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Overwatch World Cup – USA and UK take final playoff spots

Two teams took over the Overwatch World Cup Group Stage in Santa Monica. The United Kingdom and the United States’ wins mean they take the last spots in the Playoffs at BlizzCon this year.

The teams went undefeated in their overall team matches, but the United Kingdom joins South Korea and China as the only teams to advance without dropping a map.

• United States beat Chinese Taipei, 3-1
• United Kingdom beat Belgium, 4-0
• Chinese Taipei beat Brazil, 4-0
• Germany beat Israel, 3-2
• United States beat Germany, 3-0
• United Kingdom beat Chinese Taipei, 3-0

Tournament VODs: https://www.twitch.tv/playoverwatch/videos/all

Group Stage results: https://worldcup.playoverwatch.com/en-us/#group-stage

Overwatch World Cup Playoff Teams

• China
• France
• Sweden
• Australia
• South Korea
• Canada
• United Kingdom
• United States

Heroes of the Storm – Eastern Clash Championship

L5 Sweeps the Competition to take the Win

In a weekend of surprises, L5 went undefeated in Taipei, Taiwan, taking home the Heroes Global Championship (HGC) Eastern Clash championship and the biggest share of the $100,000 prize pool.

L5 breezed past Soul Torturers (TW) and TFC (TW) before battling a tough Tempest(KR) 3 – 2 to make it to the finals against fellow powerhouse MVP Black (KR). MVP Black had a tough road after suffering an early upset at the hands of Tempest in their second match at the event. However, this wasn’t to be a fairy tale ending for the team, as L5 avenged their loss to MVP Black in the first Eastern Clash and won 4 – 1.

Eastern Clash Results, August 11-13 – Prize Pool: $100,000 USD

• 1^st Place: L5 (KR) – $30,000
• 2^nd Place: MVP Black (KR) – $20,000
• 3^rd Place: Tempest (KR) – $15,000
• 4^th Place: CE (CN) – $10,000
• 5^th – 6^th Place: Soul Torturers (Twain) and Team Face Check (Taiwan) – $7,500
• 7^th – 8^th Place: Deadly Kittens (SEA) and Super Perfect Team (CN) – $5,000

All Eastern Clash VODs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCASdq716V77-Ixup3HZOZWQ/videos

StarCraft II – EU Regionals

European Regionals Kick off WCS Challenger Montreal

According to a press release from Blizzard, the fourth WCS Circuit stop kicks into high gear August 18-19 with the European regional playoffs which will give top StarCraft II players a chance to compete for a share of $10,000 and 1,000 WCS points per region.

The prize distribution per region will be as follows:

• 1st Place: $1,600 & 200 WCS Points as well as a seed into WCS Montreal
• 2nd Place: $1,200 & 140 WCS Points as well as a seed into WCS Montreal
• 3rd-4th Place: $800 & 90 WCS Points as well as a seed into WCS Montreal
• 5th-8th Place: $600 & 60 WCS Points
• 9th-16th Place: $400 & 30 WCS Points

For Honor Season Three

This week, Ubisoft announced that For Honor Season Three, “Grudge & Glory” is available on all platforms. “Grudge & Glory” is the largest update for the game to date and includes two additional heroes, two extra maps, ranked play, new customization items for all heroes and gameplay updates. Maps and ranked play will be free for all players at the start of Season Three.

Season Three includes:

• Highlander (Viking Hybrid): Highlanders are patient heroes capable of switching between two different fighting forms. Their defensive form allows for counter-attacking and trading blows, while their offensive form empowers them to unleash their deadliest attacks at the expense of being able to block. Wielding the heaviest and longest sword in the game, the Highlander’s massive claymore gives them a deadly combination of strength and range.
• Gladiator (Knight Assassin): Wielding a trident and shield, Gladiators have made a living off killing for sport, and now bring their ruthlessness and skill to war. Equipped with little armour, they can punch their opponents to create separation to set up attacks and stuns. Their larger stamina meter and reduced cool down times make them extremely agile and dangerous opponents.
• New Maps: Sentinel and Viking Village join the selection of multiplayer maps. Each map holds unique and deadly hazards never before seen in For Honor adding a new dynamic to multiplayer matches. Viking Village’s massive rolling barrel is a dynamic hazard able to squash heroes, while a ballista gives players the opportunity to take down even the mightiest heroes from above on Sentinel.
• Duel Ranked Tournament: The introduction of the 1v1 duel tournament feature will bring competitive ranked play to For Honor for all platforms. As players compete in tournaments, they will rise up the league rankings based on their performance and will receive in-game rewards.
• New Gear and Expanded Gear Rarity: A new level of gear rarity, legendary gear, will increase the maximum gear score from 144 to 180. Additionally, the max reputation for all heroes will increase from 30 to 40. New gear will also be added for all heroes, giving players more customisation options.

For more information about For Honor, visit forhonorgame.com.

Ventrilo sponsors QuakeCon

Well known voice comms software company Ventrilo will sponsor QuakeCon’s 10th annual ‘Ultimate Power Up’ sweepstakes. As part of the sweepstakes, 100 lucky QuakeCon attendees will be entered into a drawing for their chance to be one of three randomly selected winners to each receive a $10,000 cash prize.

QuakeCon will take place on-site at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, TX. Doors to QuakeCon will open on Thursday, August 24^th at 10am CT and will remain open through 12pm CT on Sunday, August 27^th. For more information visit: www.quakecon.org .

Overwatch League Prize Pool

The ‘Ultimate Power Up’ winners will be randomly selected on Saturday, August 26^th alongside Master Pancake starting at 7pm. A total of 100 coveted tickets will be awarded to attendees throughout each day of the show via QuakeCon contests, random drawings, and other events.

Overwatch World Cup Prize Pool 2017

QuakeCon Exhibit Hall Hours are:

• Thursday, August 24^th: 10am – 6pm CT
• Friday, August 25^th: 10am – 6pm CT
• Saturday, August 26^th: 10am – 6pm CT

The free event is open to general admission attendees thanks to the support of id Software and Bethesda Softworks, as well as the QuakeCon volunteer staff and the 2017 event sponsors and exhibitors.

To pre-register for QuakeCon today go to: registration.quakecon.org. For more information on QuakeCon 2017 visit www.quakecon.org.

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Overwatch League withdrawals? Us too. No fear, the Overwatch League World Cup kicks off tonight at 11 p.m. ET on ESPN3.

Here's what you need to know.

What: The third annual global Overwatch competition with a total prize pool of $488,000.

Who: Twenty-four countries divided into four group stages (six teams per grouping). Top-two countries from each group stage will then compete in the Overwatch World Cup 2018 finals to crown a champion.

Where: The four group stages will be held in cities across the globe: Incheon, South Korea, Los Angeles, Bangkok and Paris. The finals will take place in Anaheim at BlizzCon 2018.

When: Group stages run from Aug. 16-Sept. 23. Overwatch World Cup 2018 finals will take place from Nov. 2-3.

Prize Pool: Each of the 24 teams will receive $15,000 for competing with an additional $16,000 awarded to each of the eight teams who advance to the Overwatch World Cup 2018 finals.

Country Selection: Through the end of competitive Season 9 (April 28), the 20 countries with the highest average skill rating (SR) of each country's top 150 players were invited to complete in the 2018 Overwatch World Cup. The four hosts (France, South Korea, Thailand and the United States) automatically qualified. If a host country makes the top-20 through average SR, the 21st-ranked country will take their spot, and so on.

Team Breakdown: Each country will be represented by a general manager, coach and community leader. The league selected General Managers while the Overwatch player base voted on coaches and community leaders (final round of coach voting is limited to top-150 players in each region). Rosters contain up to 12 players, top-seven players travel to each Overwatch World Cup event.

Match Details: Each match will consist of four maps, plus a potential fifth map if the score is tied after four maps. Map selection and order for all groups and matches will be decided by Blizzard.

Group Stages:

South Korea is the clear favorite to advance from this group, and win the entire event. South Korea has won each of the previous two Overwatch World Cups and has yet to lose a single match in the process (13-0, +36 map differential).

The South Korean team is the only team with all 12 players on Overwatch League (OWL) rosters and is one of three teams to have an OWL coach, Hyeon-sang 'Pavane' Yu of the New York Excelsior. Pavane picked up six players from the Excelsior, the most players from one OWL team on one Overwatch World Cup team.

The rest of the roster consists of All-Star caliber players from around the league, literally. Eleven of their twelve players were selected to join the OWL All-Star game in August, six of which will be starting.

Outside of South Korea, Finland and Russia are the most likely to advance. Finland (7) and Russia (2) are the only two others teams in the group to feature Overwatch League players. Team Russia finished second in the inaugural Overwatch World Cup 2016 (losing to South Korea), but failed to make it out of the group stage in 2017. Finland also had a strong showing in 2016, finishing fourth, but they also failed to make it out of the group stage in 2017.

The Los Angeles group looks to be one of the most predictable of the four groupings, with USA and Canada as the favorites. The United States has nine Overwatch League players, second most among all countries, and has finished among the top-eight each of the last two Overwatch World Cups. The USA also has the coach of Dallas Fuel, Aaron 'Aero' Atkins, who after taking over the Fuel in Stage 4, led the team to a 6-4 record (more wins than it had in Stages 1-3 combined) and an appearance in the Stage 4 playoffs.

Canada, on the other hand, has five current OWL players and Félix 'xQc' Lengyel, who was kicked off the Dallas Fuel roster during Stage 2 after multiple suspensions. Outside of USA and Canada, none of the other countries in this group has any players from the Overwatch League, so it is hard to imagine one of them advancing beyond the group stage.

From the Bangkok group, expect Sweden to advance with relative ease. Sweden's roster contains eight Overwatch league players (third most), and four of those players were on the same team (Florida Mayhem). That synergy should work to Team Sweden's advantage, especially considering Florida Mayhem head coach Vytis 'Mineral' Lasaitis will also be coaching Team Sweden. The Swedes have finished among the top-three each of the previous two Overwatch World Cups; the only other team to do so was South Korea.

Outside of Sweden, the rest of the group appears to be wide open. Spain could be the favorite to advance with three OWL players, but China and Australia both finished among the top-eight in 2017.

The Paris grouping is perhaps the most unpredictable of all groups. There are only five OWL players in the entire group and France has four of them, making them an early favorite. France finished fourth in 2017 and fifth in 2016, joining South Korea and Sweden as the only countries to finish top-five each of the two previous Overwatch World Cups.

Outside of Team France, the United Kingdom might be the other team to watch here. The roster features the only non-French player from the OWL in this group, Isaac 'Boombox' Charles of the Philadelphia Fusion. United Kingdom finished fifth in 2017, but did not qualify in 2016.