Team Envy kicks off Overwatch Contenders 2018 Season 2 competition on July 5

DALLAS (July 2, 2018) – Envy Gaming, the parent company of esports group Team Envy and owners of the Dallas Fuel franchise in the Overwatch League, announce a return to Overwatch Contenders. The organization has signed five former EnVision Esports players – Casey “Buds” McIlwaine, William “Crimzo” Hernandez, Anthony “Fire” King, Bryan “iShiny” McCarthy and Caleb “McGravy” McGarvey – and announced the return of Ronnie “Talespin” DuPree to round out the Team Envy Overwatch Contenders roster. Talespin previously played with Team Envy in 2016.

See the announcement video from Team Envy on Twitter

Overwatch Contenders 2018 Season 2: North America gets underway on July 3. Team Envy will face the Skyfoxes in the team’s first Overwatch Contenders match of the season on Thursday, July 5 at 7:45 p.m. CT.

Team Envy is one of the most successful competitive Overwatch organizations of all time, having won Overwatch Contenders 2017 Season 1 as well as major championships in APEX Season 1 and at MLG Vegas in 2016. EnVision released its Overwatch roster in June. For more information, follow Team Envy on Twitter at @TeamEnVyUs.

Team Envy Overwatch Contenders Roster:

McGravy (@McGravy) – flex-tank, team captain

Buds (@budsOW) – DPS

Crimzo (@iCrimzo) – support

Fire (@Fire_OW) – support

iShiny (@iShiny) – tank

Talespin (@EnVy_Talespin) – DPS

About Envy Gaming

Envy Gaming, Inc. is the owner and operator of popular esports franchise Team Envy and Overwatch League franchise the Dallas Fuel. Founded as a professional Call of Duty team in 2007, owner Mike Rufail has grown the Dallas-based organization into one of the largest and most-winning esports groups in the world. Today, Envy Gaming competes, streams and produces content across nine different titles including Overwatch, Call of Duty, CS:GO, PUBG, Street Fighter V, Rocket League, Paladins, FIFA and Fortnite. Envy was named the 2016 Esports Team of the Year.