What Is Overwatch League // The Overwatch League, the first major global esports league with city-based teams, was designed to celebrate the best of the best in the hit Blizzard Entertainment title Overwatch. Our goal is to create the world's premier esports league, where teams and players thrive for years to come.
PRESEASON
Dec. 6 – 9, 2017 // The preseason kicks off with a series of livestreamed exhibition matches featuring all 12 teams at the Blizzard Arena Los Angeles on December 6–9. After that, teams will have until Opening Day on January 10 to prepare themselves for competition.
REGULAR SEASON
Jan. 10 – June 16, 2018 // Matches in the Atlantic and Pacific Divisions will play out live from the Blizzard Arena each Wednesday through Saturday. Though the season is divided into four stages, wins and losses will count towards teams' full-season records and all-important seeding for the postseason. On the last Saturday of each stage, the top teams will compete for hefty bonuses and the title of stage winner.
POSTSEASON
June 17 – July 28, 2018 // After Stage 4 finishes, top finishers in each division will prepare for the championship playoffs, which run from July 11–22. The grand final on July 26–28 will determine which team will be crowned the first Overwatch League champions, claiming glory, the Overwatch League trophy, and a USD $1 million bonus.
ALL-STAR WEEKEND
Aug. 10 – 12, 2018 // After the rush of the inaugural season championship, the Overwatch League will kick back for a weekend of festivities as the community's favorite players face off in unexpected challenges.
Meet The Team
Where To Watch // Blizzard hasn't made any announcements on what platform(s) the event will be broadcasted other than from the official website - http://www.overwatchleague.com. If anything changes i'll update this section.
UPDATE 1/9/18 - Twitch announced a 2 year partnership to stream Season 1 and 2 of Overwatch League. More information can be found here. https://blog.twitch.tv/every-overwatch-league-match-is-coming-to-twitch-7dce3cf2b875
What If I Missed The Livestream // The matches will be archived on the official website. You'll find it under the video section and each match are broken down by games. http://www.overwatchleague.com
Download The App // Blizzard released their official Overwatch League App. Very similar to what you see for espn and the like, the app provides you to check on your favorite teams, get live content such as such as scores and news. Set alerts and notification of when games go lives. You can also live stream, view VODS, and much more. Check out the app today!
ios: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/overwatch-league/id1244902791?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4
android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blizzard.owl
Place Your Bets // Not really. Just for fun. Sign up and join the league. Pick the team and score. See how you stack up with other people in the group! https://highnoonpickem.com/#/ViewLeague/kUvHw6fswm6wEqXfOVpu (Thanks TWrecks310 )
How To Support Your Favorite Team // In the near future blizBliz will update to allow us to purchase OWL skins which uses a different currency than the in-game one (aka real money). This will allow the money to go straight to your team. You can also buy physical gears from the official blizzard store - https://gear.blizzard.com/us/esports/overwatchleague
UPDATE 1/9/18 - Overwatch League Skins are live on PC/PS4/XB1.
100 Tokens = USD $4.99
200 Tokens = USD $9.99
400 Tokens = USD $19.99
900 Tokens = USD $39.99
2600 Tokens = USD $99.99
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