Ability Online — the first social media technology …
October 25, 2018
Esports has arrived in the Greater Toronto area and in Western New York in a huge way. Today, the visual identity of the team, including the branding, logo, and colour palettes for the new Toronto Defiant franchise — Toronto’s expansion team competing in the Overwatch League — was unveiled to fans at an intimate and …