Sources: OWL MVP ‘Go away’ amongst Chengdu Hunters gamers exploring choices for brand new groups

The Chengdu Hunters may lose various key gamers forward of the brand new Overwatch League season because the group appears to be like at choices to stability its books, a number of sources informed Dexerto.

Sources stated that the latest departure of assistant coach Jeong-Min ‘JFeel’ Kim and the disbandment of Staff Chaser, Chengdu Hunters’ academy group, are each tied to the group making cutbacks forward of the beginning of the brand new Overwatch League season.

JFeel, who had joined the Chengdu Hunters at the beginning of the 12 months, will not be the one workers member to depart the group, with Yan ‘Creed’ Xiao, one other assistant coach, can also be anticipated to announce his departure, a number of sources have stated.

However the modifications are prone to transcend the Hunters’ teaching workers. Star participant and 2021 Overwatch League common season MVP Xin ‘Go away’ Huang is one in all 5 gamers understood to be assessing their choices with totally different organizations forward of the brand new season.

The opposite gamers which have attracted curiosity from rival groups are helps XianYao ‘Yveltal’ Li, Tan ‘Nisha’ Li, Cao ‘Faraway1987’ Jiale, and Zhou ‘Mmonk’ Xiang.

It’s unclear at this level whether or not these cutbacks have been mandated by HUYA, the Chinese language livestreaming platform that owns and operates the Chengdu Hunters.

The information will come as a blow to the Overwatch League’s efforts in China, one of many areas the place the sport continues to develop in reputation. The grand finals of the 2021 Overwatch League, which pitted the Shanghai Dragons towards Atlanta Reign, set a brand new viewership report with a median minute viewers (AMA) of 1.68 million. In China, viewership of the grand finals elevated by 5%, based on figures offered to Forbes by the league.

The Chengdu Hunters are slated to face Guangzhou Cost on Could 6 of their opening match of the season.