Fancy slugging it out with the best at Blizzard’s multiplayer FPS? (Course you do) Shoot and blast your way to the top of your region and be amongst the leading teams to have a shot in the live events.
Live events are coming to the 2019 season of Overwatch Contenders. The program’s eight regions will take part in interregional tournaments in a pair of live Showdown events featuring double-elimination-style brackets. Top performing teams will also secure spots for their region to compete in the Contenders Gauntlet live event later in the year.
The Pacific Showdown will take place from May 24–26 and will host the best teams from the Contenders Australia, China, Korea, and Pacific regions. The Atlantic Showdown will take place the following week from May 31 to June 2. Teams in the two North America regions, as well as Europe and South America, will participate in that tournament.
Top-performing regions will send their teams from Overwatch Contenders 2019 Season 2 to the Gauntlet, which takes places from October 10–13 following the conclusion of the 2019 Overwatch League season. The location and the specific format of the Gauntlet and Showdown tournaments will be announced soon.
