On 7 September 2018, Activision Blizzard announced that DM Esports owner Drew McCourt (son of Frank McCourt owner of Olympique de Marseille) had purchased an expansion team based in Paris for Overwatch League's second season for more than $20 million.

[1][2] On the investment of the franchise, McCourt noted, "Du point de vue d'investisseur à l'échelle mondiale dans le domaine du sport traditionnel, le développement de l'e-sport, et de l'Overwatch League notamment, est remarquable (translated: From a global investor's point of view in traditional sports, the development of e-sport, and the Overwatch League in particular, is remarkable).

[7] After Stage 1, head coach Julien "Daemon" Ducros left the team and was replaced by Félix "Féfé" Münch.

[13] Competing in the league's newly formed North America region, Paris found more success in won their first tournament championship on 6 July 2020, after taking down the San Francisco Shock in the North America Summer Showdown finals.

[16] Following the end of the 2020 season, all players and staff, other than general manager Kim "AVALLA" Kyoung-ey, were released or traded to other teams due to financial difficulties.

The team struggled throughout the first half of the season, losing several players to retirement and failing to make it past the qualifiers in either of the two first tournament cycles.

The Eternal reached the regional knockout stage for the first time in the season, after going 3–1 in the Summer Showdown qualifiers.