{"id":6316,"date":"2018-12-04T05:22:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T05:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=6316"},"modified":"2018-12-04T05:22:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T05:22:59","slug":"vancouver-titans-unveiled-as-newest-overwatch-league-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/vancouver-titans-unveiled-as-newest-overwatch-league-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Titans unveiled as newest Overwatch League franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER officially has its first Overwatch League esports team.<\/p>\n<p>Joining fellow compatriots, <a title=\"Toronto Defiant announces new roster additions\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/toronto-defiant-announce-new-additions-to-overwatch-roster\/\">the Toronto Defiant<\/a>, in the league, the Vancouver Titans were officially unveiled yesterday at Rogers Arena, prior to the NHL game between the Canucks and Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans and Defiant will join six other new franchises in <a title=\"Overwatch betting guide\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/overwatch\/\">the 2019 season of Overwatch<\/a>: Atlanta, Washington, DC, Paris, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Hangzhou.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans will hope to become an immediate challenger to London, which won the inaugural Overwatch league championship and US$1 million in July, defeating Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Overwatch League season will begin on February 14.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans&#8217; owners, the Aquilini Group, is also the owner of the Vancouver Canucks, one of the biggest franchises in the NHL.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong><a title=\"Overwatch League - how to bet and win\" href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/overwatch\/how-to\/\">How to bet and profit on Overwatch<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At yesterday&#8217;s official team launch, the Titans unveiled its new logo and colours \u2014 blue, green and white, meant to represent Vancouver&#8217;s landscape, while the a Sasquatch will represent a &#8216;powerful, imposing, and mythical being&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Francesco Aquilini, managing director of the Aquilini Group, was excited about the future of his newest franchise and the future of the eSports industry as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a local feel and an experienced, skilled team, we are ready and can&#8217;t wait to have the Titans compete at the highest level in esports,&#8221; Aquilini said.<\/p>\n<p>The Aquilini Group has partnered with Luminosity Gaming, an esports veteran, to steer the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joining fellow compatriots, the Toronto Defiant, in the league, the Vancouver Titans were officially unveiled yesterday at Rogers Arena, prior to the NHL game between the Canucks and Dallas Stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,85,521],"class_list":["post-6316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-overwatch-league","tag-vancouver-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6318,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6316\/revisions\/6318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}