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The Bangkok Qualifier for the 2018 Overwatch World Cup kicks off today as six more teams vie for two playoff spots at this year's BlizzCon. After two earlier stages which saw host countries South Korea and United States joined by Finland and Canada respectively, the Thailand stage appears to be the hardest one to call yet, with at least five of the...
Two North American giants team USA and 2017 Overwatch World Cup Runners-Up Canada breezed their way to the final eight stage of the 2018 Overwatch World Cup as both teams brushed aside pretenders at the Los Angeles Group Stages last weekend. Coming in as the highest rank North American team since the USA are considered as hosts, the star-studded Ca...
Defending and two-time world champions South Korea met expectations as they dominantly qualified for the playoff stages of the Overwatch World Cup with a 5-0 record during the Incheon Stage last weekend. They will be accompanied by the Finnish team who finished second with a 4-1 record, having barely lose to the Koreans 2-3 in their thrilling, five...
The 2018 Overwatch World Cup kicks off this weekend as six teams converge in Incheon, South Korea to battle it out for the two top spots that will guarantee them a place in the playoff stages at Blizzcon. Hosts and two-time defending champions, South Korea which is made up mostly of the boys from NYXL are favorites to fill in one of the slots, leav...
Team USA earlier today revealed their full 12-men roster for the upcoming Overwatch World Cup which sees five of their players coming from Overwatch League team, San Francisco Shock. With Super, Danteh, Sinatraa, Sleepy and Moth all making the cut, we guess it is fair to say that the Shock has replaced the Outlaws as 'Team America'. Set to be coac...
Defending champions South Korea finally revealed their Overwatch World Cup squad today with two huge names missing from it; last year's breakout star Yeon-oh "Fl0w3R" Hwang of XL2 and two-time World Champion, the Ana God himself, Je-hong "ryujehong" Ryu of Seoul Dynasty. But that does not mean that this year's squad is any weaker. Actually, w...
Man, Thailand is on a roll when it comes to major video game events, eh? First, it's the PlayStation Experience SEA 2018 expo, and now this Overwatch World Cup bombshell of an announcement. Blizzard recently announced that it is now selling tickets for the Overwatch World Cup Group Stages event. And one of the locations that it will take place in ...
The nations' competition committee for the 2018 Overwatch World Cup has been finally revealed with some interesting names in the mix including popular YouTubers, content creators, an Overwatch League team coaches and even a pro team manager. Following the appointment of these committee members, the participating teams will move to its formation ...
The list of the 24 teams set to compete in the 2018 Overwatch World Cup Group Stages is out, along with the groupings for each of the qualifiers which are set to take place in four locations around the globe. Check them out: The final list was determined selecting 20 countries with the highest average skill rating (SR) of each country’s ...
In preparation for the upcoming Overwatch World Cup 2018 qualifiers, player jerseys for select national teams just became available on the Blizzard store. Oddly though, only seven national teams jersey are currently available and bad news for fans of SBB and Ryujehong - South Korea isn't among them. However, we feel that this list will be upda...
Blizzard earlier today confirmed that the 2018 Overwatch World Cup is set to take place (usually at BlizzCon) in November and will kick-off with the World Cup qualifying rounds starting this August. However, they have changed the format of the tournament this year - mostly to accommodate the schedule of the Overwatch League whose players will defin...
It's a reunion of sorts for the 2017 Overwatch World Cup Team USA with tank main, Russell "FCTFCTN" Campbell set to join the Houston Outlaws. FCTFCTN was part of Team USA which crashed out in the quarter-finals to eventual champions, Team South Korea and pending Blizzard's approval, will again link with his former Team USA teammates who a...
If you are reading this, guess what? You now get the 2018 Overwatch World Cup jerseys as well! Details here:Â 2018 Overwatch World Cup Jerseys Now On Sale Yes. You read it right. As of last night, you are now able to purchase the team jerseys as worn by the players at the recent 2017 Overwatch World Cup from the Blizzard Store. However, this i...
Tournament favorites South Korea successfully defended their title at the 2017 Overwatch World Cup earlier today after comfortably defeating Canada 4-1. Appearing a little shaky after losing two maps en route to the finals - one each to USA and France - despite their aim of not dropping a map throughout this World Cup campaign, the Koreans showed t...
After four qualifying stages in four different countries; China, Australia, Poland and the United States, eight best national Overwatch teams converged in Anaheim, California for BlizzCon in pursuit of the right to be called the best and what a day it was. The day went according to plan for the favored teams - Sweden and Canada - early on before Fr...
Earlier today the folks from the Overwatch dev team released a video detailing how they intend to make their game more viewer-friendly ahead of the upcoming 2017 Overwatch World Cup and of course, Overwatch League which kicks off January 2018. Among new additions include team uniforms to help viewers better differentiate the characters between team...
After four sets of qualifiers in four separate continents over a span of two months involving 32 of the best national Overwatch teams in the world, we finally have the final shape of the 2017 Overwatch World Cup playoff rounds set to take place at Blizzcon this November. For the uninitiated, the final eight are as follows (initial seed in brackets)...
As we head closer to BlizzCon, check out this quick recap video (Part 1 of 4) by PlayOverwatch chronicling the journey of the teams who will be making their presence felt at Anaheim come November 3 - 4 2017. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYObrLZpejc&w=560&h=315] Following four qualifying stages involving 32 shortlisted teams, eig...
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