Yesterday aAa announced that Dignitas are planning to buy out Creation eSports. The article did not mention a source and no official announcement has been released from either party, but after making further inquiries, multiple sources have confirmed reports that Dignitas are in talks to sign the Creation eSports team before ESL Atlantic Showdown.

Creation are one of the top four teams in Europe, most often found hovering around the second rank in the region. They qualified for ESL Atlantic Showdown after overcoming NiP and ANOX in the Final Qualifiers, but have not had quite the same success in the Overwatch Open. Their inability to beat the other top four teams in Europe in recent weeks has hurt them slightly, and they are currently vying for the fourth direct qualifying spot. Luminosity are still in their way, the same team which blocked them from qualifying last week in an upset; nevertheless Creation have secured their spot in the next phase of the Overwatch Open by gathering enough points, currently sat in 5th overall.

The upcoming ESL Atlantic Showdown is the focus for this team though. They are part of eight elite teams which will be gathering soon in Cologne at Gamescom for a LAN tournament to win part of $100,000. They have a stellar record at LAN events, though there have been few in the course of Overwatch so far, and will be hoping to take the lion's share of that six-figure prizepool.

The timing of this signing to Dignitas suggests that the organisation is looking for representation and a slice of the pie at Gamescom as well. The organisation is expected to sign the team before the Atlantic Showdown, leading to speculation that the initial leak to aAa's writers was due to the team having to submit their new organisation to ESL.

It is also evident from the team's twitter that the Creation eSports roster are currently bootcamping in Germany before the LAN, presumably at the TakeTV studios given the references to Krefeld and their apparent location in recent streams.

The fact that Dignitas are allegedly prepared to buy out a top European team to get into Overwatch shows the interest that large organisation have in the new esport. They are the most recent org to get involved after Ninjas in Pyjamas, compLexity, Immortals, H2K, and others have all acquired teams.

The Dignitas roster will reportedly still be:

  • Artur “art1er” Boxana (dps)
  • Jose Antonio “Bromas” Ramos Glez (dps)
  • Jiri “LiNkzr” Masalin (flex)
  • Seb “numlocked” Barton (tank)
  • Joshua “ToxikeN” Campos (support)
  • Rasmus “Draceus” Waern (support)